CALISTA LYON
b. Nagambie, Australia
Lives and works in Columbus, Ohio
EDUCATION
2019 MFA (candidate), The Ohio State University, United States
2015 BA summa cum laude, Studio Art, California State University, Los Angeles, United States
2006 Dip(Arts), Applied Photography, Melbourne Polytechnic, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 ROY G BIV Gallery (upcoming), Columbus, Ohio, United States
2017 A Continued Conversation, Murray Art Museum Albury, Australia
The Space Between Us, National General Assembly, Australian Local Government Association, National Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia
2013 Living Home, Screening, Tallangatta Valley Hall, Australia
2010 Creators Artspace, Wodonga, Australia
Off The Kerb Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Ex:perimental; Punctu[a]tion, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Urban Arts Space, The Ohio State University
The Space Between Us, The Mini Microcinema, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
2018 Hypotheses: Art Inspired by the Many Worlds of Science, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Ohio, United States
Midwestern Photography Exhibition, IU Kokomo Downtown Gallery, Kokomo, Indiana, United States
For Freedoms: Art as Political Resistance, 50 State Initiative, For Freedoms, DAAP Galleries, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
The Space Between Us, Miloti: Program Two, Milo Arts, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Ohio Wesleyan's Wunderkammer: Curious and Curiouser, Beeghly Library, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, United States
Groundwork, Angela Meleca Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, United States
2017 Legacies, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, California, United States (curated by Mark Steven Greenfield) (catalogue)
CODA, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
The Branches Are Hope; The Roots Are Memory, The Mini Microcinema, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
The Space Between Us, National General Assembly, Australian Local Government Association, National Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia
Head On Portrait Prize, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney Museum, Australia
The Branches Are Hope; The Roots Are Memory, Miloti: Program One, Milo Arts, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Making Art Is A Mistake, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, United States
2016 MAMA Art Prize, Murray Art Museum Albury, Australia
Open Show, Los Angeles Art Association, 825 Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
2015 Gallery-of-Solutions: Artists Respond to Human Behaviour and the Environment, curated by Kim Abeles, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, United States (catalogue)
Senior Projects, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, United States
La Finesse De la Nuit, California State University, Los Angeles, United States
Undergraduate Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, United States
2014 La Finesse De la Nuit, California State University, Los Angeles, United States
2011 Celebrating Women in Photography, Art Est. Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2009 Celebrating Women in Photography, Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), Melbourne, Australia
2006 Centre for Contemporary Photography Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
Graduate Exhibition, Melbourne Polytechnic, Open Space Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Australian Professional Photography Awards Travelling Exhibition, Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), Australia
Fuji Site Unseen Travelling Exhibition, Australia
RESIDENCIES
2019 Frontier Fellow (upcoming), Epicenter, Green River, Utah, United States
2014-16 Center for the Art of Performance, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS
2019 Livable Futures, The Ohio State University
2018 Small Grants for Public Narrative, The Public Narrative Collaborative Global Arts & Humanities Discovery Theme, The Ohio State University
2017 Arts and Humanities Graduate Research Small Grants Program, The Ohio State University
2016 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship, The Ohio State University
2015 Undergraduate Alumni Scholarship, California State University, Los Angeles, United States
2014 Undergraduate Alumni Scholarship, California State University, Los Angeles, United States
Undergraduate Student Engagement in Creative Activity Scholarship, California State University, Los Angeles, United States
Associated Students, Inc. Student Achievement Scholarship, California State University, Los Angeles, United States
2013 Project Grant, The Regional Art Fund, Australian Federal Government, Australia
2006 Spotless Scholarship, Melbourne Polytechnic, Australia
SELECTED AWARDS
2018 The Ohio State University Board of Trustees Student Recognition Award
2017 Head On Portrait Prize Semi Finalist, Sydney Museum, New South Wales, Australia
2016 MAMA Art Prize Finalist, Murray Art Museum Albury, Australia
2007 Outstanding Student of the Year Finalist, Victorian Training Awards, State Government of Victoria, Australia
Outstanding Student of the Year Finalist, SpArta Arts and Culture Award, Australia
Projections Finalist, Australian Commercial and Media Photographers Association (ACMP), Australia
2006 Student Photographer of the Year, Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), Australia
Student of the Year, Melbourne Polytechnic, Australia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 Graduate Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
Project Assistant, side-by-side, Ann Hamilton Studio, Contextile 2018, Guimarães, Portugal
Project Assistant, the theater is a blank page, Ann Hamilton Studio, Center for the Art of Performance, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
2017 Graduate Administrative Associate, Ann Hamilton Studio, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2016 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Art, California State University, Los Angeles
2015 The Symphonic Body UCLA/Stills, collaboration with Ann Carlson, commissioned by Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA
Photographer, The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State LA
2014-15 Photograph Archivist, Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles
2011 Photographer, Tower Suites, Choreographer/Dancer/Producer Ros Warby, Director/Designer Margie Medlin
Motion Control Operator, 10,000 Paper Planes, Visual Artist Ross Coulter
Motion Control Assistant, BFG Motion, Motion Control Operator/Cinematographer Gerald Thompson
2007-08 Camera Assistant, Mary and Max stop motion claymation feature film, Writer and Director Adam Elliot
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2019 The Unknown and the Unnamed, Science and Technology Symposium at The Ohio State University, Columbus, March, 2019
PRESS
Brown, Annie. "Visual Artist Calista Lyon Photographs Her Regional Home Town of Tallangatta Valley." ABC National News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 16 Jan. 2017. Web.
"Breakfast with Joseph Thomsen." ABC Goulbourn Murray. Albury, Victoria, 17 Jan. 2017. Radio.
Reid, Karen. "A Continued Conversation." Tallangatta Herald 9 Feb. 2017: 8. Print.
Reid, Karen. "Essence of the Land." Tallangatta Herald 8 Sep. 2016: 5. Print.
WIN News - Border and North East. WIN Network. Albury Wodonga, Victoria, 03 Aug. 2013. Television.
Wallace, Sue. "Pulse." Editorial. The Border Mail [Albury Wodonga] 24 Aug. 2013: 41. Print.
Wallace, Sue. "Valley Folk Caught On Camera." The Border Mail [Albury Wodonga] 28 Aug. 2013: n. pag. Print.
"Portraits of Tallangatta Valley." Tallangatta Herald 22 Aug. 2013: 9. Print.
"Worlds Apart." Editorial. The Weekly Times. 04 Sept. 2013: 3. 04 Sept. 2013. Web.
ABC Goulbourn Murray. Albury, Victoria, 08 Aug. 2013. Radio.
LECTURES & ARTIST TALKS
2018 Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, United States
2017 Regional Cooperation and Development Forum, Australian Local Government Association, National Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia
Murray Art Museum Albury, Australia
2015 Society for Photographic Education (SPE), West and Southwest Regional Conference, Joshua Tree, California, United States
2013 Tallangatta Secondary College, Victoria, Australia
2006 Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
California State University, Los Angele