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Lady McCrady
box 1338
CT 06443
203.988.1852

born Speedway Indiana 1951

MFA Hunter College CUNY 1990
School Visual Arts NYC
BFA Syracuse University School of Art 1973
Sir John Cass School of Art, London UK

resides: NYC 1976-2003, New Haven 2000-present

awards
Creative Arts Workshop 2003
CT Commission on the Arts 2002
CT association Elementary Principles. Circle of Light community installation 2001
Dan Rice studio grant 1996 - 1999
National Endowment for the Arts - New England Foundation for the Arts. 1994
Guild Hall Museum. East Hampton NY. First purchase award by Larry Rivers. 1988
Artists Space, NYC. 1988
University of Massachusetts Amherst 1987
William Steeple Davis Trust, Orient LI residency 1985-6
Pratt Graphics Center, NYC. 1984. 1985.
Calpico Corp, Tokyo Japan. 1983
National Endowment for the Arts - New York University electronic media grant 1982. 1983. 1984.
Hartford Art School secondary school scholarship 1968-1969

solo exhibition

RJ Julia, Alva Greenberg curator, Predicaments 2008
RJ Julia, Alva Gallery 2007
Madison Art Cinema CT. 2003
Hartford Capitol Arts Initiative. curator Jennifer Aniskovich 2001
City Wide Open Studios New Haven 1999. 2000. 2003
Long Island University Southampton NY. 1989
Islip Museum, Long Island NY. 1989
New York University Broadway Windows. Political Circles. 1988
Real Art Ways, Hartford CT. 1987
Galerie Olivier Renaud-Clement, Paris. 1987
Architectures windows NY French Culinary Institute. Transformation Zone. 1987
Galerie Art Mania, Annemasse France. 1987
Smith College, Northampton MA. 1987
Philip Dash Gallery, New York NY. Everafter. 1986
Galerie J & J Donguy, Paris France. Heaven and Hell. 1985
Kamikaze. House on Fire Dance Foundation. NYC 1985
The Bee. Tokyo 1983
Water Tower installations with Andy Warhol. Les Enfants du Paradis. 1981

Selected Group Exhibition
Guilford Arts Center, CT. Mini, curator Amy Peters 2007
Guilford Arts Center at Chandler Barn, Working Class 2007
Guilford Arts Center, CT. Startled: Out of Context, Uminga, Barber, McCrady 2006
Erickson Davis Gallery. Ivoryton CT 2006
Erickson Davis Gallery. Ivoryton CT 2005
International Festival of Arts and Ideas, Oil Drum Art, New Haven CT 2004
Hygienic Gallery at Union Station, Oil Drum Art New London CT 2004
Willoughby Wallace Rogue Luxury: Paterson, McCrady, . Stony Creek CT 2004
Wall Street Gallery. Summertime CT 2004
Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford CT 2003
Details, New Haven CT 2003
Guilford Arts Center. Construct curator Jackie Ivy CT 2002
Pfizer Global Research Regional Artist Exhibition. Groton CT 2002
Cooley Gallery CT River Conservancy, curator Christian Brezhneff, Old Lyme CT 2002
Guilford Arts Center, A to Z . curator Jackie Ivy, Albers Foundation 2001
Alva Gallery. New London CT 2001
Hartford State Capital Connecticut Commission on the Arts 2001
John Slade Ely House. New Haven CT 1994
Erector Square Gallery, New Haven CT Prints National curator Kim Davenport. New Haven CT 1993
Connecticut College. John Dilg, Nicolas Pogony, McCrady Axon curator Maureen McCabe 1991
Hunter College, C.U.N.Y. 1991
Parrish Museum. Southampton NY curator Werner Kramarsky 1990
Guild Hall Museum. East Hampton NY Eight Artists , curator Helen Harrison 1990
Galerie J & J Donguy. Paris 1990
Benton Gallery. Southampton NY 1990
Henry Street Settlement. Collaboration North-South America, with Alvaro Penarette. NYC 1987
Galerie J & J Donguy. Paris 1987
East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art. Images on Paper LI NY 1987
Public Image gallery. NYC 1987
Cyrille Putman gallery. NYC 1987
The Upstairs. Tryon NC 1987
Cre-Ange Dance Company. Paris 1986
The Field. NYC 1986
Binoche et Godeau Les Jeunes Debarquent Paris 1986
Phillip Dash Gallery NYC 1986
Galerie Beau Lezard Promesses: MacEwen, Mareval, McCrady, Kohlhofer. Paris 1985
Everson Museum Biennial, curator John Perrault Syracuse NY 1984
Ericson Gallery. NYC 1983
17th Annual Biennial of Sao Paulo Brazil 1983
Washington Street Café. curated by Andy Warhol NYC 1982
Plowshares Gallery. Hartford CT 1972
Jewish Community Center of West Hartford CT 1972

selected bibliography
*Jeanine Baron, La Croix, Paris. Decembre 3, 1985. page 21
*Francoise Bataillon, Art Press, Paris. Fevrier1986.
*Jean Pascal Billaud, Cite Magazine International Paris. Novembre 1985
Phyllis Braff, The New York Times May 22, 1988. page 26
*Phyllis Braff, The New York Times July 6, 1988. Page 18
Bob Colacello, Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up. Harper Collins 1990. p xi
*Creative Time New York. Time Capsule. A Concise Encyclopedia by Women Artists. 1995 LVMCC p4
*Nadine Descendre, Paris, Le Magazine , Novembre 1985. page 14
*Katy Dobbs, Andy Warhol’s Interview , May 1981. pages 61-62
Alice Gottesman & Linda Donald, Village Voice, July 26, 1988
Pat Hackett, The Andy Warhol Diaries, Warner 1989. pages 357, 372, 379, 436.
*Bernard Hanson. The Hartford Courant, February 8, 1987. cover
*Baird Jones, The East Village Eye, NY. “Andy Warhol: Then and Now” page 15a
*Karin Lipson, Newsday July 22, 1988. page 31
*Jean-Louis Pinte 20 Ans, Paris. Novembre 1985. page 17
*Dinah Prince The Daily News New York. 8 January 1986. p 31
*Rose Slivka The East Hampton Star NY. 3 December 1987
*Joe Tracey The Hartford Courant Sunday Magazine CT. 4 June 1978. cover + pp 1-7
*Elisabeth Vedrenne Decoration International Paris. Novembre 1985
Actuel Paris. Novembre 1985
*An-An Magazine Tokyo. April 1983. pp 195-196
*Asahi Newspaper Group TokyoJapan. Feb 1983
*Fuji Sankei Group, Tokyo Japan. February 1983
*Interior Magazine TokyoJapan. May 1983. pp 123-124
*Olive TokyoJapan. 18 April 1983. p 14
The New York Times Magazine. In support of Elizabeth Murray. 5 May 1991
*The New York Times Sunday. 5 May 1991. p 26
The New York Times Sunday. 14 Nov 2004
Sept, A Paris. Novembre 1985
*Studio Voice Tokyo Japan. May 1983
*Yomiuri Shinbun Tokyo Japan. March 1983
*VSD Paris. 14 Novembre 1985
**Barry Wallenstein The Roller Coaster Kid and other poems. Crowell NY 1982

exhibition catalogues
*Helen Harrison. Guild Hall Museum 1988. pages 4-5
*Werner Kramarsky. Elaine Benson gallery 1988. page 2
*Binoche et Godeau Paris. Did It Again 1987. page 16.
*Binoche et Godeau Paris. Les Jeunes Debarquent 1986. page 27.
*Galerie Beau Lezard Paris. Agenda 86 1986. page 32
*Claudia Paluel-Marmont. Galerie J & J Donguy Paris. 1985
*John Perreault. Everson Museum, Syracuse NY. 1984 Everson Biennial
*Sao Paulo, Brazil. 17th Annual Biennial of Sao Paulo 1983

selected collections
Jean-Pierre Fenez and Jean Michel Vinay Architects. Paris
Greater Hartford Arts Council. CT
Puzzle ring Factory. Tokyo
Republic National Bank of New York. NYC

Bill Arning. Cambridge MA
Basil Alkazzi. NYC & Monte Carlo
Kim Adams. CT
Steven Ames. Old Lyme CT
Dick Berg. NYC
Larry and Colleen Bograd. Denver
Tim & Michiko Clorite. NYC
Barry Buckland. NYC
Barbara Chupp. Madison CT
Edmund Caddy III. Bath England
Jennifer and Peter Cowie. Guilford CT
Pam Cook. CT
Andy & Marlies Denker. Germany
Dame Siobhan Davis, David Buckland. London UK
Horst Denkler. Amherst MA
Andreas & Marlise Denker. Uhlingen Germany
Kathleen Fahey. CT
Virginia Foster. Guilford CT
Yvonne Goldsmith. Weston CT
Robert Howsam Jr. Cincinnatti
Mary Hu. New Haven CT
John & Carol Hunt. Southampton NY
Franz Hupscher. Paris
Hanni Kaufmann. West New York NJ
Island Avenue School. Madison CT
Elaine de Kooning. Easthampton NY
Bruce Lundberg . CT
Province Brothers Importers. CT
Barbara MacLaurin. Paris
Kenneth Miller. NYC
Fred Newman Katy Dobbs. NYC
Bia and Michael O’Neill. NYC & Wainscott LI
Manabu Ogawa. Tokyo
Claudia Paluel-Marmont. Paris
Jean-Louis Pinte. Paris
David Ricereto Sandy Key FL
Sandy Ruoff. Guilford CT
Karen and Ray Seligson. CT
Gerri Stokes-Watstein. Bethany CT
Barry Wallenstein. NYC
Andy Warhol. NYC

travel fellowships
France,
Germany, Italy,
Greece, Yugoslavia.
Haiti.
Tokyo-Kyoto. Kauai.
Milan-NIce.
Berlin.
Spain

I support
RealArtWays Hartford - Arts Council of Greater New Haven - Joyce DiLauro Starship Dance Company - Connecticut River Environmental Trust - College Art Association - Guilford Art Center - KappaKappaGamma - Ivoryton Playhouse

these artists support my work :
Larry Rivers
Andy Warhol
Robert Gwathmey
Elaine deKooning
Jack Youngerman
Holly Lueders
Vinnie Longo
David Inshaw UK
Susan Crile
Milton Glaser
Valerie Jaudon
Robert Swain
Friedl Dzubas
Martin Axon
Roman Vishniac
Dan Rice

photos © Martin Axon 2006 . text © Lady McCrady 2006