Lu Colby
Artist CV
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Education
2023 MFA summa cum laude, Printmaking, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
2019 BFA cum laude, Printmaking and Sculpture, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
2016 AFA with Distinction, Studio Art. Paducah School of Art and Design, Paducah, KY.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Eve Leaving the Garden, Glassell Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.
2022 Let Sleeping Truths Lie, Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY.
Do as I say, not as I do., Gallery 229, Baton Rouge, LA.
2019 Fine Particles of Solid Matter, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY.
Group Exhibitions
2022 Centennial Alumni Juried Exhibition: 2022, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY.
Print Thing 8 Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA.
Surreal Salon 14, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.
Layers, Union Gallery of LSU, Baton Rouge, LA.
2021 Print Matters Houston, BOX13 Art Space, Houston, TX.
Print As Object, Nona Jean Hulsey Gallery of OCU, Oklahoma City, OK.
Print: A Southern Perspective, Expression Graphics Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Make Way: 2021 Awardee Exhibition, Southern Graphics Print Council Conference International
Print Thing 7, Talbot Hall Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA.
Fourth Annual Paper & Clay Exhibition, USU Caine College of the Arts, Logan, UT. (Honorable Mention)
2020 From Every Angle, Union Gallery of LSU, Baton Rouge, LA.
1st Annual Fiber Exhibition, Kansas City Stockyards Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
Changing a Point of View, Virtual Exhibition, All She Makes Organization
You are not wonderful just because you are a Mother, Virtual Exhibition, Artist/Mother Podcast.
Boundless, Virtual Exhibition, Art Fluent Organization
Side by Side Workshop Series, Murray Art Guild/Arts for All KY, Murray, KY.
Visual Evidence 2020, Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY. (Best in Show, 1st place in Drawing/Printmaking)
She Is, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO.
Collective Exhibition of Female Artists, Waterfield Library, Murray, KY.
Members Show, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY. (Directors Choice Award)
2019 Fastened and Bound, Calloway Public Library, Murray, KY.
Festering Liberations, Edward J and Helen Jane Morrison Gallery, Morris, MN.
Paper Works 2019, BJ Spokes Gallery, Huntington, NY.
Organization of Murray Art Students Show, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY. (Best in Show)
Incessant, Catapult Creative House, Cape Girardeau, MO.
SGCI 2019 International Members Exchange, Dallas, TX.
2018 Silver Celebration: Alumni Exhibition, Bill Ford Gallery, Paducah, KY.
Student Exhibition, Clemens Fine Art Gallery, Murray, KY.
Organization of Murray Art Students Show, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY. (Best in Show)
2016 Survival Skills Exhibition: Permutation, Maiden Alley Cinema, Paducah, KY.
Annual Members Show, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY.
PSAD Student Art Show, Clemens Gallery, Paducah, KY.
Sculpture Exhibition: Re…, Historical Coke Plant, Paducah, KY
Related Experience
2022-23 Instructor of Record- Introduction to Printmaking, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Teachers Assistant, Digital Lithography/Silk Screen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Lithography Studio Technician, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
2021-22 Instructor of Record- Introduction to Printmaking, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Lithography Studio Technician, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Teachers Assistant, Lithography/Silk Screen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Papermaking and Bookbinding Studio Technician, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
2020-21 Instructor of Record- Introduction to Printmaking, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Teachers Assistant, Paper Making/Book Binding, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Screen and Digital Print Studio Technician, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
2019-20 Digital Fabrications Manager, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
Artist Assistant, Murray State Summer Art Workshop, Murray, KY.
Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Gallery Assistant. Murray, KY.
Art Start Workshop Coordinator, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
2018-19 Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Gallery Assistant. Murray, KY.
Sculpture Studio Tech, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
2016-18 Yeiser Art Center, Gallery Assistant. Paducah, KY.
Clemens Art Gallery, Gallery Volunteer. Paducah, KY.
Awards and Accomplishments
2021 Honorable Mention, “Fourth Annual Paper & Clay Exhibition” USU Caine College of the Arts, Logan, UT.
2020 SGC International Undergraduate Fellowship
Best in Show. Visual Evidence 2020, Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY.
1st Place in Drawing/Printmaking Category. Visual Evidence 2020, Murray Art Guild, Murray, KY.
Directors Choice Award. Yeiser Art Center Members Show, Paducah, KY.
ORCA Travel Grant, Murray State University, $600.
2019 Student Best in Show, SGCI 2019 International Members Exchange.
Shaul-Myers Art Enrichment Scholarship, Murray State University, $948.
Taste of the Arts Scholarship, Murray State University, $800.
Organization of Murray Art Students Best in Show Award. Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky.
2018 Organization of Murray Art Students Best in Show Award. Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky.
2016 Excellence in Visual Arts Award. Paducah School of Art and Design, Paducah, KY.
Merit Award. PSAD Student Art Show, Paducah, Kentucky.
Conferences and Workshops
2023 Pixel, Thread, Weave Workshop, Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC. (Upcoming)
Multiple Layers, SGCI Conference, Virtual
2022 Lu Colby, Chine Colle and Viscosity Roll Workshop, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA.
Andrea Peterson, Natural Inks & Dyes, Hook Pottery Paper Studios, LSU Printmaking Dept.
2021 Make Ready, SGCI Conference, Virtual
2019 Carlos Hernandez, Sketchbook Workshop, Hatch Show Print, Nashville, Tennessee.
Tex-Change, Southern Graphics Print Council Conference International, Dallas, Texas.
2018 Bill Fick and Carlos Hernandez, Speedball Printmaking Road Show, Vanderbilt University.
Portfolios
2023 “Remarque Print Exchange 2023” curated by Remarque Print Shop, Albuquerque, NM.
2021 “Routine Maintenance” curated by Andrew Kozlowski, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL.
2020 “Personal Ecologies” curated by Finley Baker, Prairie Wolf Prints, Denver, CO.
“Situations” curated by Leslie Koptcho, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
“Postmarked” Crafting the Future, Penland, NC.
2019 “Empowerment,” curated by Nicole Hand, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
“Favorite Things,” curated by Nicole Hand, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
“Southern Graphics Conference Print Exchange,” Dallas, TX. (Student Best in Show)
“Rags and Riches,” curated by Sarah Ellis, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
Artists Assisted
2021 Candice Lin, LSU Museum of Art, Artist Installation & Collaboration
2020 Emmy Lingscheit, Murray State University, Lithography/screen-print workshop
Carry Lingscheit, Murray State University, Mezzotint workshop
2019 Jessie Barnes, Murray State University, mono-type workshop
Melody Vaughan, Murray State University, lithography workshop
Sean P. Morrissey, Murray State University, screen-print workshop
Hannah March Sanders, Murray State University, artist lecture
2018 Althea Murphy Price, Murray State University, screen-print workshop
Matt Hopson-Walker, Murray State University, screen-print workshop
2016 Gay Speirbhain, Yeiser Art Center, Artist Installation
Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Artist Installation
Kyle Triplett, Yeiser Art Center, Artist Installation
Sandy Sasso, Ruth Baggett Gallery, Artist Installation
Colin Tuis Nesbit, Clemens Art Center, Artist Installation
Collections
Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL.
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX.
Connect: Collect, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Southern Graphics Print Council
Memberships
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Mid America Print Council
SGC International
All She Makes Organization