Resume of Selected Exhibits, Achievements, Collections, and Art Reviews*
CY LEHRER
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Education
Directed study in fine art photo printmaking, Art Center of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN, 1980.
MS Degree in Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957
BS Degree in Journalism, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1955.
Selected One-Person and Major Exhibitions
2013 Selections from four recent projects, Tucson International Airport Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2009 "Places of Ha'Shoah (Holocaust)," Fine Arts Gallery, Tucson Jewish
Community Center, Tucson, AZ.
2008 "Remembering China," ABA Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2007 "Cy Lehrer: a Retrospective," Temple of Music and Art Gallery (Etherton),
Tucson, AZ
2007 Selections from China Diary, Tucson Chinese Cultural Center, Tucson, AZ
2006 New and Recent Color Digital Work (three projects), ABA Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2004 "Bypassed Places: Route 66," New Mexico State University Museum,
Las Cruces, NM
2002 "Fallen Sentinels," Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
2002 Selections from Maya and Oaxaca projects, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
1999 "Places of Ha'Shoah," United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson
AFB, Dayton, OH
1998 "Places of Ha'Shoah," Museum of the Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, OH
1998 "Bypassed Places: Route 66," Tohono Chul Park Exhibition Hall, Tucson, AZ
1998 Selections from "Bypassed Places," "Waiting," and "Urban Development"
groups, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ
1997 "Places of Ha'Shoah," Dayton Museum of Natural History, Dayton, OH
1997 "Familiar Places," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1997 "Great Plains: the Vast, the Diminished Land," Cedar Rapids Museum of Art,
Cedar Rapids, IA
1997 "Israeli Street Talk" group, Jewish Community Centers, Akron and
Canton, OH
1996 "Places of Ha'Shoah," Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MA
1996 Great Plains and other selections, Sun Cities Museum of Art, Sun City, AZ
1996 "Places of Ha'Shoah," Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL
1996 "Maya, of Earth, the Heavens, the Gods," Dayton Museum of Natural History,
Dayton, OH
1996 "Dias de los Muertos, Dias de los Vivos," University of Maine Center for the
Arts, Orono, MN
1996 "Places of Ha'Shoah," Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN
1996 "Places of Ha'Shoah," St. John's University Dayton-Hudson Gallery,
St. Cloud, MN
1995 "Dias de los Muertos, Dias de los Vivos," Wake Forest University Museum,
Winston-Salem, NC
1995 "Places of Ha'Shoah," Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ
1995 "Great Plains: the Vast, the Diminished Land," Paris Gibson Square Museum
of Art, Great Falls, MT
1994 “Great Plains: the Vast, the Diminished Land,” International Photography Hall
of Fame and Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
1994 Selections from Israel photo groups, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
1994 "Great Plains: the Vast, the Diminished Land," University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE
1994 "Great Plains: the Vast, the Diminished Land," Civic Fine Arts Center,
Sioux Falls, SD
1994 "Israeli Street Talk," Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY
1993 "Great Plains: the Vast, the Diminished Land," Roswell Museum and Art
Center, Roswell, NM
1993 "Great Plains: the Vast, the Diminished Land," University of South Dakota,
Vermillion, SD
1992 "Egypt, Beyond Time," Riverside Museum, Louisiana Arts & Science Center,
Baton Rouge, LA
1992 "Bypassed Places: Route 66," Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
1992 Selections from Canyon de Chelly and Texas Canyon groups, Fine Art
Gallery, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
1992 "Bypassed Places: Route 66," Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ
1991 "Dias de los Muertos, Dias de los Vivos," Tohono Chul Park Exhibition Hall,
Tucson, AZ
1991 Selections from Greece, Turkey, Israel, Egypt and Rome groups, Milwaukee
Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1990 "Maya…of Earth, the Heavens, the Gods," Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL
1990 "Maya…of Earth, the Heavens, the Gods," San Diego Museum of Man,
San Diego, CA
1990 "Waiting," Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, AZ
1990 "Bypassed Places: Route 66," The Rockport Art Center, Rockport, TX
1989 "Maya…of Earth, the Heavens, the Gods," Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center,
San Antonio, TX
1989 "Egypt, Beyond Time," Mohave Museum of History and Arts, Kingman, AZ
1989 "Egypt, Beyond Time," Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1988 "Bypassed Places: Route 66," Cochise College Art Gallery, Douglas, AZ
1988 "Maya…of Earth, the Heavens, the Gods," Tohono Chul Park Exhibition Hall,
Tucson, AZ
1988 "Bypassed Places: Route 66," Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
1988 "Bypassed Places: Route 66," University of Nevada-Las Vegas,
Las Vegas, NV
1988 "Bypassed Places: Route 66," The American Cultural Centers, Jerusalem and
Tel Aviv, Israel
1988 "Waiting," The Rivas Bahti Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1987 Selections from Suburbia and Urban Development, Oasis Gallery, TCCC,
Tucson, AZ
1987 "Texas Canyon: an Eloquence of Stone," Hayden Fulton Museum, Amerind
Foundation, Dragoon, AZ
1987 "Bypassed Places: Route 66," Arizona Historical Society Museum, Tucson, AZ
1986 Selections from Canyon de Chelly and Texas Canyon groups, Seewald
Gallery, Leucadia, CA
1986 "Images of Israel," Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ
1986 "Texas Canyon: an Eloquence of Stone," DeGrazia Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1985 Selections from Suburbia and Urban Development groups, Upstairs at the
Downstairs Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1984 "Images of Israel," Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ
1983 "Suburbia, a Fable for Our Times," and other selections, Subway Fine Arts
Gallery, Bisbee, AZ
Selected Group Exhibitions
Annually Davis Dominguez Annual Small Works Invitational; Tohono Chul Dia de los Muertos
to 2019 Exhibition
2016-17 Tucson Museum of Art, “The New Westward,” exhibit (2 works from “Familiar Places”)
2014-15 Tucson Museum of Art, “Shadow Play” exhibit (2 works from “Familiar Places”)
2014 Great Plains Musuem of Art, Lincoln, NE, “Narrow All Horizons” exhibit (6).
2014 Tohono Chul Park, Invitational Small Works Exhibit (2).
2014 Tohono Chul Park, “Hit the Road” juried exhibit (2).
2002- 2017 Davis-Dominguez Annual Small Works Invitational.
2012 “Maya...of Earth, the Heavens, the Gods,” Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ (11 selections).
2010 Tucson Saguaro Photography Invitational, Temple Gallery, Tucson, AZ,
Tucson Botanical Gardens, and the Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, AZ.
2007 Tucson Museum of Art, Selections from the Dan Leach Collection.
2006 Temple of Music and Art Gallery Invitational; Tohono Chul Park Invitational;
Tucson Museum of Art "Ready, Set, D'Art" invitational event (also 2004).
2003 Tohono Chul Park Oaxaca exhibit, Tucson, AZ; Tucson Jewish Community
Center exhibit; Universalist Unitarian Church exhibit.
2002 Cedar Rapids, IA, Museum of Art group show; Center for Creative
Photography, Tucson, AZ, show of photographers in the collection.
2001 Arizona Commission on the Arts Travelling Group Exhibition.
1999 Apparatus Gallery, Tucson, AZ; Tucson Museum of Art; Tohono Chul Park.
1998 Conference of Middle East Study Centers, Chicago, IL; Dinnerware
Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, AZ; Davis-Dominguez Gallery,
Tucson, AZ.
1997 Hilltop Gallery, Nogales, AZ; University of Nebraska Great Plains Art Gallery,
Lincoln, NE; Invisible Theater Lobby Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
1996 Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ; Eclectic Gallery, Tucson, AZ;
Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ.
1995 Gallery, Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ; University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE.
1994 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1993 Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT.
Publications
Book: Texas Canyon, AZ: An Eloquence of Stone. Twenty‑eight photographs,
with commentary by Charles Bowden. Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, AZ, 1987.
Recognition
Accepted into the Art in Embassies Program, United States Department of
State. Photographs were selected for display in the U.S. Embassies, State of
Kuwait, (1994‑98), the Republic of Bolivia (1995‑97), and the Democratic
Republic of Madagascar (1996‑1997).
One of 20 photographers invited to participate in Picture This, a 1996
University of Arizona College of Fine Arts Advisory Board exhibition/benefit
event.
Photographic project "Maya...of Earth, the Heavens, the Gods" was juried into the
1991‑92 Touring Exhibition Program, ExhibitsUSA, Kansas City, MO.
Photo essay "Bypassed Places: Route 66" was included in the Arizona
Commission on the Arts Traveling Exhibition Program, 1988 through 1990.
Public and Corporate Collections
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ (sixteen prints from "Places of
Ha'Shoah")
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (complete "Familiar Places" project)
United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH (complete
"Places of Ha'Shoah" project on permanent exhibition)
Great Plains Art Collection, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (complete Great
Plains project)
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
The Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL
The Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT
Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY
Riverside Museum, Louisiana Arts & Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA
San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego, CA
Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN
Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD
The Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
Sun Cities Museum of Art, Sun City, AZ
Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
Dayton Museum of Natural History, Dayton, OH
Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston‑Salem, NC
International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO
Leonard Felker Altfeld & Battaile, P.C., Tucson, AZ
Weinstock, Manion, Reisman and Shore (A Law Corporation), Los Angeles,CA
The Fulton‑Hayden Memorial Museum, Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, AZ
Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada ‑ Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
The Foothills Center Corporation, Tucson, AZ
Mohave Museum of History and Art, Kingman, AZ
The Arizona Historical Society, Tucson, AZ
The American Cultural Center, U.S. Information Agency, Jerusalem, Israel
The Yuma Art Center, Yuma, AZ
Selected Art Critic Reviews, Feature Articles, Media
Arizona Illustrated, KUAT-TV (Tucson, AZ), September 4, 2007; "Art Scene"
segment by Sooyeon Lee re "Cy Lehrer: a Retrospective" exhibit and personal
history. (no longer available)
The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), August 28, 2007; "Half-Century of
Photography," feature article by Jeff Commings re "Cy Lehrer: a Retrospective
Exhibit." Expanded version also appeared in the Foothills Magazine supplement.
Tucson Weekly (Tucson, AZ) November 24-30, 2005; art review by Margaret
Regan, "Digital Transitions: Silver Grains to Color Pixels" exhibit.
The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), November 3, 2005; "Diving into Color,"
feature by Dale Quinn.
The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), September 3, 1998; feature article re
"Bypassed Places: Route 66" exhibit, by Kathleen Allen.
Arizona Illustrated, KUAT‑TV (Tucson, AZ), October 14, 1997; "ArtScene"
segment by Leslie Anne Epperson re "Familiar Places" and personal profile.
The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), September 26, 1997; art review by Pamela
Portwood, "Familiar Places" exhibit.
Tucson Weekly (Tucson, AZ), September 11‑17, 1997; art review by Margaret
Regan, "Familiar Places" exhibit.
Arizona Jewish Post (Tucson, AZ), August 29, 1997; art review by Billie
Kozolchyk, "Familiar Places" exhibit.
Tucson Citizen (Tucson, AZ), August 28, 1997; feature/review by Kathleen Allen,
"Familiar Places" exhibit.
The Gainesville Sun (Gainesville, FL), September 10, 1996; art column by Renee
LePere, "Places of Ha'Shoah (Holocaust)" exhibit.
The Worcester Phoenix (Worcester, MA), October 25, 1996; art review by Leon
Nigrosh, "Places of Ha'Shoah (Holocaust)" exhibit.
Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA), October 13, 1996; art review by Gloria
Russell, "Places of Ha'Shoah (Holocaust)" exhibit.
Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH), September 24, 1995; feature by Kevin
Amorim, "Images of Israel" exhibit.
Arizona Illustrated, KUAT‑TV (Tucson, AZ), July 13, 1995; Michael Boyle
"ARTSBEAT" interview re "Places of Ha'Shoah (Holocaust)" exhibit.
The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK), July 22, 1994; art review by John
Brandenburg, "Great Plains: The Vast, the Diminished Land" exhibit.
A Hebraica Magazine (Sao Paulo, Brazil), May 1994; feature article by Luis S.
Krausz, "Israeli Street Talk ... a Walk on the Lighter Side" exhibit.
Tempest Magazine (Sioux Falls, SD), May 4‑18, 1994; feature article by Laura
Haugen, "Great Plains: The Vast, the Diminished Land" exhibit.
Sioux Falls Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, SD), April 21, 1994; feature article by Ann
Grauvogl, "Great Plains: The Vast, the Diminished Land" exhibit.
Roswell Daily Record (Roswell, NM), July 26, 1993; article/review by Wesley
Rusnell, "Great Plains: The Vast, the Diminished Land" exhibit.
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), November 12, 1992; feature article by George
Morris, photographs from "Egypt, Beyond Time."
News ‑ Free Press (Chattanooga, TN), September 20, 1992; feature article by
Ann Nichols, Texas Canyon and Canyon de Chelly landscapes exhibit.
Sun – News (Las Cruces, NM), September 14, 1992; art review by Karen Williams,
"Oaxaca ... Dias de los Muertos, Dias de los Vivos" exhibit.
The Tucson Weekly (Tucson, AZ), October 30, 1991; art review by Margaret
Regan, "Oaxaca ... Dias de los Muertos, Dias de los Vivos" exhibit.
Arizona Illustrated, KUAT‑TV (Tucson, AZ), October 24, 1991; Michael Boyle
"ARTSBEAT" interview re "Oaxaca ... Dias de los Muertos, Dias de los Vivos" exhibit.
The Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), October 26, 1990; feature/review by Larry
Thall, "Maya ... of Earth, the Heavens, the Gods" exhibit.
The Tucson Weekly (Tucson, AZ), October 4, 1989; art review by Jonathan
Kandell, "Israel ... the Second Journey" exhibit.
The Arizona Post (Tucson, AZ), September 1, 1989; art review by Billie
Kozolchyk, "Israel ... the Second Journey" exhibit.
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), November 6, 1988; art review by Robert
Cauthorn, "Maya ... of Earth, the Heavens, the Gods" exhibit.
Review Journal ‑ The Nevadan (Las Vegas, NV), June 12, 1988; feature article
by A. D. Hopkins, "Bypassed Places: Route 66" exhibit.
Kol Hair (Jerusalem, Israel), March 18, 1988; feature article by Yael Hedaya,
"Bypassed Places: Route 66" exhibit.
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem, Israel), March 18, 1988; art review by Meir
Ronnen, "Bypassed Places: Route 66" exhibit.
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), March 14, 1988; art review by Robert Cauthorn,
"Waiters‑the Imagery of Isolation" exhibit.
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), February 8, 1987; art review by Robert
Cauthorn, "Bypassed Places: Route 66" exhibit.
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ), March 5, 1986; feature article by Steve
Daniels, "Bypassed Places: Route 66" exhibit.
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson,AZ), December 8, 1985; art review by Robert
Cauthorn, "Urban Development and the Natural (Re)Order" and "Suburbia, A Fable
for Our Times" exhibit.
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), February 17, 1985; art review by Robert
Cauthorn, "Canyon de Chelly – the Waning Light" exhibit.
The Arizona Post (Tucson, AZ), February 15, 1985; art review by Billie Kozolchyk,
"Canyon de Chelly – the Waning Light" exhibit.
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), February 6, 1985; feature article by Leyla
Cattan, "Canyon de Chelly – the Waning Light" exhibit.
The Arizona Post (Tucson, AZ), April 20, 1984; art review by Billie Kozolchyk,
"Images of Israel" exhibit.
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), April 8, 1984; art review by Kenneth LaFave,
"Images of Israel" exhibit.
* Note: Copies of art reviews, articles and a more detailed, inclusive resume
are available upon request.