Lydia Tjioe Hall is a metal and fiber sculptor. After earning a BA from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1998 with an emphasis on ceramic sculpture, she attended Cabrillo Community College where she explored both small and large scale metal work. Her mentor there, Dawn Nakanishi, helped lead her to pursue graduate school.
In 2011, Lydia earned her MFA from CalState Long Beach where she concentrated in metal work under Susanna Speirs and fibers under Carol Shaw-Sutton. After graduating, she stayed on as a professor at CSULB teaching Beginning Metals and Fiber Sculpture.
Lydia resides in Altadena, California with her family where her at-home studio is well suited for creatively attending to both her craft and her two young children. From there she continues to generate new ideas and exceed limitations in her sculptural work.