• Lydia Farrell
    Born 1989, Centennial, CO

    EDUCATION

    MFA Painting, 2015
    Boston University, Boston, MA

    PB Certificate Fine Arts, 2013
    Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

    BA Painting, 2012
    Knox College, Galesburg, IL

    EXHIBITIONS

    Art At King’s Oaks, King’s Oaks, 756 Worthington Mill Road, Newtown, PA 2024
    CWAM Pride Month Show, 1144 15th St, Denver, CO 2024
    …Song of the Dark, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Rotunda Gallery, Lakewood, CO, 2024 (Solo Show)
    Here Comes A Regular, Edge Gallery, Lakewood, CO, 2024
    High Strangeness, Lane Meyer Projects, Denver, CO, 2023 (Solo Show)
    Ghost Body, Featuring Noah Schneiderman, Daniel Granitto, and Mark Farrell, Bell Projects, Denver, CO, 2023
    Leave Scars, Edge Gallery, Lakewood, CO, 2023
    Infernal & Feral, Edge Contemporary Gallery, Lakewood, CO, 2022
    Member’s Show, Edge Contemporary Gallery, Lakewood, CO, 2022
    Unsolved Mysteries, Edge Contemporary Gallery, Lakewood, CO, 2021 (Solo Show)
    Member’s Show, Edge Contemporary Gallery, Lakewood, CO, 2021
    Bowery Gallery’s 30th Annual Juried Show, New York, NY, 2021
    One Thing And Then Another, Firehouse Art Gallery, Longmont, CO, 2021
    On Edge, Juried Exhibition, Edge Contemporary Gallery, Lakewood, CO, 2021
    Spark Gallery, Colorado Draws Juried Show, Denver, CO, 2021
    RedLine 6th Annual Juried Show, Denver, CO, 2019
    8th Annual Contemporary Juried Invitational, Western Colorado Center for The Arts, Grand Junction, CO, 2019
    On Edge, Juried Exhibition, Edge Contemporary Gallery, Lakewood, CO, 2019
    Bowery Gallery's 27th Annual Juried Show, New York, NY, 2018
    Looking Out, A Two Person Exhibition With Mark Farrell and Grace Colletta, Inside Out Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2016
    Flesh, Revealing a Passion for Paint, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR 2016
    5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 2015
    Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA 2015
    MFA Thesis Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA 2015
    Mark Farrell: New Paintings, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA 2014
    PB Group Show, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2013
    Senior Solo Exhibition, Center of Fine Arts, Knox College, Galesburg, IL, 2012
    Group Studio Exhibition, The Box, Knox College, Galesburg, IL, 2011
    Group Studio Exhibition, The Box, Knox College, Galesburg, IL, 2010

    RESIDENCIES

    The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2017
    Inside Out Art Museum Residency, Beijing, China, 2016
    The League Residency at VYT, Sparkhill, NY, 2015

    AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES

    Visiting Artist Lecture, Boston University, 2022
    Visiting Artist Lecture, Boston University, 2021
    On Edge 2019 Juried Exhibition Juror's Choice Award, 2019
    Arts Project Initiative Award 2015
    MFA Painting and Sculpture Alumni Award in Honor of John Walker, BU College of Fine Arts 2015
    Semi-Finalist, Kahn Award, BU College of Fine Arts 2015
    Constantin Alajalov Scholarship, BU College of Fine Arts 2013
    Al Young Best in Painting, Knox College CFA 2012
    Al Young Best in Show, Knox College CFA 2011


    PUBLICATIONS

    “Lydia Andrew Farrell: Reimagining the Suburbs”, Southwest Contemporary, Vol. 10, Radical Futures, September 6, 2024
    “Three Compelling Painting Exhibits, Each With A Distinct Point of View” Denver Post, March 18, 2024
    DARIA Art Magazine, June 22, 2023
    New American Paintings, Issue 150, 2020
    Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 12, 2016
    Paint Pulse Magazine, Issue 4, 2015
    Catch, Knox College Art and Literary Journal, 2010, 2011, 2012

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE

    Led Drawing Seminar, Denver University, 2022
    Teaching Assistant, Drawing, Boston University, 2015
    Teaching Assistant, Sculpture, Brandeis University, 2015