Photo by Suhee Kang
Patrick M. Lydon is an artist, writer, cultural explorer, and synthesizer of information. Currently based in San Jose, California, he creates work in visual, text-based, and audible mediums, is Founder / Editor-in-Chief of Sociecity, and serves as Arts Commissioner for the City of San Jose.
Arts-oriented written and visual work of Patrick’s has been published by CNN, The Mercury News / Bay Area Newsgroup, Afterimage Journal of Media Arts, JPG Magazine, Reed Journal and Lightleak Photography Journal. In terms of physical public shows, his photo work has been featured in several solo and group shows in Japan, South Korea, San Francisco, San Jose, and he has also recently produced collaborative visual/music shows with WindSync (Houston, Texas), Lelele Tres (Yokohama, Japan), and Eyevar (San Jose). He is also in the permanent collection of Cafe Ism and Oui in Seoul, South Korea, lucky for them.
Odd as it may seem, Patrick also co-authored a book on Secure Wireless Networks for Elsevier Publishing during his days in the Silicon Valley tech scene.
Patrick graduated from San Jose State University in 2007, after studying equal amounts of music, photography, and design.
