Lydia Panas is an award winning fine art photographer whose works have been widely exhibited internationally.
Her work is held in many public and private collections including the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art Shanghai. Lydia’s work has been published internationally including such publications as the New York Times Magazine, Photo District News, German GEO and fotoMAGAZIN.
Panas has degrees from Boston College, the School of Visual Arts, New York University / International Center of Photography. She received a Whitney Museum Independent Study Fellowship.
lydia@lydiapanas.com / www.lydiapanas.com
LYDIA PANAS
PHOTOGRAPHS
www.lydiapanas.com / lydia@lydiapanas.com
Solo exhibitions
THE MARK OF ABEL, Athens House of Photography, Athens, Greece, 2012
FALLING FROM GRACE…, Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 2012
THE MARK OF ABEL, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, 2012
FALLING FROM GRACE…, Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece, 2011
FALLING FROM GRACE…, Public Art/ Bus Shelters, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2011
LYDIA PANAS, F Galeria, Kaunas,, Lithuania, , 2011
THE MARK OF ABEL, Foley Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
ART & LIFE, Public Bus Shelters Project, Lehigh Valley, PA 2009/10
FAMILY PICTURES, UNTOLD STORIES, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA, 2010
PRIVATE SPACES, Yours Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 2009
PORTFOLIO Wallspace, Seattle, WA, 2009
LYDIA PANAS, PUBLIC WORKS, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA 2009
MONA LISA SMILES, Public Bus Shelters, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2009
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
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
Selected group exhibitions
PORTRAITURE, Schneider Galllery,, Chicago, IL, 2011
SLIDELUCK LV, PA, 2011
THE AIRPORT SHOW, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, GA, 2011
PEACHES AND CREAM, Dreamspace Gallery, London, 2011
WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS, Selections from the LUAG Teaching Collection, 2011
FOOD, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, 2011
FOTO 8 SUMMER SHOW, Host Gallery, London, 2011
BECOMING MUSES, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY,
PENNSYLVANIA PHOTOGRAPHY BIENNIAL, Silver Eye Center, Pittsburgh, 2011
BRING THE FAMILY, Light Factory, Charlotte, NC,2011
ALL MY LOVIN, Crawford Gallery, Cork, Ireland, 2011
INTO THE LIGHT, WallSpace Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 2010
100 PHOTOGRAPHERS, Corcoran Gallery of Ar, Washington, DC, 2010
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL, Singapore, 2010
SIFEST INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL, Savignano, Italy, 2010
ADJACENCIES, Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, 2010
ALL MY LOVIN, Fotofestiwal, Lodz Art Center, Lodz, Poland, Travels to Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany 2010
MIRROR, MIRROR: CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITS & THE FUGITIVE SELF, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2009-2010
THE AMERICAN DREAM, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, 2010, Juror: Deborah Willis
PORTRAIT EXHIBITION, Mpls Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN, Juror: David Little, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, 2010
MILLENIUM: THE PRINT COLLECTION, Crane Kalman Brighton Gallery, Brighton, England, 2009
CURVE: CENTER’S AWARD RECIPIENTS, Photographic Center NW, Seattle, WA, 2009
SOHO PHOTO 2009 NATIONAL COMPETITION, NY, NY, 2009
LONDON CALLING, Scream Gallery, London, UK, 2009
EXPOSURE, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, Juror: Russell Hart, 2009
17th ANNUAL CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
CROSSING LINES, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE, Juror: Darsie Alexander, 2009
A STARTING POINT: INTRUDE 366 – DYNAMICS OF CHANGE AND GROWTH, Zendai MoMA, Shanghai, China, 2009
RE-GENERATE, RE-IMAGE, RE-FOCUS, NEW DIRECTIONS IN PHOTOGRAPHY, Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 2009
HUMANSCAPE, Seoul International Photography Festival, Seoul, Korea, 2008
ENCOUNTERS: NEW AND OLD, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR, 2008
BIG, BIG BANGS, SMALL, SMALL BUCKS, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2008
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, 2008
WOMEN SHOOTING WOMEN, Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY, 2008
IN A NEW DIRECTION 2008, Wallspace, 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, Traveling, 2007
13th NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Juror: Brian Clamp, 2007
25th ANNIVERSARY MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 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, 2006
PHOTO AUCTION AND BENEFIT, Julie Saul Gallery, NY, NY, 2005
MYTH, MEANING AND MAGIC, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, 2005
ABSENCE, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL, 2004
CURATOR’S CHOICE, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL, 2004
NEW ACQUISITIONS, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 2004
(UN)/ WEARABLES,, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 2004
TRACES, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA, 2003
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
DEVOTION, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, PA, 2002
PROSAIC BEAUTY, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL, 2002
IDENTITY, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA 2001
MAN / WOMAN/ CHILD, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL, 2001
A LIFE IN ART, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 2001
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Gettysburg College, PA, 2000
MY FATHER’S LANDS: REVISITED, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 1997
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
AWARDS
FINALIST, Critical Mass, 2011
BEST OF SHOW & FIRST PRIZE, Art of the State, Harrisburg, PA, 2011
AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY 27, 2011
GOLD AWARD, The Gala Awards, Portrait and People, March 2011
RUNNER-UP, 3rd Quarter 2010, Forward Thinking Museum, 2010
HONORABLE MENTION, “Family” Contest, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, NM, 2010
ARTS OVATION AWARD/ Visual Arts, Lehigh Valley, PA 2010
WINNER, Conscientious Portfolio Competition, 2009
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2009
FIRST PLACE, London Calling Competition, Jurors: Vanessa DesClaux, Tate Modern, Tom Morton, The Hayward Gallery, Francesco Manacorda, The Barbican Gallery, 2009
THIRD PLACE WINNER, Soho Photo 2009 National Competition, Juror: Susan Kismaric, Curator, Museum of Modern Art, 2009
NOMINEE, Fine Art Series, New York Photo Awards 2009:
SECOND PRIZE, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Alma Ruiz, Curator, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Marc Pally, Artistic Director, City of Santa Monica, 2009
FIRST PLACE, Singular Image: Publisher’s Choice Award, Center, Santa Fe, NM, Juror: Michael Mack, SteidMack, 2009
HONORABLE MENTION, London International Creative Competition, 2009
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2008
John Anson Kittredge Educational Grant, 2008
Puffin Foundation Grant 2008
TOP FIFTY / Critical Mass 2007/08
FINALIST, Critical Mass, 2006-07
HONORABLE MENTION, PX3 PRIX de la Photographie Paris, 2008
HONORABLE MENTION, Fellowship 2007, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, Juror: Katherine Ware, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2007
FIRST PLACE, TPS 16: The National Competition, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, TX, Juror: Michelle Dunn Marsh, Aperture West, 2007
CURATOR’S DISTINCTION, Houston Center for Photography, 25th Anniversary Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX, Anne Wilkes Tucker, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2007
SOLO EXHIBIT AWARD, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, In Your Face, Juror: Dan Talley, 2007
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2006
HONORABLE MENTION, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, Resonance, Juror: Paul Kopeikin, 2006
HONORABLE MENTION, Griffin Museum of Photography, 12th National Juried Exhibition, Winchester MA, Juror: Bonni Benrubi, 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, Juror: John Stevenson, 2000
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY STIPEND, PA Council on the Arts, 2000
FIRST PLACE, Mayfair National Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA, Juror: Jan Howard, 1998
CURATOR’S CHOICE, Mayfair National Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA, Juror: John Weiss, 1996
REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
LOUPE, Ten page article and illustrations, PRC Journal, Boston, 2011
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 a New Biennial, Pittsburgh City Paper, Nadine Wasserman, July 28, 2011
Paintings Prominent in ‘Art of State’, Philadelphia Inquirer,, Digital, Victoria Donohoe, July 29, 2011
Kutztown Photographer Takes High Acclaim at State Exhibition, Kutztown Patriot, Jennifer Hetrick, July 21, 2011
IDENTITIES NOW Publication 2011
fotoMAGAZIN XXL Special Edition, by Manfred Zollner, Germany, May 2011
MONTHLY PHOTOGRAPHY, Article by Sujong Song, S. Korea, March 2011
BLINK MAGAZINE, Issue # 2, South Korea, Article by Kim ARam, March 2011
GEO SCIENCE Germany, November 2010
DEAR DAVE, Issue 7, with Essay by Barbara Pollack, April 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
New York Times Magazine, December 2009
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 Cavalacade of Photos, Graphics, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, August 17, 2008
Made in China, Szene / Houston Fotofest, PHOTO International 03//2008
Fotofest Discoveries, Photo International Magazine, March 2008
Photographer Hopes “Discovery” Word Puzzles Tickle the Mind, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, February 7, 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 Photographs 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, January 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 Call, 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 Druckenmiller, 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
RESIDENCIES, INVITATIONS
Brighton Photo Biennial Juried Acceptance, Portfolio Reviews, Brighton, England, 2006, 2008
Review Santa Fe, Juried Acceptance, Santa Fe, NM, 2006, 2007, 2011
Photo NY, with FLATFILEgalleries,,2005
Banff Centre for the Arts Residency, Banff, Canada, 2004
INVITED LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS / PANELS / WORKSHOPS
Athens House of Photography, Athens, Greece, 2012
Allentown Art Museum, 2012
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 2011
Lehigh Valley Charter School for the Performing Arts, Bethlehem, PA, 2011
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, 2011
Kutztown, University, Visiting Artist Lecture, 2011
VASA Project and Academy of Communication, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 2010
Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA, 2010
Lehigh University, Bethlehem,PA, 2010
Boston College, 2009
Yours Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 2009
Northampton Community College, 2009
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/television INTERVIEWS
SEC NEWS 2, VALLEY VIEW/ / ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 2010
WDIY 2007, 2009
WVIA 2006
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago
Brooklyn Museum
Zendai Museum of Modern Art / Himalaya Art Center
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Center For Photography at Woodstock
Lehigh University
Allentown Art Museum
Muhlenberg College
Comer Collection, University of Texas at Dallas
Maine Photographic Workshops
Numerous Private Collections
EDUCATION
New York University / International Center of Photography, MA, Photography
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
School of Visual 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 Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME, Instructor, 2000-2005
Lafayette College, Easton, PA, Instructor, 2001-2002
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, Adjunct Professor, 1991-1999
Kutztown University Kutztown, PA, Adjunct Professor, 1993-94
Cedar Crest College 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
Assistant to Marvin Heiferman, NY, NY, assisted on THE BIG PICTURE SHOW, Queens Museum, January 1986
Assistant to Laurie Simmons, 1984-85
Assistant to Bill King, 1983
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