AUDREY LENDVAY





Painting out of bounds.
Tallahassee, FL


STATEMENT AND RESEARCH

2025
2024
2023 AND EARLIER

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Education

2027 Master Degree in Art Education (pending), Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

2026 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art (pending), Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 
Minor: Museum Studies







Exhibition Record
2025


Apricari, WJB Gallery, Tallahassee, FL

Turning Pink: A Material Exploration of Color, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

Myriad: A Celebration of Community in the Arts, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 


2024


Of the Archive: Artistic Engagements in Research, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

Excellence in the Visual Arts, juried group exhibition, Honors Scholars and Fellows House, Tallahassee, FL 

National Association of Schools of Art and Design Show, Carnaghi Arts Building, Tallahassee, FL 

Interplay, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

You By My Side, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

Ouroboros, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 


2023


Roads (Un)Known, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

Ends and In-Betweens, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

The Powers That Be, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

2018 Scholastic Art and Writing National Exhibition, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY 




Curation and Installation
2025


Turning Pink: A Material Exploration of Color, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

Myriad: A Celebration of Community in the Arts, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

2024

Zooarchaeology: Decoding Decay, museum exhibition, Carraway Building, Tallahassee, FL 

The Art of Persistence: Exploring Symbols, Materials, and Function in Southwestern Indigenous Art, online museum exhibition (inactive) and pop-up at Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL 

Of the Archive: Artistic Engagements in Research, group exhibition, Fine Arts Building, Tallahassee, FL 

Interplay, group exhibition, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

You By My Side, group exhibition, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

Ouroboros, group exhibition, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

2023 Roads (Un)Known, group exhibition, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

Ends and In-Betweens, group exhibition, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

The Powers That Be, group exhibition, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 




Research

2025

Harbinger: Ecological Dysfunction and Gamescape Failure

2024

Open Worlds: An Exploration of Unacknowledged Spaces, hybrid digital and painting investigation concerned with the synthesis of art and games, engaging critically with the “rules'' that inform our lives, and with living meaningfully through play. 

2023-24

  Salvage Material Supply: Making Eco-Friendly Art Accessible, worked to establish a community supply for the exchange of sustainable materials accompanied by a catalog and article library to educate and inspire artists alongside mentor professor Katie Kehoe. 




Grants and Awards

2025 Susan and Mark Messersmith Art Scholarship, awarded for excellence in painting or sculpture, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

2024 Idea Grant, independent research stipend, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

2022-25 President’s List, awarded for sustaining a 4.0 GPA, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

Honors College, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Bright Futures Academic Scholarship

Vires Scholarship, awarded for excellence in a rigorous academic setting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

2019-20 Bravo Award, for distinctive leadership to the Visual Arts department and meritorious service to the school, Douglas 
Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL 




Relevant Experience
2025 Collections and Research Internship, Museum of Florida History, Tallahassee, FL 

2024 Gallery Director, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL 

President, Art Students League, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

2021-22 President, National Arts Honor Society, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL 
2020-22 Visual Art Liaison, Elan International Literacy Magazine, Jacksonville, FL 




Presentations

2024 Fall Presidential Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 

Of the Archive: Artist Talk, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Tallahassee, FL

Gallery Talk: Open Worlds, Phyllis Straus Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Spring Presidential Showcase of Undergraduate Research Excellence, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 





Bibliography
2024 Audrey Lendvay, “Looking Under the Wallpaper: Reconciling Painting and Digital Art,” Honors, Scholars, and 

Fellows House Blog, David Montez, July 15, 2024.

https://hsfhouseblogs.fsu.edu/2024/07/15/looking-under-the-wallpaper-reconciling-painting-and-digital-art/ 

Audrey Lendvay, “Walking through Walls: Dérives into the Gamespace,” Honors, Scholars, and Fellows House Blog, 

David Montez, April 22, 2024. https://hsfhouseblogs.fsu.edu/2024/04/22/walking-through-walls-derives-into-the-

gamespace/ 

2022 Audrey Lendvay, “Pisgah,” Élan International Student Literary Magazine, Spring/Summer 2022 Edition, page 3.

https://www.elanlitmag.com/spring-summer-2022

2021 Audrey Lendvay, “Coming Apart at the Seams,” Élan International Student Literary Magazine, Fall Winter 2021 Edition, page 4. https://www.elanlitmag.com/fallwinter2021

2018 Charlie Patton, “Six area students win seven gold medals in the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards,” Jacksonville.com, The Florida Times-Union, April 22, 2018.

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/entertainment/local/2018/04/22/six-area-students-win-seven-gold-medals-in-national-

scholastic-art-amp-writing-awards/12589599007/





Last Updated 24.10.31

2025



00115A8F (glowing radstag)
Acrylic and spray paint on wood panel, metal hinges, screws, steel rod




Books Between Pages
Edition of 4
Inkjet print on copy paper, silk screen on cover weight paper and found fabric, buttons, tissue paper, bookboard, and embroidery thread



Evocation (Homage)
Acrylic paint, paint markers, color pencil on wooden panel, embroidery thread, bell, tea light candles

Depicted artworks belong to: Kristoffer Zetterstrand, Mantas Valentukonis, Octavi Arrizabalaga, Lou Benesch, João Ruas, Harumi Abe, and Jered Sprecher.




Look Closely, We Are In Their Home
Reclaimed wood, plexiglass, embroidery thread, found insects and branch

Insects included: lyric cicada, rosy maple moth, blue dasher dragonfly, june beetle