LYDIA VISCARDI
845.638.2447
IG: @lydiaviscardi
EDUCATION
2006 MFA William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
1974 BFA CW Post College, School of Art, LI University, Greenvale, NY
1972-73 Toledo Museum of Art School of Design and University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
1970-72 Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
SOLO ART EXHIBITIONS
2026 OPENS in OCTOBER: Time Takes Time, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
2024 Lydia Viscardi, Artist-in-Residence: A Visual Narrative, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, NYC
2023 Pack Light,Rick Wester Fine Art, NYC
2021 Then the Morning Comes, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2020 Here and Hereafter, Five Points Gallery,Torrington, CT
2007 Les Landes, Arts Alliance of Haverstraw, Haverstraw, NY
2004 Selected Works in Oil and Mixed Media, Blue Heron Arts Center, NYC
2002 Lydia Viscardi, Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
2000 Lydia Viscardi, Arts Council of Rockland, Spring Valley, NY
2000 Lydia Viscardi,Rockland County Legislature, New City, NY
TWO AND THREE-PERSON ART EXHIBITIONS
2024 Feria Clandestina Art Fair, The Camp Gallery at Gold Dust Motel, Miami, FL
2023 The Not so Silent Witnesses:Lydia Viscardi and Rita Valley, Camp Gallery, Westport, CT
Lydia Viscardi, Viktoriya Basina, Nola Romano, AHA Fine Art, NYC
2018 Las Gravitas, ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Internal Vision, Concepto Hudson, Hudson, NY
2008 New Works, The Terrance Joyce Gallery, Greenport, NY
2007 Migration, Black Rock Art Center, Bridgeport, CT
2004 Lydia Viscardi, Joan Harmon, Jackie Schatz, Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona NY
1983 Three Artists, Burnside Gallery,Greenport, NY
SELECTED GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS
2026 On Paper, Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center, Redding CT - OPENS IN NOV.
Slip Slide Ride, Arcilesci Homburg Fine Art, NYC
Summer Love, Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center, Redding CT
In Bloom, Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center, Redding CT
Into the Looking Glass, Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center, Redding CT
Forecast, Institute Library Upstairs Gallery, New Haven CT
2025 Unfolding Between Walls, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Asking for a Friend, The Camp Gallery, Miami, FL
Local Color, daphne:art, Bantam, CT
5th Annual Group Show, Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Multiverse, curator D. Dominick Lombardi, University of MA, Hampton Gallery, Amherst, MA
Altered Logistics: Redux, curator D. Dominick Lombardi, Murray State University,
Clara M. EagleGallery, KY
2023 Alternative Realities, Norwalk Art Space, Norwalk, CT
From Alchemy to Numinosity, curator Sydney Jenkins, Ramapo College of NJ, Berrie Center Galleries,
Mahwah, NJ
2022 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, A Room of Our Own, The Camp Gallery, Miami, FL
Imagined Spaces, Inhabited Places, curator Julia Wintner, Eastern CT State University Art Gallery,
Willimantic, CT
2021 Ham Sandwich; Viva La Momento Mori; Inaugural Show, Arcilesci Homburg Fine Art, NYC
Love, Devotion, Surrender, Dedication, Rick Wester Fine Art, NYC
2020 35 x 35 Project, Copelouzos Art Museum, Athens, Greece
2019 The Big Show: All Animals Welcome, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2018. #Unload: Pick up the Pieces, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Univ. of Bridgeport and Housatonic Community College Faculty Show, Schelfhaudt Gallery, CT
Monsters, Manchester Community College Art Gallery, Manchester, CT
The Eighties; Valentine, Concepto Hudson, Hudson, NY
2017 Playground, Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC
2016 Nasty Women, Institute Library with Nasty Women of CT, New Haven, CT
Crossing Borders, Housatonic Museum of Art, Burt Chernow Galleries, Bridgeport, CT
The BIG small show, Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Child's Play, ODETTA Gallery,Brooklyn, NY
Nation IV, Through the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Aesthetic Allusions, Housatonic Museum of Art and Bridgeport City Hall, CT
2015 Reverence for Life, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
2014 Seeking Space, The Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
One Plus One, University of Bridgeport, Schelfhaudt Gallery, CT
Smackdown II Immersion Salon, Beechwood Arts, Westport, CT
Sideshow Nation II at the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Home Sweet Home, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT
2012 Thick to Thin, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
AiW Norwalk Art Commission Public Art, Norwalk, CT
2011 Flower (RE) Power, Housatonic Museum of Art, Burt Chernow Galleries, Bridgeport, CT
2009 Art of the Bird, Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
Dem Bones, Dem Bones, (Curator/exhibiting artist) Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT
2008 Journey: Stories My Mother Told Me, Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, CT
2006 First Look 2006 Emerging Artists Series, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ
Highlight Connecticut, Black Rock Art Center, Bridgeport, CT
Caressing Death (Ribcage), Garnerville Arts Project Warehouse Space, Garnerville, NY
Rage Against the Machine, Spire Studios, Beacon, NY
2005 Red is Everywhere, Rockland Center for the Arts Sculpture Grounds, W. Nyack, NY
Material Matters: Sculpture, Ceramics, Wood, William Paterson Univ. Power Art Center, Wayne, NJ
2003 Birds II, an invitational, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
2002 The Birds, An Invitational,Center Gallery at Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
2001 Contemporary Collage Now,Nexus Gallery, NYC
Getting It Together, Center for Digital Art & Community Artists, Times Square Gallery,NYC
Glue! New Century Artists Gallery,NYC
2000 Faculty Exhibit, Rockland Center for the Arts,W.Nyack, NY
1998-99 Nine Choose Nine,Rockland Center for the Arts,W. Nyack, NY
1996 -97 The Multi-Dimensional Shoe Show, Edward Hopper Art Center, Nyack, NY
If the Shoe Fits, FAO Gallery,NYC
1994-95 It’s Love, Rockland Center for the Arts,W.Nyack, NY
1981-83 Graphic Art, Burnside Gallery,Greenport, NY
Closeness and Clash in Art and Life, Terrain Gallery, NYC
New Drawings in America, The Drawing Center,NYC
1976-79 Previously Unseen, The Drawing Center,NYC
Annual Juried Exhibition, The Heckscher Museum of Art,Huntington, NY
SELECTED AWARDS
2024 Artist-in-Residence and Solo Show, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, NYC
2023 Connecticut Office of the Arts Artist Fellowship
2008 2nd Place:Journey: Stories My Mother Told Me, Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, CT,
funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
2006 Creative Achievement in Visual Art,Honors College of William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2005 First Look Emerging Artists Series, New Jersey Center for Visual Art, Summit, NJ
COLLECTIONS
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, NYC
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Copelouzos Art Museum, Athens, Greece
Eastern Connecticut State University Art Gallery, Willimantic, CT
Private collections throughout the US
SELECTED PRESS MENTIONS
Dart International Magazine, August 15, 2024, Altered Logistics: Redux by D. Dominick Lombardi
Antiques & The Arts Weekly, Feb. 17, 2023, Lydia Viscardi & Rita Valley Showcased - CAMP Gallery Announces ‘The Not So Silent Witnesses’ Exhibition
WPKN radio interview, 89.5FM, Jan. 24, 2023, Jim Motavalli's show, 89.5 FM Hartford Courant, Section 4, Arts & Living, July 10, 2022, Connecticut museums and galleries offering exhibits, pictured: “Maybe Hereafter” by Lydia Viscardi
Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Sept. 8, 2021, Heaven, Hell, And What Lies Between by Susan Rand Brown
The Newtown Bee, Friday, July 9, 2021, Viscardi Celebrating Solo Exhibition in Hartford: Opening Reception July 15
WPKN radio interview, Live Culture with Martha Willette Lewis, June 26, 2021, 89.5FM, WPKN
Art Spiel Contemporary Art and Culture, Sept. 9, 2020, Here and Hereafter – Lydia Viscardi at Five Points Gallery by Eliot Markell
Connecticut Post, Aug. 30, 2020, Arts and Style, Confronting our Mortality, Amanda Cuda
CT Insider, Aug. 31, 2020, Newtown artist’s show focuses on ‘Here and Hereafter’, Amanda Cuda
Waterbury's Republican American, Aug. 28, 2020, Five Points, four shows: Exhibits range from abstract to mixed media, Alarson
New Haven Register, Aug. 18, 2020, Five Points Gallery show features works by Lydia Viscardi, Staff reports
The Register Citizen, Aug. 18, 2020, Five Points Gallery show features works by Lydia Viscardi, Staff reports
Voices, Aug. 26, 2020,: Newtown Artist showcased at Five Points Gallery
Art Spiel Contemporary Art and Culture, Nov. 30, 2018, Las Gravitas at ODETTA, Sharilyn Neidhardt
Connecticut Post, Art Bonanza at UB Gallery, Nov. 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/hyperallergic/status/473257044783669248http://artsinbushwick.org/bos2014/directory/seeking-space/
Bushwick Daily, June 4, 2014, Fashion in Art: Check Out These Stylish Works from BOS
Balanced Rock: The North Salem Review of Art, Literature and Photography, Vol. I, 2013, Mouse that Flies, Concklin’s Orchard Southeast View
Mother-musing.com – Interview http://mother-musing.com/blog/2012/08/11/lydia-viscardi-rooms-in-the-house/
Culture Catch, http://www.culturecatch.com /art/dem-bones, by Margaret Roleke, November 10, 2009
Newtown Bee, https://www.newtownbee.com/05112007/migration-features-works-by-lydia-viscardi-and-thuan-vu/?q=Lydia%20Viscardi
Dan’s Papers, “Lydia Viscardi at Blue Heron”, Jan.14, 2005
The Journal News, Small Scale, Self Portrait as Mary Cassatt, oil and collage on panel, Sept. 6, 2001
Newsday, The Arts & Entertainment, Art Review, “Images of Spring and Summer”, June 14, 1983.
The Sun, Arts/Entertainment, “Greenport’s Burnside Gallery: Images in a Variety of Media”, June 2,1983
Art/World, New York Exhibitions, “Couples”, May 1983.
The New York Times, “Images of the North Fork”, August 8, 1982
The Suffolk Times, “Lively Arts: Burnside Show”, Sept 17, 1981
Newsday, Art Review, “Prints of the Island”, Sept. 11, 1981