Education
2007
2006
2003
2000
Master of Fine Arts , with distinction , Photography, Lamar Dodd School of Art,
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Study Abroad Program , University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
Bachelor of Fine Arts , cum laude , Photography, Art History Minor,
Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Associate of Science, with honors , Photographic Technology, South Eastern Center for
Photographic Studies, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida
Exhibitions
2011
2010
Photo National: A Survey of Contemporary Photography, Curated by Brian Clamp, Director of
Clamp Art in New York, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine
2011 Midwest Center for Photography Exhibition,
In Place , Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Center Gallery, Wichita, Kansas
Lens 2011, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
AIR, Duna Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
16 th
Juried Exhibition, juror Jorg Colberg, Griffin Museum of Photography , Winchester, MA
Picturing Home , curated by Julian Cox, Photography Curator at the High Museum of
Art , Emory Visual Arts Gallery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Photographing America 08-09 , UNC-Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina
Focal_Resolution-1 , Climate Gallery, Long Island City, New York
25 th
Tallahassee International , Florida State Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida
(catalog)
New Works Galley Online , Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Blue , PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Photowork 10’ , Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
Mcneese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, Mcneese State University,
2009
Lake Charles, Louisiana (catalog)
Not Enough Space , 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida *(solo)
Emerging Artists 2009 , Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Intersections, A Traveling UHAUL Exhibition , Chattanooga, Birmingham, Atlanta
Art in Academia , Space 301, Mobile, Alabama (catalog)
27th Anniversary Juried Membership Exhibition, juror Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography
at the New Mexico Museum of Art, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas
2008
Onward 09, juror Peter Barberie, Photography Curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Project Basho Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
North Carolina Photographers Biennial , Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina
6th Photographic Image Biennial , Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University,
Greenville, North Carolina (catalog)
Positive/Negative 24 , East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
Photo+Book, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Athica Emerges II, curated by Maria Lundin, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art,
Athens, Georgia *(solo)
Annual Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, The University of North Carolina
Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina
Out of The South, juror Diana Edkins, Director of Exhibitions Aperture Foundation,
Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Group Show No. 27,
Atlanta
Humble Arts Foundation, New York, New York, Online Exhibition
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California
Lagrange National Biennial XXV, juror Julian Cox, Photography Curator at the High Museum of
Art,
Awards / Residencies
Lagrange College, Lagrange, Georgia
2010 Artist in Residence , Hungarian Multicultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
Faculty Research and Equipment Grant , $10,000 towards a Digital Camera for Personal
Research, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Honorable Mention, Developed Work Exhibition, Center Gallery, Midwest Center for
2009
Photography, Wichita, Kansas
Travel Stipend, College of the Arts, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
Nominated for the $10,000 Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers
Baum Foundation, San Francisco, California
,
Faculty Development Grant , $3720 for Artist Residency in Budapest, Columbus State
University, Columbus, Georgia
Adjunct Instructor Conference Scholarship, Society for Photographic Education, Dallas, Texas
Honorable Mention, Hey Hot Shot, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, New York
2007
2007
Associate Artist in Residence, with Thomas Struth,
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Juror's Award, 1st Annual SPA Juried Show
Atlantic Center for the Arts,
, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia
2005 - 2007 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2006 John D. Kehoe Scholarship , Highest Scholarship for Studies Abroad in Cortona Italy,
2005
University of Georgia Studies Abroad, Athens, Georgia
Graduate School Dean's Award , University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
2004 - 2005 Graduate Recruiting Assistantship , University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Artist Lectures
2010 Artist’s Talk , AIR-HMC, International Artists in Residency, Medosz, Budapest, Hungary
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture , Redlands University, Redlands, California
2008
2007
Visiting Artist Lecture , Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
Visiting Artist Lecture
Walk and Talk, A Conversation with Kim Deakins and Maria Lundin,
Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
Visiting Artist Lecture
Visiting Artist Lecture
, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
, Barry University, Miami, Florida
, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida
Panelist, ART-TALK with Paul Pfeiffer, Lamar Dodd School of Art,
Athens, Georgia (transcript published)
Athens Institute of
Visiting Artist Lecture,
Photography Portfolio Reviews
Florida International University, Miami, Florida
2010
2009
PhotoNola Portfolio Review, New Orleans, Louisiana
Review Santa Fe , Juried Entry, The Center Sante Fe, New Mexico
PhotoNola Portfolio Review, New Orleans, Louisiana
Project 5 Group Portfolio Review , juried entry, Daniel Cooney Gallery, New York, New York
2008
2007
Publications
ACP Portfolio Review , juried entry, Atlanta Celebrated Photography, Atlanta, Georgia
ACP Portfolio Review , juried entry, Atlanta Celebrated Photography, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 Photographer , Newsweek, Issue February 15 th , 2010, New York, New York
Photographer , OneOneThousand.org, December, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia (Online Publication)
2007 Photographer , Dynamic Painting for Beginners, by Diane Edison, Harry Abrams Publishing,
New York, New York
Photographer , Diane Edison: Black & White, exhibition catalog, George Adams Gallery,
New York, New York
Photographer , Due South, a juried publication of student photography, Juror: Sam Wang,
Society For Photographic Education Southeast
Bibliography
2010 Photographers Find Beauty in Old, New and Familiar , Mark Feeney, The Boston Globe,
2008
2007
Boston, Massachusetts
A visionary exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Chris Bergeron, Wicked Local,
Waltham, Massachusetts
New in the Art Department, Erica Grabon, The Blue Banner, Asheville, North Carolina
ATHICA features works by Emerging Artists, April Moore Skelton, Athens Banner Herald -
Marquee, Athens, Georgia
Local Atmosphere Inspiration for Art , Tahni Segars, The Red and Black, Athens, Georgia
Shows point lens to South, Jerry Cullum, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, Georgia
Studies in Contrast , April Moore Skelton, Athens Magazine, Athens, Georgia
Portraiture for People Who Like Places, Abigail Guay, The Stranger ,
Seattle, Washington
One of These Things , Kara Pound, Folioweekly, Jacksonville, Florida
Redefinition , Beth Sale, Flagpole, Athens, Georgia
'Properly Out of Place' , Carol Elliot, The St. Augustine Record, St. Augustine, Florida