Calista Lyon is an Australian photographer, artist and teacher.
Her work has been exhibited at the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA; Centre for Contemporary Photography, Australia; Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT, among others.
Her work has been supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, Australia; National Association for the Visual Arts, Australia; Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH; Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY.
She has completed residencies and fellowships at Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA; Epicenter, Green River, UT; Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; University of Denver, CO and the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
She has previously held teaching positions at the University of Denver, Kenyon College and University of Virginia. 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.