EDUCATION

          2008 Center for Photography at Woodstock Artist Residency

M.F.A. 2007 Art Photography, Syracuse University

          2007 Summer Residency, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

B.F.A. 2004 Applied Media Arts, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (cum laude)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2007-2008
Rutgers University, Visual Arts Department, New Brunswick, NJ
Part time lecturer, Digital Photography

2007
Syracuse University, Department of Transmedia, Syracuse, NY
Instructor of record, Intro to Digital Photography

Renaissance Academy-Carnegie, Syracuse CSD, Syracuse, NY
Teaching Artist collaborating with 20 at risk teens

2006
Ed Smith Elementary School District Syracuse, NY
5th grade Photography through Literacy and Community

2005-2006
Syracuse University, Department of Transmedia, Syracuse, NY
Instructor of record, Introduction to Black &White Photography

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Transmedia, Syracuse, NY
Studio Lighting Production

2005
Light Work/Community Darkrooms, Syracuse, NY
Instructor, Intermediate Black & White Photography

Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY
Instructor, Art Photography, Illuminate the Arts Summer Camp


2004
Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
Digital Photography Lab Assistant

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008
White Lies and Black Noise, Rush Art Gallery, New York, NY
Black Milk, Milk Contemporary, Copenhagen Denmark
Invitational Exhbition of Contemporary Art, National Academy, New York, NY
"Photography: A Group Critique Exhbition" Light Work, Syracuse, NY

2007
"Keeping Up With the Joneses," Schroeder Romero, New York, NY
En Foco New Works #10 Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
Language Arts Exhibition Delavan Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Syracuse University MFA 2007 SU Galleries, Syracuse, NY

2006
Everson Biennial Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Converge SPAS Gallery, RIT, Rochester, NY
Family Lifestyles Light Work, Syracuse, NY (invitational)
Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Women’s University, Denton, TX
Queer Eye Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (catalogue)
*The Notions of Family, Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY

2005
Emerging Artists Light Work, Syracuse, NY
SPE Regional Conference Exhibition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (invitational)
Breaking the Ice Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Spark Contemporary Gallery Space, Syracuse, NY (traveling exhibition)
New Space Center for Photography, Portland, OR
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Spark Open Spark Contemporary Gallery Space, Syracuse, NY

2004
Spark Open Spark Contemporary Gallery Space, Syracuse, NY
Black Artist League Exhibition Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

2003
October Evenings Meadville Council for the Arts, Meadville, PA
Photography Club Exhibition Edinboro University, Bates Gallery, Edinboro, PA
Women’s Art Exhibition Edinboro University Center, Edinboro, PA

2002
*Their Struggle Without A Home, Edinboro University, Bates Gallery, Edinboro, PA
Ellesworth Art Festival Shady Side Arts Festival, Pittsburgh PA
Erie Art Museum Annual Spring Erie, PA

2001
*Expressions of Saint Clair, Edinboro University, Bates Gallery, Edinboro PA

FILM FESTIVALS

2008
Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX, curators Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby
Magic Lantern, Providence RI, curators Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby

2007
Come on: Desire Under the Female Gaze, The Warehouse Gallery, Syracsue, NY, curator, Astria Suparak
San Diego Women’s Film Festival, San Diego, CA, curator, Emily Vey Duke (invitation)
Estatic Transformation and Emotional Realism, Cinema Project, Portland, OR, curator, Emily Vey Duke

2006
Black Maria Film Festival New Jersey City, NJ Jurors, Maggie Kim, Simon Kilmury, Sally Berger, Dorothy Thigpen, Patti Bruck
Through Her Eyes: Women of Color Productions Film Festival New York, NY Juror, Jacqueline Wade (invitation)
Brooklyn Underground Brooklyn, NY Juror, Josh Koury (catalogue)
Black International Film Festival New York, NY, Juror, Allen Dawson (invitation)

AWARDS, GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS and FELLOWSHIPS

2008
Honorarium, Center for Photography at Woodstock

2007
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship
Master’s Prize Award, School of Visual Performing Arts, Syracuse, NY
Art Start art-in-education partnership Grant, Syracuse NY
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges

2006
Aperture Portfolio Review Honorable Mention, New York, NY
Geraldine Dodge Fellowship Award College Art Association New York, NY
Director’s Citation Award Black Maria Film Festival, New Jersey City, NJ
Producer’s Choice Award Women of Color Productions film festival, New York, NY
Travel Grant College of Visual Performing Arts, Syracuse, NY

2006-2005
Creative Opportunity Grant, CVPA, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

2004-2005
African American Fellowship, African American Studies Dept, Syracuse University

2004
Outstanding Achievement in Photography Award, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

2003
Juror’s Award, Edinboro University Photography Exhibition, Edinboro, PA
Honorable Mention Award, Art Cellar Exhibition, Edinboro, PA

2002-2003
Erie Ad Club Portfolio Scholarship Winner, Erie Ad Club, Erie, PA

2002
APSCUF Scholarship, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
Patron Purchase Award, Erie Art Museum Erie, PA

1999-2004
Board of Governors Academic Scholarship, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA

1999
Congressional Art Competition Winner, Congressman Mike Doyle, Pittsburgh, PA
Scholastic Art Awards, LaRoche College, Pittsburgh, PA
(2) Golden Key Awards
(3) Silver Key Awards
(3) Certificates of Merit

1998
Outstanding Achievement in Art Award, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES

2008
New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2007
New York University, New York, NY
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA

2006
SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

COLLECTIONS

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, MA

Jane U Harris Collection, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Village Voice, Voice Choices; "Jonesing: Looking from the outside in," Janurauary 2-8, 2008

Chelsea Now, Art Review; "Pulp Fiction: Artists explore the underside of American culture," December 7-13, 2007

New Yorker, Galleries - Chelsea; "Keeping Up With the Joneses," December 24 & 31, 2007

Alison Nordstrom, "New Works #10 Honorable Mention Artists,"
Nueva Luz photographic journal, Vol. 11 No. 3 2007

Stone Canoe Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York:
Syracuse University Press

Carl Mellor, "Shots Through the Heart,"
Syracuse New Times, May 10, 2006, 5

Emily Kulkus, "Hidden History Comes to Light"
Syracuse Post Standard, May 15, 2006 D3

Chimera A Journal of Literature and Art, Vol. 1 2004

Photographer’s Forum Best of College Photography, 2002-2006

Silver Vision Magazine 2002-2004

Jennifer Frantz, "Photo Exhibit documents children living in poverty,"
Edinboro Spectator, January 25, 2002, 9-11

Leah Spiegel, "Painting and photography works bring forth emotion,"
Edinboro Spectator, February 1, 2002, 11