Lydia Bassis was born in New York and grew up in Toronto, Vancouver and Seattle. She received her MFA from Rutgers University after receiving her BFA in Printmaking and BA in Art History from the University of Washington. Her work has been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and is held in many private and public collections. She is the recipient of numerous awards including a grant from 4Culture, a Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowship, and was an Artist in Residence at the Vermont Studio Center in Vermont and The Women's Studio Workshop in New York. She was a featured artist in the 2011 west coast issue and the 2007 mid-atlantic issue of New American Paintings. Lydia currently lives and works in Seattle, WA.