Lisa Lindvay was born in 1983 in Northwestern Pennsylvania and currently resides in Chicago, IL. She earned her MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago (2009) and BFA in Applied Media Arts from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (2006). Lindvay’s photographs have been exhibited in Chicago at Museum of Contemporary Photography, Aspect/Ratio Projects, Johalla Projects, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Hyde Park Art Center; nationally at Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington (DC); Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover (MA); Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro (NC); and Internationally at Turner Contemporary, Margate (ENG); among others. She is the recipient of 3Arts Artist Award (2011) and Chicago Artadia Award (2012).
EDUCATION
2009 MFA Photography, Columbia College Chicago
2006 BFA Applied Media Arts, Edinboro University of PA
AWARDS, RECOGNITION AND GRANTS
2012 Artadia Award, Artadia (The Fund for Art and Dialogue), New York NY
2011 Aperture Portfolio Prize, Finalist, Aperture Foundation, New York NY
3Arts Artist Award, 3Arts, Chicago IL
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Hold Together, Wichita State, Wichita KS
Hold Together, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove IL
2014 Hold Together, Johalla Projects, Chicago IL
SELECTED TWO PERSON/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Go Down Moses, Museum of Contemporary Photograph, Chicago IL
2018 Robyn Day and Lisa Lindvay, Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago IL
2017 EnFace, Aspect Ratio Projects, Chicago IL
2016 Person is A Noun, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2015 An Invisible Hand, Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago IL
2014 Close to Home, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh PA
This Can't Go Wrong (This Can't End Well), Chicago Theological Society, Chicago IL
Why Marriage, The Darst Center, Chicago IL
2013 Shades of darkness, C33 Gallery, Chicago IL
The Kids are All Right, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover MA
The Kids are All Right, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro NC
2012 Artadia Award Finalists Exhibition, EXPO Chicago, Chicago IL
The Kids are All Right, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI
Nothing in the World but Youth, Turner Contemporary, Margate UK
2011 No Place Like Home, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
2010 Ground Floor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
2009 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
2008 Chicago Art Open, Merchandise Mart, Chicago IL
Reflections, Vespine Gallery, Chicago IL
2007 Around the Coyote Fall Festival Exhibition, Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago IL
ARTICLES/PODCASTS
Focal Point Podcast, Museum of Contemporary Photography
Visual Art Source, Review by Robin Dluzen
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Photography Permanent Collection, Chicago IL
DePaul Art Museum, Chicago IL
Various private collections