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Artist Bio
FRANK HYDER

BORN: October, 1951

EDUCATION:

1975  M.F.A. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1973  Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME, (full scholarship)
1972  B.F.A. Maryland Institute College of Fine Art, Baltimore, MD

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2000  Excelsior Gallery, Mexico City
1999  Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland, OR
1999  Overleaf, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998  Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland, OR
1998  The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997  Caracas Art Fair, Caracas, Venezuela
1997  The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997  Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA
1997  The King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
1997  Art 97 Vancouver Art Fair, Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland
1996  Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland, OR
1996  Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1996  Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA
1996  Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, Caracas, Venezuela
1996  Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Coro; Coro, Venezuela
1995  Butters Gallery, Ltd. at Pacwest in Portland, OR
1995  Museo Universitario, Universidad de Antiquia, Medellin, Columbia
1995  Centro Colombo Americano, Bucaramanga, Columbia
1995  Museo Arqueologico La Mercad, Cali, Columbia
1995  Museo de Arte de Coro, Coro, Venezuela
1995  Instituto Peruano Norteamericano, Lima, Peru
1995  The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995  Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1994  Butters Gallery, Ltd., Portland, OR
1994  Mamanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
1994  Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA (monotypes)
1993  Palacio de Gobernacion, Caracas, Venezuela
1993  Hahn Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA
1993  Austin Peay University, Clarksville
1993  Benton Gallery, Southampton, Long Island, NY
1993  Butters Pacwest, Portland, OR
1993  Gallery Clave, Caracas, Venezuela
1993  Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1993  FAN Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992  Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1992  Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1991  The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991  Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990  Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1990  The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990  Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1989  Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1989  Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989  The Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
1989  Camden County College Art Gallery, Blackwood, NJ
1989  Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1988  Ernst Alexander Gallery, Washington, DC
1988  Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987  The Exhibition Space, New York, NY
1986  Sarah Y. Rentschler Gallery, New York, NY
1983  St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA
1982  Long Beach Island Arts Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
1981-88  The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1977-80  The Hahn Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA
1974  Haddonfield Arts League, Haddonfield, NJ
1972  Five West Gallery, Baltimore, MD

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:

1999  The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1999  Faculty Show, The Levy Gallery, Moore College of Art of Design, Philadelphia, PA
1998  Art Fair Vancouver, Vancouver BC, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1997  Art Fair Vancouver, Vancouver BC, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1997  American Renaissance, King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
1997  Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1997  Group Show, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1997  Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
1997  Vespers, St. Luke’s Church, Wayne, PA
1996  Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1996  San Francisco Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
1996  Group Show, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1997  Faculty Show, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
1997  Group Show Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
1997  Renaissance Group Show, Saks Fifth Ave., Atlanta, GA
1997  AlumNine, The Baltimore Life Gallery, Owings Mills, MD
1997  Palo Alto Invitational, Palo Alto, CA
1997  American Renaissance, Lowe Gallery, Olympic Exposition, Atlanta, GA
1997  Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1997  Caracas Art Fair, Caracas, Venezuela, Gome Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1997  The Olympic Preview,Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995  Pocketsize, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1995  Artist Boxes , Arlene Busjese Gallery, South Hampton, NY
1995  Alumni - Nine From the Maryland Institute College of Art, George Mason University,Fairfax, VA
1995  The Monotype, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
1995  Group show, Moore Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995  Group show, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995  Palo Alto Cultural Center Invitational, Palo Alto, CA
1995  Animalia, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
1995  Neighbors, Philadelphia College of Textiles, Philadelphia, PA
1995  Triton Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1995  Made in Philadelphia 1986 - 1993 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1995  The Faculty Exhibition, Moore College of Art And Design, Philadelphia, PA
1995  Artists of Northern Liberties, The Paley Design Center, Philadelphia, PA
1994  National Invitational Art Exhibition, Brenau University, Gainsville, GA
1994  The SingularPrint, A Survey of Contemporary Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
1994  Between the Covers, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1994  Figurative Philadelphians,Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1994  Art and the Law, National Traveling Show, West Publishing, MN
1994  Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY
1994  Wall to Wall, Benton Gallery, Southampton, Long Island, NY
1994  Time and Commitment, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994  Hard Choices, Just Rewards, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1994  Nexus Center for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1994  In the Tradition, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1994  Concerning the Spiritual in Art, Chester Spring Studio, Chester, PA
1994  Small Prints, The Levy Gallery for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1994  The Brandywine Press Fellows, The Firehouse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994  Tylden Foley Gallery Group, New Orleans, LA
1994  Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994  Michael Dunev Fine Arts Group, San Francisco, CA
1994  Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1994  Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1994  Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
1994  The Object as Art, San Francisco Museum of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1994  The Book, Seattle Art Now, major selections from the Art Fair.
1994  Open Books, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1994  Figurative Drawings, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1994  The Figurative Space, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993  Hispanic Imprints, Brenau College, Atlanta, GA
1993  Faculty Show, Moore College of Art and Design Paley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993  Microsoft Selected Works, Seattle, WA
1993  Icons in Contemporary Art, California Museum of Crafts, San Francisco, CA
1993  Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
1993  Second annual alumni show, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1993  Hard Choices, Just Rewards, Southern Alleghenies Museum
1993  The Philadelphia Collection, Brandywine Press
1993  Pennsylvania Artist, Joshia White Expo Center, Jim Thorpe, PA
1993  Twentieth Century Acquisitions, Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia, PA
1993  The Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
1993  Tylden Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1993  An American Renaissance, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1993  Aurobora Press, Monotypes Inaugural Show, San Francisco, CA<
1993  Easy Pieces, Invitational Show, Palo Alto Cultural Center, CA
1993  The Art of Protest Benton Gallery, Southampton, Long Island, NY
1993  Young Artist, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1993  The Body, Milwaukee School of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
1993  Director’s Choice, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993  Los Angeles International Art Expo, Michael Dunev Gallery, CA
1993  Seattle Art Expo, Michael Dunev Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993  New Acquisitions, Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993  LARGE SCALE, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1993  Landscape, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993  The Figure, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Art and the Law, West Publications, MN (traveling show) Pertaining to Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA Art Expo, Los Angeles, CA Art Expo, Buenos Aires, Argentina Dreamers, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA National Invitational Annual, Breneau College, Atlanta, GA Dominium (Man and Beast), F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Works on Paper, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR Gallery Artists - A Selection, Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 Monument, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1991 Group show, Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 Group Show, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
Brenau College National Invitational Show 1991 Pennsylvania Artists, Josiah White Exhibition Space, Jim Thorpe, PA 1991 Director’s Choice, Clave Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela
1991 Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Penn Prints, The Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Transport, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1991 Intrigue, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago IL
1991 Director’s Choice, Brendan Walter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990  The Book as the Metaphor for Art, San Francisco Arts and Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
1990  Director’s Choice, J. Noblett Gallery, Sanoma, CA
1990  Expanding the Figurative Imagination, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1990  The Chicago International Art Expo, Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990  Pennsylvania Artist, Josiah White Exhibition Center, Jim Thorpe, PA
1989  Physicality, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1989  Art Against Aids, Butterfields Warehouse, San Francisco, CA
1989  Art of the State, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA (first prize)
1989  Nocturnes, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989  Assemblage, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989  Hard Choices, Just Rewards, a traveling exhibition of work by recipients of Visual Arts Fellowships awarded by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in 1988 and 1989
1989  Drawings, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1989  Contemporary Drawing, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1989  Working with Woods, Syntex Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1989  Spring Preview, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1988  Consciousness and Reality, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988  Selected Gallery Artists, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1988  The Ties the Bind, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988  St. Mary’s Museum, Collector of Marin County, Marin County, CA
1988  Introductions, A Selection from Gallery Artists, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1988  Members Gallery, Albright Knox Museum, NY
1988  Gallery Artists and Guests, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1998  Pennsylvania Painters at the Governor’s Mansion, Harrisburg, PA
1998  Three Person Show, More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998  Pennsylvania State Museum, First Prize, Harrisburg, PA
1998  Pennsylvania Artists, Josiah White Exhibit Center, Jim Thorpe, PA
1998  The Chicago International Expo, Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998  Directors Choice, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998  Director’s Choice, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998  Marcia Tucker Selects, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1987  From Philadelphia, Ernst Alexander Gallery, Washington DC
1987  Recent Acquisitions, Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987  The Show of Hands, The Brody Gallery, Washington DC
1987  Chicago International Expo, Chicago, IL
1986  First Impressions, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY
1985  Return to the Figure, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loreto, PA
1985  Philadelphia Paintings, University Museum, Indiana University of PA
1984  The Spirit of the Coast, Monmouth Museum, Monmouth, NJ
1983  Allegorical and Narrative Painting, The More Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1982  Personal Narrative Paintings, Butcher and More Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1980  People, Places and Things, U.S. Courthouse, Philadelphia, PA
1976  21 Young Artists, Long Beach Island Arts Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
1976  National Pastel Show, New York, NY
1975  New Talent, Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1972  Baltimore Museum Juried Shows, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:

Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN
Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA
Cento Colombo Americano, Medellin, Colombia
Grand Rapids Museum of Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Library of Congress, Washington DC
Museo de Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo del O'este, Caracas, Venezuela
Museo Universitario, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Ontario Museum of Art, Toronto, Canada
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Permanent Collection
Pennsylvania Convention Center Commission, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
U.S. Department of State, Washington DC
Woodmere Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:

ARA Services Corp.
Bell Atlantic Corporation
Berwind Trust Co.
Franklin Mint
GE Corporation
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Microsoft
Saks Fifth Avenue
Terminal Freezers
Wyndham Franklin Plaza

AWARDS:

1995  International Arts Program Network Award (Peru and Bolivia)
1994  International Arts Program Network Award (Colombia and Venezuela
1994  Commission 1% for Public Art Award, Oxnard, CA
1993  Pennsylvania State Council of the Arts Grant
1983  U.S. Information Service Grant to Venezuela
1983  Moore College of Art Faculty Development Grant
1983  National Endowment for the Arts, Mid-Atlantic Regional Visual Arts Fellowship
1989  Best of Show, Penn State Museum
1988  Pennsylvania State Council of the Arts Grant
1988  Moore College of Art Faculty Development Grant
1986  Moore College of Art Faculty Development Grant

VISITING ARTIST POSITIONS:

Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN
Camden County College, Blackwood, NJ
Centro Cevan, Merida, Venezuela
Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
Instituto Pedelogico, Caracas, Venezuela
La Governacion Groupo Culturo, Caracas, Venezuela
Maracay Museum of Fine Art, Maracay, Venezuela
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Milwaukee School of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Portland School of Art, Portland, OR
Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
University of Central Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

EMPLOYMENT:

Moore College of Art and Design, Professor of Painting
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Art, Lecturer


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