Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts Photography + Integrated Media, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts Photography, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2011
Associates of Fine Art, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ, 2007
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Instructor of Record)
Baylor University, School of Art & Art History, Photography + Graphic Design Manager, Waco, TX, 2023 - Present
Eastern Oregon University, College of Arts, Humanities + Social Sciences, Visiting Instructor in Photography, La Grande, OR, 2022 - 2023
University of Dayton, Department of Art + Design, Instructor in Photography, Dayton, OH, 2021 – 2022
East Carolina University, School of Art + Design, Visiting Instructor in Photography, Greenville, NC, 2017 – 2020
East Carolina University, Italy Intensives Study Abroad, Certaldo, Italy, 2018
University of Kentucky, School of Art + Visual Studies, Adjunct Instructor, Lexington, KY, 2016 – 2017
University of Kentucky, Fine Arts Institute, Lexington, KY, 2017 – 2017
Ohio University, School of Art + Design, Graduate Adjunct Instructor, Athens, OH, 2014 – 2015
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Teaching Assistant)
Ohio University, Teaching Assistant, Athens, OH, 2013 – 2014
Darkroom Color Photography, Ohio University, assisted Laura Larson, Fall 2014
Description Foundations, Ohio University, assisted Ray Klimek, Fall 2014
Image Foundations, Ohio University, assisted Dan Williams, Spring 2013
AWARDS, HONORS + SCHOLARSHIPS
Juror’s Honorable Mention (ID 20/43912), Dream Images, ND2020 International Photography Contest in Fine Art Conceptual Category, Online Exhibition, ndawards.net, 2020
Juror’s Honorable Mention by Emma Powell, Where Photography & Philanthropy Meet, L.A. Photo Curator: Global Photography Awards, Online Group Exhibition, 2019
Director’s Honorable Mention by Kat Kiernan, Photo of the Day, Don’t Take Pictures, Online Publication, 2018
Director’s Honorable Mention by Michael Behlen, Back to the Future: Historic Processes in the Modern World, Analog Forever, Online Group Exhibition, Juried by Niniane Kelley, 2018
Director’s Honorable Mention by Amanda Smith & Kevin Tully, Juried Exhibition Forgotten, A Smith Gallery Photographic Arts, Johnson City, TX, 2018
Assistantship Stipend, Renaissance Press: Photogravure Atelier, Ashuelot, NH, 2016
Graduate Associate Outstanding Teaching Award (Nominee), Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2015
Professional Activity Support, School of Art + Design, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2015
Graduate Student Senate Award, Original Works Grant, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2014
Student Enhancement Award, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2014
Graduate Recruitment Scholarship, Tuition Waiver, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2012-2014
Non-Resident Surcharge Award, Out-of-State Waiver, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2012-2015
Graduate Assistantship Stipend, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2012-2015
EXHIBITIONS
Start the Story at the End, Art Center East Gallery, Solo Exhibition, La Grande, OR, (projected) Sept. 2024
Start the Story at the End, Lenscratch Fine Art Photography Daily (Lenscratch.com), Online Exhibition, Invited by Epiphany Knedler, May / June 2024
Eastern Oregon University Biennial Faculty Exhibition: College of Art, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR, 2022
The University of Dayton Faculty Exhibition: School of Art + Design, Radial Gallery, Invited by Nicholaus Arnold (Gallery Coordinator), Dayton, OH, 2022
The Dreamer / Selected Artworks Exhibition, Loosen Art Collection Gallery, Curated by Loosen Art Gallery, Rome, Italy, 2021
Dream Images, Neutral Density Photography Awards (ndawards.net), Honorable Mention Recipient Online Exhibition, 2020
Dream Images, Collaborative Work with Lindsay Koontz, Erwin Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2020
Applewhite Show, City Art Gallery, Greenville, NC, Group Exhibition, Invited by Torrey Stroud (Gallery Director), 2020
Greenville, Then & Now, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC, Juried by Trista Reis Porter, 2019
Where Photography & Philanthropy Meet, L.A. Photo Curator: Global Photography Awards, Online Group Exhibition, Juried by Emma Powell, 2019
Atrophy, Erwin Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Solo Exhibition, 2019
Back to the Future: Historic Processes in the Modern World, Analog Forever, Online Group Exhibition, Juried by Niniane Kelley,2018
ECU School of Art Faculty Exhibition, The Art House, Greenville, NC, Invited by Mamie Dixon & Casey Taft (Gallery Directors), 2018
Living Image 2018, The Halide Project Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Juried by Kat Kiernan, 2018
Midwest SPE Member’s Exhibition: Medium, Bolivar Art Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Juried by Gerald Slota, 2018
Analog Forever, Analog Forever, Online Group Exhibition, Juried by Michael Behlen, 2018
Lumen, Don’t Take Pictures, Online Group Exhibition, Juried by Kat Kiernan, 2018
Forgotten, A Smith Gallery Photographic Arts, Johnson City, TX, Juried by Blue Mitchell, Gallery Director’s Honorable Mention Recipient, 2018
Memento Mori, Erwin Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Solo Exhibition, 2018
Is This the World We Created? Faculty & Graduate Exhibition, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2017
Still Life, Don’t Take Pictures, Online Group Exhibition, Juried by Kat Kiernan, 2016
Of Memory, Bone and Myth, Colonel Eugene Myers Gallery of Art, The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, Juried by Stephen Perloff, 2016
The 2015 Favorite Photograph Exhibition: Part VIII, Lenscratch Online Exhibition Gallery, Juried by Grant Gill, 2016
A Mystery and a Dream, PhotoSynthesis, Manchester, CT, Juried by Beverly Rayner, 2015
Memento Mori, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH, MFA Thesis Exhibition, 2015
Athens Voices, Arthur Butcher Art Gallery, Concord University, Athens, WV, Juried by John Sabraw, Didi Dunphy and Jamey Biggs, 2015
Athens Voices, Alabama Center for the Arts, Athens, AL, Juried by John Sabraw, Didi Dunphy and Jamey Biggs, 2015
Athens Voices, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, Juried by John Sabraw, Didi Dunphy and Jamey Biggs, 2015
Marvelous Things: The Art of Still Life, PhotoPlace Gallery, Online Gallery Annex, Middlebury, VT, Juried by Aline Smithson, 2014
Losing Your Head, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Juried by a multi-member panel, 2014
If You Build It: Presenter Exhibit & Auction, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2014
The Art of Handmade & Alternative Photography, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT, Juried by Jesseca Ferguson, 2014
A Long Story Short, Ohio University Art Gallery, Graduate Exhibition, Athens, OH, 2013
The Bone Show, Industria Studios Inc., Tucson, AZ, Juried by Marc David Leviton, 2013
Of Memory, Bone & Myth, The Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, MN, Juried by Suzanne Gonsalez-Smith, 2013
Ohio University International Photo Contest, Court Street Coffee, Athens, OH, Office of Education Abroad, 2013
You’re Not from Around Here, The Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH, 2013
Map: String with Pins, Trisolini Gallery, Athens, OH, Graduate Exhibition, 2013
Thunderdome, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, Juried by James Crump and Raphaela Platow, 2012
Confluence of the Uncanny and Mundane, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ, Juried by Andrea Modica, 2012
Photographer’s Association: ASU’s 6th Annual Silent Auction, First Studio, Phoenix, AZ, 2012
Ways of Seeing, Gallery 100, Tempe, AZ, Senior BFA Exhibition, 2011
Alternative to What? Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ, Juried by James Hajicek & Carol Panaro-Smith, 2011
PORTFOLIO REVIEWER + HONORARY JUDGE
Honorary Judge, The Big: Annual Exhibition, Art Center East, La Grande, OR, Invited by Jenn Durr (Gallery Director), 2022
Portfolio Throwdown: 5th Annual Student Portfolio Review, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2020
Medium, Society of Photographic Education: Midwest, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2018
Portfolio Throwdown, The Light Factory, Sponsored by University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC, 2018
WORKSHOPS (Conducted)
Cyanotype Workshop, Fort Hays State University, Invited by the Department of Art + Design, Hays, KS, 2023
Color Darkroom Workshop, Society of Photographic Education: Midwest, University of Kentucky, Medium, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2018
Lumen Printing Workshop, ECU Photo Guild, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2017
Platinum / Palladium Workshop, Renaissance Press: Photogravure Atelier, Assisted Paul Taylor, Ashuelot, NH, 2016
Photogravure Workshop / Process Presentation, Karla Hackenmiller’s Advanced Printmaking, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2013 & 2014
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES
Artist Presentation, Fort Hays State University, Invited by the Department of Art + Design, Hays, KS, 2023
Artist Presentation, Eastern Oregon University Biennial Faculty Exhibition: College of Art, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, 2022
Artist Presentation, Dream Images, Erwin Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2020
Artist Presentation, Atrophy, Erwin Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2019
Artist Presentation, Memento Mori, Erwin Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2018
Artist Presentation, Sue Carol Luddeke’s Art Appreciation, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2017
Lecture, Victorian-Era Postmortem Photography, Invited by Jose Kozan and The Art Institute of Cincinnati, OH, 2015
Artist Presentation, Society of Photographic Education Southeastern Regional Conference: If You Build It, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2014
Artist Presentation, Angela Franks Wells’ Concepts in Photography, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2014
Artist Presentation, Lisa Bolon’s Death, Dying & Bereavement, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2014
Artist Presentation, Ohio University School of Art + Design, Athens, OH, 2012
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Start the Story from the End, Lenscratch Fine Art Photography Daily (Lenscratch.com), Online Interview with Epiphany Knedler, Publisher’s Spotlight, May 2024
Biennial Faculty Exhibition at Nightingale Gallery, Published by GO! Eastern Oregon, by Go! Magazine, La Grande, OR, Nov. 9 – 16, 2022
Manifest Exhibition Annual: Season 11, by Jason Franz, Cincinnati, OH, Manifest Press, 2020
Forgotten, by Amanda Smith / A Smith Gallery, Published Exhibition Catalogue, Printed by Blurb Inc., San Francisco, CA, 2018
Gum Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual, Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice, by Christina Z. Anderson, Focal Press Routledge, New York, NY, 2016
Anthology of Appalachian Photographers, by David Underwood, Sampling Grove Press, Jefferson City, TN, Printed by Blurb Inc., San Francisco, CA, 2015
Of Memory, Bone & Myth, The Rourke Art Museum, National Juried Photography Exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue, Moorhead, MN, 2013
Arizona State Press, Photographic Article by Jeremy Knop & JMC Photography, Tempe, AZ, November 2011
INTERNSHIPS & ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Renaissance Press: Photogravure Atelier, Internship with Paul Taylor (Director), Ashuelot, NH, 2016
Old Furnace Artist Residency, Jon Henry (Director & Curator), Harrisonburg, VA, 2015
COMMISSION WORKS
Photographs by Ray Klimek, Carbon, Carbon Transfer Prints, Klimek’s Professional Work Portfolio, 2015 – 2020, Exhibited at Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, 2021
Photographs by Ray Klimek, Carbon, Carbon Transfer Prints, Klimek’s Professional Work Portfolio, 2015 – 2018, Exhibited at Unsmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, PA, 2018
Photographs by James Baker Hall, Tobacco Harvest, Silver Gelatin Prints, Commissioned by Sarah Wylie VanMeter & Guy Mendes, Berry Center Archive, 2017
Photographs by Daniel James, The Great Dictator, Silver Gelatin Prints, Charlie Chaplin Estate, Paris, France, Private Commission, 2014 – 2015
Photographs by Tiffany Yazzie, Extraordinary Animals Revisited, Van Dyke Printed Edition, Berlin Gallery Collection, Phoenix, AZ, Commissioned Work, 2012
Event Photographer, 13th Floor Entertainment & Pirate Productions, Phoenix, AZ, 2007-2010
Photographer, Work Week, Independent Film Directed by James Pietragallo, Tempe, AZ, 2007
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of Photographic Education, 2014-Present