EDUCATION
2015 MFA, Photography, Rhode Island School of Design
2000 BA, Film & Video, Documentary Concentration, Columbia College Chicago
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2021 International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York (June - August)
2019 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE (May - June)
2018 U.S. National Park Service, Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, NE (August)
2018 Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, Tallgrass Artist Residency, Matfield Green, KS (July)
2016 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE (January - March / May - June)
2000-01 U.S. Department of State, Fulbright Grant for Cinema Studies Research, Filmoteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain (August - June)
Research Project: Reconstruction of the family in post-Franco Spanish cinema
AWARDS & HONORS
2022 University of Kansas, General Research Fund Award
2021 University of Kansas, General Research Fund Award
2021 University of Kansas, Hall Center Faculty Travel Award
2020 CENTER Review Santa Fe, Selected (Postponed to 2021)
2020 University of Kansas, General Research Fund Award
2020 Lighton International Artist Exchange Program Award
2019 University of Kansas, General Research Fund Award
2018 University of Kansas, General Research Fund Award
2017 University of Kansas, New Faculty General Research Fund Award
2017 5th Annual New York Portfolio Review, Selected
2015 Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist Scholarship, Shortlist
2015 Working Artist Org, Art Purchase Award
2015 Lenscratch Student Prize, Honorable Mention
2015 Rhode Island School of Design Photo Department Nomination, Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship
2015 Society for Photographic Education, Student Award for Innovations in Imaging
2014 Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Studies Grant
2000 Columbia College Chicago, Jane Alexandroff Award, Voices of Neon Street
2000 Columbia College Chicago, Albert P. Weisman Award
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Searching for Life: Regrowth & Display, Xavier University Art Gallery, World Record Foto Focus Biennial, Cincinnati, OH
2022 Infinite Weight/Present Histories, The Vault Gallery, University of West Georgia, Carrolton, GA
2022 New Town, Ampersand, Lawrence, KS
2022 Dollars and Sense, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2022 Sharing Space, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2022 What on Earth is Happening?, Mary R. Koch Arts Center, Wichita, KS (Juror: Bill McBride)
2022 Context 2022, Filter Space, Chicago, IL (Juror: Frances Jakubek)
2021 NYC Homecoming, ISCP International Studio & Curatorial Program, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2021 Art in the Park: Homestead Through the Eyes of Artists-in-Residence, Homestead National Historical Park, Beatrice, NE
2021 What Would The Egg Do, The New School XReality Center, New York, NY, Virtual Exhibition
2020 You Are Not Wonderful Just Because You Are a Mother, Artist/Mother Podcast, Virtual Exhibition (Juror: Qiana Mestrich)
2020 Midwest Midwinter, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Divergent Paths, Suite B, Columbia, MO
2019 Studio Land Lyric, The University of Kansas Art & Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2019 August Exhibit, Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO
2019 Beyond the Missouri, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2019 Middle of Everywhere, The Volland Store, Alma, KS
2019 Flyover Country, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS
2018 Show-Me States, Evelyn E. Jorgenson Fine Arts Gallery, Moberly, MO
2018 Tallgrass Artist Residency Group Exhibition, The Bank Art Space, Matfield Green, KS
2018 Re/member/construct, Filter Space, Chicago, IL (Juror: Lisa Volpe)
2018 Arc/D Faculty Show, The University of Kansas Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2018 Highlights, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2018 Show-Me States, Morris Gallery of Contemporary Art, Marshall, MO
2018 Kansas City Flatfile, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2018 Woodstock Squared Exhibition Fundraiser, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
2018 ICP Projected: Talk in Images: Body, International Center of Photography, New York, NY (Curator: Wesley Verhoeve)
2018 Context 2018, Filter Space, Chicago, IL (Juror: April Watson)
2017 American Collective, Stitches and Pics, Sackets Harbor, NY (Juror: Eliot Dudik)
2017 Show-Me States, Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia, MO (Curator: Matt Rahner)
2017 Slide Show: Elise Kirk, Archive Collective @ Front/Space, Kansas City, MO
2017 Woodstock Summer of Love: 40th Anniversary Exhibition Fundraiser, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
2016 The Camera is a Clock, University of Kansas Art and Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2016 Thinking / Making / Creativity, The Kansas Board of Regents, Topeka, KS
2016 Portfolio Showcase 9, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juror: Maggie Blanchard)
2016 Photography Now 2016, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY (Juror: James Estrin)
2016 4th International SPE Combined Caucus Exhibition, Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, NV (Juror: Aline Smithson)
2015 Still No Mountains in the Way, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2015 Punctum, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA (Juror: Julia Dolan, Second Place Juror's Choice)
2015 Second Open, Peter Miller Fine Art Gallery, Providence, RI (Juror: Paula Tognarelli)
2015 Center Forward 2015, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juror: Hamidah Glasgow)
2015 Six Degrees, ClampArt, Chelsea, NY
2015 RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
2014 Funny, Isn't It?, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
2014 RISD Photography Department Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2014 PhotoWorld 2014 (New York Photo Festival), PowerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY
2014 FlakPhoto Midwest Print Show, Diane Endres Ballweg Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
2014 Inescapable Mode, Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
2013 All the Dire Motives, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
CURATORIAL
2019 League for Innovation in the Community College, Johnson County CC Student Art Competition, Overland Park, KS (Juror)
2019 Picturing Place, The Watkins Museum of History, Lawrence, KS
2017 Picturing Place, The Watkins Museum of History, Lawrence, KS
2017 Photo Vision Awards, Orr Street Studios, Columbia, MO (Juror)
selected Lectures & workshops
2021 Artist Talk, Art Forum Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, November 3
2020 Picturing Place, Teaching Presentation, Midwest Society for Photographic Education Conference, (Virtual), October 3
2020 Picturing Place, Teaching Presentation, Teaching Place Conference, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, (Virtual), July 16
2019 Artist Talk, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, November 14
2019 Gallery Talk, Sager Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO, August 3
2019 Gallery Talk, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE, May 16
2018 Artist Talk, Tallgrass Artist Residency Symposium, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS, October 13
2018 Artist Talk and Demonstration, Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, NE, August 12
2018 Artist Talk, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City, KS, July 21
2018 Artist Talks, Teaching Presentations and Workshops, China, June 21-29
Arts Integration Teacher Training Workshops, Peking University Overseas Master Teacher Forum Lecture Series with Mido Art
Education. Shanghai, June 28-29; Guangzhou, June 25-26; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, June 21-22
2018 Workshops, Moving Image and Mixed Media, Design Camp, University of Kansas, June 11-16
2017 Artist Talk, Orr Street Studios, Columbia, MO, September 30
2017 Artist Talk, Hallmark Symposium Series, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, April 20
2016 Artist Talks, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE, Multiple Dates
2016 Artist Talk, Columbia College, Columbia, MO, March 10
SELECTED ON-LINE PUBLICATIONS
2022 Lenscratch, Photo NOLA: Groundswell
2020 Booooooom
2019 Places Journal, The Middle of Everywhere
2016 Lenscratch, The States Project: Kansas
2016 Center for Fine Art Photography, Portfolio Showcase 9
2015 FlakPhoto Digest
2015 Aint-Bad Magazine
2015 Lenscratch
2015 Pool Resources
2014 FlakPhoto Midwest Print Show On-Line Gallery
2013 National Geographic Channel, Meet the Cawleys
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
2022 Pix 018: Edwin E Aldrin, Pete Voelker, Spotz Publishing
2021 You Are Not Wonderful Just Because You Are a Mother, Artist/Mother Podcast, Exhibition Catalog
2018 And light followed the flight of sound, Eliot Dudik and Jared Ragland, One Day Projects
2018 Re/Member/Construct, Lisa Volpe and Jennifer Murray, Filter Photo, Exhibition Catalog
2018 Book of Thesis Books, Jennifer Liese et al, Rhode Island School of Design
2016 Portofolio Showcase Volume 9, Maggie Blanchard, Center for Fine Art Photography, Exhibition Catalog
2016 Rabbit Rabbit: 01 Transition, Katie Harwood et al., Big Bad Bettie Press
2016 Incandescent Issue Nine, Pony Jacobson and Helen Jones, Pine Island Press
2015 Center Forward 2015, Hamidah Glasgow, Center for Fine Art Photography, Exhibition Catalog
2015 We Begin When We Finish When We Begin, Jennifer Liese, Rhode Island School of Design, Graduate Studies Journal
COLLECTIONS
2020 U.S. National Park Service, Homestead National Monument of America, Beatrice, NE
2017 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2015 Working Artist Org, Tacoma, WA
2015 Rhode Island School of Design, Special Collections, Providence, RI
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016- University of Kansas, Assistant Professor, Photography and Photo Media
2014-15 Rhode Island School of Design, Instructor of Record and Teaching Assistant
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007-16 Freelance Nonfiction Television Production, Clients Include: National Geographic, Discovery, VICE Media
2004-07 National Geographic Television, Coordinating Producer
2001-04 National Geographic Channels International, Manager, Development and Regional Production
1997-00 International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (Chicago Latino Film Festival), Development Associate
SELECTED TELEVISION CREDITS
2016 Story Producer, Black Market, Viceland
2013 Supervising Producer, Yukon Men, Discovery Channel
2013 Field Producer / Director, Polygamy USA, National Geographic Channel
2012 Producer / Director / Writer, Hard Time, National Geographic Channel
2011 Series Producer / Writer, Alaska Wing Men, National Geographic Channel
2010 Post Producer / Writer, Border Wars, National Geographic Channel
2009-10 Producer / Writer, Lockdown, National Geographic Channel
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