Lee Spalt
414 E. Ash, Cobden, Illinois 62920
618-893-2401 home & studio
leespalt@frontier.com
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Southern Illinois University,
1962.
Master of Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University, 1963.
CURRENT ORGANIZATIONS
Illinois Artisans' Program, Chicago, Illinois.
Southern Illinois Arts & Crafts Marketplace, Whittington, Illinois.
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
RECENT SHOWS
Juried Show, Lost and Found: An All Media Exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, 1992.
Juried Show, Art Experience '92 National Fine
Art Competition, Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1992.
Juried Show, Artisphere Exhibition, Series I, Exhibition 5,
Artisphere, Naples, Florida, Aug. & Sept., 1992.
Solo Show,
The Celine Chu Gallery, 715 S. Washington, Carbondale, Illinois, Sept. & Oct., 1992.
Juried Show,
Artispere Exhibition, Series II, Exhibition 7, Artisphere, Naples, Florida, October, 1992.
Solo Show,
The Harris Vision Center Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. & Dec., 1992.
Group Show, "Small Works," The Art St. Louis Gallery at St. Louis Centre, St. Louis, Missouri, November
& December, 1992.
Group Show,
"Eighth Annual Affordable Art Show," Fuller Lodge Gallery, Los Alamos, New Mexico, November & December,
1992.
Juried Show,
Artisphere Exhibition, Series II, Exhibition 10, Artisphere, Naples, Florida, Dec., 1992.
Juried Show,
Artisphere Exhibition, Series III, Exhibition 12, Naples, Florida, Jan. & Feb., 1993.
Juried National Show, Eighth Annual Margaret Harwell Art Museum Show, Poplar
Bluff, Missouri, March & April, 1993.
Juried Show,
Artisphere Exhibition, Series III, Exhibition 14, Naples, Florida, March, 1993.
Solo Show,
Eleven East Ashland Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, March, 1993.
Juried Show,
"Chairs, Doors & Windows," Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, April
& May, 1993.
Juried Show, Artisphere National Exhibition '93, Park Shore
Gallery, Naples, Florida, May, 1993.
Group Show,
Southern Illinois Arts Marketplace Gallery, Whittington, Illinois, Oct., 1993.
Group Show,
"Small Works," The Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, November & December, 1993.
Solo Show, Gallery 100, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Dec.,
1993.
Solo Show,
The Celine A. Chu Gallery , Carbondale, Illinois, Feb. & Mar., 1994.
Juried Show,
8lst Annual Oil, Acrylic, Egg Tempera Exhibition, "Rivers of Color," St. Louis Artists’
Guild, St. Louis, Missouri, March & April, 1994.
Juried Show,
Southeast Missouri Regional Juried Art Show, Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts, April, 1994.
Juried Show,
Art Experience '94 National Fine Art Competition, Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts,
June, 1994.
Juried Show,
"Herrinfesta Italiana Art '94 Exhibition," Herrin Chamber of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May & June,
1994.
Juried National Show, Ninth Annual Harwell Mail-In Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum,
Poplar Bluff, Missouri, May & June, 1994.
Two Artist
Show, The Harris Vision Center Gallery, St.
Louis, Missouri, Jun. & Jul., 1994.
Juried Show,
"Painted Surface," The Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, Jul., Aug. & Sep., 1994.
Solo Show,
Bethesda Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, Aug., 1994.
Juried Show, "Art For the Health of It," Southeast Missouri Council
on the Arts and Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Oct. through Dec., 1994.
Group Show, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov
& Dec., 1994.
Juried Show, "Southeast Missouri Regional Juried Art Show,"
Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts, Feb. & Mar., 1995.
Juried Show, "2nd Annual Art For the Health of It," Southeast
Missouri Council on the Arts and Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, April through July, 1995.
Juried Show, "St. Charles Art & Music
Festival Show," Norris Gallery, Dellora A. Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois, June
& July, 1995.
Juried Show,
"Herrinfesta Italiana Art ‘95 Exhibition," Herrin Chamber of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May & June,
1995.
Juried Show,
"Midwest Minis ‘95 Exhibition," Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts, June, 1995.
Solo Show,
McGowan-Bradford Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, Feb. - April, 1996.
Juried Show,
"Herrinfesta Italiana Art ‘96 Exhibition," Herrin Chamber of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May & June,
1996.
Juried Show, "3rd Annual Art For the Health of It," Southeast
Missouri Council on the Arts and Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, October through December, 1996.
Solo Show, "On the Edge of Chaos: The Inevitable Emergence
of Order," Bethesda Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov., 1996.
Juried Show,
"Southeast Missouri Regional Juried Art Show," Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts, Feb. & Mar., 1997.
Juried Show, "4th Annual Art For the Health of It," Southeast
Missouri Council on the Arts and Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, April through July, 1997.
Juried Show, "Herrinfesta Italiana Art ‘97 Exhibition,"
Herrin Chamber of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May, 1997.
Juried Show, "Associated Artist Gallery Open Exhibition,"
Associated Artist Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, September & October, 1997.
Solo Show, "5 Dozens," Sebastian’s Gallery, Murphysboro, Illinois, Oct.,
1997 through June, 1998.
Juried Show, "Nexus II-Common Threads Exhibit," St. Louis Artists’
Guild, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov., 1997 to Jan., 1998.
Juried Show, "Art for the Health of It, Winter Show ’98,"
Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts and Southeast Missouri Hospital,
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, January through March, 1998.
Juried Show, "Southeast Missouri Regional Juried Art Show,"
Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts, Feb., 1998.
Juried Show, "Herrinfesta Italiana Art ‘98 Exhibition,"
Herrin Chamber of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May, 1998.
Group Show, "School of Art &
Design Alumni Art Show," Douglas Art Place, Murphysboro, Illinois, May, 1998.
Solo Show, "Big Art/Little Art," Dunn-Richmond Center
Art Atrium, Carbondale, Illinois, June through August, 1998.
Juried Show, "Great Inspirations: small images," St. Louis Artists’
Guild, St. Louis, Missouri, June & July, 1998.
Juried Show, “Borders Regional Juried Exhibition,”
Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts, Feb., 1999.
Juried National Show, 14th Annual Harwell Mail-In Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri,
May, 1999.
Juried Show, "Herrinfesta Italiana Art ‘99 Exhibition," Herrin Chamber
of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May, 1999.
Juried Show, "Criss Cross: Prints, Drawings and Pastels,"
St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, Missouri, June & July, 1999.
Solo Show, "Solutions: Partially Controlled Dilemmas," Longbranch
Coffee House and Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, July & August,
1999.
Solo Show, "Summer Sampler," The Southern Illinoisian Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, July & August, 1999.
Group Show, "Southeast Missouri Arts Council Invitational
Exhibition," Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Sept. & Oct., 1999.
Juried Show, "Herrinfesta Italiana Artists of Southern Illinois
2000 Exhibition," Herrin Chamber of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May, 2000.
Juried Show, "The Anna Union Arts Guild Cates Memorial Barn
Landscape Exhibition," The Anna Union Arts Guild, Anna, Illinois, May & June, 2000.
Juried National Show, 16th Annual Harwell Mail-In Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri,
May, 2001.
Juried Show, "Herrinfesta Italiana Artists of Southern Illinois 2001 Exhibition,"
Herrin Chamber of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May, 2001.
Solo Show, "Fugitives from the Studio", Associated Artists’ Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, June 26 through July 7, 2001.
Solo Show, "Struggle:
Artist vs. Media", Longbranch Coffee House and Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois, Oct. 2 through Nov. 12, 2001.
Juried National Show, 17th Annual Harwell Mail-In Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri,
May, 2002.
Juried Show, "Herrinfesta Italiana Artists of Southern Illinois 2002 Exhibition,"
Herrin Chamber of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May, 2002.
Solo Show, "Face-off : Artist vs Media," at the George
T. Dennis Visual and Performing Arts Center Art Gallery, Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, Illinois, Oct. & Nov.,
2002.
Solo
Show, "Painting on the Edge," at The Mediation Center of Southern Illinois,
Murphysboro, Illinois, Nov., 2002
through Feb., 2003.
Group Invitational Show,
15th Annual Show of Contemporary American Art, Missouri Athletic Club, St. Louis, Missouri, March, 2003.
Two
Artist Show, Regional Commerce and Growth Association Exhibition, RCGA Corporate Offices, St. Louis, Missouri, March
through May, 2003.
Juried National Show, 18th Annual Harwell Mail-In Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri,
May, 2003.
Solo Show, “The Fleishman-Hillard Show of Work by Lee Spalt,”
Fleishman-Hillard, St. Louis, Missouri, December, 2003 through February, 2004.
Two Artist Show
(with my sister, Erna Garber), “Tools &/or Toys,” Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, June, 2004.
Solo Show, “The Grace Lofts Show of Work
by Lee Spalt,” Grace Lofts, St. Louis, Missouri, Ongoing from May, 2005.
Solo Show, “The Windows Lofts Show of Work
by Lee Spalt,” Windows Lofts, St. Louis, Missouri, Ongoing from May, 2005.
Juried National Show, 20th Annual
Harwell Mail-In Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, May, 2005.
Solo Show at the George T. Dennis Visual and Performing Arts Center Art Gallery,
“Adding the Digital Palette,” Southeastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, Illinois, Aug.
& Sept., 2005.
Group Invitational Show, Southern Illinois Art Gallery,
Whittington, Illinois, June- August, 2005.
Solo Show, “Landscapes & Abstracts,” John
Forbes/Edward Jones, Carbondale, Illinois, -September-October, 2005.
Solo Show, “The
Excitement of Abstracts,” Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, January, 2006.
Juried National Show, 21ST
Annual Harwell Mail-In Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff,
Missouri, May,
2006.
Two Artist Show,
“The Starview Vineyards Show of Work by Ellen & Lee Spalt,” Starview Vineyards, Cobden, Illinos, August 12th
through October 19th, 2006.
Juried Show, “Looking at Southern
Illinois: 10th Biennial Exhibition,” Southern
Illinois University Museum, Carbondale, Illinois, September 29th through October 31st, 2006.
Juried Regional Show, “Borders Regional Juried Exhibition,” Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, November,
2006.
Solo Show, “The Art Lovers’ Trading Company Show
of Work by Lee Spalt,” The Art Lovers’ Trading Company, Carbondale, Illinois, March through May,
2007.
Solo
Show, “ The Harrisburg Exhibition of Recent Work by Lee Spalt,” Harrisburg District Art Exhibition, Harrisburg, Illinois, April
through June, 2007.
Juried National Show, 22nd
Annual Harwell Mail-In Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff,
Missouri, May,
2007.
Solo Show (of continuously rotating work), "Landscapes &
More," The Brick House, Anna, Illinois, November, 2008 to the present and continuing.
AWARDS
People’s
Choice Award for "Neural Matrix: Organic Data," The Margaret Harwell Art Museum
9th Annual Harwell Mail-In Art Show, May & Jun., 1994.
First
Place Award for Oil and Acrylic Painting for "Heart of the Victor," Art for the Health of It, Southeast Missouri Council on
the Arts and Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Oct., 1994.
Award
for Watercolor for "Labyrinth: Finding the Way," Southeast Missouri Regional Juried Art Show, Feb., 1995.
Third
Place Award for Experimental or Other Media, "Initial Phase," 2nd Annual Art for the Health of It, Southeast Missouri Council
on the Arts and Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, April through July, 1995.
Best
of Show Award for Oil and Acrylic Painting for "Grand Canyon," 2nd Annual Art for the Health of It, Southeast Missouri Council
on the Arts and Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, April through July, 1995.
Honorable Mention Award for "Labyrinth: Finding the Way," St. Charles Art & Music Festival Show, Norris Gallery,
Dellora A. Norris Cultural Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois, June & July, 1995.
Frank
G. Marlow Memorial Award for "Myopic After 3.45 Billion Years," 3rd Annual HerrinFesta Italiana Fine Arts Exhibition, May,
1996.
Best of Show Award for Oil and
Acrylic Painting for "Before the Battle: Civil War Reenactment at Makanda" and First Place for Watercolor Painting for "The
Usual Unauthorized Prediction," 3rd Annual Art for the Health of It juried show, Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts and
Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, October through December, 1996.
First Place for Oil/Acrylic Painting
for "The Brief Persistence of an Unstable Transition" and Second Place for Watercolor Painting for "Sunset," 4th Annual Art
for the Health of It juried show, Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts and Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, April through July, 1997.
The Denzil & Adeline Walker Award for
"Computer Cookies Taking Their 32-Bits to the Bus Wars," 4th Annual HerrinFesta Italiana Fine Arts Exhibition, Herrin, Illinois, May,
1997.
Juror's Award for Acrylic & Oil Painting
for "274. A Natural Expression of Tendencies Toward Order," Southeast
Missouri Regional Juried Art Show, Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts,
Feb., 1998.
The Marlene Simpson Award for "274. A Natural
Expression of Tendencies Toward Order," 5th Annual HerrinFesta Italiana Fine Arts Exhibition, Herrin, Illinois, May,
1998.
The Ethel F. Kamberg Annual Memorial
Award for "239. The Embryo: Influences of the Local Environment," Criss Cross: prints, drawings and pastels exhibition, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, Missouri, June & July, 1999.
The Futuretech Micro, Inc. Award
for First Place in the Fine Arts Professional Artists' Division, "Herrinfesta Italiana Artists of Southern Illinois 2000 Exhibition,"
Herrin Chamber of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May, 2000.
First Place for "The View from
900 Feet," The Anna Union Arts Guild Cates Memorial Barn Landscape Exhibition, The Anna Union Arts Guild, Anna, Illinois,
May & June, 2000.
Juror's Award for "Unnecessary Concern (All's Well),"
17th Annual Harwell National Mail-In Show, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, May, 2002.
Best of Show for "Grand Canyon,"
Herrinfesta Italiana Artists of Southern Illinois 2002 Exhibition, Herrin Chamber of Commerce, Herrin, Illinois, May, 2002.The Dr. Joan Ferrell Purchase Award, Southeastern Illinois College, 2002.
The Dr. Jim Armowe Purchase Award, Southeastern
Illinois College, 2002.
Award for Abstract/Experimental Painting, “Borders Regional Juried Exhibition,”
Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, 2006.
SHOWS JURIED
Midwest Minis ‘96,
Gallery 100, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, May, 1996.
Art
for the Health of It, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, February, 2004.
19th Annual Harwell Art Museum National Mail-In Art Show, April, 2004.
SELECTED GALLERIES
Art
Trends Gallery, 703 Long Road Crossing Drive #1, Chesterfield, Missouri, 63005, (636)536-3266, www.arttrendsgallery.net.
The Brick House, 308 South Main, Anna, Illinois, 62906, (618)833-5367.
Southern Illinois Arts and Crafts Marketplace, Whittington, Illinois, 62897-9718, (618)629-2220.
REFERENCES
Ms.
Tina M. Magill, Director, Margaret Harwell Art Museum, 421 North Main Street, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901, (573) 686-8002, www.mham.org .
Ms. Nancy Dorwart, Art Trends Gallery,
703 Long Road Crossing Drive #1, Chesterfield, MO 63005, (636)536-3266, www.arttrendsgallery.net .
