Calista Lyon is an Australian photographer, artist and teacher. Using a research-informed practice, she creates installations, lecture performances, and community-engaged works that investigate colonial-capitalist epistemologies—using art as a form for learning and critical resistance.
She has previously held teaching positions at the University of Denver, Kenyon College, University of Virginia and Ohio State University. She is currently the Assistant Professor of Photography & Expanded Media at the University of Arkansas.
She lives and works on the land currently known as Fayetteville, Arkansas.