Biography
Lynn Manos
The daughter of an architect and a mother who loved and practiced music, I was drawing on the walls by the time I was 5 years old. By the fifth grade, I drew a picture of George Washington for the entry of my school and in high school I took part in every art project imaginable. I went on to study commercial art and fashion illustration in college and worked as a fashion illustrator for several years, before going into teaching. I discovered printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute and years of printmaking has led me to painting in oils and pastels as well as making monotypes (a single original print created by painting with inks onto a non-absorbent surface such as Plexiglas).
A strong influence on my approach to art stemmed from working with Christo and Jeane-Claude for 14 years on projects including “Wrapped Walkways” in Kansas City,” “Surrounded Islands” in Miami, and “The Umbrellas” in California and Japan. At one time I was struggling with the problem of how to balance form and content. What are you going to say and how are you going to say it? I soon realized that Christo picked a subject that interested him and then approached it from all angles until he exhausted his curiosity. I started working in series and have done so ever since.
The original inspiration for the water series came from my sailing and life guarding experiences. I jointly kept a sailboat at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri for 25 years, sailing there and in the Caribbean. My search for colorful wooden boats to paint has taken me to California, the Caribbean, Italy and Greece. I am particularly fond of Venice, because all transportation is on foot or by boat. Currently I am working on the Aegean Dinghies and Aegean Sea Series. The research was done on Skopelos, Greece and Hydra, Greece in September 2006. I am returning to Greece in May 2008 for a printmaking residency at Skopart and for more research.
In sum, my work reflects my life’s experiences and my love of line, color, water, and boats.
Lynn Manos Page
2008
Résumé
Education
2005 University of Iowa, Summer Art in Italy, Venice, Italy
2001 University of Iowa, Summer Art in Italy, Venice, Italy
2000 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Painting In Santorini and Karpathos, Greece
1999 University of Iowa, Summer Art in Italy, Venice, Italy
1997 Drury College, Summer Art in Italy, Florence, Italy
1996 University of Iowa, Summer Art in Italy, Venice, Italy
1978 University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO; M.A.
1973-1975,
1983-1985 Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO; Independent Study in Printmaking
1968 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; B.F.A.
Selected One, Two and Three Person Exhibitions
2007 Kotler Art Gallery, John F. Germany Library, Tampa, FL
2004 Gould, Evans Goodman Art Space, Kansas City, MO
2000 KCAI Corporate Partners Show, Kansas City MO
1999 Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas
1997 The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1996 Kansas City Artist's Coalition, Kansas City, MO
1995 University of Missouri-Kansas City Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO
1993 Central Exchange Gallery, Kansas City, MO
The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1990 The Central Exchange, Kansas City, MO
1988 Mark Twain Bank, St. Louis, MO
Thornhill Gallery, Avila College, Kansas City, MO
1985 Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1978 Massman Hall Gallery, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Sunday in the Arts, Las Damas de Arte,Tampa, FL
Hand Print Press Traveling Exhibition, Kansas City, KS
ART AFTER DARK, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa. FL
2007 UMKC National Print Exhibition 2007, UMKC Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO
American Century Investments, Kansas City, MO
West Tampa Center for the Arts,Tampa, FL
Central Exchange, Kansas City, MO
2006 KCAI Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Walker Kornbluth Art Gallery, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Gallery of Art, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
2005 Walker Kornbluth Art Gallery, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Archie R. Dykes Library, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
H & R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2004 H & R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2003 Gallery of Art, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Walker Kornbluth Art Gallery, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
2002 Dennis Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
2001 Untitled Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
Gallery 2669A, Campo San Maurizio, San Marco, Venice, Italy
The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2000 Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Hays, KS
1999 The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Art in the Woods '99, Overland Park, KS
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
1998 Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
The Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
The Writers Place, Kansas City, MO
1997 Central Exchange Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Drury College, Springfield, MO
The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1996 Writers Place, Kansas City, MO
Gallery of Art, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Americas 2000: Works On Paper, Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota
1995 Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
25th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, Illinois
1994 Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
1993 Central Exchange Gallery, Kansas City, MO
The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
24th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, Illinois
State of the Art '93, The New England Fine Art Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
1992 Art in the Woods, Overland Park, KS
The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Aquarius Gallery National New Art Search, Cambria, California
1990 Kansas City Artist's Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Art in the Woods '90, Overland Park, KS
River Market Regional, KCAC's 8th Annual Juried Competition, Kansas City, MO
1989 Art in the Woods '89, Overland Park, KS.
Thornhill Art Gallery, Avila College, Kansas City, MO
Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1988 Printmaker's World, The Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, MA
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
1987 17th National Works on Paper, Minot State College, Minot, North Dakota
Mid-Four Annual Juried Exhibition, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
1986 Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Art in the Woods '86, , Overland Park, KS
1985 Art in the Woods, Overland Park, KS
Mid-Four Annual Juried Exhibition, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Artist's Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Gallery Karl Oskar, Kansas City, MO
Gallery '85, Constitution Convention Center, Kansas City, KS
1984 Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Mid-Four Annual Juried Exhibition, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
6th Miami International Print Biennial, North Miami Museum. Miami, FL
1983 Color Print U.S.A., Teaching Gallery and the Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Artist's Coalition Westin Crown Center Juried Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
16th Annual Prints, Drawings & Crafts Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
Mid-Four Annual Juried Exhibition, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Artist's Coalition, Twain Plaza Bank, Kansas City, MO
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Mid-America Arts Alliance Travelling Exhibition; 1983-1985.
1982 11th National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College, Minot, ND
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1981 Selected Artists, Mulvane Art Center, Topeka, KS
Squadron Press at Dory Gates Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Selected Works: Kansas City Artist's Coalition, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
Drawings-Diverse Directions, Fawick Art Gallery, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio
Squadron Press Editions at Bloch Gallery, Bloch Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1980 Selected Artists, KCAC, Mulvane Art Center, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
1979 6th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, California State Polytechnic U., Pomona, CA; CA State U., Dominques Hills, CA
Selected Painters, Mulvane Art Center, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
29th Annual May Competitive, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
12th Annual Prints, Drawings & Crafts Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
Invitational Women's Exhibition, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Women Artists '79: Paperworks, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
1978 3rd Miami Graphics Biennial, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Miami, FL
Thirty Miles of Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
28th Annual May Competitive, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
24th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Exhibition South 78, The Tennessee Valley Art Center, Tuscumbia, Alabama
11th Annual Arkansas Art Exhibition, Southeast Arkansas Arts & Science, Pine Bluffs, AK
1977 46th Annual Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Thirty Miles of Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
16th Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, Illinois
Women Artists 77, Fine Arts Gallery, UMKC, Kansas City, MO
27th Annual May Competitive, Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO
10th Annual Prints, Drawings & Crafts Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
Exhibition South 77, The Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Drawing Exhibition, Thornhill Art Gallery, Avila College, Kansas City, MO
1976 6th National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Minot State College, Minot, ND
Davidson National Print & Drawing Competition, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Tenth Dulin National Print & Drawing Competition, Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
Color/Photo I, Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA
9th Annual Prints, Drawings & Crafts Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
Exhibition South 76, The Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia, Alabama
1975 LaGrange National Competition II, LaGrange, Georgia
1974 Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Public Collections
Municipality of Olymbos, Karpathos, Greece
Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Southeast Arkansas Arts and Science Center, Pine Bluff, AK
Spencer Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Corporate Collections
American Century Investors, Kansas City, MO
John and Maxine Belger Foundation, Kansas City, MO
Boone County Bank, Columbia, MO
Deloitte and Touche, St. Louis, MO
Bank of Topeka, Topeka, KS
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Continental Insurance Corporation, New York, NY
Firstar Banks, St. Louis, Missouri; Kansas City, MO
The Hallmark Fine Art Collection, Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO
Johnson and Johnson Corporation, New Brunswick, NJ
H & R Block, Kansas City, MO
H & R Block Regional Offices, Detroit, Michigan
Lathrop & Gage, Attorneys at Law, Kansas City, MO
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, Kansas City, MO
Oliver Insurance Agency, Overland Park, KS
Polsinelli, Shalton & Welte, Attorney’s at Law, Kansas City, MO
Tampa General Hospital, Tampa. Florida
Sprint Corporation, Leawood, KS
Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Attorneys at Law, Kansas City, MO
Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO
Publication Recognition
Print Lovers at 30: Celebrating Three Decades of Giving,” 2008, Trustees of the Nelson Gallery Foundation, pg. 32. Photo of work.
Janie Blankenship, " Art Workshops for Corporate Thinkers," 2006, The Kansas City Star, 15 March, News, pg. 4.
Alice Thorson, " Art Unbound," 2002, The Kansas City Star, 17 October, FYI, pg. 1.
Elisabeth Kirsch, “art on the town,” 2000, The Kansas City Star, 28 July, Preview/Cover Story, pgs. 4-5. Photo of work.
Heath Johnson, "A trip to Venice, by way of Irving," 1999, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12-18 November, Star time Section, pg. 3. Photo of work.
Alice Broughton , "Lynn Manos Huber, The Morgan Gallery," Winter, 1998, Forum, The Visual Arts Journal of Kansas City, Vol. 22, No 3, pg. 5. Photo of work.
Dickson Campbell, "Works Available," 1997, Pitch Weekly, 20 November-26 November, pg. 22. Photo of work.
Alice Thorson, " Huber’s new pastels evoke the quiet magic of Italy," 1997, The Kansas City Star, 21 November, Preview, pg. 20. Photo of work.
Paul Peterson, " art seen: Wild Woman Salon: Untrapped Spirit, Exuberant Expressions," 1997, The Independent, 16 August, pgs. 18-19. Photo of work.
Sherry L. Best, "They don't have no blues," 1997, Pitch Weekly, 31 July-6 August, pg. 18.
Alice Thorson, "A family portrait," 1997, The Kansas City Star, 31 July, Section F, pg. 5.
Alice Thorson, " Sisters' are doing art for themselves," 1997, The Kansas City Star, 25 July, Preview, pg. 18.
Mel Jarvis, "Juror's Choice, Mallin Gallery, Kansas City Artist Coalition, January 5-27, 1996," January-February, 1996, Forum, The Visual Arts Journal of Kansas City, Vol. 21, No 1, pg.6. Photo of work.
"Sunday Arts Calendar", 1995, Kansas City Star, 9 July, Section J, pg. 2. Photo of work.
James Martin, "Interview: Lynn Manos Huber and Christina McPhee," Summer 1995, Forum, The Visual Arts Journal Of Kansas City, Vol 20, No. 2-3, pg. 14. Photo of work.
George L. McKenna, "KCPT Print Portfolio Given to Museum," 1994, April Bulletin, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, pg. 3. Photo of work.
Deanne Pearson, "Genesis Gender: Two-Dimensional Works by Fran Bull, Lynn Huber, and Sculpture by Linda Lighton," Fall 1993, Forum, Visual Arts Magazine, pg. 3.
Alice Thorson, “Differences make 'Genesis Gender' a lively exhibit," 1993, The Kansas City Star, 5 Sept. , Section F, Pg. 3.
Alice Thorson, “Exhibit of women artists is strong, if predictably conservative,” 1993, Kansas City Star, 3 January, Section I, pg. 6.
“Kansas City This Weekend," 1992, Kansas City Star, 2 May, Section E, pg. 7. Photo of work.
Ellen R. Goheen, "Figures Blend Into Watery Landscape," June/July 1989, Forum, Visual Arts/Mid America, pg. 24. Photo of work.
Donald Hoffman, "Show finds Own Level of Success," 1989, Kansas City Star, 14 May, Arts Section, pg. 1. Photo of work
Donald Hoffman, "Three at Avila," 1988, Kansas City Star, 20 November, Section E, pg. 7.
"Print Society Tenth Anniversary Exhibition: A Decade of Gifts to the Museum," Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Calendar of Events, October 1988, pg. 4.
"Print Society," Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Calendar of Events, September 1987. Photo of work.
Donald Hoffman, "Art Journal," 1987, Kansas City Star, 2 August, Section D, pg. 4. Photo of work.
Donald Hoffman, "Mid-Four Show Recalls Baroque," 1987, Kansas City Star, 14 June, Arts Section D.
Donald Hoffman, "Lynn Manos Huber," 1986, Kansas City Star, 18 June, Arts Section.
Eliot Nusbaum, "The Land-focus at Sioux City," 1985, Des Moines Sunday Register, 7 April, Arts Section.
Donald Hoffman, "30 Miles Isn't Too Far," 1977, The Kansas City Star, 20 February, Section E, pgs. 1,3.
Commissions
The Print Society of Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum and Gallery of Art. Commissioned print in 1987. "Sunset on Anegada", Lithograph.
Grants
2006 Lighton Foundation International Travel Grant, Greece, September 2006
Professional Experience
1995-2006 Adjunct Instructor, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1994-2006 Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO; Digital Creative-on-Call Artist; Photoshop, Quark, & Freehand.
1999-2000 Interim Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, Dir. of Continuing Ed, Kansas City Art Institute, KC, MO
1996-1998 Arty Sites, Inc., Artistic Destinations, Kansas City, MO. Owner.
1988-1990 Adjunct Instructor, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1993-1994 Adjunct Instructor, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS
1991 Christo: The Umbrellas Japan USA; Lebec, CA. Graphics Preparation, Mid-level & Field Management.
1980, 1983,
1986-1989 Adjunct Instructor, Avila College, Kansas City, MO
1969-1982 Art Instructor, Children and Adult Education, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
1972-1986 Free Lance Commercial Artist, Kansas City, MO
1971-1972 Fashion Illustrator, Woolf Brothers, Kansas City, MO
1970-1971 Fashion Illustrator, Fashion Bar, Denver, CO
1969-1970 Fashion Illustrator, R.H. Macy and Company, Kansas City, MO
