Born: 1954 Malden, MA
Education
Yale University, New Haven, CT MFA Photography, 1979
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA BA Photography, 1976
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2001
"Rwanda: No Single Truth", Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999
"Another Africa," Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
1998
"Another Africa," The Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"New Work," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1997
"New Work " Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996
"New Work-Africa," The Photographer’s Gallery, London, England
"Africa-Above the Equator," Grover/Thurston Gallery, London, England
1995
"Under African Stars," Savage Fine Art, Portland, OR
1994
"Among the Believers," Photographs from the Arab World Norton Building Collections, Seattle, WA
1993
"Egypt and Beyond," Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1992
"Egyptian Time" International Center of Photography, NY, NY
"Egypt and Beyond," G. Gibson Gallery
1990
American Cultural Center, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
Selected Group Exhibitions
2001
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR.
2000
"Here Abouts," Seattle Art Museum, WA
1996
"Les Trois Grandes Egyptiennes," Paris, France
"About Place/About Face: A Selection of Contemporary Photography," Seattle Art Museum
"Jews in Arab Lands Today," Beth Hatefusoth Museum Tel Aviv Israel
1995
"The Lure of Egypt: Six Perspectives," Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
1994
"The Art of Baseball," Safeco Gallery, Seattle WA
"Gallery Artists Exhibition," Savage Fine Art Portland OR
1993
"The Art of Microsoft," Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
"Foreign Affairs," G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Summertime," US West New Vector Group, Bellevue, WA
1992
"Destinations," US West New Vector Group, Bellevue, WA
1991
"Exhibition 5," Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Selected Permanent Collections
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Paul Brainerd Collection, Aldus Corporation
Microsoft Corporate Collection
Northwest Building Corporation, Seattle, WA
Polaroid Collection, Cambridge, MA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
University Fine Arts Gallery, University of Massachusetts/Amherst
University Hospital University of Washington Seattle, WA
US WEST New Vector Group, Bellevue, WA
Publications
1998
Another Africa, by Robert Lyons and Chinua Achebe
Les Trois Grande Dames-Pyramids of Giza, Marvel Publishers, Paris
1997
The Garden of Eden by Noordenticht
1992
Egyptian Time by Robert Lyons
1991
Out of the Fire by Robert Lyons and Bonnie Miller
Bibliography
2000
Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, "In ‘No Single Truth’, Humanity’s potential for Good and Bad" November 16
Jody Zellen, Art Scene, "Robert Lyons". November
The New Yorker, October 8
1998
The New Yorker, December 21
"Weekend Edition" National Public Radio, Interview by Scott Simon
Susan Stamberg, Interview, "Weekend Edition," National Public Radio
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6.21.06
Intimate Enemy: Images and Voices of the Rwandan Genocide
Robert Lyons' new book "Intimate Enemy: Images and Voices of the Rwandan Genocide" was published by Zone Books in March. "Intimate Enemy is a rare entrée into the logic, language, and imagery of Rwanda’s violence," the Zone Books web site says. "The book presents perpetrator testimony and photographs of both perpetrators and survivors."
