MARJORIE GUYON BIO

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

            Hampshire College, Amherst, Mass. 1973-77. B. A.

            Brooklyn Museum School of Fine Arts, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1971-73.

 

AWARDS

2001     Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Department of the Arts

  • Al Smith Fellowship, Kentucky Department of the Arts

1990     New Forms Regional Initiative Grant, NEA & Rockefeller Foundation through The Arts

Exchange, Atlanta, Georgia. Set design for “The Great Mother of Many Names”

1989     Lexington Arts and Cultural Council, Community Arts Development Grant

1988     National Congress of Art and Design. Award of Excellence

1987     Kentucky Foundation for Women, Inc. Grant

 

EXHIBITIONS

2010     Amo Te Project, JustFund, Lexington, KY

“Nation of Nations” Preview, LexArts, Lexington, KY

National Arts Club, New York, NY. Solo exhibition  

 

2009     B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY

“The Illumina Project,” Art Chicago, Chicago, IL. Various venues

“The Illumina Project,” Fifth Third Bank, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition

 

2008     “Paintings by Marjorie Guyon”, B.Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition

Walk Tall Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y. in association with G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, N.Y. Solo Exhibition

“Rosetta III”, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, N.Y., N.Y. Solo Exhibition

 

2007     “Seven Voices, Seven Views”, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago, IL

“Art for Life/Forms of Abstraction”, Walk Tall Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y. in association with G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, NY

 

2006     “Keeneland Series”, Keeneland Lower Club, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition

“Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

Affordable Art Fair/New York, New York

“Seven Voices, Seven Views”, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York, N.Y.

 

2005     “Vida”, New Paintings by Marjorie Guyon, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition

“Al Smith Fellowship Exhibit”, Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, Berea, KY

“Rosetta”, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN. Solo Exhibition

“Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL

Affordable Art Fair/New York, New York

 

2004     “Forms of Abstraction,” G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York, N.Y. Solo Exhibition

“Al Smith Fellowship Exhibit”, Actors Theatre, Louisville, KY

“Le Jardin Ancien-1984-2004”, Headley Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition

“Rosetta,” G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York, NY. Solo Exhibition

Affordable Art Fair/New York, New York

“Works on Paper,” Park Avenue Armory, New York, N.Y.

Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, GA Solo Exhibition

 

2003     “Colors of the Earth,” B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky. Solo Exhibition

“The Abyssinians,”G.R.N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois

“Different Strokes,” Mary Pauline Gallery, Augusta, Georgia. Two-Person Show

“Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

“Art Philadelphia”, Philadelphia, PA

Affordable Art Fair/New York, New York

“Art Miami”, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Miami, FL

 

2002     “Abyssinia & Avalon,” David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN. Solo Exhibition

“Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

“Art Atlanta”, Atlanta, GA

 

2001     Kentucky’s Women Artists: 1970-2000. Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, KY

Wyndy Morehead Fine Arts, New Orleans, LA Solo Exhibition

“Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, N.Y.

Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN

 

2000     “Works on Paper”, Park Avenue Armory, New York, N.Y.

David Lusk Gallery, Memphis Tennessee. Solo Exhibition

“Language of Light” Abstein Gallery, Atlanta, GA

“USArtists 2000 American Art Expo”, Philadelphia, PA

 

1999     “USArtists 99 American Art Expo”, Philadelphia, PA

B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition

“Recent Acquisitions”, University Art Museum, Lexington, KY

“Works with Words”, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY

 

1998     Ledbetter/Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN. Solo Exhibition

Art Source LA, Los Angeles, CA

“USArtists 98 American Art Expo”, Philadelphia, PA

 

1997     William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA

B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition

Floyd County Museum, New Albany, IN

Ledbetter/Lusk Gallery. Memphis, TN

 

1996     Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA. Solo Exhibition

National Arts Club Gallery, curated by Fiona Ragheb, Guggenheim Museum,

New York, NY

“Gallery Artists”, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition

“In the Foreground of Paths”, Skoto Gallery, New York, NY

 

1995     “Paper Prayers-Imagining Angels”, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA

The McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA

G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, MI

“New Faces”, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA

University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY

“Education of the Artist: Twelve Women”, Capital Art Center, Bowling Green, KY

“Myth, Magic and Metaphor”, G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Columbus, OH

“Small Works”, Dell Pryor Galleries, Detroit, MI

 

1994     “New Artists”, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA

 

1993     “Young Artists”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY

G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Columbus, OH

Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY

 

1993     Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY

“Collage”, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY

 

1992     “The Tradition”, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY

 

1991     Gallery 54 (In association with G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan) New York, Solo Exhibition

Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, KY

 

1990     Buckham Fine Arts Project, Flint, MI

‘Showcase 91”, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY

 

1989     Jordan Smith Gallery, Voorhees, NJ. Solo Exhibition

G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI. Solo Exhibition

Central Bank, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition

Museum of Art of Ogunquit, Ogunquit, ME

Headley Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY

Detroit Council of the Arts, Detroit, MI

 

1988     National Congress of Art and Design, Salt Lake City, UT

Jewel Speigal Gallery, Englewood, NJ

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC

Headley Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY

Gallery Imago, San Francisco, CA

 

1987     G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Detroit, MI

Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, Indiana

“Flamboyance, Fragmentation and the Sublime,” Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville,

KY

 

1986     Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY. Solo Exhibition

Loho Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition

Heritage House, Detroit, MI. Solo Exhibition

J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

 

1985     Swearingen Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition

The Gallery Tanner, Los Angeles, CA

Stanley and Schenck Gallery, Atlanta, GA

 

1984     “New Talent Show”, Alan Stone Gallery, New York, NY

Merton Simpson Gallery, New York, NY

City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

 

1983     Brockman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

ArtsPlace, Lexington, KY

 

1982     Martha White Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition

Actor’s Theatre, Louisville, KY, Solo Exhibition

Country Arts Gallery, Locust Valley, NY

 

1981     Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition

College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX

Indianapolis Art League, Indianapolis, IN

Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

 

1980     Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Solo Exhibition

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

            Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tennessee

            Keeneland Foundation, Lexington, Kentucky

            Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia

            University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, Kentucky

            Greenbaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC, Louisville, Kentucky

            Pfizer, Memphis, Tennessee

            International Paper, Memphis, Tennessee

            Brown Forman, Incorporated, Louisville, KY

            UBS, Lexington, KY

            Radisson Hotel, Lexington, Kentucky

            Park Hyatt Hotel, Los Angeles, California

            Hyatt Regency Hotel, Arlington, Virginia

            E.O.N. AG, Dusseldorf, Germany

            FEDEX Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee

            Lucille Caudill Little Library of Fine Art, Lexington, Kentucky

            Dupree Financial Group, Lexington, Kentucky

            Wimbleton Farm, Lexington, Kentucky

            The Ewing Collection, Detroit Michigan

            Gabriela Raubitschek, Office of the Prime Minister, Jerusalem, Israel

            Curtis and Edison, Attorneys at Law, Detroit, Michigan

            Caller Properties, Lexington, Kentucky

            White, Stewart & McCann, Attorneys at Law, Winchester, Kentucky

            The Rouse Company, Lexington, Kentucky

            Merton Simpson Gallery, New York, New York

            ACE Magazine, Lexington, Kentucky

            Central Bank, Lexington, Kentucky

            Husskisson Masonry, Lexington, Kentucky

            Ross Oriental Rugs, Ligionier, Pennsylvania

            High Clere Farm, Lexington, Kentucky

            G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

            Meidinger Corporation, Louisville, Kentucky

            Jordan Smith Gallery, Voorhees, New Jersey

            Lexington Arts and Cultural Council, Lexington, Kentucky

            Vitt Media, New York, New York

            Charles Biondo Design Associates, New York, New York.

            Fred Davis & Associates, Attorneys at Law, Dayton, Ohio

            Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts

            Norman Graphic Design, New York, New York

            Margot Walz, Biberach, Germany

            Kentucky Underground Storage, Wilmore, Kentucky

            DataSafe, Louisville, Kentucky

            The Tatelman Collection, Swanscott, Massachusetts

            Jackson Marks, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky

            Bleu Ribbon Hospitality, Lexington, Kentucky

            Dulworth, Breeding and Karns, Lexington, Kentucky

           

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2010     “Connections,” with Renee Shaw, Kentucky Educational Television: Program 538, available online discusses Guyon’s Nation of Nations Project.

 

2009     “Connections,” with Renee Shaw, Kentucky Educational Television: Program 502, available online discusses Guyon’s Illumina Project.

 

2006     Keeneland. “Layering History and Time” by Harriet Fowler, Spring. Front cover,

pgs. 8, 26, 77-78, 89.

 

 

2004     Lexington Herald Leader. “Looking for Light” Benita Heath. November 15, 2004.

“Marjorie Guyon”, Art Galleries & Artists of the South, Fall. Inside front cover, pgs. 10, 11 & 58.

 

2003     Chicago Reader. “Critic’s Pick- Marjorie Guyon”, by Fred Camper; May 2.

            The Detroiter. Artis Lane “Emerging”/Marjorie Guyon “Abyssinians” by

  1. Sousanis; February 3.

 

2002     Ace Magazine. “A Painter’s Artistic Diaspora” by John Norton; April 18.

 

1999     Courier Journal. “Marjorie Guyon’s Cutouts are Poetry” by Diane Heilenman; May 2.

Louisville, KY.

 

1998     New American Painting, Open Studio Press, Wellesley, Mass.

 

1996     KY/SC/NYC Exhibition Catalogue, “Through the Looking Glass”, J. Fiona Ragheb, Curator, Guggenheim Museum, NYC.

            Courier Journal, “Less is More with Guyon”, Diane Heilenman, July 28. Louisville, KY

  • Lexington Herald Leader, “Collaborating”, Tom Carter, March 8. Lexington, KY.

Lexington Herald Leader, “Dance: Changing Seasons”, Tom Carter, March 15. Lexington, KY.

ACE Magazine, “An Ancient Tale of New Ballet”, Karen Wedinger, Vol. 4, No.3, April. Lexington, KY.

 

1991     Lexington Herald Leader, “UK’s Collection of Artwork Detailed in New Handbook”, David Minton, January 26. Lexington, KY.

Lexington Herald Leader, “Marjorie Guyon’s Collage Exhibition is Small but Good”, David Minton, May 26. Lexington, KY.

  • The Courier Journal, “Showcase “91”, Diane Heilenman, November 3. Louisville, KY.

Lexington Herald Leader, “New Collage by Marjorie Guyon”, David Minton, June 9. Lexington, KY.

 

1990     Flint Journal, “Three Views of Collage at Buckham”, Wilma Romatz, November 4, Flint, Michigan.

Lexington Herald Leader, “Galleries Set Higher Sights for New Season”, David Minton, September. Lexington, KY.

Lexington Herald Leader, “Artwork Inspires Children”, Linda van Hoose, June 27. Lexington, KY.

Lexington Herald Leader, “Putting a Price on Art”, David Minton, August. Lexington, KY.

 

1989     Journal Tribune, “Ogunquit Museum Worth Trip”, Judith Harper, August 4. Ogunquit, Maine.

 

1989     The York Weekly, “Museum of Art, Ogunquit Heads in New Directions”, Rose Safron, August 2. York, Maine.

Lexington Herald Leader, “Kentucky Artwork on Display in Maine”, David Minton, June. Lexington, KY.

Detroit Free Press, “Eye on Art: G.R. N’Namdi Gallery”, Marsha Miro, March. Detroit, Michigan.

Michigan Chronicle, “Renaissance”, Steve Holsey, March. Detroit, Michigan.

 

1988     Lexington Herald Leader, “Two Provocative Modern Exhibits”, David Minton, November. Lexington, KY.

The Arts Journal, “Surrealism Revised and Revisited”, Chris Redd, July. Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Winston-Salem Journal, “Surrealism is Alive and Well in the South”, Tom Patterson, June. Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Lexington Herald Leader, “Artsplace Show”, David Minton, June. Lexington, KY.

Detroit News, “N’Namdi Group”, Joy Hakanson Colby, May. Detroit, Michigan.

 

 

1987     Courier Journal, “Collage Exhibition Has a Romanticist Theme”, Diane Heilenman, September. Louisville, KY.

Lexington Herald Leader, “Artist Adds a Dimension to Her Life”, David Minton, July. Lexington, KY.

  • Lexington Herald Leader, “Shapes that Make Up the Earth”, Ann Tower, June. Lexington, Ky.

Courier Journal, “Artsplace”, Diane Heilenman, June. Louisville, KY.

  • Courier Journal, “Black is Color, Not Race, to Artist Marjorie Guyon”, Sarah Lansdell, February. Louisville, KY.
  • Courier Journal, “Showcase “82 Turns Over a Fresh Leaf with New Artists”, Sarah Lansdell, September. Louisville, KY.

Newsday, “Long Island’s Young Realists”, Malcolm Preston, July. Long Island, New York.

 

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

“The paintings are intended as pages from a manuscript depicting the icons of antiquity. The medium is ground pigment rubbed into a textured layer of marble dust. A collage image is integrated into the painting by partially submerging it with a layer of marble dust and pigment glaze.”

8.24.2009