Jason Lyons

STATEMENT.
Creations from man made objects discarded as refuse and reinterpreted to form objects found in nature are the inspirations for my art.  The simple spoon forms the body of a rainbow trout; a discarded children's toy becomes the foundation for a moose; horse shoes transform into armadillos. Whose to say every spoon handle is not a bird's wing waiting to take flight? Ideas grow from a single reclaimed object consisting of primarily wood or metal that create the foundation of its repurpose. Sensing exactly what a certain item is to become just by its very shape, material and innate energy sculptures literally grow from that humble beginning. Building on that the reclaimed objects are then transformed from their mechanized human intentions into organic figures found in nature.

BIO.
Some of my earliest memories are of trips out “Junk” hunting with my father and of spending summers traveling the art show circuits in the family’s red VW bus. This and a childhood spent in the outdoors have played a large part in influencing my inspirations and mediums I sculpt in. My formal education, as well as much of my daily life, revolves around art. I excel in areas that focus 3D sculpting from reclaimed objects consisting of primarily wood and metal, augmented with, well, whatever else I can find. To me, it is the organic nature of many of these man-made objects that serves as a natural inspiration for me and transforms themselves to the organic figures I create.

Resume.

Jason Lyons
Harrisburg, PA 17110
717-810-9876

Email.    JasonLyonsArts@gmail.com

Web.     JasonLyonsArts.com

Residencies.
2018 - Harrisburg School District - STEM Camp
28 Day Duration - Found Object Construction
2017 - Millersville University - Lebanon High School
10 Day Duration - Found Object Construction

Grants/Awards.
2020 - Best in Show - Rehoboth Art League - 9th Regional Juried
Biennial Exhibition
2019 - Patrons Choice Winner - Vero Beach Art Club - New Dimensions
2018 - American Craft Week -  Metamorphosis Showcase - Winner
2018 - Third Place -Sculpture -  PCCA National Juried Exhibition
2017 - Third Place - View Art Center - Various Flora & Fauna 2017
2016 - First Place Sculpture - Art Association of Harrisburg Fall Member Show
2016 - Second Place - Mixed Media - PCCA National Juried Exhibition
2015 - NICHE Award Finalist - Recycled
2015 - NICHE Award Finalist- Mixed Media
2014 - NICHE Award Winner - Mixed Media
2013 - Mickie Workman Scholarship - Arts Business Institute winter workshop -      Philadelphia, PA
2010 - 1st Place - Sculpture - Art Association of Harrisburg Fall Member Show
2010 - Juriors Choice - Repurposed
2010 - EBSQ Online Gallery
2007 - 2nd Place -  Sculpture -  Art Association of Harrisburg Fall Member Show

Exhibitions.
Solo.
September 2012 Carlisle Arts Learning Center - Images & Objects - Carlisle, PA
September 2009 Perry County Council of the Arts - Human Nature - Wildlife Assemblages Formed from Reinterpreted Refuse - Newport, PA

Group.
September 2020 - Rehoboth Art League - 9th Regional Juried Biennial Exhibition - Best in Show Winner
September 2020 - Carlisle Arts Learning Center -  Finding Inspiration
March 2019 - Vero Beach Art Club - New Dimensions - Vero Beach, FL
September 2018 - Art and Jazz Festival - Freeman Stage - Selbyville, DE
June 2017 - View Art Center - Various Flora & Fauna - Old Forge, NY
November 2016 - PCCA - Annual National Juried Exhibition - Newport, PA
October 2016 - Art Association of Harrisburg - Member Show - Harrisburg, PA
June 2016 - State Museum of Pennsylvania - Art of the State - Harrisburg, PA
July 2015 - Maryland Federation of Art – Eye of the Beholder - Annapolis, MD
June 2015 - State Museum of Pennsylvania – Art of the State - Harrisburg, PA
June 2015 - HIVE Artspace – The Great Big Bug Show - York, PA
May - Present 2015 - Hershey Gardens - UpCycle - Hershey, PA
January 2014 - PCCA - Waste Not - Newport, PA
March 2014 - Studio B - Curator - UPCYCLE: ReFresh - Boyertown, PA
June 2013 - State Museum of Pennsylvania - Art of the State - Harrisburg, PA
May 2013 - Maryland Federation of Art - Eye of the Beholder -
                   The Art of the Found Object - Annapolis, MD
November 2012 - Craftforms 2012 - Wayne Art Center - Wayne, PA
July 2012 - Snyderman-Works Galleries - Recovered Delights - Philadelphia, PA
November 2011 - Maryland Federation of Art- Eye Of the Beholder -
                              Annapolis, MD
September 2011 - Ciao Gallery - Call of the Wild National Juried
                               Exhibition - Jackson, WY
December 2010 - Philly Dumpster Divers - Philadelphia Home
                              Show - Philadelphia, PA
July 2010 - Maryland Federation of Art - Art of the Found Object National
                    Juried Show - Annapolis, MD
June 2010 - Perry County Council of the Arts - Route 15 Member Artist
                     Exhibition - Newport, PA
March 2010 - Perry County Council of the Arts - Metal Exhibition - Newport, PA
January 2009 - Pajama Factory - Opening Reception - Williamsport, PA
September 2008 - Harrisburg Art Walk, Harrisburg, PA

Commissions.
2016 - Art of Troegs - Troegs Brewing - Hershey, PA
2009 - Pennsylvania Governor Awards - PA
2010 - Pennsylvania Governor Awards - PA
Various Private Collectors - National

Affiliations.
Philadelphia Dumpster Divers
Art Association of Harrisburg
PA Guild of Craftsmen
Perry County Council of the Arts

Current Gallery Representation.
Assemblage Contemporary Craftsman Gallery - Buda, TX
Rehoboth Art League - Rehoboth Beach , DE
The Merchant of Menace - West Chester, PA
Ivy Stone Studios - Downingtown, PA
Brain Vessel Galleries - Harrisburg, PA
Perry County Council of the Arts - Newport, PA