Lois Duffy's Studio & Gallery was located in the Historic Downtown Art District of Silver City, New Mexico for over two decades. Since closing her gallery in August, 2023, she has been working out of a studio in her home. Lois has a diverse body of work spanning paintings, giclee prints and cards, with varied subject matter from surrealism to realism.
A journey through Lois' paintings will make a viewer see the world as full of magical possibilities . . . friendly, humorous, serious and thought-provoking.
BORN
1936 East Islip, NY
EDUCATION
1969-73 North Adams State College, North Adams, MA
1954-55 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 3-D Journey-Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM
2000 Through the Looking Glass–Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM
1996 Faces & Places–Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee, FL
Lois Duffy–Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, FL
Conceptual Realism–Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL
1995 Realism by Lois Duffy–Kirschner Haack Fine Art, Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL
1991 Looking at Art–Dover Art Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1981 Lois Novacek–North Adams State College, North Adams, MA
1972 Lois Novacek–Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
1970 Paintings by Lois Novacek–Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Encino, CA
2018 International Society of Experimental Artists 27th Annual, Newport, Oregon
2013 Celebracion del Arte, Hubbard Museum, Ruidoso Downs, NM
2013 Figurative Art Now, Shemer Art center, Phoenix, AZ
2012 The Last Picture Show, Preston Contemporary Art Center, Las Cruces, NM
2010 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2010 25th Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Irving Art Assoc., Irving, TX
2004 35th Annual National Juried Exhibition–Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA
2000 Sun Bowl Art Exhibit–International Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
1999 Mimbres Region ArtsCouncil Exhibition–State Capitol Building, Santa Fe, NM
1998 New Artists Exhibit–Glenn Cutter Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
1994 Featuring Florida–The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
1993 National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings–Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
1992 For Real: Selected Florida Artists–Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
1991 Annual All Florida–Boca Museum, Boca Raton, FL
1980 The Mood of New England Past & Present–Copley Society, Boston, MA
1974 Artists of Berkshire County–State Capitol Building, Boston, MA
1973 Invitational–Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY
COLLECTIONS
1st New Mexico Bank, Silver City, NM
Berkshire County Savings Bank, Pittsfield, MA
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
Capitol Art Collection, Capitol Art Foundation, State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, Indiana
Gila Regional Medical Center Collection, Silver City, NM
Hoosac Savings Bank, North Adams, MA
John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
North Adams City Hall, North Adams, MA
Senator & Mrs. Jeff Bingaman, Santa Fe, NM
Western New Mexico University, Miller Library,SilverCity, NM
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA