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BORN: 1987, Pompton Plains NJ.
EDUCATION:
2011: MFA, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2010: Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
2009: BFA, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
RESIDENCIES:
2014: Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
2013: Artist Cultural Exchange, Traveling Artist Residency, Northern India
2012: 33OfficinaCreativa Artist Residency, Toffia, Italy
2011: Kanaal 10 Guest Studio Residency, Amsterdam, Netherlands
EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS: 2023: Perspective Redefined, The Painting Center, New York, New York
2021: Of Land and Sea; Paintings by Lydia Larson, Highlandtown Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2020: Firing Circuits Artists Group Show, Wilton Library, Wilton, CT Ensemble: Together Again, The Painting Center, New York, NY. Stay, RPAC Gallery, Ridgefield, CT. Solo Exhibition
2019: Heirloom: Paintings by Lydia Larson, Kiwi, Brooklyn, NY Journeys, Beechwood Arts, Westport, CT
2018: Lydia Larson & Bryan Gorneau, Yale Art Corridor, New Haven, CT. Art to the Avenue, Roberta Roller Rabbit, Greenwich, CT. Nevertheless She Persisted, Love Art Gallery, South Norwalk, CT Group Show, Images Gallery, Old Greenwich, CT New Year New Art: Group Show, Loft Artists Association, Stamford CT
2017: In Plain Sight: Paintings by Lydia Larson: Solo Exhibition, Mayor’s Gallery, Stamford CT Visual Narratives, Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT Far Away Places, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT Line, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA Revolution: Art for Positive Social Change, South Norwalk, CT
2016: We Are Survivors, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
Still Inspired: A Series of Four, Painting and Dance Collaboration, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2015: Battlewear for the Everyday Womyn, Persphace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Tangled: Noric Fine Art Gallery, Spring Valley, CA (Solo Exhibition)
50 To Watch: The Studio Door, San Diego, CA
Group Show, The HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA
Venus: An All Women Art Exhibition, La Bodega Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014: Illuminations, Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, CA
Inside Out, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
Library Thoughts, Hegyvidék Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Fuji-san: Impressions: Officer’s Club, Fuji, Japan (Solo Exhibition)
2013: ArtPrize: Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI
Group Show: Lane Eleven Gallery, Varanasi, India
Group Show: Benares Club, Varanasi, India
Vessels: All the Eyes Can Hold, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Painting Group Show, Rush Hour Studios, Portland, MI
Otium, Art Downtown, Lantern Coffee House, Grand Rapids, MI
Season Opening, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012: Small Wonders, Walberg Gallery, Grand Haven, MI
Graduate Fine Art Exhibition, Devos Place, Grand Rapids, MI
Annual Juried Art Exhibit 2012, Portland Community Arts Council, Portland, MI
ReRoot, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Jonah and the Whale: Studio 1219, Port Huron, MI: First Place Award
Interplay: CODA Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
MEGA: Michigan Graduate Emerging Artists, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Live Coverage: Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
West Michigan Regional Show: Lowell Arts Council, Grand Rapids, MI
2011: Free Radical: Corazon, Grand Rapids, MI
Faculty Exhibition: Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
Transformations: Wellspring, Hudsonville, MI. Curated by Susan Mulder and Cindi Ford: 1st Place Award Winner
Frequencies: a collaborative genealogy of spirituality, Curated by Kathryn Lofton and John Lardas Modern / A Production of The Immanent Frame and Killing the Buddha Boundless: Leep Gallery: Solo Exhibition: Grand Rapids, MI
Being Human: Union Street Gallery: Chicago Heights, IL
ArtPrize: Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI
MFA Thesis Exhibition: Solo Exhibit: Gallery 114, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Route-less: Solo Exhibition, DokHuis Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Artist Series: Solo Exhibition, Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI
Art Downtown: Grandville Studios, Grand Rapids, MI
Lydia Larson & Kayla Thompson: Newago County Council for the Arts, Fremont, MI
Au Naturel International Juried Exhibition: Clatsop Community College Art Center Gallery, Astoria, OR
TEACHING & WORKSHOPS:
2016: Still Inspired Student Workshop, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
2013: Anand One & Benares Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Department of Drawing and Painting, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, India
Department of Drawing and Painting, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, India
AWARDS & GRANTS: 2019: Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2014: Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2011: Netherland-America Foundation Cultural Grant
2010: Narezo International Studies Scholarship, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2009: Scholarship of Merit, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Excellence in Painting Award, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS: 2020: Interview with Lydia Larson, Frontrunner Magazine, New York City 2018: Artqol Magazine, Four Female Artists, Artquol.com; Based in Budapest
2015: 50 To Watch: Highlighting San Diego’s Visual Artists
2014: Sidereal Journal, Issue I
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue II
2013: Hindustan Times, July 31, Varanasi, India. print.
Ruminate Magazine, Spring 2013 Edition, Issue 27
2012: Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2012 Edition, Volume 17
Art World Chicago, artworldchicago.com
2011: Arts and Culture Connection: Emerging Artists: Lydia Larson and Kayla Thompson, Fremont, MI
2006: Broken Ink, literary magazine, Aiken, SC
TRAVEL AND RESEARCH: 2018: France
2014: Fuji & Tokyo Japan, Hungary
2013: India
2012: Canada, Italy, Norway, Okinawa
2011: Netherlands, Norway, Austria
2010: Italy