2020
Counting Up, Levine Museum Of The New South
2019
Art and Light Gallery,Greenville,NC
McColl Center for Art + Innovation
2018
No Longer supported,Sara Nightengale gallery,Sag Harbor,NY
20th Anniversary show,Hidell Brooks Gallery
2017
Expo 216, Plastic Oceans, Wilmington,NC
The Wall, Studio 1212,Charlotte,NC
Site Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn,NY
Creative Climate PopUp,Taipei Economic & Cultural Office,NYC
2016
Color Matters,Curated Invitational, The Painting Center, NYC
Blue Marble, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art
Made in the South, Hidell Brooks Gallery,NC
Threads Of Color,Performance Collaboration,Open Door Studios,Charlotte,NC
Asheville Art Museum Gala,NC
The Light Factory,Charlotte,NC
McColl Art Center
2015
Creative Climate Awards, Human Impacts Institute,Taiwan Embassy,NYC
Appretite4Art.Contemporary Art Center,Raleigh,NC
Flow1212/ Performance,EcoFabTrashCouture Fashion Show,Ballantyne Village,NC
Fireflies /Performance,ModernHomes,Charlotte,NC
2014
Hidell Brooks Gallery, Women in Abstract,Charlotte,NC
Cavellini, WhiteBox Art Center,NYC,NY
Gallery 17, Anniversary Exhibition,Greenville,SC
YardArtDay2014
Window on Noda,Charlotte,NC
Glitterati /Performance,Chop Shop,Char,NC
White Show/ performance,Visualite Theatre,Char,NC
2013
Suzanne Conners Gallery,Jacksonville,FL
15th Anniversary Exhibition, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Gallery 17, Greenville, SC
Charlotte Area Transit Artists, Storrs Gallery, UNCC, and Innovation Institute, McColl Center, Charlotte,NC
Beyond The Curve, Civic and Cultural arts center, Pineville, NC
2012
X Foundation,Charlotte,NC
Democratic National Convention Headquarters
Art In Embassies Program,U.S Dept of State, Moldova Embassy
HANNYA, Baku Gallery ,NC
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha,NE
2011
621 North 4th Gallery, Annual Susan Komen for the Cure, Wilmington,NC
“Miniature Perspectives” Ferst Center for the Arts,Georgia Tech, Atlanta Georgia
Art in the Everglades,Everglades National Park ,Florida
RRoberts Gallery, Jacksonville,Florida
The Light Factory, Summer Show
Superheroes, Casita Maria Center For The Arts, NY, NY
LabAd, Beca Foundation, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Artists Unite for Haiti, Solas Raleigh, NC
A Book About Death: Life, Elizabeth Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton,SC
2010
Abstract Thinking, Hidell Brooks Gallery, NC
New York, New York, Wirth Advisory,NYC
Small Works Invitational, S.H.E gallery, Boonton, NJ
95 Artists, Umbrella Arts Gallery, NYC,NY
Signature Power-Legends and other Myths, Micro Museum ,Brooklyn, NY
Through the Looking Glass, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord ,NC
Lineage Of Noda, Adam Miller Gallery, Concord , NC
The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
10 for 2010, Center of The Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Gallery’s Own, Aaron Gallery, Washington, DC
2009
The New Boom Collective, Helac & Wirth Advisors, New York,NY
Fall Show , Aaron Gallery, Washington ,DC
Finally …Spring, Aaron Gallery, Two Person Show, Washington, DC
SEED, three person show, CTE Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Art With Heart, Morrison Initiative, Charlotte,NC
2008
Metaphoric Sunrise/Sunset, Micro Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Bemis Project Invitational exhibition, Omaha, Nebraska
String Of Pearls, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
Art Now Fair, Art Basel,Miami,FL
2007
Footprints, two person show, Drew Deane Gallery, Brevard, NC
A Landscape for All Seasons, Upstairs Artspace, Tryon, NC
2006
Tiny Treasures, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2004
Pleasure Places, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2003
Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2002
Fayetteville Museum of Art, The Artists of Charlotte, Fayetteville, NC
Summer Invitational, Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC
2001
NC Painting 2000 Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
INTERIORS: A Look Within, Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC
UNC Women’s Hospital Collection, Chapel Hill, NC
Pleasure Places III, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2000
Fall Exhibition/ Gallery Artists, Gallerie Dorita, Atlanta, GA
New Artists, Tyndall Gallery, Durham, NC
Functional Follies, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
1999
Residual Value: Tryon Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC
Agitating Utopia, Craft and Folk Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Poetics of Space, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1998
Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
More than a glance, Blue Spiral I Gallery, Asheville, NC
Gallery Artists Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997
Land and Body, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, traveling to University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Fall Invitational, Blue Spiral I Gallery, Asheville, NC
The Object of My Affection, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
1996
Summa Composite – Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Images of Faith, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
Commonwealth Collects: Reaching Across Our Borders,Center for the Arts,Virginia Beach,VA
1995
Hans & Walter Bechtler Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Winter Invitational – Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
1994
Chiaroscuro: A Contemporary Study of Light and Dark,Montgomery Museum,Montgomery,AL
Two Person show, Center Of The Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1993
Reflections: Women Looking At Women, Furman University, SC
Regional Painting Invitational, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Acme Art, Wilmington, NC
1992
Contemporary Print Exhibition, Elon College, Elon, NC
Images of Faith, Blue Spiral I Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
1991
Picolo Pictura, Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Lyons and Sires, Kinston Art Center, Kinston, NC
Here and Now, The Carillon, Charlotte, NC
Somar Invitational, Waterworks Gallery, Salisbury, NC
Taking a Stand: Art and Social Vision, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
1990
Artists Against Aids, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Sister Cities Exhibition, Charlotte Public Library, Charlotte, NC
Selections: Here and Now 1990, Danville Museum of Art, Danville, VA
Lyons and Sires, Arts and Science Council, Charlotte, NC
Juried Exhibition, Museum of York County, Rock Hill, SC
Syncopated Visions, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD
Two Views, Paul Sires/Ruth Ava Lyons, Wilson Art Center, Wilson, NC
1989
Images of Faith, Kentucky Museum, Northport, AL
Signs of Life, Lyons and Sires, Danville Museum of Fine Arts, Danville, VA
Unlimited Visions, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
North Carolina Invitational, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
An Alliance of Artists Against Aids, Hodges Taylor, NC
1988
Hot Art, Cool Jazz, Installation/Southpark, Charlotte, NC
New Visions Gallery, billboard proposals, Atlanta, GA
1987
Neo-Expressionism, Invitational, Southeastern Cntr for Contemporary Art,Winston-Salem, NC In Pursuit of Excellence, Center Gallery, Carrboro, NC
Warmer Climate-Cool at Night, Invitational, Spirit Square, Charlotte, NC
1986
Positive/Negative, Caroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
The Bemis Project, Creighton University Gallery, Omaha, NE
In Residence, New Gallery, Bemis Project/Alternative Work Site, Omaha, NE
North Carolina Print and Drawing Society National, St. Johns Museum, Wilmington, NC
Non-Perishables, Invitational, Limbo Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Visual Arts: The Southeast, Securities Center, Georgia St. Univ, Atlanta, GE
Consortium, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC
1985
Drawings, Invitational, Knight Gallery, Charlotte, NC
New Figurative Painting: Harsh Images on Canvas. Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
May Show, Artists of the Western Reserve, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Artists Choose Artists, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
Complete, Two Person Exhibition, Square Zero, Asheville, NC
Focus International: American Women in Art: American Album, Nairobi, Kenya,
Maryland College of Art, Black Mountain College, Buffalo, NY,
Richland College, Dallas, TX, WARM National Conference, MN
1984
Salon D’Hiver, 1984 Invitational, Spaces, Cleveland, OH
May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1983
Group Show, Rockefeller Gallery, State University of New York, Fredonia, NY
Black and White, Invitational, Spirit Square, Charlotte, North Carolina
1982
New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
1982 Invitational, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Michigan Artists 1982, Birmingham Art Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Small Works, Zaner Gallery, Rochester, MI
1981
Tunnel Vision, Detroit Cultural Gallery, Detroit, MI
Tunnel Gallery, Windsor, Canada
Paperwork Now, Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
National Painting Exhibition, Chautauqua Art Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
Detroit Selects, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
All on Paper, Associated Artists Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1980
Four Corner States Biennial, Phoenix Museum of Art, Phoenix, AZ
Biennial Painting Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Mid West Painting National, Owensboro Museum of Art, KY
Ruth Ava Lyons/J. Paul Sires, Coventry Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
United Nations Conference on Women, NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Denmark
Contemporary Vessels, Bonfoey Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Five Arizona Artists, Kiosko Del Arte, Mexico
Gallery Artists, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1979
Women’s Art 1979, Artreach Gallery, Columbus, OH
Beck Cultural Arts Center, Lakewood, OH
National Painting, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Art in Ohio, Columbus Fine Arts Center, Columbus, OH
1978
Visions Western New York Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Three Perspectives, Kent State University Art Gallery, Kent, OH
New Directions, American Institute of Architects, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition, Juror; John Coplan, Kent State School of Art Gallery, OH
Thesis, Kent State School of Art Galleries, Kent, OH
1974
Group Exhibition, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH