CURRICULUM VITAE

SARAH ROSE LYONS
Lives and works in Greenville, South Carolina
sarah@sarahroselyons.com | sarahroselyons.com 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2022 Opening, Narthex Gallery, Greenville, SC

  • 2019 Bloom, Narthex Gallery, Greenville, SC

  • 2019 Wild, Sixpence Salon, Greenville, SC

  • 2019 Art For All, Art Up Studios, Greenville, SC

  • 2019 Wanderings, Sixpence Salon, Greenville, SC

  • 2018 Lands Called Home, Warehouse Theater, Greenville, SC

  • 2017 Interior Landscape, Sixpence Salon, Greenville, SC

  • 2016 Home, Narthex Gallery, Greenville, SC

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2019 Burst Of Summer, Art Mob, Hendersonville, NC

  • 2017 Get Well Soon, The Southern, Charleston, SC

  • 2017 Southern Dreaming, Narthex Gallery, Greenville, SC

  • 2016 Converge, The Station, Greenville, SC

  • 2013 Barfly, Donna Van Gogh’s, Atlanta, GA

  • 2012 Barfly, Art House, Portland, ME

ART FAIRS & FESTIVALS

  • 2023 Artisphere, Greenville, SC

  • 2019 | 2020 | 2023 Indie Craft Parade, Greenville, SC

  • 2017 Makers Market, Greenville, SC

  • 2016 Indie South, Athens, GA

SELECTED CLIENTS

  • Clemson University and The National Science Foundation My STEM My Story, Storyboard and Logo Design

  • The United Nations UNHCR/ATCR Illustration and branding design for ILO Conference, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Clemson University Clemson Firefly Project, Branding design and illustration for brochures and educational materials

  • Whole Foods Market Graphic design and illustration

  • These Are My Hours Documentary Film Project, Set design and Creative Consultation

  • Greater Greenville Branding Design

  • Small Business Marketing Marketing Materials, Menu Design, Interior and Exterior Signage Design and Illustration

    Selected Clients: Due South Coffee, Swamp Rabbit Cafe, Sophisticate’s Tea, Tealoha, Cafe of Life, Farm in the Wildwood, Wiseguy Fungi

PUBLICATIONS

  • 2021 “The Way Nature Grows, Exploring Permaculture Through Reading, Coloring, & Activity”, Danielle E. Pereira and Sarah Rose Lyons, July 2021
    Winner of the 2022 Purple Dragonfly Award and 2022 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award

  • 2020 “Community Heroes, A Guide to Being Brave In The Face Of Coronavirus”, Clemson University Press, April 2020

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • 2023 Sarah Rose Lyons, TALK Magazine featured artist, April 2023

  • 2023 Nakeshia Renee, All About Art: Sarah Lyons finds meditation and gratitude in work, The Greenville News, March 2023

  • 2020 Riley Morningstar, Clemson, Prisma Personnel Team For Coronavirus Kids’ Book, The Seneca Journal, April 2020

    • Featured illustrator, book collaborative with Clemson University and Prisma Health

  • 2017 Lloyd Ford, The Intersection of Motherhood and Art, Stories of the Upstate Podcast, July 2017

    • Featured artist

  • 2017 Kathleen Nalley, Poetic License, TOWN Magazine, June 2017

    • Featured artist

  • 2015 Kathleen Nalley, Riding a Wave, TOWN Magazine, May 2015

    • Featured White Whale Studio and resident artists

  • 2014 Wilson, Cristina. Carolina Bride. Triumph Books

    • Featured illustration, menu and paper design

  • 2014 Green Wedding Shoes, Berry-hued Botanical Wedding Inspiration

    • Featured illustration, menu and paper design

  • 2013 Style Me Pretty. Irish Castle Inspiration

    • Featured illustration, menu and paper design

COLLECTIONS

  • Private Collection Harare, Zimbabwe

  • Private Collection Kiev, Ukraine

  • Private Collection Dresden, Germany

  • Private Collection Dallas, TX

  • Private Collection Buffalo, NY

  • Private Collection Denver, CO

  • Private Collection Vancouver, WA

TEACHING

  • 2018-2023 Sessional Instructor and Board of Directors, Include Co-Operative School

    • Design and implement arts curricula to elementary-aged youth

  • 2009-2010 Sessional Instructor, Genesis Simmon’s School

    • Designed and implemented therapeutic arts curricula in the Simmon’s School

  • 2008-2009 Sessional Instructor, Hope and Horizons

    • Designed and implemented therapeutic arts curricula based on a Waldorf Model to displaced, elementary-aged youth

  • 2005-2007 Sessional Instructor, Bob Jones Academy

    • Designed and implemented arts curricula focused on fine art and philosophy

  • 2003-2005 Art Educator, Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery

    • Researched, wrote, and delivered art tours, researched, designed and implemented arts curricula for their online platform

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

  • 2017-2020 Graphic novel illustration and design with Clemson University faculty

RESIDENCIES

  • 2018-2021 Sixpence Salon, Greenville, SC

  • 2019 Art Mob, Hendersonville, NC

  • 2017 Whitefeather Gallery, Greenville, SC

  • 2015 White Whale Studios and Gallery, Greenville, SC