Curriculum Vitae
Education:
• Master of Fine Arts - Photography and Digital Imaging 2003
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• Bachelor of Fine Arts – Creative Photography 2001
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Professional Experience:
• Instructor – Department of Art 2011 - current
• Web Developer – Dept of Publications and Web 2011 - current
• Social Networking Specialist – Dept of Publications and Web 2010 - 2011
Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, TN
• Assistant Professor – Digital Media 2006 - 2010
Visual Arts Gallery Director 2007 - 2010
University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL
• Adjunct Instructor – Photography Spring 2006
Pensacola State College, Pensacola, FL
• Visiting Instructor – Digital Imaging 2003 - 2005
University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
• Teaching Intern – Electronic Media and Culture 2002 - 2003
Color Photography 2002
Large Format Photography 2001
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Professional Associations:
• Society for Photographic Education
• Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC)
• Humanities, Art, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC)
• International Visual Sociology Association
• College Art Association
• New Media Caucus
Solo Exhibitions:
2011
• The Land of Sunshine - The Studios at Key West, Key West, FL
2009
• Breaking Through the Glass Floor –Access Gallery; University of Illinois Springfield
• Let Us Praise Famous Men: Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Harrogate, TN
2008
• Uniformity – Tyler School of Art, Temple University Philadelphia, PA
• Memories Discarded – Lincoln Land Community College Visual Arts Gallery, Springfield, IL
• Breaking Through the Glass Floor – Applebee Gallery, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL
• Memories Discarded – Blackburn College Visual Arts Gallery, Carlinville, IL
• Identity – Robert Morris Gallery, Springfield, IL
• Uniformity–Visual Arts Gallery, University of Illinois Springfield
2005
• Facing Shadows – A portrait of Alzheimer’s – Gallery 88, Pensacola, FL
2004
• Faceless Portraits – MFA Thesis Exhibit, Maryland Institute College of Art at the University of West Florida
Group Exhibitions:
2011
• P_STOP permanent public installation; Museum of Contemporary Art; Perm, Russia
• WinterTide, The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs; Hot Springs, AR
• From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands - William King Museum; Abingdon, VA
• SPE South Central Members Exhibit – The University of Texas at San Antonio; San Antonio, TX
• Not For Sale – FICTILIS; Seattle, WA
• Voices of the World – UIF Cultural Exhibit, Durhan University; Durham, UK
• Opening Benefit and Silent Auction – Five Ten Gallery; Mason City, IL
2010
• Smoke & Mirrors – Lightwell Gallery, the University of Oklahoma; Norman, OK
• IN-STRUCT: A Showcase of Work by 2010-11 TSKW Instructors – The Studios of Key West; Key West, FL
• KY 7 Biennial – Lexington Art League; Lexington, KY
• SELF – Croft Art Gallery; Waco, TX
• Water S(our)ce – Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center; Buford, GA
2009
• Indirect Objects: Captured Identites – Parkland Art Gallery, Parkland College; Champaign, IL
• Between History andMyth, Triennale Bovisa gallery; Milan, Italy
• Rise & Fall, traveling art and music event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall: New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Miami, FL; Richmond, VA: Baltimore, MD; Washington DC; Boston, MA; Providence, RI; Las Vegas, NV; Los Angeles, CA
• Esprit de corps – Applebee Gallery, MacMurray College; Jacksonville, IL
• Marking Places, Retracing Spaces – Multimedia Gallery, The University of the Arts; Philadelphia, PA
• Sea of Seas – The Slade Research Center, University College London; London, UK
• The Relentless Eye – Helen Day Art Center; Stowe, VT
• Anthology – Southeast Museum of Photography; Daytona Beach, FL
• Faculty Exhibition – Access Gallery; University of Illinois Springfield
• Lottery for the Arts – Roseville Arts!; Roseville, CA
• Nature – Caladan Gallery; Cambridge, MA
• The Way We Are – NXNW Arts Festival; Wigan, Lancashire, UK
• Cellutations – The Arts Council of Greater New Haven; New Haven, CT
• 15 x 15: Alumni Invitational – Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• 6x6x2009 – Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
• Dead Video / Live Video Festival , the Boston Cyberarts Festival 2009; Pozen Center, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
• Lost and Found – Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
• LLCC Lincoln Bicentennial Invitational Show – James S. Murray Gallery, Springfield, IL
2008
• Faculty Exhibition – Access Gallery; University of Illinois Springfield
• Let Us Praise Famous Men: Lincoln - in The Many Faces of Abe Springfield Art Association Springfield, IL
2007
• A River Runs Through Us: Engaged Documentary Practice – SPE Midwest Regional Conference, Flint, MI
• On My Own Time – UIS Public Affairs Center, Springfield, IL
• Art Walk Downtown – Springfield, IL
2006
• Faculty Exhibition – Access Gallery; University of Illinois Springfield
2005
• Snap to Grid – 2nd annual competition– Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
• 15 x 15: Alumni Invitational – Meyerhoff Gallery - Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2004
• Faculty Exhibit – Art Gallery, University of West Florida
2002
• No Consensus -- Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2001
• Visitors Please Buzz -- Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
• Reflections: Identity, Time and Place -- Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
• One Night Stand -- Gainesville Comfort Inn Gainesville, FL
2000
• 2000ADD – Lush Gallery Gainesville, FL
• The Living Machine -- The Ark Gallery, Gainesville, FL
1999
• Scaramouche -- Blank Space Gallery, Gainesville, FL
Public Collections:
• Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
• Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Harrogate, TN
• Brookens Library, The University of Illinois Springfield; Springfield, IL
Publications:
• Book - “The Land of Sunshine”(forthcoming)
• Journal - “Uniformity: Concepts of Identity at Work” in Sociological Research Online – Special Issue: “Visualising the Changing Landscape of Work and Labour” (expected Spring 2012)
• Creative Journal - Three photographs selected for inclusion (one as the cover) in the Spring 2011 edition of “The Emancipator” published by Lincoln Memorial University
Bibliography:
• "Figuration and Gestural Abstraction: Prints of Arthur C. Danto" Bogusz-Boltuc, Ewa; American Society for Aesthetics, 2010
• “Stop Making Art” Danto, Arthur C.; American Society for Aesthetics, 2010
• “The Land of Sunshine” in InTensions Issue 3 - “Suspended” Fine Arts Cultural Studies at York University, Fall 2009
• “Who Are You Really?” Uniforms Magazine; May/June 2008
Grants, Awards and Residencies:
• 2011 Tennessee College Public Relations Association Awards
Gold (1st) Print Advertising: “I found my career path at LMU” - photography and layout
Bronze (3rd) Social Media: “Campus Photo Trivia Tuesday” - photography and execution
• Artist in Residence – The Studios of Key West; March 2011
• Illinois Arts Council Program Grant on Behalf of the UIS Visual Arts Gallery; 2009
• University of Illinois Springfield faculty Summer Competitive Scholarly Research Grant – The Land of Sunshine photographic documentary series; Summer 2009
• Illinois Arts Council Program Grant on Behalf of the UIS Visual Arts Gallery; 2008
Artist Lectures and ConferencePresentations/Panels:
2012
• Work Group Discussant “How Much Is a Piece of the ‘True Road’ Worth? Evaluating Historic Roadway and Preservation Values” at the National Council on Public History Conference; Milwaukee, WI
(forthcoming)
• “Edupunk: Anarchy in the Ivory Tower (?)” at the 2012 Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association’s national conference; Boston, MA (forthcoming)
• "The Land of Sunshine"at the 52nd Annual Florida Conference of Historians; Florida Gateway College, Lake City, FL
(forthcoming)
2011
• Panel Chair “Analogous Yet Asynchronous: Digital Imaging and Photography” 67th Annual
SECAC conference; Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• “Uniformity: Concepts of Identity at Work” in Visualising the Changing Landscape of Work and Labour seminar, Department of Sociology; The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
• "The Land of Sunshine: Documenting a Never Was" at the Space, Place and Production of Knowledge Conference, Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies;
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
• "Creativity and the Internet" at the FATE/MACAA conference On Stream; St. Louis, MO
• Artist Talk at The Studios of Key West; Key West, FL
• "The Land of Sunshine" at the 3rd Auburn University Montgomery Liberal Arts Conference Southern Studies; The Auburn University Montgomery, Montgomery, AL
2010
• Panel Chair "The Indecisive Moment: Photography in the Age of Banality” at Curiouser: the 2010
Joint Meeting of SECAC and MACAA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
• "Uniformity: identity and work” at the Fashion in Fiction - the Dark Side conference; Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
• "Social Networking and Family Communication” at the LMU Tri-State Social Work's Technology and the Family Roundtable; Harrogate, TN
• Panel Chair "The Indecisive Moment: Photography in the Age of Banality” at the International Visual Sociology Association's annual conference; Bologna, IT
• “The Land of Sunshine” at the 6th Annual International Association for the Study of Environment, Space and Place conference; Towson University, Towson, MD
• “Some Rights Reserved: Protecting Creative Works with Creative Commons” on behalf of the University of Illinois Springfield Campus Copyright Compliance Committee; Springfield, IL
• “The Land of Sunshine: Documenting the Disappearing Tourist Culture Along Florida's US1” at the Northeast Modern Language Association's 41st Annual Convention; Montreal, QC
• Panel Chair "Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction: How Artwork's Scale is Affected by Infinite Reproducibility” at the Midwest Art History Society's 2010 Annual Conference; Omaha, NE
• "Let Us Praise Famous Men: Film, Iconography and Truth” at The National Popular Culture & American Culture Associations 2010 Annual Conference; St. Louis, MO
• "Social Media, Creativity and Promotion” at THATcamp (The Humanities and Technology camp) Columbus; Columbus, OH
2009
• Artist Talk at Parkland Art Gallery; Parkland College; Champaign, IL
• “Let Us Praise Famous Men: Lincoln” at the Between History and Myth: Politics and Political Use of Abraham Lincoln conference; University of Milan; Milan, Italy
• Artist talk and roundtable discussion; Triennale Bovisa gallery; Milan, Italy
• “Uniformity: a Photographic Examination of Projected/Perceived Identity” at the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Seattle, WA
• “Social Media and Art” at ASAP/1 Arts of the Present conference; Knoxville, TN
• “The Digital Image in Art: New Technology or a New Medium?” at the Aesthetic Dimension of Visual Culture conference, Academy of Fine Arts; Prague, Czech Republic
• “Web 2.0 and Creativity” at the Association for Integrative Studies Creativity and Play Across the Disciplines Conference; Tuscaloosa, AL
• “Web 2.0 and Creativity” at the Image 2.0 Digital Media Futures Conference, University College Falmouth; Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
• “Let Us Praise Famous Men” at the Transcultural Montage conference, Aarhus University and Moesgaard Museum; Aarhus, Denmark
• “Uniformity: a Photographic Examination of Projected/Perceived Identity” at the International Visual Sociology Association’s Social and Visual Landscape conference, University of Cumbria; Carlisle, Cumbria, UK
• Keynote Speaker - Let Us Praise Famous Men: Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Harrogate, TN
2008
• “Breaking Through the Glass Floor: Gender Roles in the 21st Century” MacMurray College
Speaker Series, Jacksonville, IL
• Presenter - “Creating Art in a Participatory Culture” at the Association for Integrative Studies Conference, Springfield, IL
2007
• Imagemaker Presentation – Facing Shadows: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s – at A River Runs Through Us: Engaged Documentary Practice SPE Midwest Regional Conference, Flint, MI
Exhibitions Curated:
2011
• Our Creative Legacy Homecoming 2011 Alumni Exhibition, Lincoln Memorial University
• Curatorial Internship under the supervision of A.D. Coleman, VASA Project, Fall 2010-2011
Weep not for the future: the photographs of Sam Davis (forthcoming)
Light Quartet: Themes & Variations (Kate Breakey), January – March 2011
2010
• Sustain: Juried exhibition on Sustainability in Art University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• Felicia Olin: Curiouser...University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• 2nd Biennial Juried Alumni Show University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
2009
• Khara Koffel: At Some Point University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• Sergei Chepik: East Meets West (co-curated w/ Benedictine University Springfield) University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• Arthur C. Danto: Prints University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• Highlights from the Vogele Print Collection University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• Ted Rall: Search and Destroy University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• Bathsheba Grossman: Life in 3 Dimensions University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
2008
• Annu Palakunnathu Matthew: An Indian from India and Bollywood Satirized University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• James Luna: Talking Stones (co-curated with UIS faculty) University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• 1st Biennial Juried Alumni Show University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• Michael Jones McKean: The sunshine of our last day (co-curated with UIS faculty) University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
2007
• Philip Hartigan: Hecho En Cuba University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• Mary Alice Johnston: Faces of Paris University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
• Ioan Florea University of Illinois Springfield Visual Arts Gallery
2005
• D(igital)fragged University of West Florida Art Gallery