LYDIA ANNE TARABOCHIA
Founder + Principal Lydia Anne Laboratories, LLC
EDUCATION
Seattle University
BA, Visual Art
University of Washington
Post-Graduate Certificate, Construction Management
Edmonds College
ATA, Horticulture and Landscape Design
Lydia Anne Tarabochia’s work encompasses fine art, design, construction, development and landscapes.
Born in Tacoma and raised in Gig Harbor, Washington, Tarabochia grew up in a Croatian commercial fishing family, with much of her early life spent around boats, docks and the working waterfront. In her young adulthood, she spent ten seasons in Alaska working as a deckhand aboard a 54-foot purse seiner and in canneries and cold storage. It was physically demanding work in remote and unforgiving conditions, where endurance, competence and the ability to hold your own were essential.
Back in the Lower 48, Tarabochia turned her focus to art. She earned a BA in Visual Art from Seattle University and exhibited her work throughout Seattle. Her early career included a curatorial role at Sacred Circle Gallery in Discovery Park, Seattle, followed by Chihuly Studio, where she built and installed large-scale glass work internationally.
Her experience in fabrication and installations eventually led her into the built environment. After earning a post-graduate certificate in Construction Management at the University of Washington and an ATA degree in Horticulture / Landscape Design at Edmonds College, Tarabochia worked as a project engineer and project manager across commercial construction, high-end residential and public works, with several projects earning industry awards.
Her focus expanded from fine art and large-scale installations into the built environment. She earned a post-graduate certificate in Construction Management at the University of Washington and an ATA degree in Horticulture / Landscape Design at Edmonds College.
Tarabochia built a career as a project engineer and project manager across public and private sectors, contributing to major, award-winning architectural projects in commercial construction, multifamily development, high-end residential and sustainable building. Her experience includes the Garfield High School Modernization and Quincy Jones Performing Arts Center and subsequent projects for Seattle Public Schools, as well as municipal public works that expanded her knowledge in permitting and regulatory processes.
More recently, Tarabochia returned to sculpture through glass. Influenced by oceanic and natural forms, the work carries fluidity, weight and movement, as if shaped by water rather than the hand. The familiar geometry of Japanese glass fishing floats appears throughout the work, stretched and distorted into new forms. Color, transparency, and irregularity give each object its own presence while retaining a quiet connection to the water that has long shaped her life and work.
“moja putovanja”