Resume

Education

North Adams State College, North Adams, MA – Elementary Education

1954-55  - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY – Illustration 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016   3-D Journey - Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, NM

2000   Through the Looking Glass – Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM

1998   Art of Lois Duffy – 1st New Mexico Bank, 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 Duffy – North Adams State College, North Adams, MA

1972   Lois Duffy – Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT

1970   Paintings by Lois Duffy – Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions

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   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 Arts Council 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

Awards

2014   Arts International Exhibit, El Paso, TX, 1st Place

2013   Arts International Exhibit, El Paso, TX. 1st Place

2006   New Mexico Arts, Art in Public Places Purchase, Aqua Fria Community Center, Santa Fe

2005   International Museum of Art, Best of Show, El Paso, TX (Florence Schwein, Museum

            Director, University of Texas, El Paso, TX

2005   Palm Springs Desert Museum, Best of Show, Palm Springs, CA  (Susan Ehrlish, Ph.D.)

2004   Palm Springs Desert Museum, Best of Show, Palm Springs, CA (D. J. Hall, Otis College of 

             Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA)

2001   New Mexico Arts, Art in Public Places Purchase, Public Safety Bldg., Lordsburg, NM

2001   New Mexico Arts, Art in Public Places Purchase, Town Hall, Dexter, NM

1999   New Mexico Arts, Art in Public Places Purchase, Senior Center, Silver City, NM

1994   John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL, Purchase Award

1989   Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL (Nina Gumpert Parris, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC)

1987   Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO (Annette Dimeo Carlozzi, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO)

1982   Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA (Gene Baro, Brooklyn Museum & Carnegie Institute)

1970   Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA (S. Lane Faison, Jr., Williams College Museum of Art,   Williamstown, MA)

Collections

Capitol Art Collection, Capitol Art Foundation, State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM

John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL

Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA

New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA

North Adams State College, North Adams, MA

Lawrence Bloedel Collection, Williamstown, MA 

1st New Mexico Bank, Silver City, NM

Hoosac Savings Bank, North Adams, MA 

Berkshire County Savings Bank, Pittsfield, MA

Senator & Mrs. Jeff Bingaman, Washington, DC 

Commissions and Selected Publications

Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, Lenox, MA

North Adams City Hall, North Adams, MA

South Mountain Concerts, Lenox, MA

El Paso Times, March 27, 2016, Lifestyle, Lois Duffy’s New Take on Cubism, S Derrickson Moore, reproductions

Ben Lilly`s Tales, edited by Neil B. Carmony, published by High-Lonesome Books, Silver City, frontispiece

London Times, Sept. 6, 2003, Arts Review, p 20, 21: When Horror Outstrips Art, Hannah Betts, centerfold reproduction

American Artist Magazine, The Watercolor Page (feature article), Aug. 1983, p.58-61, Stephen Doherty, reproductions

John & Mable Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL, 1994, (museum brochure), Henry Geldzahler’ reproduction

Representation

Lois Duffy Art, 211-C N Texas St., Silver City, NM 88061, 575 313-9631