CURRICULUM VITAE
SARAH ROSE LYONS
Lives and works in Greenville, South Carolina
sarah@sarahroselyons.com | sarahroselyons.com
ART FAIRS & FESTIVALS
2023, 2024, 2025 Artisphere, Greenville, SC
2019, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025 Indie Craft Parade, Greenville, SC
2024, 2025 Dogwood Festival, Atlanta, GA
2024, 2025 Cottonwood Fine Art Festival, Dallas, Texas
2025 Panoply, Huntsville, Alabama
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Opening, Narthex Gallery, Greenville, SC
2019 Wild, Sixpence Salon, Greenville, SC
2019 Art For All, Art Up Studios, Greenville, SC
2018 Lands Called Home, Warehouse Theater, Greenville, SC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Burst Of Summer, Art Mob, Hendersonville, NC
2017 Get Well Soon, The Southern, Charleston, SC
2017 Southern Dreaming, Narthex Gallery, Greenville, SC
2016 Converge, The Station, Greenville, SC
2013 Barfly, Donna Van Gogh’s, Atlanta, GA
2012 Barfly, Art House, Portland, ME
SELECTED CLIENTS
Clemson University and The National Science Foundation My STEM My Story, Storyboard and Logo Design
The United Nations UNHCR/ATCR Illustration and branding design for ILO Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
Clemson University Clemson Firefly Project, Branding design and illustration for brochures and educational materials
Whole Foods Market Graphic design and illustration
These Are My Hours Documentary Film Project, Set design and Creative Consultation
Greater Greenville Branding Design
PUBLICATIONS
2025 “When Spiderwebs Unite”, Gary Grant, Clemson University Press, May 2025, Storyboard Artist
2021 “The Way Nature Grows, Exploring Permaculture Through Reading, Coloring, & Activity”, Danielle E. Pereira and Sarah Rose Lyons, July 2021
Winner of the 2022 Purple Dragonfly Award and 2022 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award2020 “Community Heroes, A Guide to Being Brave In The Face Of Coronavirus”, Clemson University Press, April 2020
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 Sarah Bonnette, Watercolor Paintings By Sarah Rose Lyons Capture Moments of Beauty, TOWN Magazine, May 2025
2023 Sarah Rose Lyons, TALK Magazine featured artist, April 2023
2023 Nakeshia Renee, All About Art: Sarah Lyons finds meditation and gratitude in work, The Greenville News, March 2023
2020 Riley Morningstar, Clemson, Prisma Personnel Team For Coronavirus Kids’ Book, The Seneca Journal, April 2020
Featured illustrator, book collaborative with Clemson University and Prisma Health
2017 Lloyd Ford, The Intersection of Motherhood and Art, Stories of the Upstate Podcast, July 2017
2017 Kathleen Nalley, Poetic License, TOWN Magazine, June 2017
2015 Kathleen Nalley, Riding a Wave, TOWN Magazine, May 2015
Featured White Whale Studio and resident artists
2014 Wilson, Cristina. Carolina Bride. Triumph Books
Featured illustration, menu and paper design
2014 Green Wedding Shoes, Berry-hued Botanical Wedding Inspiration
Featured illustration, menu and paper design
2013 Style Me Pretty. Irish Castle Inspiration
Featured illustration, menu and paper design
TEACHING
2018-2023 Sessional Instructor and Board of Directors, Include Co-Operative School
Design and implement arts curricula to elementary-aged youth
2009-2010 Sessional Instructor, Genesis Simmon’s School
Designed and implemented therapeutic arts curricula in the Simmon’s School
2008-2009 Sessional Instructor, Hope and Horizons
Designed and implemented therapeutic arts curricula based on a Waldorf Model to displaced, elementary-aged youth
2003-2005 Art Educator, M&G Museum and Gallery
Researched, wrote, and delivered art tours, researched, designed and implemented arts curricula online platforms
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2017-2020 Graphic novel illustration and design with Clemson University faculty
RESIDENCIES
2018-2021 Sixpence Salon, Greenville, SC
2019 Art Mob, Hendersonville, NC
2017 Whitefeather Gallery, Greenville, SC
2015 White Whale Studios and Gallery, Greenville, SC