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STEPHEN LACK

 

Education

M.F.A. Sculpture. University of Guanajuato,San Miguel de Allende; Mexico

B.A. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; Canada

 

Related Studies

Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California

Ecole des Beaux Arts, Montreal Quebec; Canada.

Columbia University, New York City, N.Y.

                                                                                                                                                                                      

Selected Solo Exhibitions

       2016:  “Vintage Lack” Works on Paper from the 80’s Castor Gallery NYC

       2015: ‘Small Works” Galerie D’Avignon; Montreal Quebec, Canada

                 Small Works Steven Adams Gallery Denver Colorado.

       2013: “Strangely Familiar” Annex Gallery Saratoga Performing Arts; Albany International Airport. N.Y

                 “Art and the Automobile” Stephen Lack; Andy Warhol; Alexander Calder; Commander Cody. Saratoga Automobile Museum 

                                                             Saratoga Springs N.Y.  

      2010 :    Drive By :  Gallerie Pangee;  Montreal Que. Canada

                   “Into the Mist” (Children at the End of the World); Southern Vt Arts Center

2009        “AUTONATION”  Illinois State University School of the Arts , 

                     Normal, Illinois. Curator: Barry Blinderman

“Recent Work” : Joyce Goldstein Gallery; Chatham, N.Y. t

“Vintage Lack”  Christopher Henry Gallery; NYC                                    

2008        “Filmstills op doek en Paper” Gallerie Dijkstra 

                                                                              Antwerp, Belgium

      2007     Joyce Yahouda Gallery:  “The Book Show”  Montreal; Quebec; Canada

2006      “The Rise and Fall of Suburban Empire”: Christopher Henry Gallery;

                                                                                          N.Y.C.,N.Y.

      2005     Joyce Goldstein Gallery; Chatham N.Y.

      2004   “Dreams that Come True” Gallery Dijkstra Antwerp Belgium

      2003   “Paintings, Drawings and Prototypes”: Gallery One; Toronto, Canada

2002     “Recent Work”: Gallery Dijkstra; Antwerp, Belgium

“Recent Work”: Bodi Modern Art; Newport RI

2001     “History and Drama”:  Gallery One, Toronto, Canada

2000     “Recent Work”: Gallery Dijkstra  Antwerp, Belgium

1999   “Recent Paintings and Drawings”: Gallery One, Toronto, Canada.

1998     “The Edge Of Innocence”; retrospective @Lyman-Allyn Museum,New London 

                   “American Dream” Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Quebec; Canada

1997     “Recent  Paintings”:  Leo Kamen Gallery  Toronto Canada.

“Small Wars”:  Joyce Goldstein Gallery, New York City.

1996      “Route U.S.A.”: Gallery Dijkstra, Antwerp, Belgium.

1995     “Golden Age of America” : Joyce Goldstein Gallery, N.Y.C

“America for Sale”;  Dresdnere Gallery, Toronto, Canada

1993     “New Work” : Gallery Dresdnere, Toronto Canada.

1990     Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, N.Y.

Greene Gallery, Miami Florida.

Gallerie  Daniel,  Montreal, Canada

1989     Walls, Seibu;  Tokyo, Japan

Simon Dresdnere Gallery, Toronto, Canada.

1988     Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1987     Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.

Simon Dresdnere Gallery, Toronto, Canada

Gallery Marie-Louise Wirth,  Zurich  Switzerland

“New Traditionalism” Gracie Mansion Gallery, N.Y.C.

“New Work”, Greene Gallery; Coral Gables, Fla.

1985     Anna Friebe Gallery, Cologne, Germany.

Dresdnere Gallery Toronto, Canada

1984     The Center for Contemporary Art, West Palm Beach, Florida.:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            “Power” Gracie Mansion Gallery, N.Y.C.

                  Barbara Farber Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

       1983    “The Crime of your Life” Gracie Mansion Gallery, N.Y.C.

                  “New Work” Piezo Electric Gallery, N.Y.C.

1982    “Evidence”  Gracie Mansion Gallery, Loo Division,N.Y.C.

1981    “ Process”   Idee Gallery, Toronto Canada.

1978    “The Rubber Gun Work”; Little Carnegie Gallery; New York City, N.Y.

1977        “Trophy Art for the Blind” Vehicule Art; Montreal Canada.

1974        “Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture” Vehicule Art, Montreal Canada.

 

Selected GROUP SHOWS

 2017: “The Times”  Flag Art Foundation NYC

                    “One Cup”  Post Eroticism Ken Nakahashi Gallery Shinjuku Japan

                    “Social Photography Show” Carriage House Gallery NY

        2016:  “Something Possible Everywhere: PIER 34 “ Curated by Jonathan Weinberg Hudson Gallery Hunter University NYC

        2015   “COPS”  Tops Gallery Memphis Tn 

 2014: “Wet and Hot”  Urban Paintings Walter Robinson; Stephen Lack; James Romberger, Conrad Vogel.

                Dorian Grey Gallery NYC  NY

 2013:   “Suddenness and Certainty”  Robert Miller Gallery; NYC. Curated/Robert Greene

              “Small Works” Newtonberry House; Ireland

               Museum of New Art; Detroit;  Curated by Jeff Bourgeau

               “Phone Art” Carriage House Gallery; NYC.

               Michael Gennis Gallery; Ottawa Canada.

 2012: “ Summer Group Show” Southern Vermont Arts Center; Vt.

 2010:  “Draw”: Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico.

 2009:    Artwalk Benefit:  New York City

               Postcards from the Edge: Aids Benefit Visual Aids NYC

  2008:  “Your Documents Please” Travelling Show. 2B Gallery Budapest Hungary

  2006:   The Downtown Show: “The New York Art Scene:1974-84”   Curated by Carlo McCormick

              Travelling:    Grey Art Museum. NYC 

                                   The Andy Warhol Museum; Pittsburgh, Pa

                                   Austin Museum of Art; Austin Texas 

2005     “:Business Unusual” Howlfest, N.Y.C. Office of the Borough President

  Recent Acquisitions: Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen.

           “WALDSEE Project:”: Postcard sized art as per the Holocaust Victims

             Hebrew Union College Museum; New York City.

           “EAST VILLAGE U.S.A.’ The New Museum; N.Y.C. Curated by Dan Cameron.

        2004     ‘Group Show’ : Gallery Four Seven Nine; Ottawa Canada

  2004     Waldsee Project;:  2B Galeria; Budapest, (traveling) 

 2003   “Permanent Collection”: Voorhees Gallery, Rutgers Museum NJ

 2002   “Series”: University of  Colorado; Boulder Col

 2001   “Postcards from the  Edge”: Visual Aids, NYC

             “Wheels”: Connecticut Print Center; New Haven Ct

             “ Take Home a Nude”: N.Y. Academy of Art; NYC

2000    Dorfman Projects; N.Y.C.

1999    “The Pet Show”: Bonwin Keenan Gallery

1996    “Man and Machine”: Forum Gallery,N.Y.C.

            “Jerusalem 3000”: Jerusalem Museum, Isreal.

            “Hopper Light” : Hopper Museum, Nyack N.Y.

            “Take Home a Nude”:, New York Academy of Art; N.Y.C.

      1995    “25 N.Y. Artists”: Yuki Sun International, Nagoya Japan.

1994     “A Sense of Place”: Dahlberg Gallery, College du Page, Glen Ellyn, Ill.

1991     “Medium Messages” Wooster Gardens, Brent Sikemma;  N.Y.C.

“Recent Acquisitions” Rutgers Museum, Print Archive, New Brunswick N.J.

“Benefit Auction”, Belport L.I. New York.

1990     “Motion as Metaphore”: Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Va.

1989      “Art on Paper”:  Weatherspoon Art Gallery,University of North Carolina 

  at Greensboro, N.C.

      1988   “Drive”: B.M.W. Gallery, N.Y.C.

      1987   “Drawings”: The Bemis Foundation, Omaha Nebraska.

                  “Animal Life”: One Penn Plaza; New York City. Curated by Carola Van Den Houten.

      1986    “The East Village”: Fashion Institute of Technology; N.Y.C.

                   “N.Y.C. New Work”: Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, De.

                   “A Survey of Recent Trends”: Mori Gallery, Sydney, Australia.

                   “Television and the Imagination”: H.B.O. New York, N.Y.

     !984      “Neo York”: University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, Cal

                   ”Painting and Sculpture ‘84”: Indianapolis Museum of Art

                   “Recent Acquisitions”: Australian National Gallery; Canberra, Australia.

Awards                

                  National  Endowment  for the Arts  “Painting” 1993;  1987.

                  Canada Council for the Arts; “Painting”  1991.

                  Print Magazine Regional Design Award  1985    

                       

 Lectures and Residences :

 

                   Illinois State School of the Arts: Guest Lecturer; 2010 

                   School of Visual Arts; Manhattan; Masters Thesis Advisor  2005-2006

                   Dartmouth College; Hist. Dept. Guest Lecture. New Hampshire; 2000.

                   Skidmore College, Summer Six, Saratoga N.Y. 1999

                  Connecticut College,  1999 Artist in residence.

                  Design Dept. Ford Motor Co. Dearborn Michigan. Artist in residence 1989

                  Banff Institute of the Arts; Artist in Residence. 1988

                  Ancienne Manufacture Royale, Limoges France. Artist in Residence. 1988 

                  Florida State University; Artist in Residence Program, 1985

 

Collections: Corporate And Public

                  Australian National Gallery; Canberra, Australia

                  Brooklyn Museum, New York

                  Chase Manhattan Bank, New York

                  Chemical Bank; New York

                  Imperial Oil Canada

                  Dept.of External Affairs Canada   

                  Progressive Corp. Ohio

                  M.T.V. New York

                  Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Ct.

                  Prudential Corporation, N.J.

                  Grey Art Gallery, New York University, N.Y.

                  New York Public Library Print Collection, N.Y.C.

                  U.Q.A.M. (Universite de Quebec a Montreal) Quebec Canada.

                  Royal Bank of Canada

                  New School for Social Research, N.Y.C. NY

                  S.I.T.A.(Societe International de Transport Aeronotique) Switzerland

                  Weatherspoon Gallery; University of North Carolina at Greensboro, N.C.     

                  Voorhees Zimmerlee Museum, Rutgers Print Archives, New Brunswick N.J.

                  New York Stock Exchange, N.Y.           .

 Jerry Speyer Collection

 Krannert Art Museum, Champaign Ill.

           Ralph Lauren Collection

           Union Rescue Mission,Los Angeles

           Jerusalem Museum, Isreal.

           Rubell Family Collection, Fla.

           Elmhurst Museum, Ill.

           Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen.

           Senvest Corporation Quebec Canada.

           The New Britain Museum of American Art, Ct

           Howard Shore Collection, NY

           Abrams Family Collection; Los Angeles California

           Iger Family Collection

           Blauch Family Collection

 

 

 

             Stephen Lack’s work has been the subject of a documentary 

                                     on BRAVO Television’s ARTS and MINDS 

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