Resume
EDUCATION:
M.S., 2001, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
B.A., 1990, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Workshops at the International Center of Photography, NYC; Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, NM; Community Darkroom, Rochester, NY; Community Darkrooms, Syracuse, NY.
SOLO SHOWS:
2011
Parking Garages, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
Onondaga Lake (video), Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA
Onondaga Lake, Texas Photographic Society (online), San Antonio, TX
Juror: Chris Bennett
2009
Parking Garages, GalleryPrint.com
Overpasses, I-81 Overpass, Syracuse, NY
Lake Ontario, Cazenovia Public Library, Cazenovia, NY
Parking Garages, Rome Art & Community Center, Rome, NY
TWO-PERSON SHOWS:
2011
Onondaga Lake, PostUrban Contemporary Art, Kingston, NY
3 & 4-PERSON SHOWS:
2011
Onondaga Lake, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
2010
New Work, Limestone Art Gallery, Fayetteville, NY
GROUP SHOWS:
2011
SNAP: A National Juried Photography Exhibition, Beford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Jurors: Sandra Phillips & Drew Johnson
My Own Wilderness, PHOTO/arts Magazine (online)
Juror: Christopher Paquette
Photography on the Edge, Gandee Gallery, Fabius, NY
Jurors: Jen Gandee & Bob Gates
63rd Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Jurors: John Spiak & Phil Alexandre
Visual Studies Workshop Annual Auction, Rochester, NY
Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Juror: Natasha Egan
Snow, XL Projects, Syracuse, NY
Curator: Yvonne Buchanan
2010
A Sense of Place, Gandee Gallery, Fabius, NY
Curator: Jen Gandee
Photocentric, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
Jurors: Stephen Shore & Harvey Stein
Slideluck Potshow, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Curators: Ariel Shanberg & Casey Kelbaugh
28th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Juror: Hannah Frieser
Made in NY, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Jurors: Joan Lyons & John von Bergen
2009
Ersatz, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
Made in NY, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Jurors: Todd McGrain & Sylvia de Swaan
Members’ Exhibition, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2008
New England/New York/New Talent 2008, Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA
Juror: Klaus Postler
Highways & Byways: American Road Culture, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Curator: Stephanie Schuster
First Juried Annuale, The Light Factory Contemporary Museum of Photography & Film, Charlotte, NC
Juror: Julian Cox
Specificities of Place, Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY
Curator: Jen Pepper
National Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Juror: Charles Traub
H2O NY, Limestone Art Gallery, Fayetteville, NY
Jurors: Heidi Francey & Anne Cappuccilli
Made in NY, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Jurors: John McQueen & Jen Pepper
Elements, The Link Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Jurors: Debora Ryan & Justin Rabideau
PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE:
Photographer
CNYpix, Fayetteville, NY
Operate an event photography business, documenting important occasions and providing digital images to clients. Also offer wedding, location portraiture and sports photography.
(1997 -- present)
Photography Instructor
Grünewald Guild, Leavenworth, WA
Taught a week-long intermediate-level photography workshop. Helped students develop their photography and editing skills and become more intentional in their work. Daily shooting and critiques.
(June 2008, 2009, 2011)
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Taught a graduate and undergraduate course that trained students to be artistic mentors at a Syracuse public high school. Trained university students to print B&W images and lead high school students in projects.
(Spring 2007)
Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY
Taught undergraduate B&W photography class. Lead continuing- education workshops for beginning and intermediate photographers, focusing on camera controls, lighting and composition. (2003 -- present)
Light Work/Community Darkrooms, Syracuse, NY
Lead workshops for adults and teens about B&W and digital photography. Create lessons to cover composition, lighting and creative intention.
(1999 -- present)
RESIDENCIES:
Otselic Valley Central School District, South Otselic, NY
Worked with 6th-graders to improve digital photography and visual literacy skills. (May 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS:
FotoFest, Houston, TX, 2010
Photolucida, Portland, OR, 2009
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:
2011
bookMARKS, book show at regional SPE meeting, Syracuse, NY
Ongoing
New Landscape Photography, my curated blog, published twice weekly