Bio
Lydia Viscardi is a mixed media artist working in painting, drawing, collage, and assemblage sculpture. She is known for her layered mixed media work using printed matter, fabric, vintage textiles, and found objects in two and three dimensions. She explores the tensions between nature, human society particularly everyday life, and the human soul, imbuing contradictions with an enigmatic, playful sensibility.
Viscardi was the 2024 Artist-in-Residence at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, NYC (a historic center for social services and cultural institution) which culminated in a solo show and a recipient of the 2023 Connecticut Office of the Arts Artist Fellowship. Solo exhibitions include Pack Light, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY; Then the Morning Comes, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; and Here and Hereafter, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT.
Viscardi has exhibited in group shows at Drawing Center, NYC, Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art, NY; Hampden Gallery of UMass Amherst; Rick Wester Fine Art, NYC; Odetta Gallery, NYC; Clara M. Eagle Gallery at Murray State University, KY; The Camp Gallery, Miami, FL; Berrie Center Galleries at Ramapo College of NJ; Eastern CT State University; AHA Fine Art, NYC; Ely Center of Contemporary Art, CT; Hecksher Museum of Art, NY
Viscardi’s work is in the collections of the Housatonic Museum of Art, CT, Eastern CT State University, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, NYC, The Copelouzos Art Museum, Athens, Greece, and private collections in the US and the UK. Viscardi holds a BFA from CW Post College of LI University, NY, and an MFA in Visual Art from William Paterson University of NJ. She maintains a studio in CT.
