Education
MFA, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute. 2007.
BA, Art, with emphasis in Painting and Drawing, University of California at Santa Cruz. 2002.
Summer Study at the American University of Rome, Italy. 2001.

Individual Exhibitions
Blue Skies From Now On, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2010.
Yesterday's Here, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2006.

Selected Group Exhibitions
Devil Town, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA. 2011.
The Realists: New, Recent and Historical Works, Artzone 461, San Francisco, CA. 2011.
Outlandish, Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA. 2011.
I Know You Art, But What Am I, Gallery 1988, Santa Monica, CA. 2011.
Pillars of the Earth, Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA. 2011.
Surrealism Now, Casa Museu Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra, Portugal. 2010. (catalog)
Annual Art Auction, The Lab, San Francisco, CA. 2010.
The Lost Underground Art Project, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA. 2009.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA. 2009.
Family Pictures, Root Division, San Francisco, CA. 2009.
Crazy 4 Cult 3-D, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA. 2009.
Opening Salvo, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2009.
Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL. 2008.
10 Under 30, Haines Gallery at Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA. 2008.
Red Dot Art Fair, New York, NY. 2008.
MFA Selections, Gatehouse Gallery, The Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA. 2008.
No Gifts, Please, Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art, Redwood City, CA. 2007.
Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, FL. 2007.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA. 2007.
Cream, From the Top, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA. 2007.
San Francisco Art Institute Graduating MFA Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA. 2007.
Red Ink Revisited, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA. 2007.
SFAI Now, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA. 2007.
Continuing MFA Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2006.

Bibliography
New American Paintings #97, December, 2011.
Spencer Young, "Blue Skies From Now On," Art Practical, January 13, 2011.
Kenneth Baker, "Lydersen Represents," San Francisco Chronicle, December 25, 2010.
Dan Lydersen, "Dan Lydersen," Direct Art, Volume 17, 2010.
Maren Jinnet, "The Art of Devotion," Wired Magazine, April 2010.
Richard Bammer, “Top of Their Class,” Vacaville Reporter, July 20, 2007.
Saunthy Nicolson-Singh, “Buildings and Bones,” Sacramento News & Review, October 19, 2006.

Artist Talks and Panel Discussions
Guest Lecturer, Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA. 2010.
"The MFA Experience", Moderated by Michael Schwager, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA. 2008.
"Artists' Forum", Moderated by Kenneth Baker and Glen Helfand, Arts Benicia, CA. 2008.