LYDIA SMITH [email protected] 1601 Rice Blvd. http://lydiasmith.4ormat.com/ Houston, TX 77005 (708) 334-9562
EDUCATION Rice University, Houston, TX 2011-present completing BA in Studio Art and Anthropology; current GPA 3.97
The Tyler School of Art Summer Painting and Sculpture Intensive, Philadelphia, PA 2014 Intensive Painting and Sculpture Program with emphasis on studio practice, field studies, and critical studies
SIT (School for International Training) Study Abroad Program, Prague, CZR 2013 Czech Republic Art and Social Change; an interdisciplinary program incorporating cultural studies, individual research, and studio art practice
Yale University Summer Session Abroad, Auvillar, France 2012 Intensive Studio Practice in Painting & Drawing
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL 2011 Graphic Design and Lithography Courses during summer and open time sessions
EXPERIENCE Matchbox Gallery, Rice University Student-run Gallery, Houston, TX: Director 2013-present Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX: Gallery Attendant 2012-present Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Preparators’ Department, Chicago, IL: Intern 2013 The Rice Thresher, Student-run Newspaper, Houston, TX: Illustrator 2013 Blackberry Market, Glen Ellyn, IL: Food Prep, Barista 2013 Rice University, COL 154: Experiential Religions, Houston, TX: Leader of Student-taught Course 2012 Rice University’s Interfaith Organization, sponsored by IFYC and the Boniuk Center: Public 2012 Relations Director for Better Together
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014 Mavis C. Pitman Exhibition Fellowship, “Memory Re-Embodied,” (one of three selected participants); Rice Media Center 2013 German Cemeteries in Czech Lands: A Visual Inquiry, (an extension of a larger project in association with SIT), Kido Cafe, Prague, CZ 2012 Proof of Purchase, installation, Duncan College, Houston, TX 2012 I Am Here, installation, in collaboration with a Rice student composer, Rice University Matchbox Gallery, Houston, TX
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 Rising Eyes of Texas: “You are Nowhere,” Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX 2013 Straight Up: Mixed Media Installation, Bubenska 1, Prague, CZ 2012 Paper Riot : large scale 3-D paper installation- “You are Nowhere,” “All These Places I Have Lived,” “29Cu,” and “Long Nose Bird Girl”; Rice Media Center, Houston, TX 2012 UGx3: Auvillar, Norfolk, and Art Majors: selected paintings and drawings; Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT 2012 The Artists’ Salon: intaglio prints, Rice University Matchbox Gallery, Houston, TX 2012 Rice University Annual Student Art Show: intaglio prints, Houston, TX 2011 Clarity, invitational printmaking show: “LRS and Brain,” Burning Bush Gallery, Wheaton, IL
HONORS 2014 Tyler School of Art Summer Painting and Sculpture Intensive Scholarship $1000 scholarship towards program tuition 2014 Jessie Matthews Memorial Award in Art, Rice University $1,500 scholarship awarded to recognize outstanding achievement and/or distinguished merit in painting, drawing, printmaking, or sculpture in memory of artist Jessie Matthews 2014 Dr. John E. Parish Fellowship, Weiss College, Rice University Summer student travel grant awarded for independent research in English cemeteries 2014 Mavis C. Pitman Exhibition Fellowship, Rice University One of three students awarded $1,000 grant for development of solo body of work 2014 R2, Rice Review, Rice University Literary Magazine, Cover Art Prize 2013 Rice University Architecture Mini-Charrette Team Design Competition, Member of six-student First Place Winning team for “SoundWorm,” a permanent public art installation to be created on campus in 2014 2013 Dr. Bill Wilson Student Initiative Grant, (Funds awarded to the Matchbox Gallery) $800 grant awarded for the renovation and improvement of the gallery 2012 Raymond John Swift Medal, Rice University $1,000 scholarship awarded for outstanding work of a visual arts student; first time ever awarded to a freshman 2011 Daily Herald Academic Team, DuPage County, IL One of ten high school students in the county selected for all around academic excellence
PUBLICATIONS 2014 plain china 2013, national literary anthology published through Bennington College, “You Are Nowhere,” released online August 2014 2014 R2, Rice Review, Rice University Literary Magazine- selected photos including cover art 2014 Humanitas, The Rice University Annual Humanities Magazine, “Pitman Exhibition Fellowship Displays Student Collaboration” 2014 The Rice Thresher, Kachkou, Danya: “Pitman Exhibit Showcases Student Work” 2013 R2, Rice Review, Rice University Literary Magazine- selected photos 2012 The Rice Standard, Rice University’s Online Magazine- selected illustrations