Resume
Born: Oberlin, Ohio 1956
Education:
MFA University of Wisconsin-Madison 1980
BFA Ohio State University 1978
Professional Practice Related Experience:
1998-Present Owner of Lyn Godley Design Studio, specializing in lighting art and public art installations.
1984-1998 Partner of Godley-Schwan, design team of Lyn Godley + Lloyd Schwan, specializing in furniture and lighting design.
Academic Experience:
2011-2018 Associate Professor, Industrial Design, Jefferson University (formerly Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University).
1996 – 2011 Faculty, Product Design, Parsons School of Design, New School University, NYC.
2004-2010 Assistant Professor, Foundation Design, Product Design, Kutztown University, PA
1996-2011 Faculty, Product Design, Parsons School of Design, New School University, NYC.
Solo Exhibitions:
2019
Upcoming solo exhibit at James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2017
SOAR – Light in Motion, Exhibit at Philadelphia International Airport. Summer/Fall 2017
2013-17
POST, Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Behind the Veil, Solo Exhibit, Gallery at International House Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Lyn Godley: Light and Art, Solo Exhibit, Freyberger Gallery, Penn-State Berks Campus
2013
Le Meridian Hotel, partial InFlight Lighting installation Philadelphia, PA.
2011
In Flight, Solo Exhibit at Gallery68, Cologne, Germany. Curated by Linde Trottenberg + Multi-Art International. Full Color Catalog.
2010
Lyn Godley, Solo Exhibit at Moravian Academy, Bethlehem, PA.
2009
Lyn Godley – Solo exhibit, Main floor Gallery, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
2008
Thought Process, permanent LED lighting installation, The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Commissioned by Albert Boscov + Our City Reading, Reading, PA.
2005
Britten’s Orchestra, Co-Art Director/Lighting Designer w/ Doug Fitch, U of MD.
2004
Playing the Field, Retrospective of Godley-Schwan (Lyn Godley & Lloyd Schwan), Curated by Hilary Jay, The Design Center, Philadelphia University. Sponsored by Strawbridges + Hechts, Wilsonart. Full Color Catalog.
1993
New Work by Godley-Schwan (Lyn Godley and Lloyd Schwan), Curated by Simon Doonan, Barney’s NY Windows.
Lights by Lyn Godley, Bergdorf Goodman Windows, NYC.
Lyn Godley and Lloyd Schwan, Curated by Gerard Dalmon and Pierre Staudenmeyer, Neotu Gallery, NYC.
1989
Don’t Drink and Draw, Lyn Godley and Lloyd Schwan Solo Show. Curated by Thomas Mann, Gallery IO, New Orleans.
1988
Godley-Schwan (Lyn Godley and Lloyd Schwan): Return from Milan, Curated by Kevin Brynan, Dot Zero, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2018
Jelly Smack, Gerald Ford Presidential Museum, Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI
Light and Language, Group Exhibit at Park Towne Place Galleries, North and West Tower. Philadelphia, PA
2017
Vibrant Effects, Group Exhibit at Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Bodine Center. Curated by InLiquid and Revolvd. Philadelphia, PA
Experimentation/Improvisation, Group Exhibit at the Miller Gallery, Kutztown University.
Branching Out, Group Exhibit, Allen’s Lane Art Center’s Lieberman Gallery, Philadelphia
2016-18
Mindful at the Fuller Craft Museum, November 15, 2017 – April 22, 2018 Brockton, MA
Mindful at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Jan 2017 – Apr 2017 Richmond, VA.
Mindful at Kaddatz Galleries and Lake Region Arts Council, McKnight Gallery, Aug 2017 – Oct 2017, Fergus Falls, MN
Mindful at Ohio Craft Museum, July – August, 2016
Mindful at Daura Gallery, Lynchburg College, Sept –Dec, 2016, Lynchburg, VA
2015
Mindful, Invitational Traveling Group Show, Society for Contemporary Crafts, September-November, Pittsburgh, PA.
Winter Light Exhibit, FRG Objects and Design Gallery, Hudson, NY. December
Simulate/Permeate, Invitational Group Show, Rowan University Gallery, January – March, Glassboro, NJ
2014
WaterWall, Gerald Ford Presidential Museum, Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI
2012
Design Lab: Fusion of Science &Style, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2010
More Serious Business, Group show, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA.
Nature with a Twist, Invitational Show, curated by Michael Howell, The Freedman Gallery, Albright University, Reading, PA.
Seeing Voices: The Visual Voice, Group Show, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ.
2009
Generations, group show, Sharadin Gallery, Kutztown University.
Kutztown University Faculty Exhibition, Sharadin Gallery, Kutztown University.
2006
Functional Art, Group show, Eckhaus Gallery, Kutztown, PA.
Kutztown University Faculty Exhibition, Sharadin Gallery, Kutztown University.
2005
Philadelphia Re-vis-it-ed Exhibition, Group show, Minima, Philadelphia 2004
Collective Perspectives: New Acquisitions, the Jewish Museum, NYC
Kutztown University Faculty Exhibition, Sharadin Gallery, Kutztown University.
2003
US Design 1975-2000, Traveling Exhibition, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN.
US Design 1975-2000, Traveling Exhibition, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
US Design 1975-2000, Traveling Exhibition, Museum of Art & Design, NYC, NY.
Transformations: New International Design, Parsons School of Design, NYC, NY.
Simple + Direct: An Investigation in Furniture Design, Philadelphia University
2002
US Design 1975-2000, Traveling Exhibition, Curated by Craig Miller, Denver Art Museum.
Defining Craft I: Collecting for the New Millennium, Davenport Art Museum, Iowa
2000
Light X Eight, Lighting exhibition, The Jewish Museum, NYC.
Takumi’s Studio, World Design City GIFU, Gifu, Japan.
Defining Design, Group Show, American Craft Museum, NYC.
1998
Sculptural Furniture, Group Show, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
World Studio Foundation, Silent Auction Donor, Honorary Committee.
Hot House, Faculty Show, Parson’s School of Design, NYC
1994-1998
International Contemporary Furniture Fair, NYC.
1994-1999
Accent on Design, NYC.
1995-1998
Highpoint Furniture Fair, Highpoint, NC.
1995
Cologne Gift Fair, Cologne, Germany.
1993
Group American Design Exhibit, Venice Biennale, Venice Italy
1991
91 Objects by 91 Designers, Gallery91, NYC.
International Furniture Design for the 90’s, Fullscale Gallery, NYC.
Salone de Mobili, Milano, Italy.
American Design, Zingg-Lamprecht Gallery, Zurich.
1989-1991
International Contemporary Furniture Fair, NYC.
1990
Mondo Materialis, Steelcase TravelingExhibition. LA, CA.
1986-1990
Accent on Design Show, NYC.
1988
Salone de Mobili, Milano, Italy.
Furniture and Counterparts, Gallery 91, NYC.
1987
10th Anniversary Exhibit, Curated by Rick Kaufmann, Art et Industry, NYC.
Commissions + Proposals – Public Art:
2018
Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, Promise Illuminated, Commissioned for proposal for permanent lighting installation. $100,00 commission. Pending.
2017
Commissioned for Proposal for Lighting of 19 monuments at Laurel Hill Cemetery visible along Kelly Drive, Philadelphia, PA. Pending.
Commissioned for Proposal to design two lighting installations at key entry-points to South Bethlehem, PA. Pending.
2016
Commissioned for Proposal for Floating Sky large scale lighting installation for Cecil Baker Architects for lobby of new build condominium at 500 Walnut, a new ultra-luxury condominium tower overlooking Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA.
Commissioned Proposal for Public Art on Cyber Security, in collaboration with the Holon Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2015
FLOW, SugarHouse Casino, Percent for Art Project, selected from nation-wide search for $600,00 commission. Install date Jan. 2016
Partial Water Wall Commission, Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA
Commissioned for Proposal for large scale public art in lobby of Children’s Hospital of Chattanooga, TN
Commissioned for Proposal, Lighting Installation for Atrium of 900 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, Commissioned by CMA Project Management
Commissioned for Proposal for Lighting Installation for lobby at Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA.
2014
Proposal for Towards Freedom, Philadelphia Family Court Public Art Project, Selected as finalist in city-wide search for $300,000 commission.
2013
Lehigh Valley Health Network – Cedar Crest Campus Hospital, Dew-mi O’ My, Allentown
2008
The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, commissioned permanent LED lighting installation Thought Process across front façade of building, $250,00 commission. Reading, PA.
Collections – Museums:
2015 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Indianapolis, IN.
2014 MUDE Design Museum, Permanent Collection, Lisbon, Portugal.
2014 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Permanent Collection, Philadelphia, PA.
2003 The Jewish Museum, commissioned menorah Miracle for Centennial Exhibit, NYC.
2002 Denver Art Museum, Design Dept., Denver, CO.
2000 Museum of Contemporary Art & Design NYC.
1998 Museum of Modern Art, Architecture + Design Dept. Permanent Collection, NYC.
Selected Collections – Private:
Jenette Kahn –former Pres. of DC Comics, Current CEO of Double Nickel Entertainment; owns over 24 commissioned pieces.
Pedro Almodóvar – Movie director; owner of a limited production run of the Checkers cabinet.
Stephen Glassman –Architect, art collector, and director of Connecticut ACLU.; numerous earlier pieces of Godley-Schwan furniture and current Lyn Godley pieces.
Bruce Lewin- Owner of Bruce Lewin Fine Arts Gallery in NYC, President of Continental Host, Purchase of the original IRKLE cabinet licensed by Capellini,
Steve Shane – Art collector; commissioned case goods for his Manhattan residence.
Mark Weinstein (deceased) – President of R+R Freelance music promotions; commissioned
three entire apartments and furnishing + lighting renovations.
Selected Engagements:
2018
Speaker, Mixed Media Women Artists in Philadelphia: A Summer Day- trip with Ursula von Rydingsvard, Gerri Spilka and Lyn Godley, Presented by NY/PA ArtTable: The Leadership Organization for Professional Women in the Arts. June 21. New Fabric Museum, Philadelphia Art Museum, and Park Town Place Galleries, Philadelphia.
Moderator, Jefferson Humanities Forum: FUSION/with guest Janet Echelman, April 27.
Speaker, “The Cross Disciplinary Future of Lighting Design Education”, LEDucation 2018, March 13-14. NY Hilton, NY,NY
Presenter, Cool Jobs Expo, 500 Seventh grade students in Philadelphia will meet successfully employed artists, chefs, fashion, furniture and game designers, photographers and other creatives, and learn what it takes to find a job to love for life, organized by Fresh Artists, Philadelphia, PA.
2017
Chosen as a Presenter, “The Cross Disciplinary Future of Lighting Design Education”, at the upcoming Professional Lighting Design Conference, Nov 2017, Paris, France
2016
Presenter, Cool Jobs Expo, 500 Seventh grade students in Philadelphia will meet successfully employed artists, chefs, fashion, furniture and game designers, photographers and other creatives, and learn what it takes to find a job to love for life, organized by Fresh Artists, Philadelphia, PA.
2015
“The Value of Beauty: Using Art and Light to Promote Wellbeing”, Tele-Skype on linepresentation to The Holon Institute of Technology, Israel. Produced by Eliron Salomon.
“The Role of Beauty: Measuring the Effect of Beauty on Our Wellbeing”, Presentation Kanbar College Seminar Series.
Juror: Annual Student Art Exhibition, Rowan University Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
Guest Critic, University of the Arts Industrial Design Capstone Review, Philadelphia, PA Guest on NAP Connections “Shedding Light on Healing”. Televised live hour-long interview. Aired on BCTV, Manhattan Cable, and Drexel DUTV.
Guest Speaker, Light in Art, KISD talk, Koln International School of Design, Cologne.
2014
Guest Speaker, International House Philadelphia.
Guest Speaker, Parsons the New School for Design, NYC
Presenter, Incorporating Light into Art to Create Healing Environments, Global Alliance of Arts + Healthcare International Conference, Houston, TX.
Guest Speaker, Community College of Philadelphia, PA.
2012
Juror, Vanity Fare Juried Exhibition, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA 2010
Guest Faculty – KISD Koln International School of Design, Cologne, Germany.
2009
Lecturer at ArchLED Conference in Chicago on the use of LEDs in Art.
Guest Lecturer / KISD Koln International School of Design, Cologne, Germany.
2008
Guest Lecturer/ Philadelphia Institute of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Lecturer / Goggleworks Center of the Arts Light Up the Arts Gala, Reading, PA
2007
Lecturer, Green Design, Eckhaus Education Program, Kutztown, PA.
Panelist, Artists in Education Panel for AIE Directory, Allentown Art Museum, PA Guest Lecturer, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Judge, Collab Student Design Competition, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Guest Critic, Senior Industrial Design Thesis Presentations, Philadelphia University.
2004
Guest Lecturer at the Design Center at Philadelphia University
2003
Panelist for Transformation Design Seminar, Parsons School of Design, NYC
2002
Guest Lecturer, Towson University Art Department.
2001
Visiting Faculty at Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic.
Juror, Horizon Award sponsored by the American Craft Museum, NYC.
1998
Lecturer, Designer sand Social Responsibility, AWID, NYC.
Lecturer, Craft + Design: What’s the Difference, The American Craft Museum, NYC.
1992
Guest Juror, Table, Lamp & Chair Show, Portland, OR.
1991-1992
Board of Advisors for the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, NYC.
Grants, Awards and Honors:
2018
Erasmus Grant. Light4Health, initiated by Associate Professor Godley of Jefferson University and ITMO University of St Petersburg, Russia. Other partners include University of
Wolverhampton/UK, Aalborg University/Denmark, Hochschule Wismar/Germany, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology/Sweden. The key aim of LIGHT4HEALTH is to build higher education capacity for lighting design through teaching associated innovative physiological and psychological health research methods and findings, data collection and analysis skills,
design and digital competencies. The consortium will collaboratively create a trans-disciplinary teaching course on the topic of Physiological and Psychological Health Research for Lighting Design. 3-year timetable. Euro 450,000.
2016
Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education Award, $20,000 Grant to develop new lighting courses at Philadelphia University. Co-authored with James Doerfler, (Chair of Architecture), Lauren
Baumbach (Interior Design), and Matthew Gindelsparger (Architecture). The grant supported a new course developed by PhilaU faculty members James Doerfler, Lyn Godley, Lauren Baumbach and Mathew Gindlesparger, which will be the first of four courses leading to undergraduate and graduate lighting concentrations for architecture, industrial and interior design students.
2015
NCARB (National Council of Architecture Registration Board) Award, Project: Interdisciplinary Design and Experimental Architecture Studio on Textile Material Strategy. Joint project with Philadelphia University Kihong Ku (Architecture) and Marcia Weiss (Textiles).
2013
Kickstarter campaign, The Enormous Potential of Fiber Optic Arts. Hit goal in 6 days. 201
Recipient of a Professional Development Grant, Philadelphia University.
2007
Inducted into Vermilion High School Hall of Fame. Vermilion, Ohio.
Nominated for New School’s Distinguished University Teaching Award, NYC
2004
Faculty Development Fund Grant Recipient, Parson School of Design.
1999
Nominated for Young Designer Award Brooklyn Museum of Art.
1995
Excellence in Design, Product Design Award, Accent on Design Show, NYC. 1990
Nominated for the NY Governor’s Award in Export by the NBDC.
1989
Excellence in Design, Product Design Award, Accent on Design Show, NYC. 1988
Excellence in Design, Booth Design Award, Accent on Design Show, NYC. 1989
Honorable Mention, Rolling Shelving Unit. ID Annual Design Review.
Continuing Education
2017
IES Lighting Educators Workshop, Intensive week-long lighting workshop run by the Illuminating Engineering Society, Philips Lighting Application Center.
Intermediate Lighting, 2 Day course at LightFair International 2017
Philips University, Monthly Educational Webinars on Lighting Industry Topics
2016
IES Fundamentals of Lighting, offered by the Philadelphia IES Chapter. Enrolled in and completed a ten-week course covering the basics of lighting design for the Interior Design/Architectural trade run by the Illumination Engineering Society.
Basic Lighting, 2 Day course at LightFair International 2016
LED Luminaire Design: Beyond the Basics, 1 Day course at LightFair International 2016
Professional Affiliations:
2017-18 Subscriber Member, Illuminating Engineering Society
2017-18 Member, Fresh Artists Board of Directors
2017-18 Member, ArtTable The Leadership Organization for Professional Women in the Visual Arts
2016 Member of Design and Youth Council, Fresh Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Affiliate of the International Association of Lighting Designer IALD
2015-18 Member, InLiquid
2015-18 Member, Americans for the Arts
2011-18 Member, American Alliance of Museums
Selected Clients:
SugarHouse Casino
MoMA Design Store
Sony
Goggleworks Center for the Arts
Time Warner + DC Comics
Nestle Corporation Entertainment TV
Geoffrey Beene
Jonathon Adler
Marcel Wanders + Ruben Cardenas
Barney’s NYC
Bibliography
Authored:
In Flight, Exhibition Catalog by Lyn Godley and Lucy Young, Sponsored and printed by MultiArt International, Cologne, Germany 2011.
Playing the Field: the art + design of Godley-Schwan, by Lyn Godley, Sponsored by Strawbridges + Hechts, Wilsonart. Printed by the Design Center at Philadelphia University, 2004.
David D’Imperio, Lighting catalog. Essay by Lyn Godley, 2005.