Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013
Art Beat: Ashville to Youngstown
Curatorium, Hudson, NY
2010
Personal Work
Friends of Fire at Casterbridge Fair, Staten Island, NY

2006
Chasing Shadows
Sushi Den Gallery through Onishi Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Cultural Crossroads – Diversity works series
The Hickman, West Chester, PA
Filtered Vision
Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
1999
20@40, Twenty-Year Retrospective
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
1998
A Look at Cities Through Rural Eyes
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
1996-1997
Traveling Exhibition
Joe Neill – Recent Work; Bill Lyons Photographs of Joe Neill in Paris
Butler Institute of American Art, Warren, OH
Butler Institute of American Art, Salem, OH
Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA
1995
Paint it with Light
Bill Lyons, Jack Paolini, Ed Simmons
Three-person collaboration
The Gallery at Dilworthtown, West Chester, PA
1995
Minor League Baseball Photographs
Zone One Contemporary Gallery, Ashville, NC
1994
Minor League Baseball Photographs
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1994
As I Walk on This Earth
Westminster College Art Gallery, New Wilmington, PA
1993
A Simple Life
Sawmill Center for the Arts, Leeper, PA
1992
Paris in a Different Light
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
1988
A Celebration of Light
Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA
Group and Juried Exhibitions
2015
Chasing Shadow into the light
Featured guest photographer, CPG Gallery
Staten Island, NY
2015
Annual Midyear National Juried Show
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

2013
Annual Midyear National Juried Show
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2008
Staten Island Museum Juried Art Show
Staten Island, NY

2007
Photography 26
Perkins Center for the Arts, Morristown, NJ
2006
75 Most Influential Artist, 75th Anniversary of the Chester County
Art Association. (Including Andrew Wyeth), West Chester, PA

Through 2004
Made With Loving Hands
Amish children’s clothing, toys, quilts from the Thomas and Martha French
collection with photographs by Bill Lyons, Poems by James Ashbrook Perkins
and woodcut prints by Nelson Oestreich.
*Riffe Gallery of the Ohio Arts Council -Columbus, OH, Arpil 26 – July 8, 2001
*Sauder’s Home and Farm Museum, Archbold, OH, Aug. 29 – Oct. 28, 2001
*The Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH, Nov. 8 -Dec- 30, 2001
*Kent State University Museum, Kent, OH, April 25, 2003 – July 25, 2004
2003
Juried All Media Show
Abstract Show Juried Exhibition
Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
2002
Tribute to New York – National Juried Exhibition
Perkins Center for the Arts, Morristown, NJ
Invitational Show and Gala
Photography Printmaking Juried Exhibition
Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
2001
Invitational Show and Gala
Water Media Show
Photography Printmaking Juried Exhibition
Juried Member Show
Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
2000
Invitational Show and Gala
Juried Photography Show
All Media Show
Juried Members’ Show
Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
1999
All Media Show
Members Show
Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
1998
Juried Photography Show
Members Show
Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
1997
Juried Photography Show
Juried Members’ Show
Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA
1996
Members Juried Exhibition
Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
Photo Opportunity – National Juried Exhibition
Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
1995
Members Juried Exhibition
Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
1992
69th Erie Regional Juried Exhibition
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Show
Pittsburgh, PA
1991
Blatent Image – Silver Eye Gallery Annual Juried Members Show
Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
Invitational Group Show
Council on the Arts Gallery, Meadville, PA
1990
Gordon Parks Commemorative National Juried Show
Fort Scott Community College, Fort Scott, KS
30/30 – 30 Photographers Selected by 30 Curators
Photograph of filmmaker Rudy Burkhart selected for curated show
World Gallery, Asheville, NC
Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Show
Pittsburgh, PA
Annual National Juried Show
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
1989
Blatent Image – Silver Eye Gallery Annual Juried Members Show
Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
1986
New Photojournalism – Curated Group Show
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
Public Collections
Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY
Butler Institute Museum of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
Fort Scott Community College Gordon Parks Commemorative Gallery, Fort Scott,
KS
Select Publications
National Geographic Historical Atlas of The United States
Best of Photojournalism, #8, #11,#12, #16, Running Press
Sunrust Magazine, Dawn Valley Press, New Wilmington, PA
*Featured Photographer Fall1990
*Cover Photo Winter 1990
*Featured Photographer Spring 1985
Cover photo PSA Journal 1985, Photographic Society of America
Cover photo Westminster Review 12/91, 8/93, Dawn Valley Press, New Wilmington,
PA
Photo Metro, 1989