Karyn Lyons (b.1966, New Haven, CT) lives and works in New York, NY.
Karyn Lyons weaves fantasy with the autobiographical to compose imaginative and intimate scenes of a young girl on the cusp of womanhood. The lush paintings capture private moments of solitude, highlighting the exploration and longing of adolescence. Lyons examines how our visual vocaulary remains rooted in these formative years, developing out of the movies, music and books we consumed. Mysterious and romantic, these pictures are exorcisms of desire. They act as remembrances - goodbyes to the exciting and emotionally complicated days of a long-ago girlhood.
Karyn Lyons received a B.A. in Journalism from the American University in Washington, D.C. and did her post-graduate work at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Lyons has exhibited in solo exhibitions with Stems Gallery, Paris, FR ; Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA; TURN Gallery, New York, NY; and The Journal, New York, NY. Recent group exhibitions include Stems Gallery, Brussels, BE and Paris, FR; Gladstone, New York, NY; Timothy Taylor, New York, NY; Malborough Gallery, London, UK; Galerie Hussenot, Paris, FR; Marinaro, New York, NY; Carl Kostyál, Milan, IT; TURN Gallery, New York, NY; Sim Smith, London, UK; Spazio Amanita, Los Angeles, CA; Friends Indeed Gallery, San Francisco, CA; The Journal, East Hampton, NY; Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY; Galleria Annarumma, Napoli, IT; among others.