Artist Resume

Exhibitions

2018

  • The Switchboard Gallery, Haverhill, MA: “Small Works Show”, Nov 2, Dec 31, 2018
  • Garner Center for Photographic Exhibitions, Waltham, MA: “The American Landscape”, May 1 – June 1, 2018. Juror: Jim Dow
  • Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchster, MA: The 8th annual Photobook Show, March 8 – April 1, 2018. Juror: Paula Tognarelli

2017

  • Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY: The 8th annual Photobook Show, Nov 18 – Dec 23, 2017, Juror: Karen Davis

2016

  • Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA: “Building Community”, March 11 – April 29, 2016

2015

  • 2015 Fall Members Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, “Oldsmobile” and “Scamp”. Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director Griffin Museum.
  • Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2016, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
  • 18th Annual Regional Show, Newburyport Art Association, “Mid-Century Post Modern”.  Juror: Juror: Kaveh Mojtabai, Publisher, ArtscopeMagazine
  • Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA:  “A View From Collier Heights”, May 13 – Aug 23 (Solo).
  • 2015 Winter Members Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, “The Three Judges” and “Place”.  Juror:  Peter Alpers, Alpers Gallery, Andover, MA.
  • “Seeking Structures of Comfort” at Fort Point Art Community Gallery, Boston, MA, July 9 –Aug 30.  Juror: Andrew Witkin, Gallery Director of Barbara Krakow Gallery
  • “The 17th Annual Postcards from the Edge Visual AIDS Benefit” at Luhring Augustine January

2014

  • “Your Work Here 2.0” at Photographic Resource Center, November 2014 – January 2015
  • Atlanta Photography Group – Portfolio 2014 – alternate. Juror: Richard McCabe, Curator of Photography at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
  • Edition Lidu – Art Books Wanted International Award Shortlist
  • Photolucida Critical Mass 2014 Finalist.
  • 9th Annual Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA, July 18th-August 22nd
  • “Other Worlds” at MassArt graduate film screening. Jury:  Jenny Plante, Soon-mi Yoo
  • The Cyclorama Show: SMFA 2014 Thesis Exhibition, Cyclorama, Boston, MA, May 13 – May 18th
  • “One Hot Night”, Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA, May 5th.
  • ’14 Annual Film and Anim, Juried Selection of Moving Images at SFMA, MFA, Boston, MA, April 23rd
  • “uDOCUMENTA (1/3)”, Collaborative Show, Khaki Gallery, Boston, MA, May 2 – 5th
  • “Massachusetts”, 263 Gallery, Cambridge, MA, “Hendrie”, March 20 – April 12. Juror: Dina Deitsch Curator of Contemporary Art, deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA    
  • Photo Area Show, School at the Museum of Fine Arts, March 18 – April 2
  • “Things We Carry: Objects in America”, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA– March 8 – Aug 17

2013

  • Collier Heights, Photographic Resource Center. Curator:  Francine Weiss (Solo).
  • ’13 Annual Film and Anim, Juried Selection of Moving Images from SMFA, MFA, Boston, MA, April 25th.
  • 15th Annual Regional Show, Newburyport Art Association, “Arrival”, Prevailing Freedom”, “Reflections in Parallel”. Juror: Al Miner, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
  • One Minute Vid-Fest, Reach Fest, East Hampton, MA
  • PRC Student Show, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University

2012

  • Photo Area Show, School at the Museum of Fine Arts, October 2012
  • Atelier 16, Griffin Museum of Photography, October 2012
  • Ephemera – The Firehouse Center for the Performing Arts – Newburyport, MA (Solo).
  • 14th Annual Regional Juried show, Newburyport Art Association, “Hendrie” and “Jacob”. Juror:  Brian Allen, Director, Addison Gallery, Phillips Andover Academy, – Andover, MA.

2011

  • Alternative Focus, Davis Gallery, Worcester, MA “Casino”, “Cranes”, and “Banchee”.
  • Northeast Exposure Online, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, Featured Artists – “Without Love – Death”.
  • For The Birds, Brush Art Gallery: Lowell, MA “Oreo” May – June 2010. Juror: David Allen Sibley author, illustrator and ornithologist.
  • 14th Annual Regional Show, Newburyport Art Association, “Pemaquid” and “Coterie”. Juror: Christine McCarthy – Executive Director of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum
  • Light Factory’s 4th Juried Annuale, Charlotte, NC, “Persona”. Juror: Susan H. Edwards, Executive Director and CEO of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
  • Photo National 2011, UMaine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME. Jurors: Brian Paul Clamp and George Kinghorn.

2010

  • Graduation Exhibit – Maine Media College – Asymmetrick Arts, Rockland, ME.
  • 13th Annual Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association, “Ropes”. Juror:  William Stover, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
  • Illuminations Program at Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.

2009

  • Winter Member’s Show, Newburyport Art Association – “Promise”, Juror:  Marc Mitchell, Director Ad Interim, Boston University Art Gallery
  • Fall Member’s Show Newburyport Art Association – “Oreo”. Juror:  Ron Crusan, Director Oqunquit Museum of American Art
  • 12thAnnual Regional Juried Show, Newburyport Art Association – “Where the Blue Begins”. Juror: John Stomberg, Deputy Director/Chief Curator, Williams College Museum of Art

Honors, Awards/Grants, Residencies

2024

  • Hambidge Creative Residency Program, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Science, Rabun Gap, Georgia – Feb 27 – March 3, 2024

2017

  • Hambidge Creative Residency Program, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Science, Rabun Gap, Georgia – March 15 – March 28, 2016

2016

  • Hambidge Creative Residency Program, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Science, Rabun Gap, Georgia – Sept 12 – Sept 24, 2017

2015

  • Wildacres Residency, Little Switzerland, NC – September 21 – October 4, 2015
  • Best in Photography, 18th Regional Show at NAA – “Mid-Century Post Modern”

2014

  • Jones & Bartlet Learning Award, The Passing of Collier Heights, Print on demand artist’s publication
  • Montague Travel Grant recipient, SMFA
  • Center for Independent Documentary – Kopkind Colony at Treefrog Farm in Guilford Vermont, July 27-August 3rd.
  • The Puffin Foundation Ltd. Award

2013

  • Students Curate Students “Things We Carry: Objects in America”
  • President’s Research Award School of Museum of Fine Arts
  • School of Art & Science/School of Engineering Graduate Research Award, Tufts University, Medford, MA
  • Merit Scholarship SMFA

2012

  • President’s Research Award School of Museum of Fine Arts
  • School of Art & Science/School of Engineering Graduate Research Award, Tufts University, Medford, MA
  • Merit Scholarship SMFA
  • Best in Show and Photography, 15th Regional Show at Newburyport Art Association – “Jacob”

2011

  • Director’s Purchase Award UMAINE Museum of Art – “Hendrie”

2010

  • Best in Show, Winter Member’s Show Newburyport Art Association – “Father and Daughter”
  • Maine Media College Paul Caponigro Scholarship

2009

·      Maine Frame Photo Book Contest and Blurb Book (Portraits, Places, Documentary)

·      Boston Globe Award, High School, acrylic

 

Collections

  • UMAINE Museum of Art
  • Private Collections

Bibliography

  • “Picture Stories 2014” a collaboration between illustration and painting students of Edinburgh College of Art, UK and students at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA
  • Madeleine de Sinety: Photographs, Portland Museum of Art Gallery Catalog, (Sept 2011)
  • Coastal Mountains Land Trust Newsletter (May 2010)

Selected Reviews, Publications, Interviews

·       Anulfo Baez, “Telling Other People’s Stories: Lydia Harris on Documenting a Mid-Century Modern Neighborhood in Atlanta”, The Evolving Critic, April 22, 2016

  • Photo Essay by Lydia A. Harris, “Brick by Brick: Atlanta’s Collier Heights”, Southern Spaces April 20, 2016
  • By Design 2015. African Diaspora Architectural News at The International Review of African American Art June 2015 by Bradford Grant
  • “Photographer Lydia A. Harris gives historic Collier Heights a Close-up, at Hammond House” by  Kelundra Smith at ArtsATL June 22, 2015
  • Mark Feeney, “Artist Attempt the Identity Riddle”, The Boston Globe, September 9, 2013
  • Haverhill Gazette: “Nostalgic Charm Tops Winter Art Show” (January 14, 2010)
  • Alexandra Pecci, “What is Eco-Art?”, Eagle Tribune, December 11, 2008

Related Experience

  • Event Photographer for Takada Pharmaceuticals annual Oncology Conference 2016
  • Visiting Artist in Photography, of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University – Spring 2014
  • Intern at Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University – Dec 2013 – Apr 2014
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant in Edit and Post Production, The School at the Museum of Fine Arts – Spring 2014
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant in Large Format Photography, The School at the Museum of Fine Arts – Spring 2013
  • Visiting Artist in Photography, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA Fall 2012
  • Massachusetts State Science and Engineering Fair photographer – 2010 – 2015
  • Groundwork Lawrence Volunteer Photographer: Earth Day Event – 2011 – 2012
  • Fundraising Calendar Photographer for Upper Dam Association and Rocks Village Memorial Association – 2009 – 2013
  • Massachusetts Public Health Association Volunteer Photographer for Act FRESH Agenda: Priorities for Healthy Places, 2011-2012
  • Portland Museum of Art Photography Consultant – 2010
  • Work Study Digital Printing Lab – Maine Media Workshops 2009
  • Visiting Artist Lawrence High School – 2008
  • Custom Project Management Course development and delivery.
  • Course Director and professor for Harvard Extension’s Biotechnology Project Management Spring 2005-2008.
  • Course Directorship for “Biotechnology Project Management” at the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council’s Education Foundation.
  • Lecturer at Boston University on Project Management.
  • Speaker at The Advancement of Project Management Professions Seminar: So You Want to get a Job as Project Manger in the Biotechnology Industry May 2005
  • Speaker Drug Information Association (DIA) June 2002: Matrix Management, June 2004:  Shortening Time to Market
  • Speaker at 2004 MBC Committee Day: The Yin and Yang of Probability of Success and Risk Management.
  • Speaker at IQPC’s Project Management for Drug Development, November 2004
  • Speaker at Society of Concurrent Product Development annual conference 2001.

Education

  • Masters of Fine Art, Tufts University and School of Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA – May 2014
  • Museum Studies Certificate – Tufts University – May 2014
  • Atelier – Griffin Museum March – June 2012 – Karen Davis
  • Maine Media College Professional Certificate Program Sept 2009 – May 2010
  • Maine Media Workshops:  The Portfolio – July 2009 – Brenton Hamilton
  • Maine Media Workshops:  The Streets of Paris May 2009 – Peter Turnley
  • New England School of Photography:  Advanced Digital Winter 2009
  • Maine Media Workshops:  Light, Gesture and Color – Aug 2008 – Jay Maisel
  • Project Management Certificate from Boston University
  • Masters of General Administration in Procurement and Contract Management Track, University of Maryland, School of Science and Technology 1995
  • Bachelor of Science in Microbiology 1984- University of Maine, Orono, ME
  • Additional course work in: COBOL programming, Purchasing I & II, Business Negotiation, Accounting I & II, Business Management, and Inventory Management.

 

Professional Affiliations

  • Photographic Resource Center – Boston MA
  • Atlanta Photography Group – Atlanta GA
  • The Light Factory – Charlotte NC
  • Newburyport Art Association – Newburyport MA
  • Rocks Village Memorial Association –Board Member, Haverhill MA
  • Massachusetts BioTechnology Council (MBC) Chair: Project Management Committee, 2002 – 2011
  • Massachusetts BioTechnology Council (MBC) -member ad hoc committee for proposals and analysis and Chair – Inservice/Education Committee of MBC
  • Member – National Association of Purchasing Managers since 1987 – Certified Purchasing Manager since 1992
  • Member – Project Management Institute since 1998 – Certified Project Management Professional from 2001-2023
  • Member – Drug Information Association since 2000
  • Executive Board Member: BETA Bio-Pharmaceutical Education & Training Association, 2004 – 2005