Born in Smithtown, New York
Lives and works in Seattle, Washington

I consider the imagery in my work to be a private symbolism. My shapes and forms are born from my imagination and from referencing the world around me. I think of each painting as a vignette capturing a moment, experience, interaction, or feeling. I paint things that can’t necessarily be described in words and things that can’t be seen, like energy. I’m interested in how a specific place, space, thing, object, or even person can have its meaning or identity formed by its surrounding. In each painting, I try to achieve harmony between the playful weightless shapes and structured forms. I strive to create work that is playful, bold and balanced.

education

MFA 2005 Visual Art, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University
BFA 2003 Printmaking, University of Washington
BA 2003 Art History, University of Washington

selected exhibitions  

2013  (Forthcoming) McCallister Hall Gallery at The Mount, Seattle, WA (solo exhibition)
2013  Texas National, Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, Texas (Curated by Peter Selz)
2012  Abstract Observations, Arts West, Seattle, WA
2012  A Chair Affair, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2011  Group Exhibition, Kraushaar Galleries, New York, NY
2010  10x10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton, Tieton, WA (jurors: Greg Kucera & Gail Gibson)
2010  Palace of Thunder, no. 2 Print Shop, Portland, OR
2009  Introductions, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009  Gimme Baby Robots, Spacecraft, Seattle, WA
2009  Water Drawings, Tauk, Montauk, NY
2009  Pigeons Sleeping, Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
2008  Gimme Baby Robots IV, Evo, Seattle, WA
2008  Water Drawings, Tauk, Montauk, NY
2007  Invisible Infrastructure, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY (solo exhibition)
2007  Fields, Tauk, Montauk, NY
2007  25 Broad, Cetra Ruddy, New York, NY
2007  Out Like a Lamb, Church Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007  Baby’s Babies, APT Space, Madison, WI
2006  Twinning Two, Naidre’s, Brooklyn, NY (solo exhibition)
2006  Minus More, Setton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ
2006  Sweet Baby Meat, OneTen Gallery, Madison, WI
2005  Twinning, Naidre’s, Brooklyn, NY (solo exhibition)
2005  Thesis Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ (solo exhibition)
2005  RCIPP Recent Acquisitions, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ 
2004  The Odds, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
2004  Faculty & Graduate Student Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2004  Dimensions, Shane House Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2004  Southern Graphics Conference Print Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2003  First Year Graduate Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2003  Nickeled and Dimed, Quality Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003  Thesis Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003  School of Art Open, Jacob Lawrence Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (juror: Esther Claypool)
2002  Works on Paper and Small 3D, Jacob Lawrence Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (juror: Beth Sellars)
2002  Environmental Art Exhibition, HUB Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

collections

New York Public Library, New York, NY
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Amity Art Foundation, Woodbridge, CT
The Brodsky Center for Innovative Print and Paper, New Brunswick, NJ
R.A.P.S., Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios, New Brunswick, NJ
Southern Graphics Council Print Collection and Archives, Oxford, MS
Arizona State University Art Museum Print Archives, Tempe, AZ
University of Washington Special Collections, Book Arts Collection, Seattle, WA
University of Washington Print Collection, Seattle, WA

awards / residencies / lectures 

2013  Art Projects Award, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2013  Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2013  Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 
2012  Artist Lecture, Arts West, Seattle, WA 
2007  Artist in Residence, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2007  Fellowship, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown, NJ
2007  Visiting Artist Lecture, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2005  Grant, Change Inc., Captiva, FL
2005  Grant, Artist’s Fellowship Inc, New York, NY
2003 – 2005  Teaching Assistantship, Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2002  Scholarship, University of Washington School of Art, Seattle, WA
2002  Scholarship, BHOA Excellence in Art Practice, New York, NY 

selected bibliography

2012  Ellgood, Anne. New American Paintings No. 97, Pacific Coast.
2010  Price, Dan. Visual Overture Magazine, Fall issue, p. 14-15.
2010  Gillingham-Ryan, Maxwell. “Spotlight on Lydia Bassis,” Apartment Therapy, July 14.
2009  Grant, Adriana. “Introductions,” The Seattle Weekly, March 11.
2008  Bonney, Grace. “Hamptons Review,” Design Sponge, August 19.
2005  Binstock, Jonathan. New American Paintings No. 57, Mid-Atlantic. 
2005  Loyer, Susan. “Crafting Art at Rutgers”, The Home News Tribune, February 10.

artist registries

The Drawing Center Viewing Program
Irving Sandler Artists File Online
City Without Walls