Lynda McClanahan
Resume, Awards,
Selected Shows & Commissions
Lynda McClanahan is a contemporary folk artist living and working in Columbus, Ohio. Awards include a 2022 Greater Columbus Arts Council Support For Professional Artists Grant, 2019 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Grant, 2018 Greater Columbus Arts Council Resource Grant, 2015 Puffin W. Foundation grant, 2013 Ohio Arts Council purchase award, and a 2010 Greater Columbus Arts Council fellowship. Lynda is also a musician, church soloist and busker. When not making music or art, Lynda maintains an urban garden, preserves food and makes wine.
Education:
Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, BM
Methodist Theological School, M Theological Sciences
Kriya Yoga Temple of Chicago Seminary, Swami Ordination
Georg Feuerstein Yoga Philosophy Certification
Awards:
Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show, honorable mention, 2024
Greater Columbus Arts Council Grant, 2024
Great Columbus Arts Council Support For Professional Artists Grant, 2022
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, 2019
Greater Columbus Arts Council Resource Grant, 2018
Winner 2015 Puffin West Foundation Grant
Rosewood Gallery: Cash award honorable mention for "Horse in Kitchen," 2014
Ohio Arts Council Purchase Award,"Lovers in Cornfield," Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2013
Juror's Choice Award, "Lovers in Cornfield," Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2013
Winner Greater Columbus Arts Council 2010 Visual Arts Fellowship
Top 10 Finalist Award, 2010: Columbus Arts Festival 50th Anniversary Commemorative Print Competition
3rd Best of Show, "Three Interiors" Ohio State Fair, 2010
Greater Columbus Arts Council Award, Ohio State Fair Exhibition, "Serenading the Rooster," 2008
2nd Best of Show, "Our Lady of the Scioto," Godman Guild, OH 1998
Juror's award, "Song of Songs Shrine Box," Liturgical Art Guild, OH, 1998
Selected Juried Shows:
Ohio Art League 2024 Fall Exhibition
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2024
Ohio Art League 2024 Spring Exhibition
Medici Museum, Warren Ohio, 2024
Riffe Center Gallery biennial juried exhibition, 2023
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2023
Riffe Center Gallery, "Arts Beacon of Light," 2023
934 Gallery joint show with LaShae Boyd, September 2022
Gabinetto Segreto IV Erotic Art Show, Vanderelli Room, 2022
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2022
Carnegie Gallery, "Dare to Be," Curated by Alicia Vanderelli, 2022
Cultural Arts Center Loft Gallery, "Beauty in the Balcony," April 2022
Ohio Artist Registry 2022 Juried Exhibition, 2022
Cultural Arts Center "The Art of Surviving a Pandemic," 2021
Ohio Art League, Spring Juried Show, virtual exhibit, 2021
Ciultural Arts Center "Ekphrastic Fantastic," 2021
Ohio Art League "HomeWorks" virtual exhibit, December 2020
Ohio Art League Virtual Fall juried show, 2020
Wild Goose Creative "Wild Works," 2020
Ohio Art League "HomeWorks" virtual exhibit, September 2020
Emergence, Wild Goose Creative, 2020
Failure: Vanderelli Room, 2020
Feminine Sublime, 400 W. Rich St., 2020
Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry Juried Show, Columbus Metropolitan Main Library, 2020
3060 Gallery, featured artist, 2020
It's a Mad World After All, Vanderelli Room, 2019
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Show, 2019
Dairy Barn Arts Center: "Paint/Print/Photo, " 2019
Vanderelli Room: "Gabinetto Segreto III, 2019
Columbus Cultural Arts Center: "Operation Monarch," 2019
Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show, 2019
First Commonwealth Bank, 2019
Witchlab: "Dark Love VI," 2019
3060 Artworks Gallery, "Red," 2019
Martin de Porres Center, "Sacred Images of Jesus and Mary," 2018
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Show, 2018
Wild Goose Creative, Columbus Ohio, "Art Inspired by Midwestern Literature," 2018
Vanderelli Room, Columbus Ohio, "F-art," 2018
Griffin Gallery, Gahanna Ohio, "Vanitas," 2018
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2018
Mansfield Art Center 73rd Annual May Show, 2018
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Carnegie Gallery, 2017
The Sight of Music, Cultural Arts Center, 2017
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2015
Ninth Annual Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry Juried Show, Columbus Metropolitan Library, 2015
Methodist Theological School of Ohio: "Liberation From Bondage," October, 2014
Cultural Arts Center: "Strange & Wonderful, a Retrospective," August, 2014
Rosewood Gallery: "The View: Landscape Competition," 2014
Wild Goose Creative: "Hand Made" Show, 2013
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Show, 2013
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2013
Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show, 2013
Botanicals: Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL, 2013
Creative Women Artists, Addison Center for the Arts, Addison IL (Greater Chicago Area), 2013
Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry Juried Exhibition, Columbus Metropolitan Library, 2012
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Exhibition, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, 2012
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2012
Visual Learning: Connecting Readers to Art Exhibition, Columbus Metropolitan Library, 2012
Greater Columbus Arts Council Visual Arts Exhibition, 2011: Columbus Museum of Art
Ohio Art League 100th Spring Juried Show, 2011
Art in Motion: Public Transit Art Exhibition, Grants Pass Oregon, 2011
Columbus Metropolitan Library Online Visual Artist Registry Juried Show, 2010
Space 237 Gallery, Toledo OH, 2010
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2010
Kuhn Gallery, Ohio State University, Marion OH, 2010
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 2008
Liturgical Art Guild, Columbus OH, 2001
Springfield Art Association, 2000
Liturgical Art Guild, Columbus OH, 1998
Liturgical Art Guild, Columbus OH, 1997
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, 1996
Four Women, Four Visions, It's an Art Gallery, Cols OH, 1994
INVITATIONAL SHOWS:
Transitions: the Dearm & the Dreamer, Witch Lab, 2024, curated by A.J. Vanderelli
Sean Christopher Gallery, 2023
"Dare to Be:" Carnegie Gallery Columbus Public Library, curated by A.J. Vanderelli, 2022
Vanderelli Room: "Mourning Light," curated by A.J. Vanderelli, 2021
Vanderelli Room: "American Sunrise," curated by A.J. Vanderelli, 2021
400 W. Rich: "Women of the 614," Curated by A.J. Vanderelli, 2020
Vanderelli Room: "Let There Be Light," 2019
Open Door Studio: "This Inspired That," 2019
Art 360: Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio, 2016 - 2018:
Southern Ohio Cultural Museum, 2016
Columbus Museum of Art, 2016
Massilon Museum, 2017
Parkersburg Arts Center, 2017
Columbus Metropolitan Library, 2017
Zanesville Museum of Art, 2018
Springfield Museum of the Arts, Nov 2017 - March 2018
Greater Columbus Sister Cities International Exhibit, Genoa Italy, Spring 2019
Creative Arts of Women
"Inside," Cultural Arts Center, Columbus Ohio, 2017
"Outside," Schnormeier Gallery, Mt Vernon Ohio, 2017
Commissions:
Friends of Goodale Park coloring pages, 2024
934 Gallery: Mural
Hinduism Today Magazine: 2-page spread for January 2016 issue: "River of Karma, River of Life"
Hinduism Today Magazine: Cover art for January 2014 issue: "Hindu Map of Europe"
Yoga on High Yoga Studio lobby painting: "Headstand"
CD/LP Cover: Hypnotide: "Columbus Blue Lady" and Columbus Red Lady"
CD/Cassette/EP Cover: Hypnotide: "The Ninja and the Sea Monster"