My work encompasses who and what I come into contact with on a daily basis. For me, art is everywhere. Any life experience can become a work of art.

Most recently, I have begun to explore the fabric Yo-Yo (Suffolk Puff) as an art form. Traditionally used as a quilting technique, I have appropriated the Yo-Yo as a module for building fine art pieces.

I have sewn since I was eight years old. Most of the women in my family sew – my sisters, my mother, my grandmother, and godmother. I clearly remember my Grandmother Lear hand-quilting in the middle of her tiny living room – the quilt taking up nearly all of the available space.

I continue to honor her and that tradition.

PHYLLIS LEAR
www.illearstrations.com

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2019
• Ties That Bind Gallery One's 2019 Juried Art Quilt Exhibit. Ellensburg, WA, March – April
• Out of Darkness: Representations of Mental Health
Bossier Parish Community College, Juried exhibition, January – March.
2018
• Louisiana French: Myths and Movements
Curated by CODOFIL, Paul and Lulu Hillard University Art Museum, Lafayette, LA, September 7 – October 14, 2018
2016
• Louisiana Crafts Guild Exhibition, NSU, November 11 – December 9
2015
• Faculty and Friends: Artists Among Us Alexandria Museum of Art; Alexandria, LA; June-Aug.
2014
• Louisiana State Museum – Patterson, LA November 2014 – September 2015
2013
• Under the Influence, Gallery exhibition, Baton Rouge Gallery, June 2013
• Invitational Group Show, Zigler Museum of Art, Jennings, LA, April 2013
2012
• Chalices, Baton Rouge Gallery, June 2012
2011
• Kinetics: The Energy of Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge Gallery, November 2011
• Downtown Thibodaux Art Gala, Dansereaux House, Thibodaux, LA – September 2011
2010
• Parallel Journeys – Group Exhibition, Baton Rouge Gallery – October 2010
• Second Saturday Art Walk, Gallery 549, Lafayette, LA – Don LeBlanc, Owner – April 2010
• Venus Envy, Baton Rouge Gallery – Anonymous Juror – April 2010
2009
• CASA of Lafourche Oktoberfest Art Show; Chris Robichaux, Chairperson, October 2009
• Baton Rouge Gallery 2009 Group Show; Baton Rouge, LA
2008
• Louisiana Women Artists; River Oaks Center for the Arts, Alexandria, LA, October – November, Juror: Mark Tullos
• Two Person Show; Gallery 549, Lafayette, La, October, Owner: Don LeBlanc
• Southern Open 2008; Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, La, Juror: Peter Frank
• 11th International Open Juried Exhibition; Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, March 2008, Juror: Barbara Koenen

SELECTED AWARDS:
• 2016 – Derby Endowed Professorship
Award to fund ongoing research on PPOs, Northwestern State University, May 2017-2018
• 2007 - Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 111th Annual Open Exhibition
Cecelia Cardman Memorial Award
• 2007 - Masur Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention
• 2005 Louisiana Artist Fellowship - Visual Arts
Louisiana State Arts Council and Louisiana Division of the Arts

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
• The Sunday Advocate – “4 Artist Members Displaying Works at Baton Rouge Gallery”, October 24, 2010, pg. 5E
• Point of Vue Magazine - March 2010 Vol. 4 Issue 3 – pgs 24-26
• Southern Art Federation Pod-Cast, 2008 – http://podcast.southarts.org/SAFEpisode44.mp3

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
• Baton Rouge Gallery; Baton Rouge, LA
• Sans Souci; Lafayette, LA

EDUCATION:
• Louisiana Tech University, M.F.A. in Visual Arts, May 1999
• Louisiana State University, MA in Art History, May 1998,
• Northwestern State University of Louisiana, MA in Visual Arts, May 1992
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette, BA in Art and Industrial Arts Education, December 198

http://www.illearstrations.com

Louisiana Tech University

1998