EDUCATION
1966 MSW Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, MA
1964 AB Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
1976-79 Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI (studied Fine Arts)
1978 Awarded CCS Merit Scholarship
AWARDS/RESIDENCY
Photolucida Critical Mass 2015 Rauschenberg Residency Award
(Artist-in-Residence, Captiva Island, FL, March 6-April 14, 2017)
Prague Photo 2013 Annual Awards, “Falling Into Place”, 1st place Emotion
category (Final Wall Gallery Exhibition, Teplice, Czech Republic)
Fotovisura 2010 Grant for Outstanding Personal Photography Project
“Falling Into Place”, 3rd prize
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
“Grandma Techno Checks In” Photoville 2018, Brooklyn, NY
“Tea For Two” Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, 2016
“Tea For Two” Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, 2016
“They Call Me Grandma Techno” Exposure Gallery, The Heidelberg Project,
Detroit, MI, 2015
“Falling Into Place” Lianzchou International Foto Festival 2014, China
“Falling Into Place” Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Art Gallery,
Detroit, MI, 2014
“Falling Into Place” Central Michigan University Library, 2014
“Falling Into Place” Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon, NY, 2013
“Falling Into Place” The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, 2013
“Active Elders” Ellen Kayrod Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2009
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“The Elevated Selfie: Beyond the Bathroom Mirror” traveling exhibition 2016
(curated by Laura Moya and Laura Valenti)
“HERoine” Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York, NY, 2015
Instagram #mystory Initiative Exhibition, Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
(curated by Jessica Bennett)
“Beauty CULTure” The Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
(curated by Kohle Yohannan), 2011
“Artists Choice: Photographic Work by Michigan Artists” Detroit Center for
Contemporary Photography, Detroit, MI (curated by Kyohei Abe), 2011
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
“Patricia Lay-Dorsey – Tales from the Rauschenberg Residency”
Photolucida Blog, 2017
“Tea For Two” monograph (Portland OR: Blue Sky Books, 2016)
63 pp, photos and text by artist, additional text by Lindsay Morris
“Tea For Two” Square Magazine, Issue 604, 2016
“Tea For Two” LensWork Magazine & LensWork Extended #121, 2015
“Falling Into Place: self portraits” photo book (Cardiff, Wales: Ffotogallery, 2013)
106 pp, photos and text by artist, additional text by David Alan Harvey and
David Drake
“Falling Into Place” monograph (Winchester MA: The Griffin Museum
of Photography, 2013) 54 pp, photos and text by artist, curator statement
by Paula Tognarelli, preface by David Alan Harvey
“Falling Into Place”, Visura Magazine, Issue 12, 2011
“Falling Into Place”, New Mobility Magazine, 2009
“Falling Into Place”, Burn Magazine, 2009
SELECTED PRINT MEDIA
Laura Moya, ed., “Blue Sky Yearbook” (Portland, OR: Blue Sky Gallery, 2018)
selected photos from Blue Sky Gallery exhibits in 2015-2017
Sidney Johnson and Heather Nash, “No Stranger: Patricia Lay-Dorsey”
Parkview Magazine, Issue 6, Detroit, MI, 2017
Zoe Donaldson, “5 of the Most Inspiring Women on Instagram”,
O, The Oprah Magazine, Volume 17, Number 1, 2016
Anna Clark, ed., “A Detroit Anthology” (Cleveland, OH: Rust Belt Chic Press,
2014) 11 photos by Patricia Lay-Dorsey
Brooks Jensen, “Looking at Images”, (Anacortes, WA: LensWork, 2014)
'Dualities' portfolio by Patricia Lay-Dorsey pictured and discussed
Mark Feeney, art reviewer, “Three shows at Griffin Museum of Photography”
The Boston Globe, 2013
Hideko Katoka, “Picture Power: Falling Into Place photographs by
Patricia Lay-Dorsey”, Newsweek Japan, 2012
SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Rena Silverman, “Highlighting Freedom, Resilience and Diversity at
Photoville in Brooklyn” NY Times Lens Blog, September 12, 2018
(photo & quotes by Patricia Lay-Dorsey)
Di Anonimo, “Patricia Lay-Dorsey – The Hole In Between: Collages from
the Rauschenberg Residency”, Vogue Italia, 2017
Jess T. Dugan, “Q&A: Patricia Lay-Dorsey”, Strange Fire Collective, 2016
Taylor Pittman, “28 Badass Women You Should Be Following On
Instagram”, Huffington Post, 2015
Olivier Laurent & Lucia De Stefani, “Instagram Photographers To Follow
In All 50 States: @patricialaydorsey for Michigan”, Time Magazine, 2015
Alessia Glaviano, “Patricia Lay-Dorsey: The Ability of Being” (featuring
photos from ‘Falling Into Place’), Vogue Italia, 2015
Su Yuezhuo, “Falling Into Place”, China Photographers Association Photo
International website, 2015
Phil Coomes, “Becoming Disabled: A woman photographs her life with MS”
BBC News Ouch Blog, 2014
Megan Griffo, “Self Portraits Show Disability in a Way It’s Rarely
Seen: Honestly”, The Mighty.com, 2014
Priscilla Frank, “Stunning Photos Reveal Living With Multiple Sclerosis
Isn’t About Pity Or Bravery”, Huffington Post, 2014
Alyssa Coppelman, “A Photographer’s Poignant Self-Portrait Series Examines
Her Own Journey With Multiple Sclerosis”, Feature Shoot, 2014
Alissa Ambrose, “Photographing a full life, with a disability”, CBS News
Online, 2013
David Rosenberg, “Moving Self-Portraits Capture a Life With Disability”
Slate Magazine’s Behold Blog, 2013
Alex Greig, “Photographer takes raw self-portraits documenting her
daily struggle With MS”, The Daily Mail, 2013
Aline Smithson, “Falling Into Place”, Lenscratch, 2010
James Estrin, “Showcase: Falling Into Place”, NY Times Lens blog, 2009
RADIO/TV/FILM/PODCASTS
Suzee Skwiot, interview, “Photoville Part 2: Patricia Lay-Dorsey
(Grandma Techno)”, Adorama Podcast, 2018
“They Call Me Grandma Techno”, 2013 documentary film by
Clarence Johnson screened with interview, Electric Roots Micro
Music Film Festival, Detroit, MI, 2015
Dan Damon, live radio interview with Patricia Lay-Dorsey regarding
“Falling Into Place”, BBC World Update, August 4, 2014
Lauren Parrott, interview, “Patricia Lay-Dorsey: Living with Multiple
Sclerosis”, Art and Design, WMTV cable TV, 2014
Davis Guggenheim, director, “It Might Get Loud”, documentary film,
Detroit Location Scout: Patricia Lay-Dorsey, 2009
MENTORING/TEACHING
Mentor, FACING CHANGE: Documenting Detroit Fellowship
Detroit, MI, 2016-present
Teacher, Human Diversity and Social Justice classes ( two each semester
2013-17), Eastern Michigan University
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS
Slideshow/Dialogue, FACING CHANGE/Documenting Detroit Evening
of Photography and Conversation (Eugene Richards co-presenter),
Detroit Masonic Temple, 2016
Guest Lecturer, “Falling Into Place”, Clarke Library Speaker Series –
Michigan Author, Central Michigan University, 2014
“Falling Into Place” exhibition events, Swords Into Plowshares Peace
Center and Art Gallery, Detroit, MI, August-September 2014
- “Disability From the Inside: Conversations with Disabled Metro
Detroiters”
- Interactive discussion on disability for a Social Justice high school class
- Educational Forum for Michigan Association of Multicultural
Rehabilitation Concerns vocational rehabilitation counselors
Keynote Speaker, Michigan Chapter of the National MS Society Annual
Meeting and Recognition Event, Warren, MI, 2014