Lucas Foglia (b. 1983) was raised on a small family farm in Huntington, Long Island. A graduate of Brown University, Foglia exhibits nationally and received grants and fellowships from Light Work, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Rhode Island Foundation, Brown University and the Arpels Environmental Fund. His photographs are included in permanent collections including the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, the Newport Art Museum, Light Work, David Winton Bell Gallery of Brown University, Sprint Systems of Photography, the Margulies Collection and the Starr Foundation.

Résumé

Education

Shows Upcoming

April 12 - June 1, 2008. Photography Now 2008, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY. Juried exhibition by Darren Ching
March 6th - June 29, 2008. Light Factory, Charlotte, NC. Group show titled Food for Thought, curated by Ariel Shanberg
June 12 - June 14, 2008. Look3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia. Festival curated by Look3, Melissa Harris, David Griffin and Kathy Ryan
November 8 - December 21, 2008. Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY. Group show titled Converging Margins, curated by Leah Oates

Selected Shows and Public Projects

2008. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. Group show, Recent Acquisitions
2007. PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR. Group show titled True Bearing
2007. Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA. Group Show titled Picture Progress, sponsored by the League of Young Voters
2007. Firehouse 13, Providence RI. Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Fellowship Exhibition
2007. Embracing Our Differences, Huntington, Long Island. Two billboard-sized images displayed in public parks in Suffolk County, Long Island. Sponsored by the Center on the Holocaust, Diversity & Human Understanding, Inc
2007. Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI. Concrete: Work from the Urban Environment. Group show
2006. Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI. Rhode Island School of Design, Summer Faculty Exhibition
2006. Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI. Featured Artist, Thurgood Marshall Documentary Photography Exhibition
2006. Reap|Sow. Online slideshow of Garden images and recorded narration displayed on website www.ReapSow.org, sponsored by the Boston-based The Food Project
2006. Providence Children’s Museum. Commissioned to design a permanent exhibit of forty seven of my photographs to celebrate cultural and racial diversity in Rhode Island. Exhibit sponsored by US Senator Jack Reed and US Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy
2006. In-Sight Photography Project, Brattleboro, VT. Charity Auction for the organization's arts education program
2005. Providence City Hall. Solo show titled, "The Garden, Cultivating Community in the Southside of Providence." Hosted by Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline, the exhibit cultivated support for the preservation and formation of community gardens across Rhode Island
2005. AS220, Providence, RI. Group show
2005. David Whinton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI. Group show, Annual Student Exhibition
2004. Stepping Stone Gallery, Huntington, NY. Honorable Mention, National Juried Photography Exhibition. Juror: Andrea Modica
2004. Blue Room Gallery, Providence, RI. Group show
2004. David Whinton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI. Group Show, Annual Juried Student Exhibition
2003. AS220, Providence, RI. Group show
2003. 21 Strangers, New York City, NY. Solo show of my photographs at the Get Real Art Gallery in SoHo. All proceeds from the sale of the work were donated to the Doe Fund’s “Ready, Willing and Able” program, a New York City based job-training program for the homeless
2003. Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI. Group show
2002. Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI. Solo show titled Midcoast Maine 2002. Bell Gallery, Providence, RI. Group Show, Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Collections

Selected Photographic Awards

Photography Work Experience

Teaching Experience

2006-07. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Photography Instructor in the Department of Continuing Education
2005-06. Tides Family Services, Providence, RI. High School art teacher for wayward, truant and adjudicated youth
2005. Broad Street Studio, Providence, RI. Taught photography workshops to students enrolled in the Photographic Memory program at AS220
2001-04. River of Words, Providence, RI. Taught community awareness and environmental science through poetry in the Special Education class at Hope High School. One of our students, Leeron Silva, won the national River of Words poetry contest in 2003
2003. New Urban Arts, Providence, RI. Assisted with the construction of a new darkroom. Worked to develop and implement a curriculum for intro photography classes focused on social documentary work