Lys Guillorn is a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, performing singer-songwriter, and writer who lives in Shelton, Connecticut. Her work has been exhibited in Connecticut and New England, and has pieces in private collections. She is a professional photographic printmaker and digital imaging specialist at Still River Editions in Danbury, CT, and is Gallery Director of The Gallery at Still River Editions. She earned a B.A. from Fairfield University.
Professional Work
Photographic printmaker specializing in traditional black and white printing, digital imaging, and restoration at Still River Editions, Danbury, CT, 1998 – present
Performing and recording artist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, Little Cowgirl Records / Little Wren Publishing, 1998 – present
Writer, editor, researcher, and graphics specialist, Lys Guillorn Communications, 1997 – present
Editor, Hysteria Publications/Rose Communications, 1994 – 1998
Education
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, BA in English, minor in Women's Studies, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Horizons: The New England Craft Program (now Snow Farm), Williamsburg, MA, photography, weaving, and glassblowing
Past Exhibitions
“Punching Bag Project,” group exhibition, Trailer Box Project, Danbury, CT, Oct. – Dec. 2020 (photograph, assemblage)
“Witchy,” group exhibition, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, Mar. – Apr. 2020 (photograph)
“Sea and Soil,” group exhibition, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, May. – June. 2019 (photographs, sound installation, botanical installation)
“Melted Pots and Cooked Books,” group exhibition, Institute Library, New Haven, CT, (photographs), Jun. – Dec. 2019
“Ark/\Hive,” group exhibition curated by Martha Willette Lewis, Institute Library, New Haven, CT, Mar. – May 2018
“First New Haven Nasty Women Exhibition,” group exhibition, Institute Library, New Haven, CT, Mar. – Apr. 2017 (textile and found object assemblage)
"Arrow Points to My Room," group exhibition, The Gallery at Still River Editions, Danbury, CT, Jan. – Mar. 2017 (photographs)
"Meeting Past," group exhibition curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis, Sept. – Oct. 2016 (photograph, assemblage)
"Somerville Toy Camera Festival," group exhibition juried by Christopher James, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, Sept. – Oct. 2016 (photograph)
"Conversations in Blue," group exhibition curated by Violet Harlow, Lotta Studio, New Haven, CT, April 2016 (photograph, assemblage) "Meeting Past," group exhibition curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis, Sept. – Oct. 2015 (photograph, assemblage)
"Missing Links," group exhibition curated by Catherine Vanaria, Oct. – Nov. 2014 (sound installation)
"Fadeless Images: Light and Memory," two-person exhibition, The Gallery at Still River Editions, Danbury, CT, Jan. – Mar. 2014 (photographs)
"BPT./ART:DETAILS 2013," group exhibition, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT (photographs)
"Brief Monuments," group photography exhibition curated by Stephen Vincent Kobasa, Orison Gallery, Essex, CT, Sept. – Oct. 2012 (photograph)
"Bridgeport Art Trail," Bridgeport, CT, Nov. 2012 ("Factory Girls" projection installation)
"L.A.M.P.: Light Artists Making Places," New Haven, CT, Oct. 2012 ("Factory Girls" projection installation) "Still..." group photography exhibition, Mercurial Gallery, Danbury, CT, Sep. – Oct. 2012 (photographs)
“Locally Grown,” group exhibition, Danbury Museum and Historical Society, Danbury, CT, Jan. – Mar. 2012 (photographs)
City by the Sea Art Fair, juried group exhibition, Bridgeport, CT, May 2011 (photograph)
City Wide Open Studios festival exhibition, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT, Oct. 2010, Oct. 2011, Oct. 2015 (photographs)
"Prosopography," group exhibition curated by Anne Thompson, ArtSpace, Hartford, CT, May 2005 (sound installation)
"Fabrications," group exhibition, ALL Gallery, New Haven, CT, August 2005, (paper and hair sculptures)
"Snapshot," group exhibition, the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, Jan. – May 2002 (photograph)
"Paper Prayers," Dugan Gallery, UMASS Lowell, Lowell, MA, Nov. 2001 (paper and hair sculpture)
"Small Works," group exhibition, Thirteen Gallery, Danbury, CT, Dec.2000 (photographic quilts),
Dec. 2001 (paper and hair sculpture)
Dec. 2002 (photographic quilts)
"Grounded" solo show, Thirteen Gallery, Danbury, CT, Sep. 2001 (photographs)
"First Scarves," group exhibition, Bloodroot Restaurant and Bookstore, Bridgeport, CT, Winter 2000 (four harness loom woven scarf) S
Select Recordings of Original Compositions:
Dolores & I, single on compilation Waiting on a Sunrise Vol. 1, May 2020 (Free as Birds Records)
Chipped Fingernails, single, 2019 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Tinctoria, limited edition 7”/digital single, released with a paperback book, May 2018 (Little Cowgirl Records)
How to Make a Mountain, single, Oct. 2017 (Little Cowgirl Records)
I'm a Boy, 5-song EP, March 2017 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Sunny Side Down, 2-song single, Jan. 2016 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Turn The Page, single, Oct. 2014 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Winged Victory, full-length record, Nov. 2013 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Wayward Children, full-length record, Jan.2009 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Three Songs, 3-song EP with hand-letterpress printed cover, March 2006 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Lys Guillorn, self titled full-length record, March 2003 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Also Appears On:
Clara Engel, Hatching Under The Stars, April 2020
No Line North, Dreams of Trees Part 1, March 2017
Lys Guillorn & The Mercy Choir, Trouble, June 2013 (Dead Language Records)
The Grimm Generation, The Big Fame, 2013 Hatestick, Appleseed LP, 2004 (Dart Hill Records)
Lys Guillorn is a Writer/Publisher member of BMI
Professional Work
Photographic printmaker specializing in traditional black and white printing, digital imaging, and restoration at Still River Editions, Danbury, CT, 1998 – present
Performing and recording artist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, Little Cowgirl Records / Little Wren Publishing, 1998 – present
Writer, editor, researcher, and graphics specialist, Lys Guillorn Communications, 1997 – present
Editor, Hysteria Publications/Rose Communications, 1994 – 1998
Education
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, BA in English, minor in Women's Studies, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Horizons: The New England Craft Program (now Snow Farm), Williamsburg, MA, photography, weaving, and glassblowing
Past Exhibitions
“Punching Bag Project,” group exhibition, Trailer Box Project, Danbury, CT, Oct. – Dec. 2020 (photograph, assemblage)
“Witchy,” group exhibition, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, Mar. – Apr. 2020 (photograph)
“Sea and Soil,” group exhibition, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, May. – June. 2019 (photographs, sound installation, botanical installation)
“Melted Pots and Cooked Books,” group exhibition, Institute Library, New Haven, CT, (photographs), Jun. – Dec. 2019
“Ark/\Hive,” group exhibition curated by Martha Willette Lewis, Institute Library, New Haven, CT, Mar. – May 2018
“First New Haven Nasty Women Exhibition,” group exhibition, Institute Library, New Haven, CT, Mar. – Apr. 2017 (textile and found object assemblage)
"Arrow Points to My Room," group exhibition, The Gallery at Still River Editions, Danbury, CT, Jan. – Mar. 2017 (photographs)
"Meeting Past," group exhibition curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis, Sept. – Oct. 2016 (photograph, assemblage)
"Somerville Toy Camera Festival," group exhibition juried by Christopher James, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, Sept. – Oct. 2016 (photograph)
"Conversations in Blue," group exhibition curated by Violet Harlow, Lotta Studio, New Haven, CT, April 2016 (photograph, assemblage) "Meeting Past," group exhibition curated by Bibiana Huang Matheis, Sept. – Oct. 2015 (photograph, assemblage)
"Missing Links," group exhibition curated by Catherine Vanaria, Oct. – Nov. 2014 (sound installation)
"Fadeless Images: Light and Memory," two-person exhibition, The Gallery at Still River Editions, Danbury, CT, Jan. – Mar. 2014 (photographs)
"BPT./ART:DETAILS 2013," group exhibition, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT (photographs)
"Brief Monuments," group photography exhibition curated by Stephen Vincent Kobasa, Orison Gallery, Essex, CT, Sept. – Oct. 2012 (photograph)
"Bridgeport Art Trail," Bridgeport, CT, Nov. 2012 ("Factory Girls" projection installation)
"L.A.M.P.: Light Artists Making Places," New Haven, CT, Oct. 2012 ("Factory Girls" projection installation) "Still..." group photography exhibition, Mercurial Gallery, Danbury, CT, Sep. – Oct. 2012 (photographs)
“Locally Grown,” group exhibition, Danbury Museum and Historical Society, Danbury, CT, Jan. – Mar. 2012 (photographs)
City by the Sea Art Fair, juried group exhibition, Bridgeport, CT, May 2011 (photograph)
City Wide Open Studios festival exhibition, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT, Oct. 2010, Oct. 2011, Oct. 2015 (photographs)
"Prosopography," group exhibition curated by Anne Thompson, ArtSpace, Hartford, CT, May 2005 (sound installation)
"Fabrications," group exhibition, ALL Gallery, New Haven, CT, August 2005, (paper and hair sculptures)
"Snapshot," group exhibition, the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, Jan. – May 2002 (photograph)
"Paper Prayers," Dugan Gallery, UMASS Lowell, Lowell, MA, Nov. 2001 (paper and hair sculpture)
"Small Works," group exhibition, Thirteen Gallery, Danbury, CT, Dec.2000 (photographic quilts),
Dec. 2001 (paper and hair sculpture)
Dec. 2002 (photographic quilts)
"Grounded" solo show, Thirteen Gallery, Danbury, CT, Sep. 2001 (photographs)
"First Scarves," group exhibition, Bloodroot Restaurant and Bookstore, Bridgeport, CT, Winter 2000 (four harness loom woven scarf) S
Select Recordings of Original Compositions:
Dolores & I, single on compilation Waiting on a Sunrise Vol. 1, May 2020 (Free as Birds Records)
Chipped Fingernails, single, 2019 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Tinctoria, limited edition 7”/digital single, released with a paperback book, May 2018 (Little Cowgirl Records)
How to Make a Mountain, single, Oct. 2017 (Little Cowgirl Records)
I'm a Boy, 5-song EP, March 2017 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Sunny Side Down, 2-song single, Jan. 2016 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Turn The Page, single, Oct. 2014 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Winged Victory, full-length record, Nov. 2013 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Wayward Children, full-length record, Jan.2009 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Three Songs, 3-song EP with hand-letterpress printed cover, March 2006 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Lys Guillorn, self titled full-length record, March 2003 (Little Cowgirl Records)
Also Appears On:
Clara Engel, Hatching Under The Stars, April 2020
No Line North, Dreams of Trees Part 1, March 2017
Lys Guillorn & The Mercy Choir, Trouble, June 2013 (Dead Language Records)
The Grimm Generation, The Big Fame, 2013 Hatestick, Appleseed LP, 2004 (Dart Hill Records)
Lys Guillorn is a Writer/Publisher member of BMI
