Frank Hyder
Born in October 1951
Education
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, M.F.A. 1975
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, 1973
Maryland Institute College of Fine Art, Baltimore MD, B.F.A., 1972
Solo Exhibits
2003
Medicci Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
Medicci Gallery, Miami, FL
Portland City Hall, Small Works, Portland, OR
2002
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery of Banco de la Republica of Bucaramanga Columbia SA
Art Gallery La Otra Banda, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela
Gallery of Foundation The Route of Art, Tovar, Venezuela
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Museum Jacobo Borges, Caracas, Venezuela
2001
Museum of Contemporary Art Zulia, "Memories of the World", Maracaibo, Venezuela
Colombian American Center Agreement, Medellin, Colombia
El Cevaz, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Museum of Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela
2000
More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Excelsior Gallery, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
1999
Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland, OR
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998
Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland, OR
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997
FIA, Caracas, Venezuela
Art 97 Vancouver Art Fair, Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland, OR
King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA
1996
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA (February and September)
Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
Contemporary Museum of Art of Coro, Coro, Venezuela
1995
Butters Gallery, Ltd. at Pacwest in Portland, OR
University Museum Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Colombian American Center, Bucaramanga, Colombia
Archeology Museum La Merced, Cali, Colombia
Museum of Art of Coro, Coro, Venezuela
Peruvian North American Center, Lima, Peru
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1994
Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA (monotypes)
1993
Government Palace, Caracas, Venezuela
Hahn Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA
Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN (monotypes)
Benton Gallery, Southampton, Long Island, NY
Pac West "Butters" Gallery, Portland, OR
Gallery Clave, Caracas, Venezuela
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
FAN Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1991
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1989
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Camden County College Art Gallery, Blackwood, NJ
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1988-1981
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988
Ernst Alexander Gallery, Washington, DC
Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987
The Exhibition Space, New York, NY
1986
Sarah Y. Rentschler Gallery, New York, NY
1983
St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
1982
Long Beach Island Arts Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
1980-1977
The Hahn Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA
1974
Haddonfield Arts League, Haddonfield, NJ
1972
Five West Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Collections in Museums
U.S. Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela
Museum of Contemporary Art Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN
Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA
Colombian American Center, Medellin, Colombia
Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela
Museum of the West, Caracas, Venezuela
University Museum, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Ontario Museum of Art, Toronto, Canada
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Permanent -Collection
Pennsylvania Convention Center Commission, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA
Collective Exhibitions (Selection)
2003
Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Art in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, PA
2002
The More Gallery, Philadelhia, PA
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2001
Faculty Show, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2000
The National Invitational, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA
University of Pennsylvania, Penn Faculty of GSFA, New York, NY
1999
Philadelphia Museum of Art, New Acquisitions, Philadelphia, PA
Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1998
Art Fair Vancouver, Vancouver BC, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1997
American Renaissance, King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
Art Fair Vancouver, Vancouver BC, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1996
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco , CA
Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
1995
Pocketsize, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Artist Boxes, Arlene Busjese Gallery, Southampton, NY
Alumni - Nine From the Maryland Institute College of Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
The Monotype, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
Frame of Reference, Palo Alto Cultural Center Invitational, Palo Alto, CA
Animalia, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
1994
National Invitational Art Exhibition, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA
The Singular Print, A Survey of Contemporary Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
Between the Covers, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
Figurative Philadelphians, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Art and The Law, National Traveling Show, West Publishing, MN
Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY
Wall to Wall, Benton Gallery, Southampton, Long Island, NY
1993
Hispanic Imprints, Brenau College, Gainesville, GA
Figural Philadelphia: Drawings, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Show, Moore College of Art & Design Paley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Micro Soft, Selected Works, Seattle, WA
Icons in Contemporary Art, California Museum of Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1992
Art & The Law, West Publications, MN (traveling show)
Landscapes, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Pertaining to Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Art Expo, Los Angeles, CA
Art Expo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dreamers, FAN Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Portraits, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991
Monument, The More Gallery, Philadelphia
Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Group Show, Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Group Show, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
National Invitational Show, Brenau College, Gainesville, GA
Pennsylvania Artists, Josiah White Exhibition Space, Jim Thorpe, PA
1990
The Book as the Metaphor for Art, San Francisco Arts and Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
Director's Choice, J. Noblett Gallery, Sanoma, CA
Expanding the Figurative Imagination, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
The Chicago International Art Expo, Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
Pennsylvania Artists, Josiah White Exhibition Center, Jim Thorpe, PA
1989
Physicality, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Art Against Aids, Butterfields Warehouse, San Francisco, CA
Art of the State, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA (First Prize)
Nocturnes, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Assemblage, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Hard Choices/Just Rewards, A traveling exhibition of work by recipients of Visual Arts Fellowships awarded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in 1988 and 1989.
1988
Consciousness and Reality, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Gallery Artists, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
The Ties That Bind, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
St. Mary's Museum, Collectors of Marin County, Marin County, CA
Introductions, A Selection From Gallery Artists, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
Members Gallery, Albright Knox Museum, NY
1987
From Philadelphia, Ernst Alexander Gallery, Washington, DC
Recent Acquisitions, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Show of Hands, The Brody Gallery, Washington, DC
Chicago International Exposition, Chicago, IL
1986
First Impressions, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY
1985
Return to the Figure, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loreto, PA
Philadelphia Paintings, University Museum, Indiana Univ. of PA
1984
The Spirit of the Coast, Monmouth Museum, Monmouth, NJ
1983
Allegorical and Narrative Painting, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1982
Personal Narrative Paintings, Butcher and More Galleries, Philadelphia, Pa
1980
People, Places and Things, U.S. Courthouse, Philadelphia, PA
1976
21 Young Artists, Long Beach Island Arts Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
National Pastel Show, New York, NY
1975
New Talent, Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1972
Baltimore Museum Juried Shows, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Corporate Collections
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Elton John
ARA Services Corporation
Bell Atlantic Corporation
Berwind Trust Co.
Franklin Mint
GE Corporation
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Microsoft
Saks Fifth Avenue
Terminal Freezers
Wyndham Franklin Plaza
Prizes and Awards
2001
Senior Fulbright of Venezuela
U.S. Embassy Cultural Grant, Caracas, Venezuela
Mid Atlantic National Endowment Award for Crafts & Sculpture
2000
Moore College of Art & Design Faculty Development Grant
1999
Brenau National Invitational First Prize
Moore College of Art & Design Faculty Development Grant
1995
International Arts Program Network Award (Peru & Bolivia)
1994
International Arts Program Network Award (Colombia & Venezuela)
Commission 1% for Public Art Award, Oxnard, CA
1993
Pennsylvania State Council of the Arts Grant
U.S. Information Service Grant to Venezuela
Moore College of Art Faculty Development Grant
National Endowment for the Arts, Mid Atlantic Regional Visual Arts Fellowship
1989
Best of Show, Penn State Museum
1988
Pennsylvania State Council of the Arts Grant
Moore College of Art Faculty Development Grant
1986
Moore College of Art Faculty Development Grant
Bibliography (Selection)
2002
"Thoroughly Frank", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ed Suzanski, October 4
"Nature and symbols give life to the works of Frank Hyder", El Nacional, July 15
"Frank Hyder brings memories of the new world", El Globo, July 11
"Frank Hyder is inspired by our original culture", El Mundo, July 10
2001
"Feeling America", Panorama, Alexis Blanco, November 8
"Frank Hyder brought to Maracaibo his memories of the new world. La Verdad, November 5
2000
The Philadelphia Inquirer Weekend, "Three Travelers", April 7
1999
"Heads Up", City Paper, Robin Rice, May 21
"Nearing the 'Heart of Darkness', Art Matters, Andrew Mangravite, May
"Personal space, wax works", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edward Sozanski, November 28
1997
"Games of the gaze at Maccsi", El Universal, Carlos Delgado Flores, July 7
1996
Economy Today, March 8
Economy Today, March 7
"Fast Art", Magazine Feriado, Maria Jesus Rodriguez, March 3
Economy Today, March 1
"The soul of the jungle on a canvas", Zeta, Beatriz Sogbe, February 29
"Shopping", Economy Today , February 28
"Hyder in search of holders", El Nacional, Mori Ponsowy, February 17
"Speeches in extinction, Frank Hyder", La Brujula, February 3
1995
"Mystery and tolerance in the work of Frank Hyder", El Colombiano, Beatriz Gomez, August 30
El Mundo, August
"Antioquia Television, “Speeches in extinction”
"A salute to the artists of Northern Liberties", Art Matters, Glenn Curry, July/August
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edward Sozanski, July 28
"Artists of Northern Liberties exhibit works at Paley Center", Chestnut Hill Local, Rita Beyer, July 13
"Northern Liberties found to harbor art", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edward Sozanski, July 7
"Animals and giant piles: On view at Abington Art Center", Montgomery Newspapers, Jeanne Schwarzer, June 28
1994
"Birthday T-Shirt Draws Attention", Art Business News, Sept.
"In Search of the Spiritual in Contemporary Art", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edward Sozanski, May 13
"Ancient Spirit Imbues Modern 5-Artist Show", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Victoria Donohoe, May 1
"Ancient Spirit in a Modern Context", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Victoria Donohoe, May 1
"At Chester Springs, The Artist as Visionary Explored in Important Exhibition", Art Matters, Anna B. Francis, May
"Public art, my eye", Welcomat, Daisy Fried, March 9
1993
"Art at the Convention Center", The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edward Sozanski
"Wall to Wall, Benton Gallery", New York Times, December 5
"Fox and Hyder", The East Hampton Star, Rose C.S. Slivka, October 21
"In The Tradition", Art News
"Frank Hyder recreates the place of the spirits", El Globo, Moraima Guanipa, August 18
"Frank Hyder exhibits his 'Interactions'", El Nacional, August 15
1992
New Art Examiner, Donald Bohn, Review of "Dreams", FAN Gallery
"A Bit of Artistic This and That", Welcomat, Andrew Mangravite, September 2
New Art Examiner, Tom Csaszar, February/March
"Dominion: The World of Man and Beast", Art Matters, Fred B. Gable, March 6
1991
A Gathering of Momentum, Essay Catalog, Charles More
The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 28
East Philadelphia Sun, March
"Strong displays", San Jose Mercury News, Dorothy Burkhart, March 8
Venezuela, Essay Catalog, Kenneth Baker
1990
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Edward Sozanski, September 27
El Universal, Maritza Jimenez, "In the Park of the West there is a bridge for life", August 18
"Museum of the west will be completed next year", La Religion, August 10
"The old west will look better with three new museums", El Nacional, Yasmin Monsalve, July 20
Publications:
2001
Memories of the New World, Cevas, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Catalogue Colombian Center Agreement
Memories of the New World catalog published by Museum of Contemporary Art Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela and the U.S. Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela
1999
Memories, Excelsior catalog
1995
Speeches in Extinction catalog, Exhibition Universitario Museum, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
1994
Seattle Art Fair, brochure catalog
1993
Interactions Catalogue, La Government Office, Caracas, Adriana Meneses
The Art of Watercolor, Watson & Guptel, Charles LeClair
1991
"Frank Hyder Catalog", Kenneth Baker, Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Color in Contemporary Painting, Watson & Guptel, Charles LeClair
1990
"Kaleidoscope", Georgia Pacific Corporate Communications, March
"USA Express", Tokyo, Japan, January
1989
"Les Pleurants", Michael Dunev
1988
Review of The Lawrence Oliver Gallery Fall Show, Chicago New Art Examiner, December
1987
"Frank Hyder Catalog", Exhibition Space Show, New York, NY
1986
"Frank Hyder Recent Work", Catalog of the Sarah Rentschler Show, New York, NY