LYDIA SMITH
lydia.smith.studio@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2022 MFA, Painting and Drawing, The Ohio State University
Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Folklore Studies
2015 BA, Studio Art and Anthropology, Rice University
Magna Cum Laude, Distinction in Research and Creative Works
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Burial Sites, Neon Heater, Findlay, OH
2023
Burial Sites: Columbus, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
2022
Ghosts in the Garden, collaborative installation with Cat Mailloux and Benedict Scheuer, Columbus Printed Arts Center, Columbus, OH
Trite and True, DreamClinic Project Space, Columbus, OH
this, that, and the other thing, Urban Arts Space, Columbus, OH
Young Painters, Hiestand Galleries, Oxford,OH
OyG's Flat File 2022 Exhibition Program, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2021
I Can See Clearly Now, collaborative installation with Aaron Peters, Hopkins Hall Gallery and Urban Arts Space Online, Columbus, OH, 2021
29th Annual Fergus Scholarship Exhibition, UrbanArts Space Online, Columbus, OH
2020
Knew Normal, Automat Collective, Philadelphia, PA
24-hour Drama, online (24hourdrama.art),Hopkins Hall Gallery, and the Hybrid Arts Lab on The Ohio State UniversityCampus, Columbus, OH
Consummate Love, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, OH
Breaking Ground, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
Symbolic Activities, Ohio State Fine Arts Library, Columbus, OH
2019
Women in Cartography, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2018
Laurel Hill Circa…, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Monuments,Mausoleums, and Museums, Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Remember You Are Dust, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Glen Ellyn, IL, 207
Dance with Them: Moving Memories, Denmark Arts Center and Studio 408, Portland, MN
2016
The Sultan’s Treasures, mural project in collaboration with ARCHiNOS in the “City of the Dead,” Cairo, Egypt
2015
Not Born Yesterday, Rice Public Art, BRC Gallery, Houston, TX
Free Forks: RiceUniversity Senior Studio Exhibition, Houston, TX
Damn Girl!, exhibition curated by Jessica Fuquay, Houston, TX
Rising Eyes of Texas 2015, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX
2014
Groundwork, Mavis C. Pitman Exhibition Fellowship, Rice Media Center, Houston, TX
Sukkah City STL, Sam Fox School of Design, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
The World Was Never Flat, Matchbox Gallery, Houston, TX
Hot Box, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
Rising Eyes of Texas 2014, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX
2013
German Cemeteries in Czech Lands: A Visual Inquiry, Kido Exhibition Space, Prague ,CZ
Straight Up, Bubenska 1, Prague, CZ
2012
I Am Here, Matchbox Gallery, Houston, TX
PaperRiot, Rice Media Center, Houston, TX
RESIDENCIES / FELLOWSHIPS
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, 2022
Columbus Printed Arts Center Residency, Columbus, OH, 2022
Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme Team Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2021-22
University Fellowship, The Ohio State University Graduate School, Columbus, OH, 2019-20
The Fabric Workshop and Museum Post Graduate Apprenticeship, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Denmark Arts Center Residency, Denmark, MN, 2017
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, 2015-16
The Tyler School of Art Summer Painting and Sculpture Intensive, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
Yale University Summer Session at the Institute for Studio Studies, Auvillar, France, 2012
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Black Appalachians: Leadership,Legacy and Village Life in Rendville, Ohio, Event and month-long exhibition display at The Ohio State University Libraries, produced in collaboration with the Center for Folklore Studies, March 9th, 2022
Decoration Day at Rendville Cemetery,The Rendville Historic Preservation Society, Online Event Film Screening and Presentation,June 3rd, 2021
Rendville Cemetery, The OhioField School, Online Project, https://u.osu.edu/rendvillecemetery/, 2020
LECTURES/ PERFORMANCES / ARTIST TALKS
KenyonCollege, Gambier, OH, 2023
OhioUniversity, Athens, OH, 2023
OyG Flat File Friday, InstagramLive Conversation with Clare Britt, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY, 2022
Indiana University/ Ohio State University, Virtual Folklore Conference, 2022
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2022
Mosaic Experiential Learning in the Humanities, Columbus, OH 2022
Appalachian Studies Association, 2022
Spillway Collective, Philadelphia, PA, 2018
Association for Death Education and Counseling, 2018
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2017
Kings College, The University of Western Ontario, 2017
PUBLICATIONS
Addison Namnoum and Lydia Smith, The Third Body, Passing Notes Vol.2, 2022
Lydia Smith and Jacob Kopcienski, chapter for The Ohio Field School: Placemaking, Service-Learning, and Collaborative Ethnography (forthcoming)
Addison Namnoum and Lydia Smith, The Third Body, Publication accompanying the April 2022 AUTOMAT Collective Exhibition
HONORS/ AWARDS
Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Small Grants Program, The Ohio State University, 2022
Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship, The Ohio State University, 2021
Support for Professional Artists: Individuals grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, 2021
Arts and Humanities GraduateResearch Small Grants Program, The Ohio State University, 2021
Global Arts + Humanities GraduateResearch Grant, The Ohio State University, 2020
John Fergus Family Scholarship,The Ohio State University, 2020
MavisC. Pitman Memorial Prize in Art, Rice University, 2015
Tyler School of Art Summer Painting and Sculpture Intensive Merit Scholarship, 2014
Jessie Matthews Memorial Award in Art, Rice University, 2014
Dr. John E. Parish SummerTravel Fellowship, Rice University, 2014
Rice University Architecture Mini-Charrette Team Design Competition for “SoundWorm,” 2013
Raymond John Swift Medal in Art, RiceUniversity, 2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022 + Lecturer, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2021-22 Instructor of Record, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2018 Teaching Artist, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia,PA
2015 TeachingAssistant to Lisa Lapinski, Rice University
2013 Instructor, Experiential Religions: Interfaith in Houston, Student TaughtCourse, Rice University
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
AUTOMAT, Curatorial Collective Member, 2018- Present
Office Hours, participatory exhibition about higher education in the arts, February 18- March 4
The Third Body: Enduring, co-curated with Addison Namnoum, featuring Nicki Cherry, Jessica Fuquay, Rachel Hsu, and Aaron Storm, October 2022
Reverse Grip, co-curated with Addison Namnoum, featuring Nicki Cherry, Jessica Fuquay, Rachel Hsu, and Aaron Storm, April 9-30, 2022
The Third Body: Utterances, co-curated with Addison Namnoum,featuring Nicki Cherry, Jessica Fuquay, Rachel Hsu, and Aaron Storm, April 2022
Cultivating a Garden Off Grid, featuringCalista Lyon, Sam Calvetti, and Zachary Rawe, November1 - December 1, 2019
Matchbox Gallery, RiceUniversity, Gallery Director, 2013-2015
Rokk:Field Notes, McKenna Mitchell, April 23 - May 16, 2015
BITTERSALT, Sara Rodriguez, June Deng, and He Yutian, March 19 - April 11, 2015
Everything All At Once, Melinda Laszczynski, February 5 - March1, 2015
Recommended for You, Blake Jones,December 4-17, 2014
Neuroses, Laura Thomas, On View: November 13- 26, 2014
ONE SMALL STEP, Peter Lucas and Camilo Gonzalez, October 15- 30, 2014
The World Was Never Flat, Maria Heg, Nico Gardner, MacAulay Brown and Monica Burckhardt, John Forse, Lydia Smith, September 25- October 9, 2014
To The Devil His Due, Kelly King, April 24-25, 2014
You Are Damn Wrong, A Collaborative Project with RiceGallery and the Taikang Space (Bejing), April 10 - 20, 2014
MELONCHOLY: Featuring “Melon Man andUnpleasant Brunch”, ClaireElestwani, featuring publications by Daisy Chung, Linh-Tran Do, Hye-Jeon Jeon,Blake Jones, and ACK!, March 27 - April 6, 2014
Mesocosm (Wink, Texas), Film by Marina Zurkow, SpecialScreening: March 13, 2014
MINDGAMES, Juan Borbon, February 27 - March13, 2014
Everyone isNormal (and then you get to know them), Judi Freedman, February 13- 23, 2014
Rolled &Stoned, SophieEichner, Geraldine Franco, Gabbie Hulet, Kelly King, Claire O’Malley, EllenMarsh, and Morgan McNeel, January 23 - February 6, 2014
Naturally,By Stephanie Clark, Petra Reeves, Sarah Hearn, November 14 - December 6, 2013
ALL YELLOW, the town we live in, Mark Hirsch, November 1- 10, 2013
Interiorities, Betsy Huete, September 26- October 17, 2013