Curriculum Vitae
Education
2007 MFA, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2002 BA, Art, emphasis in Painting and Drawing, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Plasticene Dream, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Plebeian Rhapsody, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 New Work, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Blue Skies From Now On, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Yesterday's Here, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Two Person Exhibitions
2013 Endless Vacation (with Jeff Ramirez), Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 LAX / AMS. STRAAT Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2023 Hawai’i Walls. Thinkspace Projects @ Palama Settlement, Honolulu, HI.
2023 Daydreams. Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
2022 Amplify. Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 The Persistence of Memory: Salvador Dali and His Influence, The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2021 Aloha Mr. Hand, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Psychedelia, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Play!, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2017 LAX / DTW: Detroit Hustle II, Inner State Gallery, Detroit, MI
2017 Flourish, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ
2017 8, Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Thirty-Three: Celebrating 33 Years of Independent Spirit & Sundance Film Festival, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
2016 Nexus, Brand Library and Arts Center, Glendale, CA
2016 Unnatural Histories V, Antler Gallery, Portlands, OR
2016 LAX / ORD, Vertical Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 The New Vanguard, The Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2015 POW! WOW!: Exploring the New Contemporary Movement, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
2015 La Familia, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Connect & Collect, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2014 New Visions of the West, Whitespace Gallery, Ogden, UT
2014 For Real? Magical Realism in American Art, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 Wild at Heart, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Picks of the Harvest, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Devil Town, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
2011 The Realists: New, Recent and Historical Works, Artzone 461, San Francisco, CA
2011 Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature, Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
2010 Surrealism Now, Casa Museu Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra, Portugal (catalog)
2009 Family Pictures, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2009 Opening Salvo, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 10 Under 30, Sullivan Goss, Santa Barbara, CA
2008 MFA Selections, Gatehouse Gallery, The Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
2007 No Gifts, Please, Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art, Redwood City, CA
2007 Cream, From the Top, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2007 Red Ink Revisited, Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
Professional Experience
2022 Animation Designer, Vietgone, City Lights Theater, San Jose, CA
2015-2020 Graphic Designer, Animation Designer, Scenic Artist, Set Decorator, Muralist, Capital Stage, Sacramento, CA
2014 MFA Mentor, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
2010 Guest Lecturer, Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA
2008 Panelist, The MFA Experience, Moderator: Michael Schwager, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
2007 Panelist, Artists' Forum, Moderators: Kenneth Baker and Glen Helfand, Arts Benicia, CA
2004 Art Instructor, Presidio YMCA Summer Camp at CELLspace, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography
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Blisss Magazine, Issue 94, June, 2015.
Maryanne Alford, The Like Magazine, "Lydersen Images", Issue 09, Fall, 2013.
Jessica Portillo, "Endless Vacation at Thinkspace Gallery," Platinum Cheese, August 17, 2013.
"Endless Vacation: Jeff Ramirez + Dan Lydersen", Artweek L.A., Vol. 133, August 12-19, 2013.
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Spencer Young, "Blue Skies From Now On," Art Practical, January 13, 2011.
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Richard Bammer, “Top of Their Class,” Vacaville Reporter, July 20, 2007.
Saunthy Nicolson-Singh, “Buildings and Bones,” Sacramento News & Review, October 19, 2006.