Education:
2002         M.F.A.  Studio Art- Photography, Minor in Ceramics
                 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

1999        B.A.  Art: Concentrations: Photography, Ceramics, and Art History,
                Minor in Humanities. Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana ( cum laude )

Grants and Awards:

2011            Teaching Grant Award, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
                    Project: Investigating the New Possibilities of Digital Printing and Color Calibration

2009            Small Grant Program, Council on Research and Creativity, The Florida
                    State University Research Foundation, Tallahassee, FL  Principal Investigator-        
                    Project: SpeculationWorld: The Images ofFlorida Real Estate Crisis

2008            Arts and Humanities Program Enhancement Grant,  The Florida State 
                    University Research Foundation, Cornerstone Program, Tallahassee, FL
                    Co- Investigator- Project: Beyond Disney: A Multimedia Documentation Of Historic 
                    Family-Owned Farms in Florida.

 

2007            Arts and Humanities Program Enhancement Grant,  The Florida State 
                    University Research Foundation, Cornerstone Program, Tallahassee, FL
                    Principal Investigator- Project: Louisiana’s Endangered Estuary: A Multimedia                             Project for Awareness of America’s Wetlands

                    Equipment and Infrastructure Enhancement Grant,  The Office of Intellectual
                    Property Development andCommercialization, Florida State University,
                    Tallahassee, FL Co- Investigator- Project: Strobe Flash Photography
                    Equipment and Digital Cameras for Dance Image Capture

2006            Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Artist Enhancement Grant, Tallahassee, FL,
                    Project: Lecture at Society for PhotographicEducation National Conference in    
                    Miami 2007

 

2005            The Leon County Tourist Development Council Special Event Grant,
                    Tallahassee, FL.  Project: Society for Photographic Education- Southeast Regional
                    Conference Funding

 

2001            Arizona – Austria Exchange Grant, Salzburg, Austria               
                    Project: Residency at FotoHof Galerie, Salzburg, Austria


Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:

2011          Storm Season, Saint Joseph’s University Gallery, Philadelphia, PA,
                  Solo Exhibition, Gallery Director Rev. Dennis McNally, SJ, PhD.

2010          Terra Absentis: Louisiana’s Dissapearing Landscape, Gallery 13,
                  Minneapolis, MN, two-person exhibition, Curator Stephen Sugarman

                  Storm Season, Castell Photography, Asheville, NC, solo exhibition,
                  Curator/ Owner Brie Castell

                  Storm Season, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Tula Arts Center,
                  Atlanta, GA, solo exhibition, Curator/ Owner Jennifer Schwartz

                  Beyond Disney: Florida Farm[Land] Project,  Museum of Florida History,
                  Tallahassee, FL, collaborative two-person exhibition, Curator Charity Wood

2009          Water: Three States #2, Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, AL,  Invitational
                  two-person exhibition, Curator Christopher McNulty

 

                  Restricted Geography, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, collaborative two-person
                  exhibition, Curator Denise Drury

 

2008          Substitute Cartography, College of Southern Nevada Fine Arts Gallery,  Las
                  Vegas, NV, solo exhibition, Curator Christopher Tsouras
           
                  Beyond Disney: Outtakes from Florida Farms Project, Fine Art Gallery, New  
                  Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM, two-person exhibition, Curator David
                  Lobdell

 

2006          Storm Season, Turchin Center for Fine Arts, Appalachian State  University, Boone,
                  NC, solo exhibition, Curator Brook Greene
           
                  Disappearing Lands, International Center Art Gallery, Florida State University,
                  Tallahassee, FL  solo exhibition, Curator Anne MacCarroll
           
                  Endangered Images, St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA, two-person
                  exhibition, Curator Ruth Siporski

 

2005          Disappearing Lands, Southeastern Contemporary Arts Gallery, Southeastern
                  Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, solo exhibition, Curator Dale Newkirk

2004          Zones of Conflict, Anita S. Wooten Gallery, Valencia Community College, Orlando,
                  FL, two-person exhibition, Curator Jackie Otto-Miller
                  www.orlandoweekly.com/util/printready.asp?id=3351

2002          Balkan Principle- Aftermath, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe,
                  AZ, M. F. A.  Thesis Exhibition


Selected Group Exhibitions and Video Screenings:

2011          Tension Field, ESC im LABOR, Cultural City Network, Graz, Austria, international
                  exhibition, curators Svetlana Mladenov and Max Aufischer
                  http://esc.mur.at/tensionfield-esc.html

                  Tension Field, Rijeka Foto Festival, Mali Salon, Museum of Modern and
                  Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia, international exhibition, curators Svetlana
                  Mladenov and Max Aufischer                 
                  http://www.mmsu.hr/Default.aspx?art=368&sec=2  

 

                  In Habitation, Gallery Kunstler, Booksmart Studio, Rochester, NY,
                  juried national exhibition, juror David Wright

                 Incursions: Man Made America, The South Gallery, St. Augustine Art
                  Association, St. Augustine, FL, juried national exhibition, juror Peter Sasgen

                  Adapting Spaces, Haas Gallery of Art, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA,
                  collaborative four-person exhibition

 

2010          The Urban and Country Landscape, The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards,
                  York, United Kingdom, juried international competition, juror Julio Hardy, WPGA
                  http://www.thegalaawards.net/announcements/urban-a-country-landscape

                  LAND- Country Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht 2010 Photofestival, Fries
                  Museum, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, juried international exhibition, juror Wim     
                  Melis

 

                  Tension Field, Photonic Moments 2010, Photography Festival,  Mala Galerija,
                  Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia, international exhibition, curators Svetlana
                  Mladenov and Max Aufischer
                  http://www.photonicmoments.net/?cat=3 

 

                  Landscape Interrupted: A Photographic Exhibition of the Influenced
                  Landscape, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ, juried national exhibition,
                  juror William Jenkins

 

                  Small Works, Lana Santorelli Gallery, New York, NY, juried national exhibition,
                  curator/ owner Lana Santorelli    

 

                  Salon 2010, Castell Photography, Asheville, NC, group exhibition,  Curator/ Owner
                  Brie Castell

 

                  Adapting Spaces, Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, Coastal Carolina University,
                  Conway, SC, collaborative four-person exhibition

 

                 Louisiana’s Endangered Coast, Henry Hood Gallery, Covington, LA, group
                  exhibition, curators/ owners Henry and Gail Hood

 

2009          Plus 3 Ferris Wheels, Trbovlje Novo Medijsko Mesto 2009, DDT Delavski Dom
                  Trbovlje, Trbovlje, Slovenia, Traveling national juried video exhibition, Juror Adriane
                  Little In 2009 exhibition traveled to: Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA; Western Kentucky
                  University, Bowling Green, KY; CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY    

 

                  Recession and Recovery, Craft Studio Gallery, University of Missouri,  Columbia,
                  MO, national juried exhibition

 

                  Fresh Perspectives, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Tula Arts Center, Atlanta, GA,
                  juried exhibition, Juror Amy Miller

 

                  Adapting Spaces, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL, collaborative
                  four-person exhibition

 

                  Baggage Un/Claimed: Terminal B, Navo, Decatur, GA, National juried video
                  exhibition, Juror Jonathan Terranova

 

2008          The Circular Exhibition, Gallery Ho, Seoul, South Korea, International traveling
                  juried exhibition, Curator Ji Hun Lee

 

                  The Circular Exhibition, Hun Gallery, New York, NY, International traveling juried
                  exhibition, Curator Ji Hun Lee        

 

                  The Zizkov International Photography Festival, The Monkey House Gallery,
                  Prague, Czech Republic, International group exhibition, Director/curator Molly
                  Radecki

 

                  2008 National Juried Photography Exhibition, Gallery 12 12, Richmond, VA,
                  National juried exhibition, Juror Dr. Carol McCusker

 

                  Ingest, ATHICA- Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA,  National juried
                  exhibition, Curator Beth Sale   www.athica.org       

 

                  A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA, National Juried
                  Exhibition, Juror Amanda Cooper

 

                  2008 National Juried Photography Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg,
                  VA, National Juried Exhibition, Juror Christa Kreeger

 

                  The RealTime Exhibition, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX, Videos mixed into a
                  live VJ/DJ set by Leslie Raymond and Justin Boyd

 

                  Capturing a Transient World, Turchin Center for Fine Arts, Appalachian State
                  University, Boone, NC, Group Exhibition, Curators Brook Bower and Karin Eberhart

                  Juried Photography Invitational Exhibition, The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft,
                  NJ, Jurors Stephen Perloff, Sarah Morthland    

 

                  Water Consciousness, Grand Isle Community Center, Grand Isle, LA, Juried
                  Exhibition, Juror Bonita Day, Award of Excellence

 

                  Plus 3 Ferris Wheels, James W. and Lois I. Richmond Center for Visual Arts,
                  Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mi, National juried exhibition, Juror
                  Adriane Little   3ferriswheels.wordpress.com In 2008 exhibition traveled to: Center
                  for the Arts, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; Alfred University, Alfred Station, NY;
                  Hiram Van Gordon Gallery, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN Atrium
                  Gallery, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

 

2007         digital:space:object, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, Group Exhibition,
                 Curators AwareProjX Visual Arts Collective    www.paintedbride.org     
    
                  Artifacts of Remembrance, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC, Group Exhibition,
                  Curator Crista Cammaroto   www.lightfactory.org/exhibitions/past.htm   

        

                  September Competition Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA,
                  National Juried Exhibition, Juror Peter Jones

 

                 Spectra 2007 National Photography Triennial, Silvermine Gallery, Silvermine
                 Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, National Juried Exhibition, Juror Peter MacGill

                 Trick of the Light, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center,
                 Cincinnati, OH, International Juried Exhibition, Juror Dennis Kiel
                 http://citybeat.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A143466

 

                 Photography: What Now?, Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington Art League,
                 Lexington, KY, International Juried Exhibition, Juror Anita Douthat

                 1, 2, or 3 Seconds, Striking Mechanism, Independent label for Music and Art, Online
                 Video Exhibition  www.StrikingMechanism.com

 

                 Valdosta National 07, VSU Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta,
                 GA, National Juried Exhibition Juror Tricia Collins

2006         2nd Annual Juried Competition, FotoFoto Gallery, Huntington, NY, International
                 Juried Exhibition, Juror Fran Kaufmann

 

                 Photography Now, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, National Juried
                 Exhibition, Juror Henry Horenstein

 

                 Artists Responding to Violence Against the Earth, FotoFest 2006, Museum of  
                 Cultural Arts (MOCAH), Houston, TX, International Juried Exhibition                          www.mocah.org/fotofest/directory.htm

            

                 YorkFest Video Buffet Media Exhibit, YorkArts Gallery, York, PA, International
                 Juried Video Showcase

 

                 The Bridge Project, The B Complex, Atlanta, GA, National Juried  Exhibition, Juror
                 Corrina Mensoff

 

                 Este es mi hogar / This is my home, Exhibition Center, Washington State    
                 University, Tri-Cities, Richland, WA, International Juried Exhibition, Curator/ Juror
                 Douglas Gast     

           

                 Where Football is King, Temporary Installation During Art Basel,  Miami Design
                 District, Miami, FL, Group Show

 

                 Acting 101: An Exploration of Emotions, The Midwives Gallery, The Midwives 
                 Collective, Philadelphia, PA, Group Exhibition, Curators Christiana Kugel and
                 Sarah Hunt

 

                Louisiana’s Barrier Island Treasures, Naperville Cultural Center, Naperville, IL,
                Group Exhibition, Curator Delaina LeBlanc

 

2005        Art Basel- Miami Beach, Miami Beach Convention Center,  Miami Beach, FL,
                International Group Exhibition

 

                Meditating America, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, International Juried
                Exhibition, Juror Ernesto Pujol  www.cocaseattle.org/Shows/nwannual2005/web/
            
                More Than Dirty South, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL, National Group Exhibition,
                Curator A. A. Rucci   

    

                New Media Caucus Video Exhibition, ArtSpace, College Art Association, National
                Conference, Atlanta, GA, Invitational Exhibition, Curator Conrad Gleber
            
                Faculty +, Lula Ameen Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA,
                Invitational Group Exhibition

2004        Frame- Art Between the 2nd and the 3rd World War, Studio 6 Gallery, Rockaway
                Park, NY, National juried exhibition

 

                Dis/Place, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, Three Person Show,  Curator Linda Hall

                Old Meets New, Station 29 Gallery, Newport, RI, Group Exhibition

                Burkina- Phoenix Art Exchange, La Soupape Ailée Art Center, Bobo-Dioulasso,
                Burkina Faso, Africa, Invitational Show

 

2003        George E. Ohr National Arts Challenge, The Ohr- O’Keefe Museums, Biloxi, MS,
                National Juried exhibition, Juror Elaine Levin Award: Silver Medal in 2D category

                Crossing Borders II, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ,
                Invitational Exhibition

 

2002       Crossing Borders II, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria, Invitational exhibition     
    
2001       Latent Discoveries, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ,
               Juried exhibition

 

               The 505 Salon, John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM,
               Invitational Exhibition

 

               Latent Discoveries, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI, Invitational Exhibition


Selected Collections:

Turchin Center for Fine Arts, Public Collection, Boone, NC
Martin Margulies Collection, Public Collection, Miami, FL
William L. Lykins, Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM
Northlight Gallery, Collotype Collection, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Vallencia Community College, Department of Art Collection, Orlando, FL
La Soupape Ailée Art Center, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Africa


Professional Service and Activities:

2007 - 2010        Treasurer, Society for Photographic Education, South Eastern Region.

2005                   Conference Co-Chair, Society for Photographic Education, Southeast
                           Regional Conference, Tallahassee, FL

 

2004 - 2010        Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education, National Conference


Workshops/ Residencies:

2010       Wide Picture- Intermediate Digital Photography Workshop, Instructor, Arrowmont
               School for Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
               • Teaching a week-long beginning digital imaging workshop

 

2008      Almost Painless Digital Photography, Instructor, Arrowmont School for Arts and
              Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
              • Teaching a weekend beginning digital imaging workshop

 

2007      Introduction to Digital Camera, Instructor, Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts,
              Gatlinburg, TN
              • Teaching a week-long beginning digital imaging workshop

 

2006- 2008   Get More Out of Your Digital Camera I, II and III, Instructor, St. Tammany Art
                     Association, Covington, LA
                     • Teaching a series of beginning and intermediate digital imaging workshops with                      emphasis on digital camera use and digital darkroom workflow from capture to                           output.
2003 - 2008  Coastal Landscape Photography Workshop, Assistant Instructor, LUMCON-
                     Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Cocodrie, LA
                     • Assisted in instructing beginning to intermediate photography in one-week                                summer workshops

2002       Head of Photography Studio, Snow Farm, New England Crafts Program,
               Williamsburg, MA
               • Teaching Introduction to Photography in two-week workshops

Juries, Curatorial Experience:

2010      Curator, HyperReal World: Landscape as Commodity, Group Exhibition, Florida State
               University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
           
              Juror, 48th Annual Art Fiesta, Old Fort Park, New Smyrna Beach, FL

 

2008      Guest Curator, In Black and White: Louisiana’s Retreating Coast and Communities,
              Works from LUMCON’s Collection, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian                     State University, Boone, NC

 

2005      Curator, Power: Sex, Politics and Pursuit of Global Domination, National Photography
              Exhibition, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL

 

2003      Juror, Destin Festival of the Arts, Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation, Destin, FL


Publications:

2010      Art Papers, Future Anterior: an Index to Contemporary Art’s Imminent History- John
              Raulerson and Daniel Kariko, by Mark Stafford, September/October 2010, Atlanta, GA

             [bracket], issue #1: On Farming, Beyond Disney, Mason White, Maya Przybylski, ed.,
             Toronto, Canada, published by Actar, New York, NY ISBN 978-8492861217

            Land- Country Life in the Urban Age, Noorderlicht- Stichting Aurora Borealis Press,
            Wim Melis, ed. Exhibition Catalogue, Groningen, The Netherlands ISBN
            978-9076703435
           
            Muslims, Scholars, Soldiers- The Origin and Elaboration of the Ibadi Imamate
            Traditions, Adam Gaiser, Oxford University Press, New York City, NY, ISBN10:
            0199738939 (Illustration, Cover)

2009     Research in Review, From the Field: Wish You Were Here- A Portrait of Florida’s Real
             Estate Crisis, by Elizabeth Bettendorf, Fall/ Winter 2009, Florida State University,
             Tallahassee, FL

 

2008     Tallahassee Democrat, Picture This: Art Project Captures Florida's Vanishing Family               Farms, by Kati Schardl, Sunday, November 23, 2008, Tallahassee, FL

1999     Louisiana English Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, New series 1999, Olivia M. Pass, ed.,
             Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA (Short Story, Last Day in June)
                
            The Louisiana Review, Vol. 1, Summer 1999, Dr. Maura Gage, ed. Louisiana State
            University at Eunice, Eunice, LA (Poem, Building a Poet)