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Lyle james salmi

Solo Exhibitions

2019     Abstract Impressions. Richland Community College, Decatur, Illinois.
2018     Recent Paintings. Hickory Point Bank, Decatur, Illinois.
2016     Seen/Unseen. Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois.
2015     Sublime Light. The Visual Arts Gallery, University of Illinois, Springfield.
2012     Light. Yellow Dog Studio, Gallery 709, Sullivan, Illinois.
2009     The Need To Paint. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
2007     Recent Paintings. Atron Regen Gallery, Champaign, Illinois
2003     The Black Paintings. Decatur Arts Council, Decatur, Illinois
2001     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.

Selected Group Exhibitions

​2021     Purely Abstract, National Invitational Exhibition, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California.

2020     The 7th Annual Small Works 2020 National Juried Exhibition, Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, New York.

2019     Group Exhibition, Artemis Gallery July 11-24 2019, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
               Ely Arts And Heritage Gala Exhibition, July 12-15, 2019 Miners Dry Building, Ely Minnesota.

2018     Artlink Gallery 5 State Regional Juried Exhibition, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
            “Lunacy” Invitational Group Exhibition , McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois.

2017     3 Person Exhibition, Artemis Gallery, Northeast Harbor, Maine.

2016     Millikin Art Department Faculty Biennial, Perkinson Gallery, Millikin University.

2014     Paintings featured in Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 24, page 145., an international       
              juried competition, juror: Barbara O’Brien, Director of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.
              Social In/Justice. An invitational traveling exhibition of prints. Curated by Ben Rinehart, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI

2013    Surface, Light, and Structure: 3 person exhibition of Frances Hynes, Lyle Salmi, and Richard Keen.
             Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, Maine.

2012    Online Print Exhibition: A Community of Printmakers. Mid America Print Council 2012 Conference
            Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
            “Nature” International Online Exhibition. Light, Space & Time Online Art Gallery

2010   Normal Editions Workshop Collaborative: Prints 1976-2008. Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
            Then & Now: Artists From the Lang-Fuller Building. University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.

2009     Lyle Salmi & Kakoli Sen. Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, Illinois.
             Quad State Biennial Exhibition. Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois.

2008    Art Exhibition Series. Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, Illinois.

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

Awards & Honors

2014     Millkin University Research/Artistic Activity Award.
2012     Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Art. Light, Space, & Time Online Gallery Exhibition, Nature Art.
2009     Visiting Artist. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois.
2008     Residency Fellowship. The Anderson Center for the Arts, Red Wing, Minnesota.
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.


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.
Carriage Return: James Millikin Homestead building gets new lease on life. Photo and article. Decatur Herald and Review, November 29, 2009. By Ralph Pansch.
The Real World: life, As Seen in Lyle Salmi's Paintings. Article and photos. Decatur Limited Magazine, November/December 2009. Article by Meredith Jackson, Photos by Ralph Pansch.
Art Review: Lose Yourself at Sea: Surface, Light and Structure Exhibition at Elizabeth Moss Gallery. Article and photos, Portland Press Herald July 10, 2013, by Daniel Kany.
Gallery Hopping on Thursdays: June 6, 2013, Artnet online magazine. Article by Karen Vanegas.

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Collections

Kennebunk State Bank
The Rochester Institute of Technology
The L.L. Bean Family
The Anheuser Busch Family
The Center For Entrepreneurship, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.
Barbara Rice, Appleton, Wisconsin.
Lawrence University Paper Fox Press, Appleton Wisconsin.
Virginia Shafter, St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Magnolia Hallam, 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
Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois.
Pratt & Pratt Law Offices, Decatur, Illinois.
Quincy Art Center, Quincy, Illinois.
University of South Florida Print Exchange, Tampa, Florida.
Gallery 510, Decatur, Illinois.
Bizou Restaurant, Decatur, Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Stimac, Eveleth, Minnesota.
Steve and Bonnie Anderson, Virginia, Minnesota.
Mr. and Mrs Tom Griffith, Decatur, Iliinois.
Mr. and Mrs Jeffrey Geisler, Mt Zion, Illinois.
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