Phyllis Liedeker Finley

EDUCATION

1982 – 1984

Post-graduate work in photography,
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
  1967

B.A., cum laude, Newcomb College,
New Orleans, Louisiana
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1985 – present
Self-employed photographer
HONORS AND AWARDS



1999



“Plastic Fantastic,” E3 Gallery, New York, NY

“A Vision Honored,” Honorable Mention,
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA

  1988

“Views and Visions,” Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, Judge’s Award
  1986


“150 Works by Texas Women,” Dallas Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Dallas, Texas,
Achievement Award
  1967 Phi Beta Kappa
  1967 Alpha Epsilon Phi Award for Languages
  1966 Bailey Award for Languages
EXHIBITIONS

2006

"Mas Xmas," Wilhelmi-Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
    “Visual Dialogues,” Islander Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
    “Blue Star 21,” Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas
    “Intimations,” Galvan Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
    “Intimations,” Corpus Christi City Hall
  2005

“Sweet Mystery,” Wilhelmi-Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
    “Everyday  I Dream,” Islander Art Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
  2004

“Fuzzy Logic,” curated by Regine Basha, Women and Their Work Gallery,  Austin, Texas
    “Coastal Connections: Contemporary Art from Houston and Corpus Christi,”  curated by Gus Kopriva, Weil Gallery, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
    "Cross Currents- FotoFest," 101 Gallery, Houston, Texas
  2002

“Art and Ornament,” Wilhelmi-Holland Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
    Photographic Resource Center Members’ Exhibit, Diana Gaston, juror, Boston, MA
    “Outside/Inside,” one-person exhibit, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
    “Intimate Landscapes,” one-person exhibit, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo College, Amarillo, Texas
    “Intimate Landscapes,” one-person exhibit, SRO Gallery, Texas Tech University,  Lubbock, Texas
  2001


"Current Works 2001,” Steven Yates, juror, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
    Houston Center for Photography, Members' Exhibit, Clint Willour, juror
    “ Intimate Landscapes,” one-person exhibit, Gallery/ four one one, Corpus Christi, Texas
  1999



“Plastic Fantastic,” E3 Gallery, New York, NY

“A Vision Honored,” Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, juror-Linda Connor

  1998

Texas Photographic Society, juried members’ exhibit, Austin, Texas
  1991

"U.S. Biennial IV," The University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma
  1990

“Current Works 90,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center,
Kansas City, Missouri
    “Collage: 31 Artists Mix It Up," curated by Becky Duval Reese, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
    “19th Juried Photography Exhibition,” Jewish Community Center, Houston, Texas
    “Photowork 90,” Barrett House/Dutchess County Art Association, Poughkeepsie, New York
    “The Children of Texas,” Texas Commission for the Humanities and Texas Photographic Society,
Austin, Texas
  1989


“Through the Lens,” University of Nebraska Gallery of the Department of Art and Art History,
Lincoln, Nebraska
    “Photospiva 89,” Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri
    “Current Works 1989,” Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
    “Photograph as Document,” Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
    “Dance Photography,” Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
    “Prize Catch,” Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
  1988

“Emerging Artists,” two-person exhibit, SRO Gallery,
 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
    “Current Works 1988,” Society for Contemporary Photography Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
    “Views and Visions,” The Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
  1987

“Women Artists in Three States,” Dallas Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Dallas, Texas
    “Performance Visuals,” performers curated by Robert Rauschenberg, Mann Performing Arts Hall,
Ft. Myers, Florida
    “Spaces in the Heart of Texas – Ten Photographers,” Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
    “Mothers and Daughters,” Burden Gallery, New York, NY.  Exhibit toured for two years.
  1986

“150 Works by Texas Women,” Dallas Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Dallas, Texas
    “Fortieth Year,” one-person exhibit, Nadine’s Restaurant, Austin, Texas
    “Austin Photographers,” Arts Warehouse, Austin, Texas
    “Rightness of Movement,” one-person exhibit, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
  1985

“Rightness of Movement,” one-person exhibit, Austin Opera House, Austin, Texas
  1984

“Neighborhood Spaces, Private Places,” one-person exhibit
  1983

“Looking Inward: Photographers Photograph Themselves,” Accent Gallery, Austin, Texas
    Photoworks Gallery, Austin, Texas
    “Deborah Hay,” Capitol City Playhouse, Austin, Texas
COLLABORATIONS

1995

“Sameness” with Tre Arenz, Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
    Southwest Craft Center, San Antonio, Texas
  1994


“Lamb at the Altar,” with Deborah Hay,
Duke University Press, Box 90660, Durham, North Carolina, 27708  ISBN 0-8223-1439-8
PUBLICATIONS

 

San Antonio Express-News, “Review: ‘Blue Star 21’ favors craft over concept,” July 12, 2006

    Artlies 42, “Coastal Connections,” Spring, 2004
    Artlies 35, “Phyllis Finley: Outside/Inside,” Summer, 2002
    Amarillo Globe-News, “Exhibitions Elicit Different yet Similar Responses,”
June 9, 2002
    My Body, the Buddhist, by Deborah Hay, Wesleyan University Press, 2000
    Lamb at the Altar, by Deborah Hay, Duke University Press, 1994
    Austin American-Statesman “Exhibit Offers Art from All Angles,”
 June 16, 1990
    Artweek, “Engaging the Audience,” May 3, 1990, p.29
    “Collage: 31 Artists Mix It Up,” (catalog), Women and Their Work, 1990
    “Photospiva 89,” (catalog), Spiva Art Center, 1989
    Current Works 1989, (catalog), Society for Contemporary Photography
    Art in America, “1987 Review,” August, 1988, p. 52
    “Current Works 1988,” (catalog), Society for Contemporary Photography
    Aperture, Mothers and Daughters, 1987, p.108
    Attitude, “Gesturing into Consciousness,” Summer 1987, Vol. 4,
No. 3, p. 37
    Contact Quarterly Dance Journal, “Snakeskin’s Girl,” Winter 1986, Vol. XXI,  No. 1, pps. 8-11
    "150 Works by Texas Women,” (catalog), Dallas Women’s Caucus for the Arts, 1986
    Reading Dancing, University of California Press, 1986, p. 12
    Best of College Photography Annual Photographer’s Forum,
Santa Barbara, California, 1983, p. 113


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