Resume
Education
2009 Parsons The New School for Design, New School University MFA Photography candidate 3.6
2006 Atlanta College of Art BFA Photography
Summa cum Laude 3.8
2003 University of Mississippi Ole Miss
2002 Savannah College of Art and Design
2001 Richmond University AIFS, Summer Study Abroad
OTHER STUDIES
2007 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Wood Carving Workshop
2007 3rd Ward Furniture Fabrication
2006 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Alternative Processing Workshop
1996 EF Tours Group, Educational African Safari
Work Experience
2009 Olive's Restaurant, Hostess
2009 Office Assistant Temp.Assistant to Jim Ramer Associate Professor/DIrector of MFA Photography
2008 New Dance Group, Work Study
2008 TA Sophomore Seminar
2007 Studio Assistant Anderson Ranch Art Center Intro to Photoshop
2007 Lesley Dill Studio, Artist Assistant
2007 Neuberger Museum, Artist Assistant/Art Installer
2007-09 212 Artist Representatives Inc., Assistant Art Representative
2004-06 PKE Photo Group ProLab, Assistant Photographer
2003-05 Atlanta College of Art, Photography Lab Technician
INTERNSHIPS
2006-07 Lesley Dill Studio, Apprentice
2006 Anderson Ranch, Office Assistant Intern
2005 Turner Entertainment, Image management intern
2005 Howard School, Photography Teacher
VOLUNTEER
2008 Type A Instillation at Goff and Rosenthal, Instillation Assistant
RESIDENCIES
2009 Contemporary Artist Center Woodside, Troy NY
2008 Anderson Ranch Art Center Woodworking Residency, Snowmass CO
COLLABORATIVE ART PROJECTS
2009 Selected participant of Parsons Does China, IPO project, Beijing and Shanghai. This project was in conjunction with Tsinghua University students and companies such as BBH, Nokia, United Nations.
The object was to create original artworks based on the ideas of youth culture, mapping and global worming and the environment.
PUBLICATIONS
2009 Graduate Works in Photography, published by Parsons the New School for Design
2008 ARAC@AAM Exhibition Catalogue, published by Aspen Art Museum
2008 Next Wave Exhibition, Brochure, published by Brooklyn Academy of Music
2008 Atlantic Records Official Website, http://www.atlanticrecords.com/
2008 Sara Pfau Official Website, http://www.sarapfau.com/
2008 Farmhouse Magazine Publication, http://farmhousemagazine.com/ June Issue
ARTIST LECTURES
2009 Tsinghua University, Artist Talk, Beijing China
2009 Tsinghua University, Group Works Artist Talk, Beijing China
2009 Fudan University Group Works Artist Talk, Shanghi, China
2009 Hangzhou University, Group Works Artist Talk, Hangzhou China
2009 Aspen Art Museum, Artist Talk, Art Matters, Television Broadcast, Aspen CO
2007 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Artist talk, Snowmass CO
2006 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Artist lecture on Visage Series, Snowmass CO,
COMPUTER AND PHOTOGRAPHY BASED SKILLS
-Mac. and PC platforms, Excel, Adobe Creative Suite 3, Lightroom, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OSX, In Design, Dream weaver, Acrobat, Final Cut Pro
-Medium and large format cameras (4x5, 8x10, mamiya, Hasselblad, holga), Canon AE1, Canon Rebel, Canon 5D, Canon 5D Mark II, Canon D1 and various other canon analogue and digital cameras, strobe lighting and other studio lighting set ups, Color and black and white processing, various Epson printers and scanners, screen and printer calibrators.
Solo Shows
2008 Next Wave, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Selected to participate in Self-curated show by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn NY
2008 Cognitive Thought, Jan & Aya, Brooklyn NY
2005 Metaphors of the Dark: A Glance Into the Shadows of the Mind, Gallery 100, Atlanta GA
Group Exhibitions
2009 Young Artist Emerging in America, curated by Sean Justice, Pingyao International Photography
Festival, Pingyao, China (Works accepted, but due to space not displayed)
2009 Graduate Works in Photography, Arnold & Sheila Aronson Gallery, New York NY
2009 Emotional Body, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
2009 Art House Sketchbook Show, Atlanta GA
2008 Next Wave at BAM, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2007 Resident Artist Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2006 Resident Artist Exhibition, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2005 Litrato, Gallery 100, Atlanta, GA
Awards
2009 Department Scholarship Parsons Photography
2007-09 Dean Scholarship Parsons The New School for Design
2007 Anderson Ranch Art Center Residency Scholarship
2007 Trautlinde Heater Woodworking Scholarship Anderson Ranch Art Center
2005 Gene Allcott Scholarship Atlanta College of Art
2005 Alumni Scholarship Atlanta College of Art