LAKE ROBERSON NEWTON
Phone: 901-604-3420
Email: lakenewton@hotmail.com
Website: www.lakenewton.com
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user3099410
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, 2009, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 1998, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS - INSTALLATIONS
2021/2022 Nightlife 2, Crosstown Concourse, Memphis, TN (Installation)
2021/2022 It Might As Well Be Spring, Art Factory, Memphis, TN (Outdoor Photo Installation)
2020/2021 Nightlife, Crosstown Concourse, Memphis, TN (Installation)
2017 Considering the Facts, Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Baltimore, MD
2015 12 Colored Panels, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (Installation)
2013 Storyville, Gallery 363, Memphis, TN
2012 Painters’ Choice, Staple Goods Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011 History of the Land, Staple Goods Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2009 An American Garden, Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
2008 Conditions on the Ground, Grant Hall Gallery, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
2003 Confrontations, Kwak Sun-Young Gallery, Gwangju, South Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Love Struck, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT. Curated by Juliet Byrne. Online (Upcoming).
2023
NEXT: Reimagining the Future Through Art, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ. Curated by Diane Ciccone & Jane Malloy.
Lost and Found, The Chateau Gallery, Louisville, KY. Juried Exhibition
no place like home, MidwestNice Art, Sioux Falls, SD. Juried by Tom Dahlseid and Leah Schretenthaler.
ARTFIELDS 2023, Juried Competition, Lake City, South Carolina
Baldwin National 2023, Holt Russell Gallery, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS. Juried by Ben Alvers.
2022
Graphic & Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Bornblum Library Art Gallery, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Memphis, TN. Nov. 2022 - Jan. 2023
Infinite Weight/Present Histories, Vault Gallery, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA. Curated by Hallie Ringle.
And Now For Something New, Vol 4, Lemieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA. Curated by Ric Kadour & Sarah Thibodeaux.
Photography 2022, The Downtown Gallery, Indiana University Kokomo, Kokomo, IN.
Salon des Refuses, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI. Juried by David Hummer.
Silence, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Juried by Zsolt Batori.
Valdosta National 2022, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA. Juried by Samuel Dunson.
11th Annual National Exhibition, Carroll Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Juried by Sarah Magnatta.
2021
TONDO, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. Curated by Manifest's Exhibitions Committee. Dec. 2021 - Jan. 2022
The 2021 International FL3TCH3R Exhibition- Socially and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. Juried by Michael Ray Charles.
5th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX. Juried by Liz Trosper.
Reimagining the Real, Emery Art Center at the University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME. Juried by Emery Art Center Exhibition Committee.
Behind Every Beautiful Thing, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. Curated by Dr. David Robinson-Morris.
Cladogram: 2nd KMA International Biennial, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY. Curated by Yasmeen Siddiqui.
And Now For Something New, Vol.3, Lemieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA. Juried by Lee Deigaard and John Barnes, Jr.
27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Juried by Arnika Dawkins.
Decontexts, Gallery Millepiani - Loosen Art, Rome, Italy. Curated by LoosenArt exhibitions committee
34th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. Juried by Robyn Phillips-Pendleton.
Socially Distanced Art: Creativity in Lockdown, The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, Norwalk, CT. Curated by Gail Ingis and Julyen Norman.
Selections 2021, Photocentric Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Curated by Michael Loderstedt.
Waterloo Photography Invitational, Photocentric Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Juried by Lisa Kurzner.
2020
Roots: Up Rooted, Caroline Mark Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI. Curated by Kate Mothes.
12th Annual Juried Art Show, Craddock Terry Gallery, Riverviews Art Space, Lynchburg, VA. Juried by Jeffry Cudlin.
Let There Be, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. Curated by Manifest's Exhibitions Committee.
Focus: National Juried Photography Exhibition, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD. Juried by Regina DeLuise.
Making A Way, Winfisky Gallery, Salem State University, Salem, MA. Organized by Ken Reker/South Bend Museum of Art. Online Exhibition
HERE/NOT HERE, Salisbury University Art Galleries, Salisbury, MD. Curated by Elizabeth Kauffman.
Creating Joy: Art Inspired by Music, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA. Curated by Melissa Feldman.
Making A Way, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN. Curated by SBMA Exhibition Committee. Online Exhibition
57th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA. Juried by Allison Glen.
Trust the Story, The Baldwin Photographic Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfressboro, TN. Curated by Melanie McWhorter.
17th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX. Juried by Lisa Sutcliffe.
Re::Claimed, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA. Juried by Lisa Watson.
21st Annual Art Papers Art Auction, Southern Exchange, Atlanta, GA
2019
Color Schemes: The Value of Intensity, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN. Curated by Jesse Butcher and Terri Phillips.
Defining Home, Woody Gaddis Gallery, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK. Juried by Angela Mackey.
International Exhibition on Abstract Art, Czong Institute for Contemporary Arts, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition, Gardiner Gallery of Art, Oklahoma State University. Curated by Jodi Throckmorton.
Combined Talents, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL. Juried by Hallie Ringle.
And Now For Something New, Lemieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA. Juried by Laura Richens and Dale Newkirk.
New Contemporary: High Art, Low Art, and everything in between. Keep Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. Juried by Jared Trujillo.
8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Carroll Gallery, Marshal University, Huntington, WV, Juried by Steven Matijciio.
2018
The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2018, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IA. Juried by Charles Shepard.
Suspend, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO. Juried by Leslie Macklin.
Homeward Bound, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN. Juried by Terri Phillips
Light City, On Demand, Curated Video Exhibition, Baltimore, MD. Curated by Kim Domanski.
31st Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. Juried by Benjamin Hickey.
Slow Form, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD. Curated by Natalie Campbell.
Transformations, College of the Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City, TX. Juried by Kristy Peet.
19th Annual Art Papers Art Auction, The Southern Exchange, Atlanta, GA
2017
Make Space, Staple Goods Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Curated by Aaron Collier.
The 32nd Annual Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts,
Tallahassee, FL. Juried by Carrie Baade and Terri Lindbloom.
54th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA. Curated by Gia Hamilton.
Texas National 2017, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX. Juried by Benito Huerta.
LIGHT CITY, On Demand, Curated Video Exhibition, Baltimore, MD. Curated by Kim Domanski/
18th Annual Art Papers Art Auction, Ponce City Market, Atlanta, GA
4th Louisiana Biennial, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA. Juried by Rachel Cook.
Valdosta National 2017, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA. Juried by Bryce Reed.
Arbitrary Color, Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, MO. Juried by Albert Kuo.
2016
The 31st Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts,
Tallahassee, FL
Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA. Juried by Bill Arning.
29th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA. Juried by Francis Pavy.
53rd Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA. Juried by Holly Hughes
International Exhibition on Abstract Art, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art,
Gyeonggi, South Korea
Belongings II: Repurposed, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
29th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. Juried by Brooks Davis Anderson.
in.form, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
5th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Marshall University, Huntington, WV. Juried by Geoffrey Fleming.
Contemporary South, Visual Arts Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Body 2016, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2015
2015 Biennial Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH. Juried by Sarah Montross.
Re-Picturing Photography, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL. Juried by Allison Grant.
26th Annual N.E.W. Show, Visual Arts Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2015 Annual Juried Show, Las Vegas Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, NV. Juried by Erin Stellmon.
Here and Now, The Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
Red Dot Gallery, NMSU Faculty Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM
4th Annual Armstrong National, Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA
2014
The National: Best Contemporary Photography, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
Unmonumental, Group Public Art Exhibition, Columbia, MO
Juried Exhibition, Gallery Fifty-Six, Memphis, TN
Art Papers 15th Annual Art Auction, Masur Murer Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA
(Sur)face, Group Exhibition, Arizona State Univ. Art Department, Tempe, AZ
New Color Photography, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2013
Photo/Video 13, Artisphere, Arlington, VA
Voyages, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
SPE Members Exhibition, Gallery 13, Ashbury Park, NJ
Underground, Mass Visual Arts, Gainesville, FL
Lotta Art, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
Art Papers 14th Annual Art Auction, Masur Murer Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA
2012
Art of the Urban Environment, Cakewalk Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Winter Salon Show, Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2011
2011 Faculty Biennial, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Claus Oldenburg Anniversary Show, Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2010
This Too Shall Pass, French Quarter Collaborations, New Orleans, LA
Selected Works from the Collection, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
2009
Some Future_Sometime, Reed Whipple Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Take Note, Majorie Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV
20th Annual Juried Show, Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, NV
2008
The Fall, Cantorore Gallery, Guanghou, China
Culture Clash, Bridge Gallery, City Hall, Las Vegas, NV
Weights and Measures, Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas, NV
Artist on Traveling, Rosemarie’s Restaurant, Las Vegas, NV
2007
Collaborations, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibition, A6 Gallery, Henderson, NV
Lustre Flux, Group Performance, Aruba Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
2006
Group Show, University of Nevada Las Vegas Alumni Center, LV
Memphis Art League National Exhibition, Memphis, TN
2005
Proof 2005, Johnson Center and Fine Arts Gallery, George Mason University,
Fairfax County, VA
The Nude, Central Art Gallery, Memphis, TN
Juried Exhibition, Gallery 1688, Memphis, TN
SCC Multimedia Invitational, St. Peters, MO
2002 – 2004
PhotoMedia Center’s 2004 Open Exhibition, Urraro Gallery, Erie, PA
Two Person show, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Juried Exhibition, Art Farm Gallery, Memphis, TN
Juried Exhibition, Jack Kenner Gallery, Memphis, TN
Gamut Emerging Artist, Overton Park, Memphis, TN
1996 – 1997
Juried Student Show, Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Juried Student Show, Clough-Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS and ONLINE
Catalogue, Infinite Weight/Present Histories, Vault Gallery, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA (Nov. 2022)
Floral, Grey Cube Gallery, Online Exhibition (November - December 2022)
Open Theme, F-STOP Magazine, Issue 113 (June/July 2022)
Valdosta National 2022: Artist across the nation vie for VSU show, Valdosta Daily Times, Dean Poling (January 2022)
Catalogue, The 2021 International FL3TCH3R Exhibition- Socially and Politically Engaged Art, Reece Museum at East Tennessee State University (November 2021)
Catalogue, Behind Every Beautiful Thing: Encountering Bodies, Wrestling the Human Condition, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA (August 2021)
Beauty As Refuge, What Will You Remember?, Review for exhibition at Griffin Museum of Photography, Suzanne Revy (July 2021)
At the Griffin: Sense and Sensibility, Boston Globe, Review for exhibition at Griffin Museum of Photography, Mark Freeney (July 2021)
Almost Endless, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Collaborative Photographic Installation, Altoona, PA (July - September 2021)
Unique & Divergent, Artscope, Review for exhibition at Griffin Museum of Photography, Taryn Plumb (July 2021)
Issue No. 15 Magazine, Aint-Bad (Independent Publisher of Contemporary Photography), Savannah, GA (July 2021)
Catalogue, 34th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University (July 2021)
Catalogue, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography (July 2021)
Catalogue, Decontexts, LoosenArt (July 2021)
Justice, Donna Beam Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, curated by Ashley Doughty and Dave Rowe, Online Exhibit (December-January 2020/21)
On the Line, New Orleans Photo Alliance, curated by Nic Pyke, Open Air Projection, New Orleans, LA (December 2020)
Recording History, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD, Online Exhibit (November 2020)
New Now: The Tipping Point, Oregon State University, curated by David Paul Bayles and Blake Andrews in association with the Society for Photographic Education, Online Exhibit (November 2020)
Aint-Bad Magazine, What We've Found:October, Curated Selection, Savannah, GA (November 2020)
Interview: Let There Be- Photo-based Works about Tangibility, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (October 2020)
https://vimeo.com/470235221
Catalogue, HERE/NOT HERE, Salisbury University Art Galleries, Salisbury, MD (October 2020)
Inside Art, The Dillsburg Banner, Review for exhibition at Susquehanna Art Museum, Joseph George (September 2020)
Little Wins, The Curated Fridge, Curated by Bree Lamb, Online Exhibit (July 2020)
Thinking in the Abstract, CollexArt, Curated by Elizabeth Manegold and Raul Jarquin, Online Exhibit (June 2020)
Windows Into the World, Chico Art Center, CA. Online Exhibit (May 2020)
Float Magazine (online portfolio review). From the series 'Flowers for the Dead.' (April 2020)
"Past/Future," F-STOP Magazine, Issue 100 (March 2020)
"Colors," Art Room Gallery, Online Exhibit (March 2020)
Online Catalogue for 57th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA (February 2020)
Catalogue, 17th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Middle Tennessee State University (April 2020)
Oxford American, Eyes On the South (online publication). From the series 'Flowers for the Dead.' (November 2019)
Exhibition promotion for online and print- Color Schemes at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN (November - February 2019/2020)
Catalogue for Combined Talents, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL (September 2019)
Jurors Press Release, Steven Matijcio, Carroll Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV (September 2019)
Catalogue for National Best Contemporary Photography 2018, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN (June 2018)
Catalogue for 31st McNeese National Works On Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (May 2018)
Catalogue for The 32nd Annual Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts (September 2017)
Catalogue for 4th Louisiana Biennial, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA (January 2017)
Catalogue for Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA (June 2016)
Catalogue for The 31st Annual Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts (June 2016)
Catalogue for 29th September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA (September 2016)
Catalogue for ‘Unmonumental’ exhibition (December 2014)
Black and White Photography, F-STOP Magazine, Issue 62 (December 2013)
Pelican Bomb, online journal (January 2013)
Gambit: Best of New Orleans (2012)
Oxford American, online publication (November 2012)
2011 Faculty Biennial, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore (2011)
Art Papers, Volume 35 (5), pages 50-51 (September/October 2011)
Newton’s History of the Land, New Orleans Art Insider (June 2011)
Abstraction, F-STOP Magazine, Issue 45 (February 2011)
The Art Pack, MFA Thesis Catalogue; University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2009)
Korean Girls, Leica Fotographie International, pages 62-73 (January 2007)
The Sun Magazine, Issue 379 (July 2007)
The Sun Magazine, Issue 374 (February 2007)
The Prodigal Street Photographer: Lake Newton, Gamut Magazine, Issue 4,
Pages 14-16 (September 2005)
Oxford Town (June 2004)
Nashville Scene (July 2004)
River City Journal, Volume 22 (1) (Winter 2002)
The Sun Magazine, Issue 324 (December 2002)
COLLECTIONS
CollexArt, Portland, ME
Clough Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Tunica County Museum, Tunica, MS
The Mallory Group, Memphis, TN
Dona Beam Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
INVITED LECTURES
2022 Manifest Gallery, Panel Discussion for TONDO exhibition, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Craddock Terry Gallery, Riverviews Artspace, Panel Discussion, Lynchburg, VA
https://riverviews.net/coffee-with-curators-podcast/coffee-with-curators-episode5-12th-juried-show-winners
2020 Manifest Gallery, Panel Discussion for Let There Be, Cincinnati, OH
2020 Middle Tennessee State University, Panel Discussion for Trust the Story exhibition, Murfreesboro, TN
2019 Marshall University, Carroll Gallery, Huntington, WV
2019 Allen Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
2018 School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
2017 Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Baltimore, MD
2015 New Mexico State University, Department of Art
2015 Morehead State University, Dept. of Art & Design, Kentucky
2014 Rhodes College, Department of Art & Art History, Memphis
2012 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Fine Arts
2012 Stevenson University, Baltimore
2010 Memphis College of Art
2010 New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
2010 Tulane University, New Orleans
2009 On Walking, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Artist Lecture Series
2009 College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022 Merit Award, Infinite Weight/Present Histories, Vault Gallery, University of West Georgia
2021 1st Place Award-Photo, 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
College of Fine Arts Alumni Seed Grant, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Support for
installation project: Night Life, Crosstown Concourse, Memphis, TN 2020/2021
Juror's Choice Award, Waterloo Photography Invitational, Photocentric Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2020 1st Place Award, 12th Annual Juried Art Show, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
Honors Award, Roots: Up Rooted, Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
Purchase Award Winner, Color Sense, CollexArt, Portland, ME
2019 Honorable Mention, 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Marshall University
2017 Honorable Mention (x2), 32nd Annual Tallahassee International, Florida State Univ.
2016 Honorable Mention, 2nd Alabama National Biennial, University of Alabama
2013 Summer Study Grant for Affiliate Faculty, Loyola University Maryland
2009 John F. Adams/GPSA Scholarship ($500), UNLV
2008 Graduate & Professional Student Association Grant, $1000, UNLV
--Support for project in New Orleans
Graduate Assistant Scholarship, (Tuition Waiver + $10,000), Fine Arts, UNLV
2007 Summer Sessions Scholarship, $3000, UNLV
--Competitive grant to undertake 3-month project in Berlin, Germany
International Programs Scholarship, $1500, UNLV
--Support for international project Berlin, Germany
Graduate & Professional Student Association Grant, $1000, UNLV
--Support for project in Berlin, Germany
Graduate Assistant Scholarship, (Tuition Waiver + $10,000), Fine Arts, UNLV
2006 Graduate Assistant Scholarship, (Tuition Waiver + $10,000), Fine Arts, UNLV