Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2024 Lydia Viscardi, Artist-in-Residence, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, NYC
2023 Pack Light, Rick Wester Fine Art, NYC
2021 Then the Morning Comes, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2020 Here and Hereafter, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2007 Les Landes, Arts Alliance of Haverstraw, Haverstraw, NY
2005 Lydia Viscardi, 200 E. 36th St. Gallery, NYC
2004 Selected Works in Oil and Mixed Media, Blue Heron Arts Center, NYC
2002 Lydia Viscardi, Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
2000 Lydia Viscardi, Arts Council of Rockland, Spring Valley, NY
2000 Lydia Viscardi, Rockland County Legislature, New City, NY
Two and Three - Person Shows
2023 The Not so Silent Witnesses: Lydia Viscardi and Rita Valley, (2-person)
The Camp Gallery, Westport ,CT
Lydia Viscardi, Viktoriya Basina, Nola Romano, (3-person), AHA Fine Art, NYC
2018 Las Gravitas, (3-person) ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Internal Vision, (2-person) Concepto Hudson, Hudson, NY
New Works, (2-person) The Terrance Joyce Gallery, Greenport, NY
2007 Migration, (2-person) Black Rock Art Center, Bridgeport, CT
2004 Lydia Viscardi, Joan Harmon, Jackie Schatz (3-person) Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona NY
1983 Three Artists, Burnside Gallery, Greenport, NY
Selected Group Shows
2025
Multiverse, University of MA, Main Gallery and Incubator Project Space, Amherst, MA curated by D. Domminic Lombardi
2024
Feria Clendestina Art Fair, Miami with Camp Gallery, Miami, FL
Altered Logistics: Redux, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State Univ., Murray, KY
No Bones About It, AHA Underground at Jim Kempner Fine Art, NYC
Women pulling at the Thread of Social Discourse: We’ve Got the Power, Camp Gallery, Miami, FL
Altered Logistics: Redux, Clara M Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, curated by D. Domminic Lombardi
Look Book, Upstairs Gallery, Institute Library, New Haven, CT curated by Martha Wilette Lewis
2023
This is Not a Doll’s House, The Camp Gallery, Miami, CT
Alternative Realities, Norwalk Art Space, Norwalk, CT
From Alchemy to Numinosity, Berrie Center Galleries, Ramapo College of NJ, Mahwah, NJ curated by Sydney Jenkins
2022
Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, A Room of Our Own, The Camp Gallery, Miami, FL
Waste Management, Upstairs Gallery, Institute Library, New Haven, CT curated by Matha Wilette Lewis
Spectrum: Serious Fun Art Fair, fundraiser for Planned Parenthood, White Plains, NY curated by Alexandra Rutsch Brock
Imagined Spaces, Inhabited Places, Eastern CT State University Art Gallery, Willimantic, CT curated by Julia Wintner
Unleashed, AHA Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Cat Cat Daddy, AHA Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Jodi MacDonald
Ham Sandwich, AHA Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
Viva La Momento Mori, AHA Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Alexis Mendoza
Inaugural Summer Salon, AHA Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
Love, Devotion, Surrender, Dedication, Rick Wester Fine Art, NYC curated by Mary Shah and Rick Wester
2020
35 x 35 Project, Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece
2019
Represented by Concepto Hudson Gallery, Hudson, NY
The Big Show: All Animals Welcome, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Animalia, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Figuration, Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC
Home Sweet Home,Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2018
Represented by Concepto Hudson Gallery, Hudson, NY
#Unload: Pick up the Pieces, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Univ. of Bridgeport and Housatonic Community College Art and Design Faculty Show, Shelfhaudt Gallery, CT
Exchange, Utah Art Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT
Monsters, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT curated by Susan Classen-Sullivan
Silence Breakers, Ely Center of Contemporary Art with Nasty Woman of CT, New Haven, CT
The Eighties, Concepto Hudson, Hudson, NY
Beautiful Minds, Pop-up Show, Arcilesci Homberg Fine Arts, NYC
Valentine, Concepto Hudson, Hudson, NY
2017
Playground, Walter Wickiser Gallery, NYC
Second Dream, Pop-Up Show, Arcilesci Homberg Fine Arts, NYC
In Grace We Trust, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Nasty Women, Institute Library with Nasty Women of CT, New Haven, CT
Crossing Borders, Burt Chernow Galleries, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2016
The BIG small show, Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
FEATURED FLAT-FILE ARTIST: Child’s Play, ODETTA, Brooklyn, NY
One Late Night, Installation, Space B, Brooklyn, NY
Nation IV, Through the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Aesthetic Allusions, Burt Chernow Galleries, Housatonic Museum of Art and Bridgeport City Hall, CT
2015
Small Work Sampler, Read’s Art Space, Bridgeport, CT
Parallels, Burt Chernow Galleries, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Reverence for Life, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
Sideshow Nation III, Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Seeking Space, The Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
One Plus One, Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport, CT
Smackdown II Immersion Salon, Beechwood Arts, Westport, CT
(A)Muse, Burt Chernow Galleries, Housatonic Museum of Art and Bridgeport City Hall, CT
Beauty and Wonder of Nature, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
Art/BPT/2014, City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Sideshow Nation II at the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Home Sweet Home, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT
Alumni Exhibition, Power Art Center, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
On the Road, Burt Chernow Galleries, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Thick to Thin, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
MIC:CHECK (OCCUPY), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
AiW Norwalk Art Commission Public Art, Norwalk, CT
A Collection of Dissimilar Things, Burt Chernow Galleries, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Animal Life, Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2011
Represented by Geary Gallery, Darien CT
Splash, Housatonic Museum of Art, Burt Chernow Galleries, Bridgeport, CT
Evolution, Housatonic Museum of Art, Burt Chernow Galleries Bridgeport, CT
It’s All Good, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Seeing Trees, Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2010
Represented by Geary Gallery, Darien CT
Flower (RE) Power, Housatonic Museum of Art, Burt Chernow Galleries Bridgeport, CT
It’s a Wonderful 10th, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Art of the Bird, Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
Dem Bones, Dem Bones, (Curator and exhibiting artist) Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Continuing Threads and New Voices, Ramapo College of NJ, Mahwah, NJ
2008
Fish, Carriage Barn Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Journey: Stories My Mother Told Me, The Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Spectrum 2008, New Canaan Art Center, New Canaan, CT
2006
First Look 2006 Emerging Artists Series, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NBlank Canvas, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ
The Season, Arts Alliance of Haverstraw, Haverstraw, NY
Highlight Connecticut, Black Rock Art Center, Bridgeport, CT
Caressing Death (Ribcage) Installation, Warehouse Space, Garnerville Arts Project, Garnerville, NY
Rage Against the Machine, Spire Studios, Beacon, NY
Material Matters II, Power Art Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2005
Red is Everywhere, Sculpture Grounds, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY
Reasonably Straight Digital Photography, Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
Material Matters: Sculpture, Ceramics, Wood, Power Art Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Addendum, Ramapo College, Kresge/Pascal Gallery, Mahwah, NJ
2004
15th Annual Small Works Show, Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest NJ
2003
14th Annual NJ Small Works Show, Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
Garnervillle Arts Expo, Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center, Garnerville, NY
New Work, Power Art Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Birds II, an invitational, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
2002
The Birds, An Invitational Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
Garnerville Arts Expo, Garnerville Arts & Industrial Exchange, Garnerville, NY
13th Annual NJ Small Works Show, Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
Glue Too, New Century Artists Gallery, NYC
2001
Small Matters of Great Importance, Edward Hopper Art Center, Nyack, NY
Contemporary Collage Now, Nexus Gallery, NYC
Getting It Together: Collage Assemblage Society, Center for Digital Art & Community Artists,
Times Square Gallery, NYC
Glue! (Collage Assemblage Society), New Century Artists Gallery, NYC
2000
Faculty Exhibit, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY
Small Matters of Great Importance, Edward Hopper Art Center, Nyack, NY
Landscape – Fauna and Flora, Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona, NY
11th Annual Small Works Exhibit, Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
1998 -1999
Millennium Exhibit, Pomona Cultural Center, Pomona, NY
Nine Choose Nine, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY
Focus on the Figure, Edward Hopper Art Center, Nyack, NY
1996 - 1997
The Multi-Dimensional Shoe Show, Edward Hopper Art Center, Nyack, NY
Personal Mythology: Faculty Exhibit, Hudson Arts, Tomkins Cove, NY
If the Shoe Fits, FAO Gallery, NYC
1994 - 1995
It’s Love, Rockland Center for the Arts, W. Nyack, NY
Functional Art, Tomkins Cove Art Center, Tomkins Cove, NY
Focus on the Figure, Edward Hopper Art Center, Nyack, NY
1981 - 1983
Graphic Art, Burnside Gallery, Greenport, NY
Images of Spring and Summer, Burnside Gallery, Greenport, NY
Closeness and Clash in Art and Life, Terrain Gallery, NYC
Winter, Burnside Gallery, Greenport, NY
Prints of the Island, Burnside Gallery, Greenport, NY
New Drawings in America, The Drawing Center, NYC
1976 - 1979
Previously Unseen, The Drawing Center, NYC
Annual Juried Exhibition, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
Awards
2024 Artist-in-Residence, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, NYC,
2023 Connecticut Artist Fellowship Grant
2008 2nd Place: Journey: Stories My Mother Told Me Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, CT, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
2006 Creative Achievement in Visual Arts, May Honors College of William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
Nomination: Aljira Emerge, Newark, NJ, December
Nominated by Mari D’Allesandro, NJ Center for Visual Art, Summit, NJ
2005 First Look Emerging Artists Series, New Jersey Center for Visual Art, Summit, NJ, Mari D’Allesandro, Exhibitions Director
2004 Award for Excellence: 15th Annual NJ Small Works Show, Center Gallery, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
Juror: Anthony Grant, owner, Anthony Grant Gallery, NYC, NY
2003 Recipient: Vermont Studio Center fellowship, 2003 (postponed)
2002 Award for Excellence: 13th Annual NJ Small Works Show, Center Gallery, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
Collections
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, Greece
Eastern Connecticut State University Art Gallery, Willimantic, CT
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, NYC
Private collections throughout the US and the UK
Online Portfolios