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Born 1952, Aberdeen, MS, USA

 

SELCTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011

Just Sayin’, David Lusk Gallery

2009

and exactly Twenty Years, David Lusk Gallery, also at the following venues with different work at each: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Memphis College of Art On The Street Gallery; Metal Museum; P&H Center for the Arts; Rhodes College, Clough Hanson Gallery; University of Memphis Art Gallery, Memphis; Material Gallery, Memphis

Greely Myatt: Sometimes I Settle For a Chuckle, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta

2007

Greely Myatt at Millsaps College, Lewis Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson MS

Up There, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta

2006

Lapses to Kill, David Lusk Gallery

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2005

Scope Miami, David Lusk Gallery, Miami

Not Sold in Stores, Floyd Shaman/Greely Myatt, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS

2004

Circumference or Goin’ Round, Freed Hardeman University, Henderson, TN

2003

...seeem..., David Lusk Gallery

2002

Cleave, The Art Museum of The University of Memphis

Gaggle, Sandler Hudson Gallery, 

Atlanta, Cloud. Flying Solo, Nashville International Airport

2001

Baseball Diamond/bats and birds/poles and pyramids, AutoZone Park, Memphis

2000

A Fool With An Idea, David Lusk Gallery

 

SELCTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011

Desires, Nightmares & Dreams II, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, LB

2009

Heartland, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago

Objects on the Horizon, The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery

The Bakers Dozen, Silent Auction to Benefit UrbanArt, UrbanArt, Material and Odessa Galleries, Memphis

2008

This and That; Recent Art from Memphis, University of Louisiana, Monroe (curated by Greely Myatt)

Flowers in Art, Memphis Garden Club, Dixon Gallery and Garden, Memphis

2007

Flow, Art Basel/Miami, David Lusk Gallery, Miami

Dwell on Design/San Francisco, David Lusk Gallery, San Francisco

Manipulating the Commonplace, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta

Price is Right 10, David Lusk Gallery

Southern Living's 2007 Idea House, David Lusk Gallery, Watersound, FL

LA Art Show, David Lusk Gallery, Santa Monica

Valentine's Day Event, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta

2006

Assemblation Eyedrum, Atlanta

Art 212, 69th St Regiment Armory, New York

 

Art Chicago, David Lusk Gallery, Chicago

 

Flow, Art Basel David Lusk Gallery, Miami

 

Class of '06, Lantana, The Medicine Factory, Memphis

 

Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery

 

Inaugural Exhibition of Multi Media Site Specific Installations, Medicine Factory, Memphis

 

2005 Tide to the Vernacular, The Arts Center of St Petersburg, FL

 

Max2005, The Inner Voice of Art, University of Memphis

 

Maquette: An Invitational Exhibition of Small Sculpture, University of South Carolina, Columbia

 

southXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

 

Catch as Catch can, The University of Louisiana, Monroe

 

2004 Under Different Circumstances, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center

 

Southeastern States Sculpture Exhibition, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond

 

Sandler Hudson Selects, West Georgia College, Carrollton

 

Tennessee Masterworks, Madison Arts Center, Nashville

 

Suitcase Series Memphis, Pinkney Herbert, Greely Myatt, Terri Jones, Roger Smith Hotel, New York

 

Drawings and/or Works on Paper, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta

 

2003 Collocation: Art Department Faculty Art Show, University of Memphis

 

Emory Chair Project, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Art of Tennessee, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville

 

2002 Art of the 20th Century, David Lusk Gallery, New York

 

Current Memphis: Memphis Current, KunstruimteNP40, and SHoRes Amsterdam

 

Side By Side, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis

 

Seeing Sun Records/Art Celebrates the 50th anniversary of Sun Records, Chandler Gallery, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis

 

Forty-Fifth Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, Grand Award, Brochure

 

AWARDS & HONOURS

 

2002 Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Creative Arts, The University of Memphis

 

1999 Promoted to Professor of Art, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

 

1998 Tennessee Arts Commission's Israel-Tennessee Visual Arts Exchange Project

 

1994 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award - Visual Art
SPUR Award, The University of Memphis, Memphis

 

1993 Alternate Roots Artist Initiative Grant, Alternate Visions, Atlanta

 

1992 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Tennessee Arts Commission
Deans Creative Achievement Award, The University of Memphis, Memphis

 

1983 Ford Foundation Fellowship, Artist in Residence, University of Georgia, Athens

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

2009 Memphis Top 20 Untapped Artists, Memphis Crossroads, Arts Edition '09, publication of
Memphis Chamber of Commerce, p35

 

Chris Davis, No Comment, Memphis Flyer, Sept 10-16, cover, pp 3, 19-20

 

Memphis Business Journal, City Life, Aug 28-Sept 3, 2009, image, pl 28

 

The Best Times, Greely Myatt work showing at galleries throughout the city, Sept 2009, p.20

 

Fredric Koeppel, Greely Myatt is everywhere, Commercial/Playbook, Aug 28, 2009, cover, pp10-12

 

Bianca Phillips, Patch Work, Memphis Flyer, July 7, 2009, p 9

 

Commercial Appeal, City Hall Coverup, June 23, 2009

 

2007 Phil Oppenheim, Looks Good on Paper, Art Papers, Nov-Dec 2007 p. 59-60

 

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

 

2009 Quilt Surround, City of Memphis/Urban Art Commission

 

2005 Catch as Catch can, The University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA

 

2003 Installation, Artrageous, The Brewery, Memphis

 

2002 Cloud. Flying Solo. Nashville International Airport, Nashville

 

2001 Art Takes Wing. Lobby Installation, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis
Baseball Diamond..AutoZone Park, Redbirds Inc, Memphis

 

2000 Wood Bev and logdoor. Wolf River Nature Consortium, Germantown

 

1999 Vent. Atelierhaus Arlesheim, Arlesheim, Switzerland

 

RoomRug for From Your House to Our House. Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
(temporary installation for exhibition)

 

1996 Good Morning. Interstate Sculpture Project, Department of Transportation and Art Commission,
State of Tennessee, Hartford, TN

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

 

Fidelity, Memphis and Charlotte offices

 

Hilton Hotel Corporation Regional Headquarters, Memphis

 

Tennessee Arts Interstate Sculpture Project,

 

EDUCATION

1980                     MFA University of Mississippi, Oxford

1975                     BFA Delta State University, Cleveland, MS

1971                     Mississippi State University, Starkville

 

PROFESSIONAL

1989 University of Memphis

1985-89 Arkansas State University, Jonesboro

1980-85 Itawamba Community College, Fulton, MS

1983-84 Artist in Residence, University of Georgia, Athens

1976-77 Artist in Residence, Tombigbee State University, Tupelo, MS