New York University/ International Center for Photography,  MA 1989
School of Visual Arts, BFA, Photography, 1984
Boston College, BA  Psychology  1980

Whitney Museum of American Art, Independent Study Program

Solo exhibitions
FAMILY PICTURES, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA, 2010
FAMILY PICTURES, Yours Gallery, Warsw, Poland, 2009  
PORTFOLIO Wallspace, Seattle, WA, 2009  
LYDIA PANAS, PUBLIC WORKS, Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA 2009  
MONA LISA SMILES, Public Bus Shelters, Lehigh Valley, PA 2009
MONA LISA SMILES, Zendai MoMA, part of INTRUDE: Art & Life 366, Shanghai, China, 2008
TRUTH AND BEAUTY, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, 2008
IT NEVER MADE SENSE TO THEM, Public Bus Shelters Project, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2008
OUTSIDE / IN, Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY, 2008
THE MARK OF ABEL, Minnesota State University Moorhead, MN, 2007
LYDIA PANAS, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, 2007
RELATIONS, Khaki Gallery, Wellesley, MA, 2007
THE CHRISTMAS TREE IS BURNING, Public Billboards Project, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2007
INTERIOR PORTRAITS, Public Billboards Project, Lehigh Valley, PA, 2007
LYDIA PANAS; RECENT WORK, Keystone College, La Plume, PA, 2006
CHOCOLATE, HAIRS AND LINT, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA, 2005
CHOCOLATE, HAIRS AND LINT, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
LYDIA PANAS; NEW WORK, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA , 2000
LYDIA PANAS, De Sales University, Bethlehem, PA, 1997
PENTHOS, The Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA, 1997
ITALIAN SERIES, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 1996

Two to four person exhibitions
ENCOUNTERS: NEW AND OLD, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR, 2008
ABSENCE, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL, 2004
TRACES, Art Association of Harrisburg, PA, 2003
DEVOTION, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, PA, 2002
IDENTITY, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA 2001
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY,  Gettysburg College, PA, 2000
MY FATHER’S LANDS: REVISITED, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 1997

Selected group exhibitions
ALL MY LOVIN, Fotofestiwal, Lodz Art Center, Lodz, Poland, Travels to Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany,and Sirius Arts Center, Cork, Ireland, 2010
EXPOSURE, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, Juror: Russell Hart, 2009  
17th ANNUAL CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
CROSSING LINES, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE, Juror: Darsie Alexander, 2009     
A STARTING POINT: INTRUDE 366 – DYNAMICS OF CHANGE AND GROWTH, Zendai MoMA, Shanghai, China, 2009
RE-GENERATE, RE-IMAGE, RE-FOCUS, NEW DIRECTIONS IN PHOTOGRAPHY, Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, 2009
HUMANSCAPE, Seoul International Photography Festival, Seoul, Korea, 2008 
BIG BANGS, SMALL BUCKS,  Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, 2008
DISCOVER, Galerie Poller, New York, NY, 2008
ON LOCATION, wallspace, Seattle, WA   2008
26th ANNIVERSARY MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION, Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX,  Juror: Alison Nordstrom, 2008
WOMEN SHOOTING WOMEN, Roger Smith  Hotel, New York, NY, 2008
IN A NEW DIRECTION 2008, wall space, Seattle, WA, Juror: Clint Willour, 2008
FELLOWSHIP 2007, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, Juror: Katharine Ware, 2007
INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERIES, FotoFest, Houston, TX, 2007
2007 MEMBERS EXHIBITION, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Juror: Steve Simmons, 2007
TPS 16; THE NATIONAL COMPETITION, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, TX, Traveling, 2007
13th NATIONAL JURIED EXHBITION, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Juror: Brian Clamp, 2007
25th ANNIVERSARY MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 2007

AWARDS  
SECOND PRIZE, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Alma Ruiz, Curator, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Marc Pally, Artistic Director, City of Santa Monica, 2009
FIRST PLACE, Singular Image: Publisher’s Choice Award, Center, Santa Fe, NM, Juror: Michael Mack, SteidMack, 2009
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2008
John Anson Kittredge Educational Grant, 2008
Puffin Foundation Grant  2008
TOP FIFTY / Critical Mass 2007/08
HONORABLE MENTION, Fellowship  2007, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, Juror: Katherine  Ware, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2007
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2007
FIRST PLACE, TPS 16: The Nattional Competition, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, TX, Juror: Michelle Dunn Marsh, Aperture West, 2007
CURATOR’S DISTINCTION,  Houston Center for Photogrpahy, 25th Anniversary Membership Exhibition, Houston, TX,  Anne Wilkes Tucker, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2007
SOLO EXHIBIT AWARD, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA, In Your Face, Juror: Dan Tallery, 2007
Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Grant, 2006
HONORABLE MENTION, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, Resonance, Juror: Paul Kopeikin, 2006
HONORABLE MENTION, Griffin Museum of Photography, 12th National Juried Exhibition, Winchester MA, Juror: Bonni Benrubi, 2006
Pennsylvania Partner’s in the Arts Grant, 2005
SOLO EXHIBIT AWARD, NEPA,  2004
MERIT AWARD, Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA, 2002
HONORABLE MENTION, Mayfair National Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA, Juror: John Stevenson, 2000
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY STIPEND, PA Council on the Arts, 2000
FIRST PLACE, Mayfair National Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA, Juror: Jan Howard, 1998
CURATOR’S CHOICE, Mayfair National Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA, Juror: John Weiss, 1996

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Zendai Museum of Modern Art / Himalaya Art Center
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Center For Photography at Woodstock
Lehigh University
Allentown Art Museum
Muhlenberg College
Maine Photographic Workshops
Numerous Private Collections

Photography is a very contemporary medium. In the last twenty years it has become the most vibrant of fine arts.  Due to the internet, both commercial and fine art photography have grown in stature.

In my photography classes, we work together to understand the photographs made in the classroom as well as images by well-known artists/photographers.  We incorporate diverse views of art, culture and society to help us understand what is presented before us.

My assignments are a place to begin. They are both specific and open ended.  They are specific enough to help guide the students in exploring their own vision, and to encompass technical ideas. They are open-ended, so not to reduce work to mere expression of technique.  Students are expected to explore the assignments and make them their own.  Through in-depth critiques we learn to control the medium and communicate more directly to the viewer.

I combine encouragement with a strict discipline for quality. Expression takes precedence in the classroom, technique is second.  Perfection of craft becomes important as students find it helps them communicate more readily.