Sylvia Lark
Untitled (Blue and Gold Flower)
1985

About the Item

Artist: Sylvia Lark– Native American (Seneca) (1947- 1990) Title: Untitled (Blue and Gold Flower) Year: 1985 Medium: Pastel, mixed media (chine colle) on paper Size: 22.5 x 24 inches. Signature: Signed reverse, lower left corner Condition: Very good This mixed media work is by the noted artist, Sylvia Lark. It is a mixed media work with pastel and chine colle. It is in very good condition. It is signed on the reverse in the lower right. As well, it bears a label from the Jeremy Stone Gallery of San Francisco. Born in Buffalo of Native American and Italian-American heritage, Lark exhibited in over 125 national and international group shows and is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), the University Art Museum (Berkeley, CA), the Oakland Museum, the Legion of Honor, (San Francisco), Bank of America World Headquarters (San Francisco), and ARCO Foundation (Los Angeles) among others. There is very extensive biographical information about Sylvia Lark online, including Wikipedia. The following resume information is from her website. Born 1947, Buffalo, New York. Died 1990, Berkeley, California EDUCATION 1972 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, M.F.A. 1970 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, M.A. 1969 SUNY College at Buffalo, NY, B.A. 1967 University of Sienna, Academy of Art, Italy TEACHING 1985-90 Professor of Art, University of California, Berkeley 1981-85 Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley 1977-81 Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley 1976-80 Associate Professor, California State University, Sacramento 1972-76 Associate Professor, California State University, Sacramento HONORS AND AWARDS 1991 Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, College Art Association Awards of Excellence, Washington, D.C. National Convention 1986 Humanities Research Fellowship Travel Award, University of California, Berkeley 1982 Humanities Research Fellowship Travel Award, University of California, Berkeley 1981 Academic Senate Committee on Teaching, Faculty Mini-Grant, University of California, Berkeley 1980 Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, University of California, Berkeley 1978 Regents' Junior Faculty Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley 1977 Fulbright-Hayes Grant, Korea and Japan Academic Senate Committee on Teaching, Faculty Mini-Grant, University of California, Berkeley 1976-77 Honors Award presented by Associated Students of California State University, Sacramento, for "Outstanding Contributions in Teaching and Research SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1992 Washington State University, Museum of Art, Pullman, WA 1991 North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND 1990 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1987 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1985 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA Galerie Hartje, Frankfurt, West Germany 1983 Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA Galerie Akmak, Berlin, West Germany (two person) 1982 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA 1981 Ivory Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA (two person) 1980 Bhirasri Institute of Modern Art, Bangkok, Thailand (two-person) Fine Arts Gallery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 1979 Reese Bullen Gallery, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA (two person) 1978 Vedra Gallery, San Jose, CA N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL, Chicago Installation (two person) Seigred Gallery, University of Ohio, Athens, OH (two person) Los Medano College Gallery, Pittsburgh, CA (two person) 1977 Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA Zara Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1141 Center Street, Oakland, CA, Paradams Installation (two person) 1976 School of the Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA 1975 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA prints (three person) 1973 Gallery 1800, Sacramento, CA 1972 Memorial Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, WI 1971 Memorial Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, WI 1970 Memorial Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, WI GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2002 Art/Women/California, Paralells and Intersections: 1950 - 2000. The San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA. Art/Women/California, Paralells and Intersections: 1950 - 2000, edited by Diana Burgess Fuller and Daniella Salvoni, University of California Press, 2002. Color Illus. 1991 Faculty (SFAI, CCAC, UC Berkeley and SF State), Untitled, San Francisco, CA. 1990 Selected Acquisitions and Recent Work, Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 1989 Recent Acquisitions, Achenback Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legioin of Honor, San Francisco, CA . Faculty Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California, Berkeley. Order and Intuition: Aspects of Bay Area Abstract Painting, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA. Changing Woman: Native American Artists, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1988 Four Sacred Mountains: Color, Form and Abstraction, Arizona Commission on the Arts Traveling Exhibition Program. Peter Selz Selects Seventeen Berkeley Artists, The Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Catalogue. 1987 North Ryder Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley California Printmaking Selections from Northern and Southern California, Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA . The Ethnic Idea, An Artistic Genesis, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA. The Right Foot Show, San Francisco International Airport, Exhibits Program, San Francisco, CA. New Directions: Passages, A Survey of California Women Artists, Fresno Art Center, Fresno, CA, Catalogue. Jeremy Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA . 7 Painters from the Jeremy Stone Gallery, Shasta College, Redding, CA. Five to One, University Art Gallery, Riverside, CA, March 1989 and traveling. 1986 U.C. Prints, Cvic Art Gallery, Riverside, CA, March 1989 and traveling. The Hanga Annual 1986, Japan-California Print Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan. Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art, Tokyo, Japan, Catalogue New Work, Jeremy Stone Galllery, San Francisco, CA Art of the Seventh Generation, Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences, Binghamton, NY 1985-86 American Women in Art: Works on Paper, United National Conference on Women, Nairobi, Kenya, travelling to 8 museums Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar and Sage, American Community House Gallery, New York, NY, and travelling to: Haffenreffer Museum, Brown University, Bristol, RI Slusser Art Gallery, University of Michiigan, Ann Arbor, MI C.N. Gorman Museum, Los Angeles, CA Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK Fine Arts Museum, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1984-86 Prints USA, World Print Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Catalogue, traveling to: Museo Crillo Gil, Mexico National Museum, Singapore, Republic of Singapore National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand Amerika Hause, Berlin, Gederal Republic of Germany Malmo Konsthall, Malmi, Sweden 1985 Contemporary American Monotypes, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Catalogue 30,000 to Present, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA Dealers Choice, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA 1984-85 Galerie Akmak, Berlin, West Germany, Signale, Catalogue, traveling to: Amerika Haus, Hanover, West Germany Amerika Haus, Stuttgart, West Germany German American Institute, Heidelberg, West Germany Amerika Haus, Hamburg, West Germany Amerika Haus, Cologne, West Germany Gallery of City Oshabruck, West Germany German Ledermuseum, Offenback, West Germany 1983-85 Contemporary Native American Art, Gardiner Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Stillwater, OK, Catalogue, traveling to: University Art Gallery, California State University, Dominques Hills, Carson, CA Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada Pratt Manhattan Gallery Center, New York, NY Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1984 Jennifer Barlett, Lousa Chase, Sylvia Lark, Judy Rifka, Galerie Akmak, Berlin, West Germany. Common Heritage, The Queens Museum, Flushing, NY, Catalogue. Singular Expressions: Monotypes, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA. Contemporary Prints, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA. 1983 Prints America, The Abington Art Center, Philadelphia, PA. Prints, California State College, San Bernadino, CA, International Printmaking Invitational, Catalogue. San Francisco to Sacramento Printmakers, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA. Grey Canyon and Friends, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Catalogue. Modern Native American Abstraction, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ, Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM. Printed by Women, A National Exhibition of Photographs and Prints, The Port of History Museum at Penns Landing, Philadelphia, PA. The Auction: 4th Annual Artist Invitational, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Catalogue. Indian Artists of the 1980's, Sacred Circle Gallery, Sattle, WA, Catalogue. National Print Invitational, California State University, San Bernadino, CA. Expansions, ARCO Galery of the Visual Arts of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, Catalogue. First Overseas Exhibition of California Prints by Artists of the California Society of Printmakers, World Print Center, San Francisco, CA, and traveling, Catalogue. Contemporary Native American Art, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, Catalogue. Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, and San Jose de Rio Preto, Brazil, Catalogue. On Paper, Jeremey Stone Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 1982-83 New American Graphics 2, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, Catalogue, traveling to: Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI Alaska Association for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ Visual Arts Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Littleton, CO Art Center, South Bend, IN 1982 Native American Artists, American Indian Community House Gallery, New York, NY. Gallery Artists, Ivory Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Emerging Northern California Artists, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA. California Artists Cookbook Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Santa Ana, CA. Contemporary California Prints Exhibition, San Jose Art Museum, San Jose, CA and Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA, Catalogue. Modern Native American Abstraction, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, Catalogue. 1981-82 Coastal Currents, A California/New York Exhibition, Center for the Arts, Corpus Christi, TX, Catalogue. At the Edge of the Woods, Native American Center for the Living Arts, Inc., Niagra Falls, NY. Confluences of Tradition and Change, Carl N. Gorman Museum, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA, Catalogue, traveling to: Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX. American Indian Community House, New York, NY. Brunnier Gallery, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 1981 Second Biennalle of Graphic Art of America, Museum of Graphic Arts, Maracaibo, Venezuela, Catalogue. Eat Your Art Out, University of Art Museum, Berkeley, CA. Approaches to the Print: A Selection of California Printmakers, California State College, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA . The Western Edge, Capricorn Asunder Gallery, The San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA, Catalogue. Drawing Into Prints, Silvermine Guild School of Art, New Canaan, CT. Contemporary American Monotypes, Impressioins Gallery, Boston, MA. American Colorist Print, World Print Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Some Printmakers, Weil Gallery, Center for the Arts, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, TX, Catalogue. Prints and Printmaking, Wyomissing Institute of Fine Arts, Wyomissing, PA. One of a Kind, Prints and Paper, Suzanne Lemberg Usdan Gallery, Bennington, College, Bennington, VT. Singular/Multiple, World Print Art Exposition, San Francisco, CA. Iroquois Art, Via Gambaro Galllery, Washington, D.C. 1980-81 Wesleyan International Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, East and West Galleries, Wesleyan College, Macon, GA, Catalogue, and traveling to: Alabama School of Fine ARts Gallery, Birmingham, AL St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, NC University of South Carolina, Beaufort, SC Chatahoochee Valley Art Association Art Center, La Grange, GA University Galleries, The University of Mississippi, University, MS Living Arts and Sciences Center, Lexington, KY Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY The Light is Different in California, Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY, traveling to: University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC University of Dayton, Dayton, OH Houghton College, Houghton, NY California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA University of Southern California, Columbia, SC 1980 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY. The 56th Annual International Competition, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA, Catalogue. Ideas and Images: Printmakers, Hayward State University, Hayward, CA. The Colored Print, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. The Auction: 2nd Annual California Artists' Invitational, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, Catalogue. USA Artists in Thailand: Thailand Artists in USA, Poh Chang College of Arts and Crafts, Bangkok, Thailand. Five Decades: Recent Work by Alumni of the Department of Art, Elvehjjern Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. West Coast Drawing, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA. A Selection of the Ivory Kimpton Gallery Artists, Ivory Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 1979 New Acquisitions, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA. Nine Artists: Recent Works, Robert Else Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, CA. Small Format, Alan Hancock Gallery, Santa Maria, CA. Bay Area Artists' Exhibition, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA. Group Exhibition, The Palm Gallery, San Diego, CA. 1st Invitational Print Exhibition, California State University, Hayward, CA, Catalogue. Printed Matter, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, CA. Scenes from the Visual Arts, The Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA. 1978-80 Prints, New Points of View, Crocker Art Space, Sacramento, CA, traveling to: Anchorage Historical and Fine Arts Museum, Anchorage, AK University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND Oakridge Art Center, Oakridge, TN Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA Everett College Art Gallery, Everett, WA Redding Museum, Redding, CA 4th Norwegian International Print Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fredrikstad, Norway. 1978 2nd Artist's Soap Box Derby, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, Award, Catalogue. Conjunct, North, South, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA and Brand Library Art Galleries, Los Angeles, CA. International Biennal of Graphic Art, Kolping Hall, Frechen, West Germany. Paper Show, Zara Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Mixed Media on Paper, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Catalogue. Seven by Nine, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL. Bay Area "12" ... Monotypes/Prints, Stephen Writz Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Messengers of the Earth, California State University, Sacramento, CA. 1977-78 Art in the Embassies, American Embassy, Washington, D.C. and traveling First Bienniel of Graphics, Museo Municipal de Artes Graficas, Maracaibo, Venezuela 1977 Interiors/Small Landscapes/Still Lifes, Manitoba Museum of Fine Art and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Eight American Artists from Califronia, Center for International Arts, New York, NY Sensory Exhibition, Crocker Art Space, Sacramento, CA SO/NO Prints California, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA Prints in Series, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA 16th Bradley National Print and Drawing Juried Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL, Catalogue 6th Annual Bay Area Region Graphics Competition, Helen Eurphrat Galery De Anza College, Cupertino, CA, Catalogue 1976-77 California Society of Printmakers Juried Exhibition, Van Dooran Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1976 Drawings 1976, Impressions Gallery, Boston, MA Gallerie Simone Stern, New Orleans, LA Selected Faculty Exhibition, California State University, Sacramento, CA Impressions - A California Print Invitational, Ohlone College Art Department Gallery, Fremont, CA 1975 New American Graphics, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY, and traveling, Catalogue Bay Area Artists' Exhibition, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA International Women's Year Exhibition, California State University, Sacramento, CA 1974 New Artists of the Year, Gallerie Simone Stern, New Orleans, LA Faculty Exhibition, California State University, Sacramento, CA Prints of the 70's, Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA and California State University, Sacramento, CA New Miltiples, Art Department Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Catalogue Male/Female, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA Gallerie 1640, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1973 The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA Dean Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Carl N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, CA Nielson Gallery, Boston, MA 1972 Potsdam Prints, State University of New York, Potsdam, NY, Catalogue Albrecht Durer Commemorative Competition, Milwaukee, WI, Award Nielson Gallery, Boston, MA Dean Gallery, Minneapolis, MN University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 44th Annual, Award, Catalogue Goethe-House Print and Drawing Competition, Kohler Art Center, Milwaukee, WI, Traveling Exhibition New Faculty Exhibition, California State University, Sacramento, CA Midwest USA, Gallerie 1640, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 25th Annual Camera Concepts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Award National graphics Exhibition, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD Images '72, Akoka-Ramsey State Junior College, Coon Rapids, MN, Catalogue 1971 Society of American Graphic Artists, Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY Nielson Gallery, Boston, MA 43rd Annual, Memorial Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Catalogue Arrowhead Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, Catalogue Women '71, University Center Gallery, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL, Catalogue 36th Wisconsin Salon of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Catalogue PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1989 Guest Lecturer, The Eye of the Artist II, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA 1986-90 Member, Women's Forum, San Francisco, CA 1985 Visiting Artist, University of Kansas, Kansas, Nebraska Visiting Artist, Amerika Haus, Frankfurt, West Germany 1984 Juror, Gusman Exhibition of Undergraduate and GRaduate Art Students, University of tulsa, Tulsa, OK Juror, Prints, USA, First Overseas Exhibition of the California Society of Printmakers, USA and travelling Visiting Artist, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK 1981-84 National Advisory Board, Women's Caucus for Art 1983 Visiting Artist, University of Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Visiting Artist, University of New Orleans, New ORleans, LA Juror and Lecturer, Fourth Annual Louisiana Women's Art Exhibition, University of New Orleans 1982 Visiting Artist, Mills College, Oakland, CA 1981 Coordinator and moderator of panel: Women and Printmaking: A Special Affinity, held at the 1981 National WCA Conference, San FRancisco, CA 1981 WCA Conference Chair: Women of Art: Connection West, National Women's Caucus for Art Annual Conference, in conjunction with the National College Art Association, San Francisco, CA Visiting Artist, University of California, Davis, CA Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1978-81 Appointment to the National Board, Women's Caucus for Art 1980 Visiting Artist, Bhirasri Institute of Modern ARt, BAnkok, Thailand 1978-80 Appointment: Regional Coordinator of Northern Section (California, Nevada, Arizona) of the Coalition of Women's ARt ORganizations Guest Curator: Prints: New Points of View, originating at the Crocker Art Space, Sacramento, CA and traveling to Western State Museums. This exhibition won a National Endowment for the Arts Award. 1978 Visiting Artist, West Valley Junior College, San Jose, CA Juror of Prints and Drawings, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA 1977 Visiting Artist, Washington University, St. Louis, MO Visiting Artist, University of California, Davis, CA Visiting Artist, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA Juror of Photography Exhibition, University of California, Davis, CA July 3, 1977 T.V. Channel 11, Interviewed by Laura Graff, San Jose, CA 1975 Guest Curator: Eight Women on Paper, California State University, Sacramento, CA 1974 Cuest Curator: Prints of the '70s, National Invitational Exhibition, California State University, Sacramento and The Artists' Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, CA 1973 Juror of Women in Photography Exhibition, Sacramento, CA T.V. Channel 3, Interviewed by Liz McDonald, San Francisco, CA SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, ME Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA ARCO Foundation, Los Angeles, CA Amoco Foundation, Denver, CO Mills College, Oakland, CA Traveling Collection of the American Embassies, Washington, D.C. State University of New York, Potsdam, NY University of New Orleans, Louisiana Museo Municipal de Artes Graficas, Maracaibo, Venezuela State University of New York, Buffalo, NY University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI The Seattle First National Bank, Seattle, WA University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

Creator:

Sylvia Lark (1947 - 1990, Native American, American)

Creation Year:

1985

Dimensions:

Height: 22.5 in (57.15 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)

Medium:

Oil Pastel,Handmade Paper

Movement & Style:

Abstract Expressionist

Period:

1980-1989

Condition:

Very good condition.

Gallery Location:

Materials

Paper, Screen

John Hoyland
Brown Block on Pink - from the New York Suite, 1971

$2,700

Soho #48

Located in San Francisco, CA

This artwork titled "Soho #48" c.1990 is mixed media, acrylic paint and collage on museum board paper by noted American artist Robert Inman, 1927-2016. It...

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