My teaching philosophy embraces the traditional, practical, perceptual/observation-based (especially with beginning courses); analytical, theoretical and conceptual approaches to art making, encouraging breadth of knowledge, ways of seeing, individual voice, and problem solving skills. I desire to foster within students an appreciation and recognition of their strengths and efforts, a good work ethic, and encouragement to either stay in school and pursue their degree or enjoy coming back to college for enrichment.

1991 M.F.A. - Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, TX

1989 B.F.A. - Wright State University (WSU), Dayton, OH

1988 Yale University, Norfolk Summer School of Art and Music, Art Fellowship, Norfolk, CT

My work is an investigation. The process employs diagramming, mapping, plan/elevation, cross-section, translation/re-translation inquiry (or subverting the clarity these systematic intentions may imply) allowing my images to be intuitively found, extracted, analyzed, shifted, and represented in various arrays. The act of invention and reinvention has often played a role in my practice of making (sculpture, prints, paintings, and drawings in dialog with one another or existing separately.) A “What if…?” or “What is…?” series of questions (in the spirit of Ludwig Wittgenstein's writings) provide an enduring catalyst to this investigation, as well as simply setting out to engage in the practice of making with certainty, and then exploring the revealed with uncertainty . These ideas, lone observation and perception, and an interest in painting and drawing language provide companionship to my play or direct making while I work through my intuitive vision and imaginary worlds.

2004 - present University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, Lecturer I, 2D Design

2004 - present Tarrant County Community College, Hurst, TX, Adjunct Instructor, Painting

2004 - present Tarrant County Community College South East, Arlington, TX, Adjunct Instructor, 2D Design

2003 - present Eastfield Community College, Mesquite, TX, Adjunct Professor, Painting and Drawing

2003 - 2004 Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX, Sketching in the Galleries Program, Facilitator

2004 Baylor University, Waco, TX, Visiting Assistant Professor, Design and Drawing

2003 University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Painting

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX, Drawing from the Collection Program, Facilitator (November)

2002 - 2003 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Painting and Drawing Lecturer

2000-03/1995-97 SMU, Adjunct Professor, Painting and Drawing

1989-1991 SMU, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Painting and Drawing

1993 Goliad Art Center, Rockwall, TX, Painting and Drawing Instructor

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Lorraine Tady: New Drawings, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

2001 Lorraine Tady: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture II , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Lorraine Tady: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Lorraine Tady , MOAT/ Museum of Agenda and Transgression, Dallas, TX

1991 Paintings: A Selection of Work , Margo Jones Theater Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX

Lorraine Tady: Norfolk Summer Work , The Experimental Gallery, WSU, Dayton, OH

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Project Marfa, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX (in conjunction with Chinati Open House, Marfa, TX)

Process in Practice, Faculty Exhibition, Eastfield Community College, Mesquite, TX

Luck be a Lady: Kelli Connell, Linnea Glatt, Jody Lee, Laurie Reid, Irene Roderick, Lorraine Tady, and Emi Winter, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Annual Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Martin Museum of Art, Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center,
Baylor University, Waco, TX

Abstract Concepts, The Art Center, Stephen F. Austin University Gallery, Nacagdoches, TX

The Eighth Open Studios Western Competition Juried Exhibition-in-Print, New American Paintings #48, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA (Juror: Beth Venn, Independent Curator, New York, NY)

Faculty Biennial, The Gallery at UTA, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

Faculty Show, Eastfield Community College, Mesquite, TX

Recent: Work by the Faculty of the Division of Art, Pollock Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX

Selections II: John Benvenuto, Peter Dudek, Cynthia Greig, Catherine Smith, Lorraine Tady, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH

I-45 Combined, Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, TX

Drawn 2, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas TX

The Drawing Show , Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

No History To Speak Of, But Great Shopping and Fantastic Food: New Art from Dallas, Griffith Gallery, Department of Art, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX

Summer Drawings , Mixture Contemporary Art, Houston, TX

Modalities of the Visible: A Survey of Contemporary Art in North Texas , Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, TX

2001 The Other Texas , 57N Fine Arts, Washington, DC

4 Paintings, 4 Artists, 4 Walls , Four Walls, Fort Worth, TX

Drawing – an intimate dialogue , Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

Five by Seven by X , Texas Fine Arts Association, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX; Travelled to Inman Gallery, Houston and Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas

Prelude: Preliminary Studies & Unfinished Works by the Faculty of the Division of Art, Meadows School of the Arts , Pollock Gallery, SMU, Dallas

Drawn: An Exhibition of Selected Drawings , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Departure/Return , works by alumni of the Division of Art, Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, TX

Five by Seven by X (Invitational) , Texas Fine Arts Association, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX

1999 A 15 th Anniversary Show , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Hot Show: Abstract Paintings , Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

Women and Visual Culture at SMU, Mildred Hawn Exhibition Gallery, Hamon Arts Library, SMU, Dallas, TX

1998 Visions , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Dallas Area Art Small Works , Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, TX

American Airlines Collection (permanent installation), Admirals Club, DFW Airport, Dallas, TX

1997 Three of A Kind/Groupings , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Wet Paint , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Seasoning: Recent Work by Adjunct Faculty, Division of Art , Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library, SMU, Dallas, TX

Serial Imagery , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Works on Paper , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

1996 Michael Ray Charles, Bill Davenport, Lorraine Tady, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Members Invitational, McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), Dallas, TX

Black & White Art Auction , Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

1995 Abstract Matters , Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

New Work/Color Work/Another Texas Look , Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX

Carol Crow, Douglas MacWithey, Lorraine Tady , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

House and Garden Auction, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

1994 Drawings , Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, TX

Exquisite Corps , McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), Dallas, TX

Beaux Arts Ball , Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

1993 Texas Biennial , Exposition Park, Dallas, TX

Green , The Gallery in Monterey, Monterey, MA

Installation Art , Contemporary Artists Center Gallery, North Adams, MA

14 (2) , Southwestern Bell Plaza Gallery, Dallas, TX

Made In Texas , Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

1991 Pure Paint , Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

Recent Work: Claudia McDonough, Denise Tassin, Elizabeth Mead, Lorraine Tady , The Gallery , Hughes-Trigg Center, SMU, Dallas, TX

M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition , Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas, TX

1990 15 by Fifteen , Doolin Gallery, SMU, Dallas, TX

Studio Workshop Exhibition , SMU-IN-TAOS, Fort Burgwin, Taos, NM

Ardiss & Co. Group Show , Ardiss & Co., Sidney, OH

1989 B.F.A. Exhibition , University Art Galleries, WSU, Dayton, OH

1988 Yale Summer School of Art Exhibition , Norfolk, CT

1987 New Art Forms , Experimental Gallery, WSU, Dayton, OH

COLLECTIONS

American Airlines

Saks Fifth Avenue

Yale University

Southern Methodist University - Philosophy Department and University Art Collection

Private Collections

PUBLICATIONS/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abbadessa, Joline. Dylan Mosley, Jenny Carcia. Drawing – an intimate dialogue , Soil Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Exhibition Catalog, 1999. p.9 (photo).

Chvosta, Jeanne; Chris Cowden; Al Harris F.; Benito Huerta; Marti Mayo, jurors/essayists. Texas Biennial . Exposition Park, Dallas, Texas. Exhibition Catalog, 1993. p.149, (photo).

Colpitt, Frances. Serial Imagery . Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas, Texas. Exhibition Brochure, 1997, (photo).

Daniels, Mike. “Lorraine Tady at Barry Whistler” Dallas Morning News Guide , October 26-November 1, 2001, p.60 (photo).

Daye, Sherri. “City Guide Gallery Pick of the Month”, D Magazine – Special Collector's Edition 25 th Anniversary Issue “The Making of Modern Dallas” , October 1999, Volume 26, Number 11, p.285 (photo).

Dunlop, Doug. “Four Artists, Four Paintings, Four Walls – Four Walls Exhibition Space”, Artlies , Winter 2001-2002, pp.68-69.

Goddard, Dan R. “Abstract Show Puts Art in Rough,” San Antonio Express News , October 15, 1995.

Hudson, Doug. “Museum's Exhibit Combines Talents of Artists and Students,” Arlington Citizen-Journal , September 1, 1991.

Kusin, David. “A Wall-to-Wall Installation,” Dallas Times Herald , September 5, 1991 (photo).

Kutner, Janet. “Abstract Works Go to Extremes,” Dallas Morning News , July 18, 1999, pp.1C&8C, (photo).

Mitchell, Charles Dee. “Lorraine Tady at Barry Whistler”, Art in America , July 2002, p. 103, (photo).

Mitchell, Charles Dee. “Gallery Gourmet Reviews of Local Art Exhibitions; Lorraine Tady at Barry Whistler,” Dallas Morning News , October 1, 1999, p.8c (photo).

Mitchell, Charles Dee. “The Fall Art Scene,” Papercity , Dallas, September 1999, p.10 (photo).

Mitchell, Charles Dee. “Plastic Show Limits its Depth Top the Literal,” Dallas Morning News , February 19, 1995.

Mitchell, Charles Dee. “Three of a Kind, Yet Different Suits,” Dallas Morning News , December 14, 1995, Overnight Page.

Newman, David. “Here and Now: Historicity and the Post-Historical,” curator's essay, Modalities of the Visible: A Survey of Contemporary Art in North Texas , Brookhaven College Center for the Arts, Farmers Branch, Texas, 2002.

Open Studios Press. The Eighth Open Studios Western Competition Juried Exhibition-in-Print, New American Paintings #48, November 2003, Volume 8, Number 5, ISSN 1066-2235, p. 134-137, (photos).

Runyon, Michelle. “ Listings: Lorraine Tady,” The Met , Dallas, October 6-13, 1999, p.38 (photo).

Rees, Christine. “Not Art?” Dallas Observer, July 29-Aug. 4, p.70.

Slattery, Sean. Joan Davidow. Hot Show: Abstract Painting. Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas. Exhibition Catalog, 1999. (photo).

Worley, Frances Crisman. Women and Visual Culture at SMU , Mildred Hawn Gallery, Hamon Arts Library, SMU, Dallas, Texas. Exhibition Brochure. (photo).

Wuebker, Margie. “Art is about discovery,” Sidney Daily News , Ohio, February 24, 1990.

CD Cover. The Piano Music of George Gershwin, Jeff Lankov, pianist, Jeff Lankov, 2000.

Merit Award , (Juror: Walter Hopps, Menil Collection) Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA

1989–91 Meadows School of the Arts Full Scholarship/Graduate Teaching Assistantship , SMU, Dallas, TX

Cameron Bassett Jones Award , Meadows School of the Arts, SMU, Dallas, TX

1985–89 Art Department Scholarship , WSU, Dayton, OH

VISITING ARTIST/CRITIQUES, LECTURES, GALLERY TALKS

2004 Slide Lecture, “Various Directions in Painting and Drawing—Including My Own”, guest speaker for “Exploration of the Arts” Arts 1301, University of Texas at Dallas

Visiting Critique, Painting I-IV Mid-term critique, Eastfield Community College

Gallery Talk, during Faculty Biennial , University of Texas at Arlington

Visiting Artist, Senior Independent Critiques; and Public Slide Lecture “The Practice of Making, Process and Investigation”, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Slide Lecture “Drawing to ‘Think Outloud' like Yvonne Rainer and Trisha Brown: On the aesthetics of drawing, conceptual drawing methods, and diagrammatic Shaker Drawings, ” guest speaker for Dance Composition/Notation I students, Southern Methodist University

Interview, during Lorraine Tady: Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture II , Barry Whistler Gallery, Art Matters (with Quin Mathews), Broadcast WRR Radio, FM 101.1

Gallery Talk, during Drawn: An exhibition of selected drawings , Barry Whistler Gallery

Gallery Talk and slide lecture, during Prelude: Preliminary Studies & Unfinished Works by the Faculty of the Division of Art, Southern Methodist University

Interview, during Pure Paint , Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington Cable TV

1989 Artist-in-Residency (Painting and Drawing, grades 9-12); and Slide Lecture, “Painting Beyond Boundaries: Painting and Contemporary Art in the 80's”, Sidney City Schools, Sidney, OH