Bio

Lucas Foglia (b. 1983) was raised on a small family farm in Huntington, Long Island. A graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Art, Foglia exhibits nationally. His photographs are included in permanent collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Fine Art and the Margulies Collection.

Education

2010. Yale University, New Haven, CT. MFA in Photography
2005. Brown University, Providence, RI. BA in Art Semiotics
2002-06. Arnold Newman. Assisted/printed for Arnold Newman at his studio in New York City

Shows

2010. Eighth Veil, Los Angeles, CA. "Yale MFA Photography 2010"
2010. David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL. "Yale MFA Photography 2010"
2010. Maine Media Gallery, Rockport, ME
2010. 25CPW, New York, NY. "Stranger than Fiction, Yale MFA Photography 2010"
2010. Green Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT. "Yale MFA Photography Thesis Show"
2009. Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA
2009. Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX. "Human Nature"
2009. Michael Mazzeo Gallery, New York, NY. "Art Fair"
2009. Galerie Art Mur, Montreal, Canada
2009. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. "Net Works"
2008. Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, New York, NY
2008. Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY. "Converging Margins," curated by Leah Oates
2008. Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, Canada. "Flash Forward 2008"
2008. Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY. "Photography Now." Juried by Darren Ching
2008. Light Factory, Charlotte, NC. "Food for Thought." Curated by Ariel Shanberg
2008. Look3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia. Curated by Melissa Harris, David Griffin, Kathy Ryan
2008. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. "Recent Acquisitions"
2007. PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR. "True Bearing"
2007. Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA. "Picture Progress." For the League of Young Voters
2007. Firehouse 13, Providence RI. Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Fellowship Exhibition
2007. Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI. "Concrete: Work from the Urban Environment"
2006. Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Faculty Exhibition
2006. Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI. Thurgood Marshall Photography Exhibition
2005. Providence City Hall, Providence, RI. "The Garden." Hosted by Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline (Solo Show)
2002. Sarah Doyle Gallery of Brown University, Providence, RI. "Midcoast Maine" (Solo Show)

Collections

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Fine Art, Newport Art Museum, Margulies Collection, Light Work, Woodstock Center for Photography, David Winton Bell Gallery of Brown University, Starr Foundation

Awards

2010. Norman Joondeph Prize, Yale School of Art
2009. Santa Fe Prize, Finalist, Juried by Charlotte Cotton
2009. PDN 30, Photo District News
2008. Flash Forward, Magenta Foundation
2008. Photography Now, Purchase Prize, Center for Photography at Woodstock
2007. Photolucida, Top 50 Photographers, Critical Mass
2007. Light Work, Artist in Residence
2006. Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Aaron Siskind Fellowship in Photography
2006. Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Independent Research Grant
2005. Rhode Island Foundation, Organization Mini-Grant
2005. Brown University Creative Arts Council, Project Grant
2005. Brown University Art Semiotics Honors Award
2005. Research at Brown Grant
2004. Arpels Environmental Fund, Project Grant
2004. Brown/RISD Collaboration Grant
2002. Timory Hyde Award

Bibliography

Photography Quarterly. "Converging Margins." Issue Number 98. Oates, Leah
Art Forum Online, Critics Picks. "Human Nature." Carroll, Sean. Spring 2009
Photo District News. "PDN's 30 2009, Our Choice of Emerging Photographers to Watch." Hughes, Holly. March 2009 Utne Reader. "Way Off the Grid." March - April 2009. Hart, Joseph
Flash Forward 2008, Emerging Photographers From Canada, The United Kingdom and the United States. Magenta Foundation: Toronto, 2008
Contact Sheet, The Light Work Annual 2008. "Re-Wilding." Number 147. Shanberg, Ariel
Donna di La Repubblica, Italy. "Il Nostro Orto Antirecessione." July 19, 2008. Gentile, Francesca
Washington Post Magazine. "Splendid Isolation." July 13, 2008. Strayed, Cheryl
British Journal of Photography. "Tomorrow's People." June 28, 2008

Teaching Experience

2009-10. Yale University, New Haven, Ct. Graduate Teaching Assistant
2006-07. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Photography Instructor, Department of Continuing Education
2005-06. Tides Family Services, Providence, RI. High School art teacher for wayward, truant and adjudicated youth