Resume

John Foard Lysak
553 South Main Street Cambridge Springs, PA 16403
Office: (814) 732-2271, Home: (814) 398-4463
Email: jlysak@edinboro.edu

EDUCATION:


M.F.A. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 1988
B.A. The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 1983


EXHIBITIONS:

One and Two-Person Exhibitions


Monotypes: 25 years: Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, 2009
The Belgian Monotypes: Symbolist Influences Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA 2008
Neo Noir Foundry Art Centre Gallery, The Foundry Art Centre St. Charles, MO 2008
Dispair-ity Mary Moody Northen Hall Formal Gallery, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX 2007
Duality, A Digital Dialogue: Recent Prints Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA 2006 – 07
Myths and Melodramas: Recent Monotypes Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006
Mostly Sad Stories Kiehle Gallery, St Cloud State University, St Cloud, MN 2005
Colleagues Rose Lehrman Gallery Harrisburg Area Com. College, PA 2005
Lithographs and Monotypes Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA 2002
New Prints Weyers-Sampson Art Gallery, Thiel College Greenville, PA 2001
Recent Works On Paper Elzay Gallery, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH 1999
Recent Prints Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA 1998
Suites Editions and Unique Impressions Vashon Gallery, Seattle Univ., Seattle, 1998
The Architecture of Image Heeschen Art Gallery, Meadville Council On The Arts, Meadville, PA 1998
Small Paintings and Prints Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA 1994
New Works Stone Press Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991
Atelier Archives Gallery, Seattle, WA 1990
Stone Press Gallery, Seattle, WA 1990
Collaborative Paintings Domain Gallery, Seattle, WA 1990
A.F.L.N. Gallery, Seattle, WA 1989
Hewlett Gallery, M.F.A. Pittsburgh, PA 1988

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:


Inky Paper: Prints from the Snowbelt Group exhibition of prints from faculty and students
at Edinboro University of PA, Most Wanted Fine Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2009
Kamer 108/Ghent: Atelier Vrije Grafiek, Academie Voor Beeldende Kunst Ghent, Ghent, Belgium 2008
Seeds of Compassion Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA 2008
Objetivos Moviles / Moving Targets South America / North America Proyecto’ace, International Center for the Visual Arts in South America, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2008 Centro de Procuccion y Edicion Grafica de Buenos Aires, Saenz Peña, Argentina 2008, Gallery 5 Richmond, VA 2008
Oltre le Acque – Pacific Northwest Printmakers Il Bisonte Foundation Gallery, Il Bisonte International School of Printmaking, Florence Italy 2006
Son of Noir Penelec Gallery, Allegheny University, Meadville, PA 2006
Northwest Pennsylvania Prints Erie Art Museum, Frame Shop Gallery, Erie, PA 2004-2005
The War Room, Artists Image Resource Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2004
Digitalis 3: Urban Poetry, Interurban Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada 2004
2003 Pittsburgh Biennial Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 2003
Girls with Guns Portfolio Southern Graphics Council, Boston, MA 2003
Kelly Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2003
The Drawn Image The Evergreen Gallery, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 2002
8-hour Drawings Part IV Penelec Gallery, Allegheny College, Allegheny, PA 2002
Process and Product College of St. Rose, Albany, NY 2001
AIR, Prints from the Archive Sanford Gallery, Clarion University, Clarion PA 2001
Photographs By Artists Artists Image Resource Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2001
Printmaking: Traditional and Contemporary Techniques Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY 2000
Millennium Exhibition Heeschen Art Gallery, Meadville, PA 2000
Banana Factory Exhibition Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA 1999
AIR archive exhibition New Wilmington, PA 1999
S.S.H.E. Printmaking Exhibition Millersville University, Millersville, PA 1999
Invitational Print Exhibition Long Gallery, West Chester University, PA 1999
Printing Technology Invites Mercyhurst Invites Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA 1999
Split Fountains Gallery 138, Kent State University, Kent, OH 1998
Projects Artists Image Resource Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1997
Presidential Inaugural Exhibition University Center, Edinboro, PA 1997
Printworks Kirkland Fine Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland, WA 1997
Olympia Alumni Artists Childhood's End Gallery, Olympia, WA 1995
Issues And Causes American Institute of Graphic Arts, Portland, OR 1994
Critical Impressions Florida State Arts Museum, Tallahassee, FL 1993, Carlton College Gallery, Northfield, MN 1993, Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland, MA 1993
But is it Art? Currents in Electronic Imaging Pacific Lutheran Univ., Tacoma, WA 1993
Northwest Meets Southwest William Christopher Gallery, Tucson, AR 1992
Brave New World, electronic imaging exhibition TASA Gallery, Seattle, WA 1991
Monoprints Northwest North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA 1990
Exchange Exhibition, State Arts Museum, Tashkent, USSR 1989

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:


Tower of Babel Print exchange portfolio exhibition IMPACT 6 International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference University of the West of England, Bristol, UK 2009
A Visual History of the George W. Bush Presidency: print exchange portfolio exhibition, Impact 6 International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference University of the West of England, Bristol, UK 2009
A Visual History of the George W. Bush Presidency: print exchange portfolio exhibition,
Artists Image Resource gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2009
25th Anniversary Show Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA 2009
Utopia Lost and Found: Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2008
The Represented Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2008
Humane Society Exhibition Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA 2007
Annual Review Exhibition 2006 Frans Masereel Gallery, Kasterlee Belgium 2006
Summer Group Show Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006
Pacific Northwest Printmakers in Florence Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA 2006
MWFA Exhibit Garfield Artworks Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2006
Alumni Exhibition R G Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon Univ. Pittsburgh, PA 2006
Print Exhibition Kent State University Gallery, Kent, OH 2005
Visual Matter East Ohio Street Project,, Pittsburgh, PA 2005
EUP Metals and Printmaking Florida Com. College, Jacksonville, FL 2005
Printmaking Group Exhibition International Images, Sewickley, PA 2004
Girls with Guns Portfolio, Bruce Gallery Edinboro Univ. Edinboro, PA 2004
20th Anniversary Show Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA 2004
AIR Archives Eberly Gallery, California Univ. of PA California, PA 2004
AIR at AIR Artists Image Resource Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2003
Contact Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland 2003
Three Rivers Arts Festival Special Project Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA 2000
AIR archive exhibition Pittsburgh Center For The Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 2000
M.S. Artists Exhibition Bel Aire Hotel, Erie, PA 1997, 1998, 1999
Faculty Show Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA (yearly) 1996 - 2008
Pratt Auction Exhibition Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA 1997
Portfolio Exhibition West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 1996
Pratt Fine Arts Center Auction Exhibition Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA 1996
SSHE Faculty Show State System of Higher Education Indiana, PA 1995
October Evenings Meadville Council On The Arts, Meadville, PA 1995
Pratt Faculty Foster White Gallery, Kirkland, WA 1993, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, WA 1992
Northwest Print Show Stone Press Gallery, Seattle, WA 1989
Traveling Group Exhibition Now Gallery, New York, NY, ICA Gallery, London, England Artifacts Gallery, Miami Beach, FL 1987
Rosco Louie Gallery, Seattle, WA 1983

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:


Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot Ameristar Gallery, The Foundry Art Centre St. Charles, MO 2006
The Fifth Minnesota National. Print Biennial Katerine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2006
76th & 78th & 82nd Annual Spring Show Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA 1999, 2001, 2005, 2008
War Zamerowski Gallery, Erie, PA 2003
October Evenings, Annual Juried Show Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA 1995 1999
Nature Vs. Nurture San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 1997
Gallery 76, 13th Annual, Wenatchee, WA 1996
Tacoma Arts Museum, Tacoma, WA 1985
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA 1985

GALLERY REPRESENTATION & ART COLLECTIONS:


Print collection, Universidad Nacional Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica 2008
Seeds of Compassion, on permanent display, Seattle University Art Collection, Seattle, WA 2008
Producción y Edición Gráfica de Buenos Aires (Lithography Workshop) Saénz Peña, Argentina 2008
Proyecto Ace, International Center for Visual Arts in South America, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2008
University of Wisconsin-Madison Graphics Area Collection Madison, Wisconsin 2008
Permanent Collection, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee Belgium, Prints added  in 2006, 2007
Most Wanted Fine Arts Collective, Pittsburgh PA 2005 – present
Print Collection, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA 2007
Artists Image Resource Archive, Pittsburgh, PA
Gallery representation: Most Wanted Fine Arts Collective, Pittsburgh PA 2005 – present
Gallery representation:  In Washington State, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
Print Collection, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Edinboro Collection, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
Intellectual Property Services, Corporate Collection, Edinboro, PA
West Virginia University, Print Collection, Morgantown, WV
Southern Graphics Arts Council Collection
The State Art Museum of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The Evergreen Collection, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA

VISITING ARTIST & LECTURES:


Workshop on Monotype techniques, Lecture, West Texas A&M Univ, Canyon, TX 2007
Panel Discussion Experimental Printmaking Institute, Printmaking Symposium Easton, PA 2007
Artist Lecture, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA 2006
Seven Years of Egress Press and Research: The Development of a Fine Art Press as a Dynamic Educational Resource. Pennsylvania Print Symposium, Edinboro, PA 2006
Experiencing Creativity: Edinboro Univ. DXD lecture series, Edinboro, PA 2005
Panel Discussion Chimera, From Pipe Dream to Printed Page English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities Conference  Erie, PA 2005
Artists Lecture, St. Cloud University, St. Cloud MN 2005 Artists Lecture, Harrisburg Area Com. College, PA 2005
Artists Lecture, Pittsburgh Biennial, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 2003
Guest Lecturer, Erie Art Museum, in conjunction with exhibition of student prints, Erie, PA 2003
Artists Lecture, Allegheny College, Allegheny, PA 2002
Artists Lecture, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH 1999
Guest Lecturer, for students of Seattle University, Lisa Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA 1998,
Guest Lecturer, monoprinting workshop, Seattle University, Seattle, WA 1998
Guest Lecturer, Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA 1998
Guest Lecturer, Massachusetts College of Arts, 1997
Visiting Artist, Guest Lecturer - Pacific Lutheran University, 1989, 1990, 1993

WORKSHOP / DEMONSTRATION INSTRUCTOR:


Workshop on Monotype techniques, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, 2009
Workshop on Monotype techniques, Lecture, West Texas A&M Univ, Canyon, TX 2007
Workshop on Monotype technique, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2005
Monotype with color, demonstration, Harrisburg Area Com. College, PA 2005
Photo-lithography demonstration, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA 2004
Photo-lithography demonstration, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA 2003
Photo-lithography demonstration, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA 2002
Photo-lithography workshop, Guest lecture, University of Delaware, Newark, DW 2000
Workshop on photographic printmaking Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh,  PA 2000
Workshop on monoprint techniques Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio 2000
Seattle University Monoprinting workshop, 1998, Assistant for printmaking demonstrations to university students and Seattle Art Museum docents, conducted by George Chiccona
Stone Press Editions Monotype process on the lithographic press 1997- 1998
Technical assistant to Italo Scanga in monoprinting workshop at Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA 1994
Photo. Positive Lithography at Pacific Lutheran University, 1993
Monoprinting on the Lithographic Press at Pratt Fine Arts Center 1992
Introduction to Lithography at Pratt Fine Arts Center 1991 – 1992
Monoprinting at Stone Press Editions 1990 – 1994

RESIDENCIES:


Frans Masereel Centrum, Individual Artist Residency, Kasterlee Belgium, July and August, 2009
Frans Masereel Centrum, Individual Artist Residency, Kasterlee Belgium, June, 2007
Frans Masereel Centrum, Individual Artist Residency, Kasterlee Belgium, July, 2006
Il Bisonte School of Printmaking, Pacific Northwest Printmakers Residency Florence, Italy, April 2006

GRANTS, HONORS, PRESENTATIONS, AWARDS:


Faculty Professional Development Committee Grant, PA State System Of Higher Education, PA 2007 $6000 grant awarded to support a residency at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee Belgium
Solo Show Award: This award and solo exhibition was the top prize for the  Juried exhibition: Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot Ameristar Gallery, The Foundry Art Centre St. Charles, MO 2006
John Lysak Printmaking Studio: room named  at the Pratt Fine Arts Center in recognition of contributions to teaching at Pratt and to the arts. New building to be constructed by 2007 Seattle, WA 2004
Photo-lithography workshop, Guest lecture, University of Delaware, Newark, DW 2000
Workshop on photographic printmaking techniques, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 2000
Workshop on monotype techniques Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio 2000
Guest lecture, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio 1999
Guest lecture for students of Seattle University at Lisa Harris Gallery Seattle, WA 1998
Guest lecture, monoprint workshop presentation, Seattle University, Seattle, WA 1998
Guest lecture, Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA 1998
Faculty Senate Research Grants - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2008
Guest presentation, Massachusetts College of Arts, 1997
Visiting Artist, Guest Lecturer - Pacific Lutheran University, 1989, 1990, 1993
Visiting Artist, South Seattle Community College, 1991
Grant - Traveling grant, Carnegie Mellon University, 1987
Heinz Fellowship - for graduate study, Carnegie Mellon University, 1986
Best print of show award - Southwest Washington Exhibition, 1985

EXHIBITIONS CURATED / ORGANIZED:


Juror for: Mid American Print Council (MAPC) Exhibition at the Wilson Art Center,
Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH 2010
The Monotype: Drawing in Ink Curated by John Lysak, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, exhibition of 20 artists work in monotype, 2009
Inky Paper: Prints from the Snowbelt Group exhibition of prints from faculty and students at
Edinboro University of PA, Curated by John Lysak, Most Wanted Fine Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2009
Juror for: Moths to a Flame Edinboro University of PA Alumni Artists exhibition,
Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA 2009
Interlocution: The role of printmaking as a catalyst within graphic design and illustrative aesthetics Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of PA, 2008 (Co-curated with Laurie Godfrey)
Say Something An exhibition of content oriented student work, Bates Gallery, Edinboro Univ. of PA 2008
Egress Press Archive An exhibition of the work of artists published by Egress Press the publishing and research component of the EUP print program: Erie Art Museum 2006, Portfolio display at the Southern Graphics Council Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2004,Artists Image Resource Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2003
Edinboro University Printmakers International Images Gallery, Sewickley PA  2004
Print Sojourn A traveling exhibition of student prints from EUP. This exhibition went to four locations: Thiel College Greenville, PA, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, Erie Art Museum Erie, PA, Artists Image Resource Gallery Pittsburgh,  PA 2002 -2003
Graduate Work for the Graduate Office an exhibition of graduate student work in the graduate office EUP Edinboro, PA 2003
Graduate Print Exhibition Erie Art Museum, Frame Shop Gallery, Erie PA 1999

PRINT EXCHANGES:


Assorted Mythology: A Collection of International Printmakers: print exchange, organized
by Melanie Yazzie, Associate Professor of Art, University of Colorado, 2009
More Human Than Human Print exchange portfolio, organized by Justin George,
Edinboro University of PA, 2009
A Visual History of the George W. Bush Presidency Edinboro University 2008
Sexy Magic Edinboro University and Indiana University of PA, 2007
Something Wicked This Way Comes  Edinboro University of PA, 2007
They Came Two by Two Edinboro University and Thiel College, 2007
Girls with Guns Portfolio, Bruce Gallery Edinboro Univ. Edinboro, PA 2004

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS:


Catalog for two exhibitions, Erie Art Museum and Lisa Harris Gallery: Edinboro, PA 2006
Exhibition images reproduced exhibition catalogue 2003 Pittsburgh Biennial Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 2003
Current projects Suite of lithograph/screenprints published by Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA 2000
Printing Technology Invites Mercyhurst Invites exhibition catalog Erie, PA 1999
Contemporary Printmaking exhibition catalog, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA 1999
Trinity Suite, four screen print / lithographs published by Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA 1997
Critical Impressions exhibition catalog, Florida State Arts Museum 1993
Pepe Goes Home lithograph published by Thot Associates, Paris, France 1992
Opinion Rag, lithographs reproduced, No. 4, winter 1989

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:


Professor of Printmaking:
Edinboro Univ. of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA Aug. 1995 – Present  Responsibilities: Fine arts focused instruction of beginning through graduate, lithographic, relief, intaglio and serigraphy techniques. Repair and maintenance of studio equipment. Management of studio assistants, budgets and supplies. Curriculum development. Evaluation of student’s work and progress.  As needed, instruction of Graduate Fine Arts Seminar. Full Professor status conferred in 2009
Art Department Graduate Program Head 2003 – Present
Director, Egress Press and Research:  1999 – Present: A printmaking publishing and research entity of the printmaking program at EUP. Facilitating visiting artist lectures, workshops, Artists worked with include: Jenny Schmid, John Hitchcock, Marry Hood,  Jay Ryan, Bill Fick, Tom Huck demonstrations and printing projects with artists. Website: www.egresspress.org.  Responsibilities: Fine arts focused instruction of beginning through graduate, lithographic, relief, intaglio and serigraphy techniques. Repair and maintenance of studio equipment. Management of studio assistants, budgets and supplies. Curriculum development. Evaluation of student’s work and progress.  As needed, instruction of Graduate Fine Arts Seminar.
Master Printer, Co-founder, director, Egress Press and Research - A printmaking and publishing research entity, which is an affiliated with the printmaking program at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. We invite artists to lecture/ do workshops about their artwork and faculty and students work together to publish fine art prints and art projects of various forms with the guest artists.
Lithography, Monoprint Instructor - Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA Aug. 1991 - July 1995
2D/Printmaking Department Coordinator - Pratt Fine Arts Center, Feb. 1994 - July 1995
Master Printer - Stone Press Editions, Seattle, WA Aug. 1988 - 95 Artists worked with include; Jacob Lawrence, Italo Scanga, Robert Bateman, Sam Gilliam, Rolf Julius, Paul Horuichi, Nori Sato, Trevor Southy. Publishers and clients have included; The Smithsonian Institute, The Limited Editions Club, N.A.A.C.P., The National Bar Association, The Francine Seders Gallery, etc.
Instructor of Printmaking - Carnegie Mellon University, 1987 - 1988
Instructor of Printmaking - Pre-College Arts Program, Carnegie Mellon Univ., 1987 - 1988
Instructor of Drawing - Carnegie Mellon University, 1986 - 1987
Adjunct Faculty, Printmaking - Evergreen State College, April  –  July 1985

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:


Member, Board of Directors,
Artists Image Resource, A non-profit community print studio, focused on printmaking, fine art publishing, project exhibitions and educational opportunities. Pittsburgh, PA 2003 to present
Aesthetic Director, Intellectual Property Services, Edinboro PA 1998 - Present














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