One Woman Exhibitions

• “Place Imagined”, La Mama La Galleria, NYC, April, 2004
• ‘The Spirit of Water,’ La Mama La Galleria, NYC, October, 1998
• ‘Dollhouse Theatre,’ La Mama La Galleria, NYC, April, l996.
• ‘The Secret,’ La Mama La Galleria, NYC, November, l993.
• ‘Twelve Fables,’ Private Exhibition, NYC, January, l990.
• Bill Rice Studio, NYC, February, l988.
• Claire Dunphy’s Studio, NYC, February, l985.
• ‘Rick Picks Francie,’ Bill Rice Studio, NYC, September, l984.
• ‘More Emotional Realism,’ W.O.W. Theatre/Gallery, NYC, May, l983.

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Oliver Art Center, Frankfort, MI, September 2011.
• 'East Side,' DNA Gallery, Provincetown, MA, July, 2011, .
• Art for Charity:  Creating Critical Linkages, Juried Exhibition, College of New Rochelle, NY, October 2010.
• Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Juried Exhibiition, Stamford, CT, October, 2009.
• Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, Fire Island, NY, September, 1999.
• 5 Views, RC Fine Arts, Maplewood, NJ, July, 1999.
• “Sentimentality/Brutality,” curated by Jim Furlong, Hudson Guild, NYC, January, 1997.
• Invitational Exhibition, A.I.R.Gallery, NYC, October, 1997.
• ‘The Lyrical, the Expressionist and the Poetic,’ Juried Exhibition curated by Michael Walls,
• Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC, January, l996.
• ‘The First Decade,’ La Mama La Galleria, NYC, December, l992.
• Synchronicity Space, Juried Exhibition, NYC, February, l990.
• ‘Love Me Tender,’ Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, NYC, March, l989.
• ‘The Liberty Show,’ La Mama La Galleria, NYC, July, l986.
• ‘Just Another Asshole #7,’ Curator--Barbara Ess, Cash/Newhouse Gallery, NYC, November, l985.
• ‘Salon’, Bill Rice Studio, Curators--B. Rice and R. Morrison, NYC, January, l985.
• ‘The Great Animal Show’ & ‘Landscapes Now,’ Curator--Ludwig Datene, Park Avenue Atrium, February, l984.
• ‘Interiors,’ Three-Person Show, Funded by N.E.A. and N.Y.S.C.A., Interart de St. Armand Gallery, NYC, November, l983.
• ‘Animals and Archetypes,’ P.S. 122, NYC, December, l982.
• ‘Lyshak/Morrison/Fishkin’ Three-Person Show, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY, September, l980.

Awards and Honors

• Oliver Art Center, Prize Winner, Annual Juried Exhibition, September 2011.
• 4th Place Award, Faber Birren National Color Award Show, 2009, Juror: Paulina Pobocha, Asst. Curator, MOMA.
• American Mensa, member.
• Who's Who in American Art, 29th, 30th, 31th, 32nd Edition.
• Marquis Who’s Who in America, 54th, Millennium Edition, 56th, 57th Edition.
• Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 17th, 18th, 23rd Edition.
• Marquis Who’s Who of American Women, 22nd, 23rd, 25th Edition.
• ‘Art Quest 86’ Finalist, Curators--B. Haskell, H. Fox, J. Crist, W. Olander, N. Rifkin, NYC and LA, Summer, l986.
• ‘Museum of the Hudson Highlands Fourth Annual Competition,’ Curator--Patterson Sims, Cornwall-on Hudson, NY, April, l985.
• ‘First Annual Prize Competition,’ Honorable Mention, Juror--Alice Neel, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, September, l983.

Publications

• Indiana, Gary, One Brief Scuzzy Moment, New York Magazine, December 6, 2004, pp. 48-52,(http://www.societyofcontrol.com/pmwiki/compstudies/compstudies.php?n=Main.GaryIndiana2).
• Francie Lyshak-Stelzer.  In Working with Images:  The Art of Art Therapists  by Bruce L. Moon, PhD, ATR-BC, 2002.   Charles C. Thomas, Ltd.: Springfield, Illinois,  pp. 164-168, (http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN13=9780398072438) .
• Lyshak-Stelzer, F.  The Secret:  Art & Healing from Sexual Abuse, Safer Society Press, Brandon, VT, 1999, (http://www.safersociety.org/allbks/wp074.html).
• Vojtko, J. Spirts of the Deep:  Francie Lyshak and Basil Twist at the Ocean of Infinite Metaphor, PP. 5-11.  Review, 10-1-98.
• Vojtko, J.  The science and Art of Pain Management:  Notes on the Nascent of Surrealist Epiphany, p. 11.  Review, 1-15-98. 

Public and Corporate Collections

• Bronx Children’s Psychiatric Center, Bronx, New York
• Cabrini Hospital, New York, New York

Education

• Pratt Institute, Art Therapy and Creativity Development, Masters of Professional Studies, NYC, 9-76 to 5-78
• Wayne State University, Painting and Drawing, Bachelor’s of Fine Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 1-69 to 5-70.
• Center for Creative Studies, Fine Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 9-68 to 5-69
• University of Michigan, Humanities, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 9-66 to 5-68