Sylvia Lark | |
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Born | 1947
Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 27, 1990
Berkeley, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Washington, U.S. |
Nationality | Seneca, United States |
Occupation(s) | painter, curator, professor |
Movement | Abstract expressionism |
Spouse | Stephen M. Chase [1] |
Children | 1 [1] |
Awards | Fulbright grant (1977); CAA Award for Distinction (1991) |
Website |
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Sylvia Lark (1947–1990) was a Native American/ Seneca artist, [2] [3] curator, and educator. She best known as an Abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. [4] [5] Lark lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years.
Lark was born in 1947 in Buffalo, New York. [6] She went to high school at Nardin Academy in Buffalo. [7] Lark attended school at the University of Siena; University at Buffalo (formally State University of New York, Buffalo) where she received her B.A. degree in 1969; Mills College; and the University of Wisconsin–Madison where she received her M.A. degree in 1970 and M.F.A. degree in 1972. [8] [1] [9]
Starting in 1972, Lark taught art at California State University, Sacramento where she remained until 1976. [1] In 1977, she received a Fulbright-Hays Program grant and traveled and study in Korea and Japan. [8] Lark taught at the University of California, Berkeley from 1977 until 1990. [1] Students of Lark's included Shirin Neshat. [10] She was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award for teaching studio art by the College Art Association posthumously in 1991. [8]
Her early work used symbols and patterns, and there was a shift in her later career with more abstraction and overlapping colors with delicate textured surfaces. [9] She painted in oils and encaustics and printed monotypes. [1] Her 1983 painting series Jokhang, featured many textures and layers of colors painted over or under black leaves. [5] [2] This series was a response to her visit to Jokhang Temple in Lhasa and her study of Tibetan spirituality. [2] Lark was curator of the exhibition, Prints: New Points of View (1978) at the Open Ring Galleries in Sacramento. [11]
In 1992, she was the second inductee into Nardin Academy's Alumnae Hall of Fame. [7] Lark had served on the National Board of the Women's Caucus for Art from 1978 to 1984; and was the Regional Coordinator for the Coalition of Women's Art Organization from 1978 to 1990. [1]
Lark died on cancer at the age of 43 in Berkeley on December 27, 1990. [8]
Her works are in the museum collections at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, [12] Metropolitan Museum of Art, [13] Crocker Art Museum, Sheldon Museum of Art, Oakland Museum of California, [14] and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. [14]
Sylvia Lark | |
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Born | 1947
Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 27, 1990
Berkeley, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Washington, U.S. |
Nationality | Seneca, United States |
Occupation(s) | painter, curator, professor |
Movement | Abstract expressionism |
Spouse | Stephen M. Chase [1] |
Children | 1 [1] |
Awards | Fulbright grant (1977); CAA Award for Distinction (1991) |
Website |
www |
Sylvia Lark (1947–1990) was a Native American/ Seneca artist, [2] [3] curator, and educator. She best known as an Abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. [4] [5] Lark lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years.
Lark was born in 1947 in Buffalo, New York. [6] She went to high school at Nardin Academy in Buffalo. [7] Lark attended school at the University of Siena; University at Buffalo (formally State University of New York, Buffalo) where she received her B.A. degree in 1969; Mills College; and the University of Wisconsin–Madison where she received her M.A. degree in 1970 and M.F.A. degree in 1972. [8] [1] [9]
Starting in 1972, Lark taught art at California State University, Sacramento where she remained until 1976. [1] In 1977, she received a Fulbright-Hays Program grant and traveled and study in Korea and Japan. [8] Lark taught at the University of California, Berkeley from 1977 until 1990. [1] Students of Lark's included Shirin Neshat. [10] She was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award for teaching studio art by the College Art Association posthumously in 1991. [8]
Her early work used symbols and patterns, and there was a shift in her later career with more abstraction and overlapping colors with delicate textured surfaces. [9] She painted in oils and encaustics and printed monotypes. [1] Her 1983 painting series Jokhang, featured many textures and layers of colors painted over or under black leaves. [5] [2] This series was a response to her visit to Jokhang Temple in Lhasa and her study of Tibetan spirituality. [2] Lark was curator of the exhibition, Prints: New Points of View (1978) at the Open Ring Galleries in Sacramento. [11]
In 1992, she was the second inductee into Nardin Academy's Alumnae Hall of Fame. [7] Lark had served on the National Board of the Women's Caucus for Art from 1978 to 1984; and was the Regional Coordinator for the Coalition of Women's Art Organization from 1978 to 1990. [1]
Lark died on cancer at the age of 43 in Berkeley on December 27, 1990. [8]
Her works are in the museum collections at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, [12] Metropolitan Museum of Art, [13] Crocker Art Museum, Sheldon Museum of Art, Oakland Museum of California, [14] and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. [14]