MARY LYDECKER
Born 1982, Washington, D.C.
Lives and works in Somerville, MA
EDUCATION
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, Master of Landscape Architecture, 2009
Williams College, Williamstown, MA, B.A. Art and English, 2004
School for International Training, Ghana, 2002
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Peter Walker and Partners Fellowship for Landscape Architecture, 2009
Penny White Fellowship, Harvard GSD, 2008
Harvard University Community Service Travel Fellowship, 2008
Hubbard Hutchinson Memorial Fellowship, Williams College, 2004
Karl E. Weston Prize for Distinction in Art, Williams College, 2004
Ruchman Research Fellowship, The Oakley Center, Williams College, 2003
Class of 1960s Scholar in Art, Williams College, 2003
Robert G. Wilmers Jr. Memorial Travel Fellowship, Williams College, 2003
EXHIBITIONS
2009
The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY, The Wassaic Project Summer Festival
Work, Brooklyn, NY, I Heart Art
2008
Design Trust for Public Space, Brooklyn, NY, Reinventing Grand Army Plaza
Nikki Cohen Enterprise @ Tria, New York, NY, In Your Face: Portraits by Young International Artists
Harvard GSD Exhibition Wall, Cambridge, MA, Postcard Studies 2006-2008
2007
RARE Gallery, New York, NY, Benefit Auction for Artworld Digest
Harvard GSD, Cambridge, MA, Studio Works
NurtureArt Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Iteration (featured artist book)
2006
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York, NY, Summer Salon
The Frick Collection, New York, NY, Sweet Dreams (staff exh.)
Pure Theory Studios, Adams, MA, Urban Sprawl
2005
Produce Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, First Year Out
AG Gallery, Williamsburg, NY, Girl Memories
D & S Knitwear, Bushwick, NY, Collision Machine
Artists Space, New York, NY, Capture Childhood (digital exh.)
The Williams Club, New York, NY, Rathskeller
The Frick Collection, New York, NY, Art Exhibition (staff exh.)
2004
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, Parent Teacher Conference
Wilde Art Gallery, Williamstown, MA, S’more Art
2003
Wilde Art Gallery, Williamstown, MA, Bawdy
2002
Legon University, Accra, Ghana, Visualizing Ghana
PUBLICATIONS
2006
On Sex and Intercourse in Contemporary Fiction (Published in collaboration with Dan Rose under pseudonym, Dana Carroll). Adams, MA: Pure Theory Publishing, 2006.
PRESS
2008
ArtCal Zine. "In Your Face at Tria Gallery," by S. C. Squibb, August 21, 2008.
NY Art Beat. "'In Your Face' Exhibition." August 2008.
Trays. “Photographs and the Development of Memory.” Spring 2008.
2006
Artworld Digest. “unAmbiguous”, exhib. in print, March 15, 2006, front cover.
The Village Voice. “Word Salad: Dana Carroll’s On Sex and Intercourse in Contemporary Fiction,” by Ed Park, February 3, 2006, p. 71.
2005
Umbrella. “Artist Books: Reference,” by Judith A. Hoffberg, Vol. 28, no. 2-3, October 2005, p. 54.
2003
The Williams Record. “The Artist Formerly Known as Mary Lydecker.” November 2003, p. 17.
ARTIST FILES AND REGISTRIES
The Drawing Center. The Viewing Program and Slide Registry.
Artists Space. The Irving Sandler Artist Files.