Gallery affiliations:
Joy Gallery, Rochester, NY
Off The Walls Studio Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Railroad Street Artworks, Fairport, NY
Red Bluff Art Gallery, Virtual Solo Exhibition, Red Bluff, CA
The Artist's Cave, Rochester , NY
University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Bridge Gallery, Rochester, NY
University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Experiential Learning, Rochester, NY
Select Juried Group Exhibition History:
2025
Common Currents Juried Contemporary Art from Buffalo and Cleveland,
(“Naomi's Match”)
On Display Cleveland: April 10 – June 21; On display Buffalo: July 11 – November 2
Kissed By The Sun Traveling Exhibition, TBD sites, Fayetteville, NC
(“Psalm 31”)
Blossoms 2025 Countywide Art Show, Howard County, MD
(“Breakaway” “Eyes Up: Keep Your Head To The Sky”, “His Eye Is On The Sparrow”)
Opens March 13
2025 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (Griffin MSI) Chicago, IL
(“Bird's Eye View” “Psalm 31”)
January 20 - April 27
2024
14th Annual “Open” Online Art Exhibition, Light, Space & Time Gallery, Painting & Other Media Special Recognition Artists; https://lightspacetime.art/open-art-exhibition-november-2024/#gallery/5a0245e79de73e1ee55112621788ecca/54101
(“Psalm 31”)
November
EXPRESSIONS OF HUMANITY Juried Online Exhibition, Blue Space Gallery, https://www.bluespacegallery.com/current-exhibition?
(“Eyes Up 4: Frances”)
June 1-30
GROWTH IN TOUGH TIMES Juried Exhibition, University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Bridge Gallery, Rochester. NY
(“Eyes Up 4: Frances”, “I See Trees As Portals”, “Wealth Is…”)
May 29-September
*Note: Added to permanent collection November 2023
WILDLIFE UUU/SPZ ART EXHIBITION, The UUU Art Collective & The Seneca Park Zoo, UUU Gallery, Rochester, NY
16”x20” Framed Prints (“Bird's Eye View” & “Zootopia”)
March 1-31
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: WHAT WAS SHE MADE FOR? Islip Arts Council, Bay Shore, NY
(“Eyes Up 5: Liv” & “Peace Among The Peonies”)
March 1-31
MADE IN NEW YORK 2024, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
(Abundance) (499 Artist applicants/74 works selected)
March 23-April 7
2023
ART IN CRAFT MEDIA 2023, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo NY
(“Rising On The Wind”)
November 10, 2023 - March 10, 2024
HEALING WITHIN Juried Exhibition, University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Bridge Gallery, Rochester, NY
(“Bird's Eye View”, “Mr. Bubbles”, “Peace Among The Peonies”)
May - Sept. 20
AS I RECALL HER, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester NY
(“I Give You The Dawn Remix”)
March 3 - May 31
MADE IN NEW YORK, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
(“She Is Stardust”) (561 Artworks/74 works selected)
March 25 - May 28
JAZZ-ARTSPACE, Richmond, VA
(“Honoring Herb”)
February 24 - March 18
SOUL & SPIRIT: CELEBRATING BLACK JOY, The Arts Council Fayetteville Cumberland County and Ellington-White Community Development Corporation, Fayetteville, NC
(“Eyes Up: Keep Your Head toThe Sky”, “Eden's Wish”)
January 27 - March 04
WATER: Marin Society of Artists Juried online exhibition
(“Self Portrait 2023”)
January 30 - Friday, March 31; Artist reception presenter 2.5.23
2022
MIND, BODY AND WORLD: University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Fall 2022 Juried Exhibition at the Bridge Gallery, Rochester, NY
(“Phoofa's Dream”, “Eyes Up 5: Olivia”, “She Is Stardust” )
November 2022 - March 2023 *Note: Added to permanent collection December 2022
OPEN CALL, Providence Art Club: Named (cash) Award (Marjorie Curit Award for Non-Traditional and Contemporary Work) Juried exhibition
(“Feelin’ Safe Knowing Big Sista’s Got Your Back”)
June 19 - July 15
Solo Exhibition History:
2024
RISING ON THE WIND: The Messengers, Joy Gallery, Rochester, NY
(25 originals; 12 framed prints; 14 kites)
September 6 - October 5
SIPS Cafe, Irondequoit, NY
(12 framed prints)
May 1 - 31
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, Irondequoit Town Hall, Irondequoit, NY
(7 originals; 4 framed prints)
February 1 - 29
Group Exhibition History:
2025
Joy Gallery 19th Floor Collective Black History Month exhibition, Rochester, NY
(“Wealth Is...”, “North Star Gazing”)
February 7 - 28
RAC Members Show at the Yards, Rochester, NY
(”Joined”)
February 7 - 28
2024
IAC IRONDEQUOIT TOWN HALL, Irondequoit, NY
(“I Am Enough”)
December 9 - March 2025
SMALL SHOW: THE BIG SHOW OF SMALL ARTWORKS, Lumiere Photo, Rochester, NY
(“Psalm 31”, “Joined”)
November 1 - December 21
NEW DEAL GALLERY, Genesee Valley Arts Council, Mount Morris, NY (“Rising On The Wind: The Messengers”)
October 18 - November 9
RAC Members Show at the Yards, Rochester, NY
(”Wealth Is”)
June 7 - 30
THE LIGHT OF TRUTH: IDA B. WELLS, Moody Jones Gallery, Glenside, PA, Group show with artists Martryce Roach & Antoinette Ellis-Williams
(“12 assorted works- Three (3) 16”x20” framed prints & 7 original collages”)
March 13 - April 13
2023
SMALL SHOW: THE BIG SHOW OF SMALL ARTWORKS, Lumiere Photo, Rochester, NY
(“Naomi's Match”, “Breakaway”, “Tulip Time”, “Wealth Is...”, “I Give You The Dawn Remix”)
November 3 - December 22
IRONDEQUOIT ART CLUB HOLIDAY ART SHOW & SALE 2023, Summerville Presbyterian Church, Irondequoit, NY
November 18 - 26
BLACK BROWN REUNION INAUGURAL ART SALON, Brown University, Providence, RI
October 26 - 29, 2023
8th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WOMEN BY THE BAY 2023, The Artists Cave, Irondequoit, NY
August 8 – 20, 2023
PICTURE THIS: JOINT SHOW JANE ADAMS & LYDIA BODDIE-RICE
St. John's Home/Terry Gallery, Rochester, NY
(“assorted framed prints”)
July 1-31
IRONDEQUOIT ART CLUB (IAC), Irondequoit Town Hall, Irondequoit, NY
(“Peace Among The Peonies”)
June 5 - August
IRONDEQUOIT ART CLUB SHOW & SALE
St. John's Home/Terry Gallery, Rochester, NY
June 1 - 30
IRONDEQUOIT ART CLUB SPRING ART SHOW & SALE 2023, Summerville Presbyterian Church, Irondequoit, NY
May 7 - 14
PHOENIX, The Artists Cave, Rochester, NY
March 26 - April 8
HEALINGS & VISIONS: THE WORK OF LYDIA BODDIE-RICE & ERICA LIKES ALLIGATORS
Lumiere Photo, Rochester, NY
March 3-31
FIGURES AND FACES EXHIBITION, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Las Laguna, CA
Online (“Bird's Eye View”)
July 2-31
HELLO AGAIN SELF PORTRAIT SHOW 2023, Anderson Arts Building, Rochester, NY
(“Self Portrait 2023”)
January 6 - February 11
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE RABBIT 2023, The Artists Cave, Irondequoit, NY
January
WATER, Marin Society of Artists Juried online exhibition, Marin County, CA
(“Self Portrait 2023”)
January 30 - Friday, March 31
2022
THE VILLAGE GALLERY 6TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY ART EXHIBIT, Caledonia, NY (“Terra's Touch”, “Eyes Up: Keep Your Head To The Sky”)
November 4 - December 9
SMALL SHOW: THE BIG SHOW OF SMALL ARTWORKS, Lumiere Photo, Rochester, NY
November 4 - December 30
IAC IRONDEQUOIT TOWN HALL, Irondequoit, NY
(“Gilded Leaf Play”)
Mid-September - December
HUMAN FACES & FIGURES ONLINE EXHIBITION, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Las Laguna, CA
Online (“Feeling Safe Knowing Big Sista Has Your Back”)
January 6 - 31
ARTOPIA, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center's exhibit
(“Eden's Wish”) www.sfvacc.org
August 1 - 31
IAC IRONDEQUOIT TOWN HALL, Irondequoit, NY
(“Phoofa's Dream”)
May – September 7
IRONDEQUOIT ART CLUB SHOW & SALE St. John's Home/Terry Gallery, Rochester, NY
June 1 - 30
7TH ANNUAL WOMEN ARTISTS & 3RD INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ARTISTS SHOW BY THE BAY 2022, The Artists Cave, Irondequoit, NY
(“Eden's Wish”)
July 1 - 31
IRONDEQUOIT ART CLUB SPRING ART 62ND ANNUAL SPRING SHOW & SALE 2022, Irondequoit, NY
April 28 - May 7
IAC IRONDEQUOIT TOWN HALL, Irondequoit, NY
(“Eden's Wish”)
January - April
LOST & FOUND SELF PORTRAITS 2021, Anderson Arts Building, Rochester, NY
January 7 - February 12
IAC IRONDEQUOIT TOWN HALL, Irondequoit, NY
(“Eyes Up: Frances”, “His Eye Is On The Sparrow diptych”)
October 1, 2021 - January 2022
31ST ANNUAL MEMBER'S SHOW, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
(“Eyes Up: Keep Your Head To The Sky”)
December 3, 2021 - January 15, 2022
YEAR OF THE TIGER 2022, The Artists Cave, Irondequoit, NY
January 2022
2021
LIGHT BLOOM: RAINBOW EDITION, Lumiere Photo, Rochester, NY
July 17, 2021
IAC IRONDEQUOIT TOWN HALL, Rochester, NY
(“Eyes Up: Keep Your Head To The Sky”)
July – September 30.2021
6TH ANNUAL WOMEN ARTISTS & 3RD INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ARTISTS SHOW BY THE BAY 2021, The Artists Cave, Irondequoit, NY
July 1 - August 31
30TH ANNUAL MEMBER'S SHOW, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
(“Wildflowers”)
January - February 6
MASKED/UN-MASKED SELF PORTRAITS 2021, Anderson Arts Building, Rochester, NY
January-March 13
OWNER'S CHOICE COLLAGES EXHIBITION, Lumiere Photo: Lumiere & Lydia- Rochester, NY
December 21 - February
2020
5TH ANNUAL WOMEN ARTISTS & 2ND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN ARTISTS SHOW BY THE BAY 2020, The Artists Cave, Irondequoit, NY
September 1 - 14
COBBLESTONE ARTS CENTER PAINTING W/ FABRIC GROUP SHOW, Farmington, NY 14425
August 24 - October 4
IAC IRONDEQUOIT TOWN HALL, Irondequoit, NY
(“Flight of Sara”), (“Terra's Touch”)
October - December
2019
29TH ANNUAL MEMBER'S SHOW, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
(“Stephanie's Song”)
January
Awards & Recognition:
2025
Teaching Artists Aid to Localities grant program conducted by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) re-granted by Genesee Valley Council for the Arts (GVCA)
2024
EXPRESSIONS OF HUMANITY Juried Online Exhibition, Blue Space Gallery, https://www.bluespacegallery.com/current-exhibition?
Honorable Mention: "Eyes Up 4: Frances”
June 1-30
GROWTH IN TOUGH TIMES Juried Exhibition at the Bridge Gallery, University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Spring 2024
Best In Show: "Eyes Up 4: Frances”
Individual Artists Tier Decentralization Award: conducted by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) re-granted by Genesee Valley Council for the Arts (GVCA)
2023
Light Space Time Gallery “Open” Art Exhibition – November
3 Dimensional Special Recognition Artists: “Elements” https://lightspacetime.art/open-art-exhibition-november-2023/?fbclid=IwAR2Tb3Rd-vIO- l3RWVXZBYYSYecE7ZSCI0MXUiTpv_q7zaUVrZnlFfQakXo#gallery/e371bbbd92a97159554d75ef8e997c79/50618
University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Spring 2023: "Healing Within" Juried Exhibition at the Bridge Gallery
Best In Show: "Bird's Eye View"
Top Juror’s Pick (out of three awarded): "Peace Among The Peonies"
Note: Added to permanent collection
Irondequoit Art Club Spring Art Show & Sale 2023, Irondequoit, NY
Popular Vote: "Triumph"
Irondequoit Art Club Spring Art Show & Sale 2023, Irondequoit, NY
Juror's Award: “Bird's Eye View”
Irondequoit Art Club Spring Art Show & Sale 2023, Irondequoit, NY
Juror's Award: "Triumph"
Providence Art Club: Providence, RI
Named (cash) Award (Marjorie Curit Award for Non-Traditional and Contemporary Work) "Feelin’ Safe Knowing Big Sista’s Got Your Back" (June 19 - July 15, 2022) Providence Art Club: https://youtu.be/Mer6CMqCzKQ
2022
University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry Bridge Gallery Mind, Body and World Fall 2022 Juried Exhibition
Three Top Juror’s Picks (out of five awarded): "Phoofa's Dream", "Eyes Up 5: Olivia", "She Is Stardust" *Note: Added to permanent collection December 2022
Irondequoit Art Club Spring Art Show & Sale 2022
Merit Award: “Feeling Safe Knowing Big Sista Has Your Back”
Irondequoit Art Club Spring Art Show & Sale 2022
Juror's Award: "Wild Flowers"
2019
Rochester Contemporary Art Center Member's Show
George Eastman Award: "Stephanie's Song"
Mass Media:
2025
WROC TV Rochester First: https://www.rochesterfirst.com/hidden-history/black-history-month/black-history-month-daughter-honors-trailblazer-father-through-artwork/
2024
Seneca Park Zoo Artist Spotlight Series (September, 2024)
Wilder Collage Instagram Live: (September 17, 2024) https://www.instagram.com/reel/DABpV9VRbCO/?igsh=NzZuYmJyOTEzc3o4
Blick Online 2024 Pet Portrait Challenge: https://app.wyng.com/66c649c87eb01a4460ebe9cb?_wyng_media_es_66c649c87eb01a4460ebe9cb=Copy%20share&component=direct_upload_after_submission_section_8726312707941&content=206325982
Rochester Business Journal: BoddieWorks Creations and Consulting: Community connection through the healing power of art http://ow.ly/K3x5105R7JM
Philadelphia Inquirer https://www.inquirer.com/arts/moody-jones-gallery-glenside-light-truth-20240313.html
The Visual ArtWorker Blog Spot, Alan Singer, Art Critic, https://thevisualartworker.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFVVqVleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZb3g8ir_lxx6gu-UHJDN1A3CJBZBrOTH9ugef8gipBuVZYtEXo7qjPHWg_aem_vBr9dH5gYfdg7UdKBtIE6A
City Newspaper, Patrick Hosken, arts writer, First pick/First Friday blog (To start, experience Lydia Boddie-Rice’s mixed-media collages in “Rising on the Wind: The Messengers” at Luvon Sheppard’s Joy Gallery on 498 W Main St.) 9.6.24
2023
About...Time Magazine Volume 51, 2023 Winter Edition, Carolyne Blount, pp. 14-16, “Joseph Avenue Black Heritage Trail” (banner design and art exhibition)
2020
Democrat & Chronicle: Featured artist https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com?publink=189f89269_1343733
Publications:
2024
2024 Exhibition Catalog: Our People Fayetteville, NC
2023
2023 Black Brown Reunion, Inaugural Art Salon, Providence, RI,
2023 Exhibition Catalog: AS I RECALL HER, Rochester Contemporary Arts, Rochester, NY
2023 Exhibition Catalog: SOUL & SPIRIT: CELEBRATING BLACK JOY, The Arts Council Fayetteville Cumberland County and Ellington-White Community Development Corporation, Fayetteville, NC (Eyes Up: Keep Your Head To The Sky), (Eden's Wish) January 27 - March 04, 2023
2023 Exhibition Catalog: ART IN CRAFT MEDIA 2023, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Portrait Commissions:
2022
Rochester General Hospital Foundation; Jonita B. Council James, Mother's Room, Rochester General Collage of Health Careers, dedicated April 12, 2022
Residencies/Grants/Fellowships/Teaching:
2025
Teaching Artists Aid to Localities grant program conducted by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) re-granted by Genesee Valley Council for the Arts (GVCA)
2024
Rochester Teacher Center, panelist, October 2, 2024
Individual Artists Tier Decentralization Award ($2500): conducted by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) re-granted by Genesee Valley Council for the Arts (GVCA)
Individual Artist Materials & Supplies grant ($1,000): Genesee Valley Council for the Arts (GVCA)
Arts Partners; Marketing workshop, June 7, 2024
2023
Irondequoit Public Library. Mixed Media Collage Class (September 13, 2023 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEuXa_7naLU)
Community Art/Donations:
University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry (Framed Prints)
Renaissance Academy School of the Arts (Auction)
Rochester Broadway Theater League (Auction)
The Miche Fambro Project (Prints & Greeting Cards)
In the collections of:
Rochester General Hospital Mother's Room, Rochester General College of Health Careers
University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry (Phoofa's Dream, Eyes Up 5: Olivia, She Is Stardust, Bird's Eye View, Mr. Bubbles, Peace Among The Peonies)
University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Experiential Learning
2023 Online Exhibition
Open Call: https://lightspacetime.art/open-art-exhibition-november-2023/?fbclid=IwAR2Tb3Rd-vIO-l3RWVXZBYYSYecE7ZSCI0MXUiTpv_q7zaUVrZnlFfQakXo#gallery/166f46b2919fab8d2a9e2d9cfe55d427/50618
Merit Award: Irondequoit Spring Art Show & Sale 2022 (April 28-May 7) - “Feeling Safe Knowing Big Sista Has Your Back” (prints available upon request)
Named (cash) Award (Marjorie Curit Award for Non-Traditional and Contemporary Work) for ‘Feelin’ Safe Knowing Big Sista’s Got Your Back’. If you are interested in seeing the work of all award recipients, here is the announcement video produced by the Providence Art Club: https://youtu.be/Mer6CMqCzKQ
Mind, Body and World Fall 2022 Exhibition at the Bridge Gallery University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry
November 2022-March 2023 Three Top Juror’s Picks (out of five awarded)
Democrat & Chronicle
https://rochesterdemocrat-ny.newsmemory.com?publink=189f89269_1343733
Member’s Exhibition 2019
George Eastman Award