Kevin Lyles has been a professor in the sculpture department at the University of the Rio Grande in Ohio since 1990. In earlier years, he earned his BFA at Abilene Christian University in Texas and MFA from Bradley University, Peoria, IL. Lyles has exhibited his sculptures and drawings in this country at such notable museums as the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art in Ohio; the Mitchell Museum in Mount Vernon, IL, where Lyles was awarded “Best in Show” for his sculpture; and at university campuses in Rio Grande in Ohio and Muncie, Indiana. He has also exhibited his works at art centers in Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas.