Lucy Kalian
Lucy Kalian remains unapologetically representational in her art. “My title for this body of work, ‘Witnesses’, refers not only to the thoughtful observer, but also to woodlands, trees, and their remains that have a further reaching autobiography than most of us walking the land today. They’ve witnessed yearning and understand urgency regarding the turmoil currently present throughout the world. The woods bear witness to a changing ecosystem and changing ‘humansystem’.”
“As a young girl, I would wake early and go into the wooded valley between our home and a local farm. A favorite, fallen tree harbored pencils and paper. Hours were spent wandering, drawing and writing. I awakened most days with a deep sense of yearning and urgency that had to be confronted. Not much has changed. My days begin earlier and I now share my musings.”
**** Selected Exhibits, Shows and Events ****
2019: "Trees" Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ, Beauregard Gallery, Rumson, NJ
2018: "Witnesses" - Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
2017: Solo Shows: Salmagundi Club, New York, New York; 'Witnesses' D&R Greenway, Princeton, NJ
2016: “Swells and Soundings” – Pollak Gallery, Monmouth University (solo), Gallery Jupiter – Little Silver, NJ, Wildscapes – Bennington Center for the Arts – Bennington, VT, Laumeister Fine Art – Bennington Center for the Arts – Bennington, VT, Members’ Show – Salmagundi Club, NY*, Landscape – Salmagundi Club, NY
2015: CLWAC 119th Exhibition – National Arts Club, NY, Art Alliance 19th Annual Open – Red Bank, NJ*, CLWAC Annual Members’ Exhibit – Salmagundi Club, NY, Art in Nature/Nature in Art – Oyster Point Hotel – Red Bank, NJ
2014: Local Landscapes : Lucy K H Kalian – Oyster Point Hotel – Red Bank, NJ (solo), Salmagundi Masters Exhibition Summer Landscape salon – Grand Central Academy, NY
2013: CLWAC 117th Exhibition – National Arts Club, NY, Canterbury Art Show – Rumson, NJ*, Inaugural Exhibit, Rechnitz Art Building – Monmouth University – Long Branch, NJ
2012: “Sea Bright Rising” Beauregard Gallery – Rumson, NJ, “View From the Shore” Brodsky Gallery – East Brunswick, NJ, CLWAC Exhibition – Salmagundi Club, NY
* denotes award received