2025 Statement Mike Lyon (b. 1951) is a full-time artist in Kansas City, Missouri. Lyon received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania, his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, and studied moku-hanga (Japanese woodblock printmaking) under Hiroki Morinoue and Hidehiko Goto. He currently serves on the boards of the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado, the Tamarind Institute of Lithography in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the International Mokuhanga Association in Tokyo, Japan. Lyon is a pioneering figure in the field of post-digital printmaking. In his work as a printmaker, Lyon combines his knowledge of technology, cultivated during his 13 years as a computer hardware and software developer, with his formal art study. His invention of award-winning … (read more...)
