Serbian-American, Lidija Ristić is a graduate of both New York University (MFA) and Massachusetts College of Art & Design (BFA). She is a fully interdisciplinary practitioner, having studied painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, dance, creative writing, theater, video and audio production. Additionally, she has experience working in over 30 roles in a total of 18 industries. In particular Lidija is very well versed in event planning. Through her work in exhibition production at museums and galleries, she has executed an estimated 90 shows and during her time in the hospitality industry, she has organized and executed events for parties of up to 200 attendees. Apart from her fine arts education, Lidija has a marked interest in the STEM field. In her youth, she participated in programming at MIT’s Draper Laboratory in Cambridge Massachusetts and took Advanced Placement courses and tests in Biology. More recently she has focused on honing her leadership skills through participation in the Creative Leaders Academy program in Creative Entrepreneurship, produced in partnership with the British Council and the European Union. As an independent artist she has participated in solo and group exhibitions in cities including Boston, Cambridge, Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx, Oakland, San Francisco, Leipzig, Berlin, Milan and Belgrade.
Selected works
Selected Experience & Awards
2020 Instructor, New York University, Steinhardt College, New York
2012-18 Co-Founder 24k Studios, San Francisco, California
2016 Creative Director Hungry Babes SF, San Francisco, California
2021 Artist in Residence, Pilotenkueche International Art Program, Leipzig, Germany
2015 Ne Timeas Art Grant Recipient
2010 Crosby Award Honorable Mention
Curatorial Projects
2016 Breach the Surface and Sink, traveling show in partnership with: Parking Lot Art Fair, Urban Air Market, West Coast Craft Fair & The 20th Street Block Party, San Francisco, California
2016 Not as Simple as It Seems, 24k Studios Presents for Of the Grid, Berkeley, California
2012 Unstuck in Time: Paintings by Kristen Texiera, 24k Studios, San Francisco, California
2012 Heritage: film works by Cate Giordano, 24k Studios, San Francisco, California
2013 Hand Jobs: Collaborations of Nail Artists and Jewelers, 24k Studios, San Francisco, California
2010 12 Inches at Duran Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
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