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Lyle J. Salmi
Lsalmi@mail.millikin.edu
 
 
Education
1988

Master of Fine Arts (Painting)
Arizona State University.                                         

1983
Bachelor of Fine Arts
University of Minnesota-Duluth.
 
 
Employment
1996- present

Associate Professor of Art
Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.

 
 
Professional Experience
2006
Juror, Lakeland College Annual Exhibition.
1997-2003
Assistant Director, Perkinson Gallery
Millikin University - Decatur, Illinois.
2003

Exhibition Coordinator, Works On Paper ’01
Millikin University - Decatur, Illinois.

2002
Juror, Lakeland College Annual Exhibition.
2001

Exhibition Coordinator, Works On Paper ’01,
A national biennial juried exhibition
Perkinson Gallery, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.

Public Lecture, Bowling Green State University

Juror, Eastern Illinois University Student Exhibition
2000
Juror- FibreArts 2000 National Exhibition
Gallery 510, Decatur, Illinois.
2000
Public Lecture - Murmurs
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticutt.
1999
Exhibition Coordinator - Millikin National Works on Paper ‘99
Perkinson Gallery, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.
1998
Member, Board of Directors
Gallery 510, Decatur, Illinois.
Exhibition Coordinator - WinterThaw’98, National Juried Exhibition
Gallery 510, Decatur, Illinois.
Panel Co-Chair - The Responsibility of the Artist 60th Mid-America College Art Association Conference
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. 
Public Lecture - Underlying Form: The Spirit of Painting
Pilling Chapel, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.
1997
Editorial Advisory Board Member - Collegiate Press
Alta Loma, California
Public Lecture - On Modernism
Decatur Arts Council, Decatur, Illinois.
1996
Juror, McLean County Amateur Show
McLean County Art Center - Bloomington, Illinois.
1995

Public Lecture - The Elusive Form
McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois.

1992

Public Lecture - The Normal Paintings
Millikin University , Decatur, Illinois.

Juror: Heart of Illinois Fair
Peoria, Illinois.
Juror: Lincoln Balloon Festival Art Show
Lincoln, Illinois.
1991

Panelist - Mid America College Art Association
University of Wisconsin- Madison, Wisconsin.

 
 

Solo Exhibitions

2007

Recent Paintings
Atron Regen Gallery, Champaign, Illinois.

2003

The Black Paintings
Decatur Arts Council, Decatur, Illinois

Recent Paintings
Decatur Public Library, Decatur, Illinois.
The Illinois Series
City Arts Venue- Springfield, Illinois.
1999
Murmurs
Fairfield University - Fairfield, Connecticutt.
1998
Current Work
Eureka College - Eureka, Illinois.
1997
Recent Paintings
The Art Center - Jamestown, North Dakota.
1996
Sense Of Sight
Decatur Arts Council - Decatur, Illinois.
1995
The Elusive Form
McLean County Arts Center - Bloomington, Illinois.
1994
New Works
Struve Gallery - Chicago, Illinois.
1993
Normal Series
Chicago Street Gallery - Lincoln, Illinois.
1992
Normal Paintings
Millikin University - Decatur, Illinois.
1990
Paintings
Rizing Gallery - Scottsdale, Arizona.
1989

Recent Paintings
Arizona Western College - Yuma, Arizona.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007

...And I Am Blue...
McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois.

Marks From the Matrix Exhibition
Illinois State University Galleries, Normal Illinois.

2006
16th Biennial Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois Exhibition
Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, Illinois. Juror: Elizabeth Yarosz-Ash.

Painter As Mentor: The Paintings of Lyle Salmi and  former students Michael Wille, Andy Messerschmidt, Katie Hinton, Angie Zielinski, Benjamin Gardner, and Robert Fifield.
McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois.
Curated by Alison Hatcher, McLean County Arts Center.

2005 

Faculty Biennial Exhibition
Perkinson Gallery, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.

Live After Five Exhibition
Decatur Arts Council, Decatur, Illinois
2003
So Square Exhibition,
McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois.
2002
Recent Works: Two-Person Exhibition
City Arts Venue, Springfield, Illinois.
Hambidge Colony Group Exhibition
Hambidge Arts Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia.
2001

Faculty Biennial Exhibition
Perkinson Gallery, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.

2000
Hambidge Colony Group Exhibition
Hambidge Arts Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia.
1999
Jasper Community Arts Commission Juried Exhibition
Kremp Gallery, Jasper, Indiana.
Faculty Biennial Exhibition
Perkinson Gallery- Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.
1998
12thBiennial Exhibition
Tarble Arts Center- Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois.  
Jasper Community Arts Commission Juried Exhibition
Kremp Gallery, Jasper, Indiana.
Group Exhibition
McLean County Arts Center - Bloomington, Illinois.
1997
ArtForms ‘97
Lafayette Museum of Art - Lafayette, Indiana.
47th Quad State Juried Exhibition
Quincy Art Center - Quincy, Illinois.
Salon Soiree’ Invitational Exhibition
Sioux City Art Center - Sioux City, Iowa.
1996
Absolutely Abstract
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, Missouri.       
First Night Bloomington/Normal Exhibition
Illinois State University - Normal, Illinois.
1995
Art On Tour  Travelling Exhibition
Texas Fine Art Association - Austin, Texas.
Group Show
McLean County Arts Center - Bloomington, Illinois.
1994
10th Anniversary Group Exhibition
Elliot Smith Contemporary Art - St. Louis, Missouri.
Stockton National Juried Exhibition
Haggin Museum - Stockton, California.
44th Quad-State Juried Exhibition
Quincy Art Center - Quincy, Illinois.
1993
Dakotas International Juried Exhibition
University of South Dakota - Vermillion, South Dakota.
Drawing Into The 90's National Juried Exhibition
Laguna Gloria Art Museum - Austin, Texas.
Emerging Chicago Abstraction
Rockford Art Museum - Rockford, Illinois.
1992
Sioux City 52nd Annual National Juried Exhibition
Sioux City Art Center - Sioux City, Iowa.
1992
New Directions '92 Juried Exhibition
North Shore Art League - Chicago, Illinois.
Faculty Biennial
University Galleries - Normal, Illinois.
1991
Faculty Exchange Exhibition
Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts - Shenyang, China.    
8th Alcoa National Juried Exhibition
Wanatchee Valley College - Wanatchee, Washington.
6th Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition
Central Missouri State University - Warrensburg, Missouri.
41st Quincy Invitational Exhibition
Quincy Art Center - Quincy, Illinois.  
West Coast Works on Paper National Juried Exhibition
The Ink People - Eureka, California.  
1990
Positive/Negative National Juried Exhibition
Slocumb Galleries - Johnson City, Tennessee.
Current Trends National Juried Exhibition
Lower Columbia College - Longview, Washington.
Homegrown II Invitational Exhibition
Galleria Mesa - Mesa, Arizona.
Faculty Exhibition
University Art Museum - Arizona State University.
Peoria Statewide Exhibition
Peoria Art Center - Peoria, Arizona.
1989
Art in the Mountain Time Zone Juried Exhibition
Jewish Community Center - Denver, Colorado.

Group Exhibition
Scottsdale Center for the Arts - Scottsdale, Arizona.

 
 

Awards/Honors

 
1998
Honorable Mention Award
 12th Illinois Biennial Exhibition
Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, Illinois
Residency Fellowship
The Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, Georgia.
1994
Fellowship.
Arts Midwest/NEA Fellowship in Painting.
1993
Jurors Merit Award.
Drawing Into The 90s National Exhibition,
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas.
1992
Honorable Mention Award
New Directions '92,
North Shore Art League, Chicago, Illinois.
1991
Purchase Award.
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois.
1990
Curator's Choice Award.
Homegrown II Exhibition, Mesa, Arizona.
1989

First Place Award.
Art in the Mountain Time Zone Exhibition, Denver, Colorado.

 
 

Collections

Dr. Magnolia Halam, Forsyth, Illinois.
McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois.
Normal Editions Workshop, Illinois State University, Normal Illinois.
J.L Hubbard Insurance & Bonds, Decatur, Illinois.
Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, Georgia
Tri Data Services Inc., Chandler, Arizona.
Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.
Pratt & Pratt Law Offices, Bloomington, Illinois.
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois.
University of South Florida Print Exchange, Tampa, Florida.
Gallery 510, Decatur, Illinois
 
 

Publications

Drawing Into The ‘90’s. Exhibition brochure. Texas Fine Arts Association. 1993.

Arts Midwest News, Arts Midwest/NEA Visual Fellowships Newsletter, September 1994, Karen Nelson, Editor.

Images: 1994/95 Painting Fellowship Recipients. Fellowship brochure NEA/Arts Midwest. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
 
Elusive Forms.  Photo &Article. The Pantagraph, April 21, 1995, Dan Craft, Author.

The Elusive Form. Exhibition brochure. McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois. April 14, 1995. James Huddleston, Curator.

Blu Thru & Thru. Exhibition catalogue. Sioux City Arts Center, June 1, 1996.

Art Forms ’97. Exhibition brochure. Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, Indiana.

Drawing Into The ‘90’s. Exhibition brochure. Texas Fine Arts Association. 1995.

12th Illinois Biennial Exhibition. Brochure. Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois. January 1999.

Lyle Salmi’s meditative works on view at Lukacs Gallery
. Article. Fairfield University Press, Vol. 32, No 152. January 15, 2000.

29th Annual Juried Show, Anderson Arts Center. Call for entries brochure. April 2004. Anderson Arts Center, Anderson, South Carolina.

Decatur Magazine
. Photo & Article. October/November 2005. pages 47-48.

Painter As Mentor. Photo & Article. Decatur Herald & Review, Friday August 4, 2006. Alicia Spates, author.

Painter As Mentor Exhibition. Calendar of events, Out Of The Blue Newsletter, August 18, 2006 Vol. 8 No. 8.  Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.

Professor, former students featured in exhibit
. Article. Millikin Quarterly. Summer 2006. Vol. XXII, No. 2. Millikin University, Decatur Illinois.

Marks From The Matrix: Collaborative Limited Edition Prints 1976-2006. Exhibition Catalogue.

Normal Editions Press. 2007.

 

 
 
 
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