Lydia Panas

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Education
EDUCATION
New York University /International Center of Photography, MA
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
School of VIisual Arts, BFA Photography
Art Institute of Boston
Boston College, BA Psychology

EXPERIENCE
Baum School of Art / Lehigh Carbon Community College, Allentown, PA, Faculty, 1986-present
Vermont College, MFA Visual Art Program, Montpelier, VT, Artist/Teacher, 2005-present
Maine Photograaphic Workshops, Rockport, ME, Instructor, 2000-2005
Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Instructor, 2001-2002
Muhlennberg College, Allentown, PA, Adjunct Professor, 1991-1999
Kutztown University Kutztown, PA, Adjunct Professor, 1993-94
Cedar Crest CollegeE, Allentown, PA, Adjunct Professor, 1992-93
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, Adjunct Professor, 1986-87
Guggenheim Museum, NY, NY, Learning to Read Through the Arts Program, Lecturer, 1987
Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY, Education Department, Lecturer, 1986-89
Assitant to Marvin Heiiferman, NY, NY, assisted on THE BIG PICTURE SHOW, Queens Museum, January 1986
Assistant to Laurie Simmons, 1984-85
Assitant to Bill King, 1983


Solo Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
AFTER SARGENT, Woman's Texas University, Denton, TX, 2014
AFTER SARGENT, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
THE MARK OF ABEL, Eduard Planting Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2013
RELATIVES, Photo Visa Festival, Krasnodar, Russia, 2012
THE MARK OF ABEL, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA, 2012
THE MARK OF ABEL, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, 2012
THE MARK OF ABEL, Athens House of Photography, Greece, 2012
FALLING FROM GRACE..., Wall Space, Santa Barbara, CA, 2012
THE MARK OF ABEL, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, 2012
THE MARK OF ABEL, Foley Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
ART & LIFE, Public Bus Shelters Project, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2009-10
FAMILY PICTURES, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA, 2010
PRIVATE SPACES, Yours Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 2009
PORTFOLIO, Wall Space, Seattle, WA, 2009
LYDIA PANAS/ PUBLIC WORKS, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA 2008
MONA LISA SMILES, Public Bus Shelter Project, Lehigh Valley,PA, 2008
MONA LISA SMILES, Zendai MoMA, part of INTRUDE: Art & Life 366, Shanghai, China, 2008
TRUTH AND BEAUTY, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, 2008
IT NEVER MADE SENSE TO THEM, Public Bus Shelters Project, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2008
OUTSIDE / IN, Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY, 2008
SOLO SHOW, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY, 2007
THE MARK OF ABEL, Minnesota State University Moorhead, MN, 2007
LYDIA PANAS, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, 2007
RELATIONS, Khaki Gallery, Wellesley, MA, 2007
THE CHRISTMAS TREE IS BURNING, Public Billboards Project, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2007
INTERIOR PORTRAITS, Public Billboards Project, Lehigh Valley,PA, 2007
LYDIA PANAS; RECENT WORK, Keystone College, La Plume, PA, 2006
CHOCOLATE, HAIRS AND LINT, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA, 2005
CHOCOLATE, HAIRS AND LINT, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
LYDIA PANAS; NEW WORK, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA , 2000
LYDIA PANAS, De Sales University, Bethlehem, PA, 1997
PENTHOS, The Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA, 1997
ITALIAN SERIES, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 1996


Two to four person exhibitions
ENCOUNTERS: NEW AND OLD, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR, 2008
ABSENCE, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL, 2004
TRACES, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA, 2003
DEVOTION, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, PA, 2002
IDENTITY, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA 2001
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Gettysburg College, PA, 2000
MY FATHER�S LANDS: REVISITED, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 1997


Group Exhibitions
Selected group exhibition
TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2013, National Portrait Gallery, London, 2013-14
FINDERS + KEEPERS: Fotofest, Houston, TX 2014
MAKING PICTURES OF PEOPLE, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,Kansas City, MO, 2013
TAYLOR WESSING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITZ PRIZE 2012. National Portrait Gallery, London, 2013-14
MORE PHOTOS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
AFTER CLASSICAL PORTRAITURE, Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2012
WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS, Selections from the LUAC Teaching Collection,Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, 2011
FOOD, Center for Fine Art Photo, Fort Collins, CO, 2011
Foto8/HOST Gallery, London, 2011
PA PHOTOGRAPHY BIENNIAL, PIttsburgh, PA 2011
BRING THE FAMILY, Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, 2011
ALL MY LOVIN, Fotofestiwal Lodz, Lodz, Poland, Berlin, Germany, Cork, Ireland, 2011
100 PHOTOGRAPHERS, Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC, 2010
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL, SIngapore, 2010
SIFEST, Global Photographie, Savignano, Italy, 2010
MIRROR, MIRROR,
DISCOVER, Galerie Poller, New York, NY, 2008
ON LOCATION,, wallspace, Seattle, WA 2008
26th ANNIVERSARY MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION, Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX, Juror: Alison Nordstrom, Curator of Photographs, George Eastman House Internationanl Museum of Photography and film, 2008
WOMEN SHOOTING WOMEN, CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS OF FORMAL PORTRAITURE, Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY, 2008
IN A NEW DIRECTION 2008, WalllSpace, Seattle, WA, Juror: Clint Willour, 2008
FELLOWSHIP 2007, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, Juror: Katharine Ware, , 2007
INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERIES, FotoFest, Houston, TX, 2007
2007 MEMBERS EXHIBITION, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Juror: Steve Simmons, 2007
TPS 16; THE NATIONAL COMPETITION, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, TX, opens at St. Edward�s University Art Gallery, Austin, TX, 2007, travels to Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, TX, 2007, travels to FotoFest, Houston, TX, 2008, travels to Calumet Photo Art Gallery, NYC, 2008, travels to Calumet Photo Art Gallery, San Francisco, Juror: Michelle Dunn Marsh, 2007
13th NATIONAL JURIED EXHBITION, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Juror: Brian Clamp, 2007
25th ANNIVERSARY MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX. Juror: Anne Wilkes Tucker, 2007
PATHOGEOGRAPHIES; BODY POLITIC, A Project of Feel Tank Chicago and Gallery 400�s �At the Edge� Series, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, 2007
HIGH STAIRWAY, Korean Cultural Center of Los Angeles, CA, Jurors: Sara Cochran and Carole Ann Klonarides, 2007
INDWELLING: LIVING IN A FEMALE BODY, The Great Hall at The Cooper Union, NY, NY, Juror: Joyce Tenneson, 2007
Center Awards Exhibition, Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA, Juror: Sarah Greenough, 2006
RESONANCE, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, Juror: Paul Kopeikin, 2006
PHOTOGRAPHY NOW 2006, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY, also at 401 Projects NY, NY, Juror: Natasha Lunn, 2006
12th NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Juror: Bonni Benrubi, 2006
PHOTO AUCTION AND BENEFIT, Julie Saul Gallery, NY, NY, 2005
MYTH, MEANING AND MAGIC, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, 2005
CURATOR�S CHOICE, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL, 2004
NEW ACQUISITIONS, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 2004
(UN)/ WEARABLES,, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 2004
WOMEN ARTISTS; PAST AND PRESENT, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, 2002 traveling to Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, and Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA, 2003
PROSAIC BEAUTY, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL, 2002
MAN / WOMAN/ CHILD, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL, 2001
A LIFE IN ART, Lehigh University, Behtlehem, PA, 2001
6th NATIONAL SHOWCASE EXHIBITION, Alternative Museum, NY, NY, 1997
PENNSYLVANIA PHOTOGRAPHERS X, Allentown Art Museum, PA, Juror, Sarah McNear, 1997
WHEN FROM A DISTANT PAST, Merce Cunningham Studio, Dance Performance Visuals with THE DANI NIKAS DANCERS, NY, NY, 1990
80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY, NY, 1985
White Columns, NY, NY, 1988
Light Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by P. Collier Schor, 1986
MISS LIBERTY SHOW, Barney�s New York, NY, 1986
SPLIT / VISION, Artists� Space, NY, NY, Curated by Laurie Simmons and Robert Mapplethorpe, 1985
Soho Center for Visual Arts, NY, N Y, 1985
Visual Arts Gallery, NY, NY, 1985
Washington Square Galleries, NY, NY, 1985
Lincoln Center, NY, NY, 1984
PENNSYLVANIA PHOTOGRAPHERS III, Allentown Art Museum, PA, Juror: Weston Naef, 1983

RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS / inclusion
Critical Mass Top Fifty, 2007
Critical Mass Finalist 2006,
Brighton Photo Biennial Juried Acceptance, Portfolio Reviews, Brighton, England, 2006
Review Santa Fe, Juried Acceptance, Santa Fe, NM, 2006, 2007
Photo NY, with FLATFILEgalleries, NY,NY ,2005
Banff Centre for the Arts Residency, Banff, Canada, 2004

INVITED ARTISTS LECTURES
Penn State University 2008
Southern Vermont Arts Center 2007
University of Houston 2007
Minnesota State University Moorhead 2007
Keystone College 2006
Muhlenberg College 2000

RADIO INTERVIEWS
WDIY 2007
WVIA 2006

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Center For Photography at Woodstock
Lehigh University
Allentown Art Museum
Muhlenberg College
Maine Photographic Workshops
Numerous Private Collecttions


Grants/Awards
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013
The Print Center Celebrates Lydia Panas, 100th Anniversary of the Print Center, Phila, PA, 2013
Solo Exhibition Prize, Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibit, Juror: Sarah Kennel, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC,
Solo Exhibition Prize, The Print Center, Juror: Irene Hoffman, Director and Curator, SITE Santa Fe, 2013
Top Ten Coffee Table Books, The Daily Beast, 2012
Top Fifty, Critical Mass 2012
Best Books of 2012, PDN Photo Annual, 2012
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2012
American Photography 28, 2012
Best Books Nomination, Photo Eye Magazine, 2011
Best of Show + First Prize, Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, 2011
American Photography 27, 2011
Arts Ovation Award/ Visual Arts, Allentown, PA, 2009
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2009
First Place,London Calling Competition, Jurors: Vanessa DesClaux, Tate Modern, Tom MOrton, They Hayward Gallery, Francesco Manacorda, The Barbican Gallery, 2009
Third Place Winner, Soho Photo 2009
Nominee, Fine Art Series, New York Photo Awards, 2009
Second Prize, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Alma Ruiz,LA Museum of Contemporary Art, 2009
First Place, Singular Image: Publisher's Choice Award, CENTER, Santa Fe, Juror: Michael Mack, StiedlMack, 2009
Honorable Mention,London International Creative Competition, 2009
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2008
John Anson Kittredge Educational Grant Award, 2008
Puffin Foundation Grant 2008
Critical Mass / Finalist, 2007/08
Honorable Mention, FELLOWSHIP 2007, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2007
First Place, TPS: THE NATIONAL COMPETITION, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, TX, 2007
Curator�s Distinction Award, HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, 25th Anniversary Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX, 2007
Solo Exhibit Award, GOGGLEWORKS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Reading, PA, In Your Face, 2007
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2006
Honorable Mention, PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER NORTHWEST, Seattle, WA, Resonance, 2006
Honorable Mention, GRIFFIN MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 12th National Juried Exhibition, Winchester MA, 2006
Pennsylvania Partner�s in the Arts Grant, 2005
Solo Exhibit Award, NEPA, 2004
Merit Award, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA, 2002
Honorable Mention, Mayfair National Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA, 2000
Special Opportunity Stipend, PA Council on the Arts, 2000
First Place Award, Mayfair National Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA, 1998
Curator�s Choice Award, Mayfair National Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA, 1996


Projects
FALLING FROM GRACE, Public Art/ Bus Shelters, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2011
ART & LIFE, Public Bus Shelters Project, Lehigh Valley, PA 2009/10
MONA LISA SMILES, Public Bus Shelters, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2009
MONA LISA SMILES, Zendai MoMA, part of INTRUDE: Art & Life 366, Shanghai, China, 2008
IT NEVER MADE SENSE TO THEM, Public Bus Shelters Project, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2008
THE CHRISTMAS TREE IS BURNING, Public Billboards Project, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2007
INTERIOR PORTRAITS, Public Billboards Project, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2007



Publications
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
New York Times Magazine, july 31, 2011
Art of State Leaves Cool Impression at the State Museum of PA, Ellen Hughes, The Patriot News, August 4, 2011
PA Photographers Get New Biennial, Pittsburgh City Paper, Nadine Wasserman, July 29, 2011
Paintings Prominent in 'Art of State', Philadelphia Inquirer, July 29, 2011
IDENTITIES NOW Publication, 2011
fotoMAGAZIN XXL, Special Edition, by Manfred Zoellner, Germany, May 2011
Monthly Photography, By Sujong Song, S. Korea, March 2011
Blink Magazine, Issue # 2, by ARam Kim, South Korea, March 2011
GEO Science, Germany, November 2010
Dear Dave, Issue 7, Essay by Barbara Pollock, April 2010
Lens Magazine, Interview by Algae Wang, China, 2010
LENS MAGAZINE, Interview with Algae Wang, China, 2010
Kutztown Photographer Reveals the People Behind the Social Mask in Family Pictures�Untold Stories, Steve Siegel, Morning Call, April 3, 2010
TOUT VA BIEN, March 2010
FrenchPHOTO, Eve Therond, 2010
Group Dynamic, Exposures by Conor Risch, PDN, February 2010
What Michael Foley Looks for in an Artist, Conor Risch, PDN On-Line, February 2010
Promising Portraits, by Mary Abbe, StarTribune.com, January 14, 2010
Mpls Photo Center Celebrates the Portrait, MPR News, Minnesota Public Radio, January 6, 2010
The Last Decision, by Darshak Sanghavi, The New York Times, Magazine, December 20, 2009
ZWIERCIADTO, Krzysztof Wyszomirski, Article and Illustrations, Poland, 2009
KIKIMORA, Trendy Lifestyle Art Edu Design, Interview with Sebastien Kustra, and Photographs, Poland, 2009
PRC Publication, 2009, Selections by Dana Faconti of Blind Spot Magazine
BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2009, Hardcover Edition of Photographer�s Forum Competition Finalists, 2009
THE COLLECTOR�S GUIDE TO EMERGING ART PHOTOGRAPHY, Humble Arts Foundation, curated by Alana Celli, Jon Feinstein & Grant Willing, Introduction by Ruben Natal-San Miguel, 2009
Lydia Panas� Portraits Blend Mysterious Smiles and Messages, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, January 25, 2009
New Recruits to Stock, Reuel Golden, PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS, November,2008
VISUAL ARTS JOURNAL, School of Visual Arts, Fall 2008
THE PHOTO REVIEW, 2008, Juror: Julie Saul, 2008
Baum Faculty Show a Cavalcade of Photos, Graphics, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, August 17, 2008
The Photo Review 2008, Juror: Julie Saul, Julie Saul Gallery, 2008
Fotofest Discoveries, Photo Internattional Magazine, March 2008
For Lydia Panas, Bus Stops�s a Start for Art, Dave Howell, The Press, January 31, 2008
ArtMatters, February 2008
WWCC Art Gallery Set to Feature Panas� Photographs Jan14-Feb15, Daily Rocket-Miner, Rock Springs, WY, January 12, 2008
Caleb Charland�s Photogroaphs at Silver Eye Evoke the Curiosity of Scientific Experimentation, Samantha Archetti, Pittsburgh City Paper, January 10, 2008
Photographer Gets People Thinking, Lisa Mitchell, The Kutztown Patriot, January 10,,2008
CC Offers Evocative Photography in Exhibit, www.CoastWeekend.com, The Go and Do Guide for the North Oregon and Southwest Washington Coasts, January 1, 2008
Silver Eye Experiments With Weird Science, Kurt Shaw, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, December 13, 2007
FotoFests�s International Discoveries Exhibition, Portfolio Reviews Around the World Yield Outstanding Work, ArtsHouston, Michele Brangwen, November 27, 2007
Panas Featured in Massachusetts Exhibit, The Kutztown Patriot, Kutztown, PA June 21, 2007
THE PHOTO REVIEW 2007, Selected by Toby Jurovics
SHOTS 96, Summer 2007
The Baum School of Art, Melinda Rizzo, Lehigh Valley Style Magazine, May /June 2007
Panas Featured in LA Art Show, The Kutztown Patriot, Kutztown, PA, April 5, 2007
The Christmas Tree is Burning, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, March 4, 2007
A Perceptual Puzzle, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Jaunuary 11, 2007
THE PHOTO REVIEW 2006, selected by Phillip Brookman
Group Show Favors Safe Over the Challenging, Nate Lippens, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, August 4, 2006
Mixing the Media: How Artists Expand Their Horizons, Kathy McCauley, Inside the Arts, Lehigh Valley, July 2006
Photographer Captures Psyche, Penny Hummel, The Kutztown Patriot, PA, March 23, 2006
Transporting Images, Marguerite Smolen, The Morning Calll, Allentown, PA, February 12, 2006
Transforming the Banal into Art, Ron Schira, The Reading Eagle, Reading, PA,, September 25, 2005
Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary in Artists� Hands, Bonnie Watts, The Reading Eagle, Reading, PA, August 16, 2005
SHOTS 88, SUMMER 2005
CHESAPEAKE HOME, April 2005
Dust and Chocolate, Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 26, 2004
SHOTS 86, Fall 2004
Foundation Photography Show: Big, Beautiful and Confident, Kathy Fertig, The Beachcomber, Long Beach Island, NJ, June 18, 2004
Foundation Photography Show Depicts Images of Excellence, Pat Johnson,The Sandpiper, Long Beach Island, June 16, 2004
Exhibition is a Best_Dressed List of the Truly Un-Wearables, Susan Haas, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, January 4, 2004
Aging at the Baum School, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, September 4, 2003
PHOTOGRAPHER�S MARKET 26th EDITION, 2003
KIDS-REGEN, A Rodale On-Line Publication, May 2003,
Unusual Concepts Work Unusually Well, A Life in Art, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, October 25, 2003
Valley Arts: Simplicity in Modern Photography, Lori Verderame, Lehigh Valley Style Magazine, October 21, 2001
Prosaic Beauty, Exposing the Hidden Beauty of Humble Objects, Michael Weinstein, New City, Chicago, IL, June 28, 2001
A Closer Look, John Brunetti, Chicago Artists� News, Chicago, IL, June 2001
Changing Perspective, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, June 18, 2000
Mayfair�s Finest Arts, A Study in Contrasts, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, May 21, 2000
Group Effort, Myra Yellin Outwater, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, August 6, 1999
Over 100 Artists Display Works at State Museum, Linda Barr, The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA, June 17, 1999
Loss, Alienation Inform Photography of Lydia Panas, Kathryn Williams, Inside the Arts, Lehigh Valley, PA, May 1998
Photographer Sees World in Black & White, Kathryn Neupauer, Northwestern Press, Allentown, PA, March 16, 1998
Open Space Exhibit Covers National Picture, Tim Higgins, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, June 1997
10th Juried Show at Mayfair is the Best One Yet, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, May 26, 1996
Kutztown Artist Lets Her Camera Do the Talking, Heather Drucknmiller, The Kutztown Patriot, October 1995
Arts Magazine, march 1986
Split / Vision, Kim Levin, The Village Voice, January 14, 1986
A Photographic Adventure, Allentown Art Museum Show Features Vision and Diversity, Kathy McCauley, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, May 5, 1983