ART - DESIGN - SUSTAINABILITY

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BIO

  • Art & Design

  • Sustainability Consulting

  • Education

Seema Lisa Pandya is a Brooklyn based accomplished sustainability consultant and a multidisciplinary artist that explores the intersection between sustainability, art, culture, and the built-environment. Her art is deeply rooted in sustainability, biology, physics, and exploring connections to her South Asian heritage manifesting works with bio-inspired forms in painting, sculpture, digital media, kinetic art, and public art installations. She has exhibited works at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Prospect Park Brooklyn, Governor’s Island, Mumbai, India, the Museum of Contemporary Art-Long Island, Pioneer Works, BRIC Arts,  and more with works featured in Time Out NY, NY1 News, Pix11 News, Times of India, Vogue India, and Fine Woodworking, Hyperallergic and more. Her accolades include being a 2024 NYSCA project grant recipient and 2023 Anklave Arts Alliance Fellow. She has participated in art residencies at the Rockefeller Pocantico Estate and Goddard College and received commissions for figures like Khizr Khan and Chelsea Clinton.Seema contributes actively to her community. She was a NYFA Immigrant Artist program mentor, an advisor on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee at NYSID, was a panelist for Asian Arts Alliance’s "Art, Environment, and Justice in a Changing World", and currently serves on the Board of the Brooklyn Raga Massive music collective. Seema is also a sustainability consultant and professor teaching environmental building courses at NYSID. She holds a BA with a focus on Sustainable Design from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.

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Seema Lisa Pandya speaks about her art and process

RESUME  

Current  Affiliations

  • Aritst

  • LEED AP- BD+C since 2007

  • LEED reviewer - GBCI - 7 Group

  • Senior Sustainability Manager- D2d Green Design

  • Adjunct Graduate and Undergraduate Professor at New York School of Interior Design (NYSID)

  • Member of New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commission

  • Advisory Member of New York School of Interior Design (NYSID) Sustainability Commission

  • Board of Directors - Brooklyn Raga Massive

  • New York Society of Women Artists - 3D artist member

  • Member of the ResonantMind Collective

  • Curator – Co Founder FTP Art Salons, Brooklyn, NY

Past Affiliations

  • Executive Director- Brooklyn Raga Massive (music collective)

  • Senior Sustainability Manger for YR&G, a sustainability consulting company New York, New York

  • Technical Expert and Co-Author for LEEDuser content, a LEED guidance tool developed in partnership with Building Green and the USGBC

  • Adjunct Graduate Professor at FIT SUNI College in NYC-The Future of Sustainable Interiors

  • Active Design guideline development with NYC Department of Buildings; New York, New York

  • New York Board of Directors Member of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA)

  • Co-chair of the IIDA NYC Sustainability Forum

  • Member of The Living Building Challenge’s NYC chapter

  • Member of U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) NYC Urban Green chapter

  • Co-Owner- Curator of Revoluciones Collective Art Space Denver, Colorado

Public Art

  • 2024             Resonant Nature - Broadway Stages - Kingsland Wildflowers, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2024            Through the Cracks – Museum of Contemporary Art – Long Island, Patchogue, NY

  • 2024            Hibernative Potential – The Artist Gardener - West 132nd Street Community Garden, Harlem, NYC

  • 2024            Seed of Potential – The Seed, Anklave Arts Alliance – Governor’s Island, NY

  • 2023            Seed of Potential, Anklave Arts Alliance - American Folk Art Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2020            Reclaimed Parametric Wood Bench, Brockport College, NY

  • 2014            Amoebic Merry-Go-Round, Figment at Governor’s Island,  New York City, NY

  • 2016            Seed of the Void, Art Slope, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2024            Spanda: Reverberation of the Universe, Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery - Mumbai Gallery Art Weekend, India

  • 2022            Seema Lisa Pandya, Anderson Contemporary NYC, NY

  • 2016            Tabla Sculpture Series, Ragas Live Festival, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2003            Revoluciones Collective Art Space, Denver, CO

  • 2001            Revoluciones Collective Art Space, Denver, CO

Group Exhibitions

  • 2024            Read, Right, & True, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York Society of Women Artists, NYC

  • 2024            Anklave Arts Alliance Biennial, Bronx Art Space,– Bronx, NY

  • 2023            Into the Spines and on to the Stacks, Museum of Contemporary Art – Long Island, Patchogue, NY

  • 2023            Routes & Routes - Bungalow Collective, Long Island City, NY

  • 2023            Wild Metropolis, Packard Academy, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2022            SAVAN Pakistan Flood Relief Auction, Prime Produce NY, NY

  • 2022            105th Annual Exhibit, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT

  • 2022            Asia America, Museum of Contemporary Art – Long Island, Patchogue, NY

  • 2021            Small Works, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2021            Of an Era, Trolly Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY

  • 2019            Outdoosy Love, FTP Art Salon (Private), Brooklyn, NY

  • 2019            Recycle, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2019            Artists in Conversation, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY

  • 2017            Truth, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2017            New York School of Interior Design, Manhattan, NY

  • 2017            Wagner College, Staten Island, NY

  • 2016            (SAW) Storefront Art Walk,  Brooklyn, NY

  • 2016            Fogartyville Community Media and Arts Center. Sarasota, FL

  • 2005            Revoluciones Collective Art Space, Denver, CO

Residencies

  • 2024            Broadway Stages’ Arts Residency @ Kingsland Wildflowers, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2023            Residency with Brooklyn Raga Massive, Rockefeller Pocantico Center, Tarrytown, NY

  • 2022            Tiny Barn Theater – Project Y, Middlebury, VT

  • 2017            Goddard College, Port Townsend, Washington

  • 2016            Group Residency with Brooklyn Raga Massive, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY

Performances

  • 2022            Waves of Gravity - Mixed Media Video & Theater, Tiny Barn Theater - Project Y, Middlebury, VT

  • 2021            Waves of Gravity - Mixed Media Video &Theater,  Culture Hub,– NY, NY

  • 2019            Animation Sound Installation – Collaboration with musician Neel Murgai, Leon Gallery, Denver, CO

Press and Publications:

  • Book Publication, Pollack and Melconi, Designing for Privacy and Related Needs, New York: Fairchild Publications, pg. 231 – 232, Pandya’s Nautilus Lounge, 2005

Awards and Grants:

  • 2024  Brooklyn Arts Fund – Brooklyn Arts Council, Mothers of Tabla,  Brooklyn, NY’

  • 2024  Creative Equations Fund: Cultural Heritage & Diversity, Mothers of Tabla, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2024  Foundation for Contemporary Art – Emergency Project Grant, Resonant Nature, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2024  Broadway Stages’Arts Residency Award @ Kingsland Wildflowers, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2024  Project Grant, NYSCA (New York State Council on the Arts), Through the Cracks Long Island, NY

  • 2023  Artist Fellow, Ankhlave Arts Allianc,  Brooklyn, NY

  • 2023  Rooted and Replicated, AIR Gallery & SAWCC, NY, NY

  • 2019 Honorable Mention – Art Best In Show, BWAC, Recycle 2019. Brooklyn, NY

  • 2005 Competition 3rd Place National, IDEC Student Design Competition, Cradle to Cradle Eco Effective Design

  • 2004 Competition 1st Place, Fairchild Publications, Sustainable Design Concept, Denver, CO

  • 2004 Art Curatorial, Best Alternative Art Space, Top of the Rockies, Denver, CO

  • 2001 Art Curatorial, Best Gallery Award, Go-Go Magazine, Denver, CO

  • 2001 Art Curatorial, Best Gallery Award, City Search.com Editors Choice, Denver, CO

  • 2001 Art Curatorial, Valedictorian Award, Go-Go Magazine, Denver, CO

  • 2000 Art Curatorial, Editors Choice Best Gallery Award, City Search.com, Denver, CO

  • 2000 Art Curatorial, Audience Choice Best Gallery Award, City Search.com, Denver, CO

Select Lectures and Speaking Engagements:

  • 2023            Public Art Sustainability Shop Talk I: Materials and Design, PAX Public Art Exchange, Virtual

  • 2023             Art for a Sustainable World, Chelsea Fitness, NYC

  • 2022            The Intersection of Climate & Social Justice, IDEC Interior Design Education Council, NYC

  • 2022            Climate Change is Real and Women’s Equality Day, NY Moves Forum, NYC

  • 2021            NYSID Teaching Green Symposium, Moderator – Keynote Speaker Jennifer Graham, Virtual

  • 2021            Art Sustainability and the Built Environment, Featured Artist Talk, Brooklyn Raga Massive Virtual

  • 2019            Art, Environment, and Justice in a Changing World, Asian Arts Alliance, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2019            #Metoo and Power in South Asian Performing Arts, The Rubin Museum, NY,NY

  • 2017            Art Sustainability and the Built Environment, Goddard College, Pt. Townsend, Washington

  • 2016            Creativity and Sustainability, FIT State University of New York, Sustainable Business and Design Conference NY, NY

  • 2015            Regenerative Culture, MINDS, Treeline Pictures, Bitcoin Center, and US Dept. of Arts and Culture, People’s Xchange event, NY, NY

  • 2015            Art and Sustainability in the Built Environment, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

  • 2013            Land Art Generator Book Launch, Arsenal Gallery Central Park, NY, NY

Curitorial

  • 2019            FTP Art Salon, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2004            Installation Scion Art Series, Revoluciones Collective Art Space, Denver, CO

  • 2003            Sam Flores, and Andy Howell, Revoluciones Collective Art Space, Denver, CO

  • 2001            Four Horsemen-Shepard Fairy, Kinsey, Chie Rock, and Jonas Gray, Revoluciones Collective Art Space, Denver, CO

  • 1999- 07       Co-Curator, 96 art/ performance shows, Revoluciones Collective Art Space, Denver, CO

Education & Certifications:

  • 2020   Parsons Health Material Lab, Healthier Materials and Sustainable Building Certificate, NY, NY

  • 2014   New York City College of Technology Certificate, Digital Fabrication in Subtractive Fabrication, Brooklyn, NY

  • 2007   LEED Accredited Professional – Building Design + Construction, US Green Building Council

  • 2003-05  Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Arts, Interior Design/ Area of Specialization Green

    Design, Denver, CO

  • 1994-96   University of Texas, Austin, TX,