Photo by Jason Thrasher.
BIO:
Vivian Liddell is an interdisciplinary artist in Athens, Georgia who works with painting, fiber and craft techniques, sculpture, printmaking, photography, animation and sound. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she received her M.F.A. in Painting from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and an M.S. in Teaching from Pace University in New York City. Her work has been exhibited extensively in contemporary galleries across the United States and abroad with museum shows at the Wiregrass Museum, the Macon Museum of Arts & Sciences and MOCAN (Museum of Contemporary Art Nashville). Liddell was short-listed for the Hopper Prize in 2019 and has been reviewed/featured in BURNAWAY, ArtsATL, Unsweetened Magazine, CommonCreativATL, Number, Inc., and Foundwork. She hosts Peachy Keen Podcast as an extension of her art practice, talking with other women about art and the Southeastern US and runs Arts + Athletics, an alternative gallery space focusing on local and regional artists. She is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of North Georgia, specializing in feminist theory and criticism in contemporary art and craft media in painting.
Please use the form on the Contact page for: A curriculum vitae (full list of exhibitions, awards, events and publications), press inquiries, image permissions, artist statements, exhibition requests or pricing/sales. Upcoming events and exhibitions can be found on the events page of this website or use the subscribe form on the contact page to be notified of future shows via email.
Selected PRESS:
Life & Work with Vivian Liddell. VoyageATL, Feb. 23, 2023
Make a Man: Vivian Liddell at Versa, Chattanooga by Christina Renfer Vogel. BURNAWAY, April 4, 2019
Vivian Liddell takes a deep, irreverent and complicated trip to “The Mountain King” by Jerry Cullum. ArtsATL, July 21, 2017
Group exhibition reviews, interviews, event listings:
Mural Unveiling by Jessica Smith, Flagpole Magazine, July 18, 2018
Brain Fuzz Bits: Athens Artist Vivian Liddell by Stephanie Cash, BURNAWAY, March 20, 2018
Hard-Won Wisdom With Vivian Liddell, Episode 29 of Brainfuzz Podcast with Joe Camoosa and Matthew White, November 21, 2017
Peachy Keen: A New Feminist Podcast Celebrates Women Artists and the South, Unsweetened Magazine, May 31, 2017
STUDIO SESSIONS: VIVIAN LIDDELL, BY Tatiana Veneruso. TV Gallery, November, 2016
Q & A / Artist Vivian Liddell, by Caroline Cox. CommonCreativATL, February 24, 2016
Athens painter's art on display at Piedmont College, Gainesville Times, March 2, 2016.
Vivian Liddell. Number: Eighty Two, An Independent Arts Journal. Spring 2015. Criticism and Aesthetics. (Image below. Download PDF here.)
All images copyright Vivian Liddell 2018 unless otherwise stated. Please inquire for image permissions.