Calista Lyon is an artist and teacher based between Fayetteville, Arkansas and Tallangatta Valley, Australia. Through a research-informed practice centered on the image, she creates lecture performances, installations, and educational programs that aim to deepen ecological consciousness and disrupt colonial-capitalist imaginaries.
Her work has been exhibited at institutions including The Momentary, Bentonville, AR; Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA; Light Work, Syracuse, NY; Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA; La Trobe Art Institute, Australia; The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH; and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT.
Lyon's work has been supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, the National Association for the Visual Arts (AU), the Regional Arts Fund (AU), and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York. She has completed residencies and fellowships at Oak Spring Garden Foundation, the University of Arkansas, the University of Denver, Epicenter, the University of Virginia, Ohio State University, and the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA.
Lyon has taught at the University of Denver, Kenyon College, University of Virginia, and the Ohio State University. She is currently Assistant Professor of Photography & Expanded Media at the University of Arkansas.