EDUCATION
2008
Master of Fine Arts, University of Arizona, Tucson
Certificate of Museum Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson
FORTHCOMING
2025
These Grand Places (solo exhibition), 2nd Story, Lexington, KY (April–June)
Hatsubon (solo exhibition). Kahilu Gallery, Waimea, Hawai’i (June–July)
CURRENTLY ON VIEW
The Intimate Infinite (mid-career solo exhibition), Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO (January–March)
Land & Sustenance: Five Artists Consider our Relationship to the Earth, Elmhurst Art Museum, IL (Jan–April)
RECENT
2024
Deeply Rooted: Vikesh Kapoor, Tomiko Jones, André Ramos-Woodard (three-person exhibition), FotoFocus Biennial: Backstories, Pearlman Gallery, Art Academy of Cincinnati, OH (September–November)
Of Place: Maysey Craddock and Tomiko Jones (two-person exhibition), Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI (August–October)
Nuestros Ancestros (five-person exhibition), Art Museum of the Americas, F Street Gallery, Washington, DC (April–August)
Rattlesnake Lake: an interview with Tomiko Jones (print publication), Point A to Point B: analog explorations, Issue 7 (July)
SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022
Thresholds: Elizabeth M. Claffey and Tomiko Jones, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
Hatsubon, Granary Arts Center, Ephraim, UT
2020
Hatsubon, solo exhibition, Art League Houston, TX
2019
A Place to Rest, Museum of Wisconsin Art Downtown, Milwaukee, WI
Hatsubon, photography + video + sculpture, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, AZ
2018
Hatsubon, Phebe Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, CA
2017
The Space Between Here and There, Mendocino Art Gallery, Ukiah, CA
2016
Passage: Hatsubon, photography + video, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA
Hatsubon, photography, Desai | Matta Gallery, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2015
Rattlesnake Lake, photography and sculpture, Desai | Matta Gallery, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
These Grand Places, photography, Bisignano Gallery, University of Dubuque, IA
Rattlesnake Lake, photography and video, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2013
These Grand Places, photography, WorkSpace, Lincoln, NE
Passage, Haas Gallery, photography, University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg
Billboard Project, public art, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2012
These Grand Places, photography, Groundswell Gallery, Denver, CO
These Grand Places, photography, El Paso International Airport, TX
2010
Passage, photography and video, Vermillion, Seattle, WA
2006
What Could It Mean To Say Yes? photography and letterpress book arts, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2005
Landscapes, photography, Upfield Gallery, Tokyo, Japan and Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
The Bunny Chronicles, photography, Upfield Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004
The Bunny Chronicles, photography, Diego Rivera Sala, ENEP, UNAM, México City, México
The Bunny Chronicles, photography, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2001
The Bunny Chronicles, photography, The Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA
SMALL GROUP (3-5 person) CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2021
It’s NEGATIVE, five-person, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
On Location: Artists Explore a Sense of Place, Guenzel Gallery, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
2020
Now You See Me, five-person, Foto Relevance, Houston, TX
2018
Story Space, three-person, O'Connor Art Gallery, Dominican University, River Forest, IL
2014
Rattlesnake Lake, five-person, En Foco New Works #17 Fellowship Exhibition, Juror Mary Virginia Swanson, The President’s Gallery, John Jay College CUNY, New York, NY
2011
Existence, Passage, Release, three-person, photography, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Memento Mori III, Harry Wood Gallery Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
TMA Contemporary Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
The Art of Handmade Photography, Juror Dale Rio, Vermont Center for Photography, Middleboro, VT
Alternative Process and the Handmade Photograph, Juror Adam Finkelston, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
2022
International Juried Exhibition, Juror Paul Kopeikin, online gallery and exhibition catalog, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
In Context: 30 over 50, Juror Gordon Stettinius, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Critical Distance, FotoFocus Biennial “World Record”, 400 W Rich Gallery, Columbus, OH
Searching for Life: Regrowth & Display, FotoFocus Biennial “World Record”, Xavier University Art, Gallery, Cincinatti, OH
2021
From the Studios, Peninsula School of Art Gallery, Fish Creek, WI
2020
Faculty Exhibition 2020, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Wisconsin Triennal, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, WI
2019
SPE Midwest Members Exhibition, Brooks Stevens Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
Strange Fire Collective, print takeaway project, Frederick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
Members Exhibition, Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Chania International Photo Festival, Chania, Crete
Water 2019, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury,VT
Nibikaang – From the Water, Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, MN
Woodstock: Squared, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
39th Annual SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
Woodstock AIR: Housed, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
Un/Seen: The Alchemy of Fixing Shadows, group exhibition, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Westward, group exhibition, SFAC Galleries at City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2018
Members’ Exhibition, Juror Brian Clamp, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
SPE Combined Caucus Exhibition, Juror Anthony Goicolea, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Open Juried Exhibition, Juror Shane Lavalette, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2017
Timely Resonance/Dissonance, Jurors Liz Allen and Hamidah Glasgow, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Public Forum: Natural Disasters & Climate Change, Art+Science collaboration/exhibition, Stanford Center for Urban Resilience, Co-Risk, and ELL Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
Contact 2016: Foreign and Familiar, curators Herman Piʻikea Clark and Isabella Ellaheh Hughes, Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, HI
Water and the Sounding Sirens, Curator TeaRoots, Sherwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
Colorado Contemporary, Juror Nora Burnett Abrams, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Photo-Synthesis, Month of Photography, Arts Brookfield Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
2014
Center Forward, Juror Hamidah Glasgow, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2013
Photo-Synthesis, Month of Photography, Arts Brookfield Republic Plaza, Denver, Colorado
MSU Denver Faculty Exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
After 5 MART Program Exhibition, Drury University, Springfield, MO
SPESW Exhibition, Juror Jim Robischon, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Not Kansas, Curator Ann Jastrub, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
CPAC Members Show, Juror Shannon Corrigan, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
Unstable Systems, ArtLofts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
SPE Multicultural Caucus Portfolio, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2011
SPE Multicultural Caucus Portfolio, American University, Washington, DC
Delight Becomes Pictorial, Kore Press and Tucson Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2009
Hidden Between Covers, Curator Elizabeth Mellott, Arts Gallery, Collin College, Plano, TX
Emerging (I) 3, Creative Center for Photography, LA; Cypress College, CA; California State University Northridge, CA
2007
Basically Human, University of Arizona and American University in Dubai, UAE
2006
Landscapes in the group exhibition SPESW Exhibition, Universe City, Ogden, UT
Photography Now, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The Bunny Chronicles in the group exhibition Exile On Main Street, Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2005
Latin American Invitational, Curator Adrian Ayala, México, Cuba, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina
2004
101 Ways to Remove a President from Power, Curator Greg Lundgren, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Arena, Pochron Studio, DUMBO Arts Festival, New York, NY
2003
Northwest Annual, Juror Linda Farris, Center On Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, WA
2002
Western States Small Works, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA
Personal Viewpoints, Juror Michael Kenna, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2001
Beneath The Surface, Juror Chien Chi-Chang, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Before/After, Curator Greg Lundgren, Vital 5 Productions, Seattle, WA
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS for SITE-RESPONSIVE PROJECTS
2014
Canal, environmental outdoor installation, Scottsdale Public Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2013
Billboard Project, public art, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2012
Uncovering the West Tributary, environmental outdoor installation, Bellevue Special Projects, Bellevue, WA
Crossing, Ironton Gallery, Denver, CO
2009
There are Some Things You Cannot Forget, The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
2008
Draw Forth, Cast Aside, three-channel video installation, Start on Broadway: Sound Transit Public Art, Seattle, WA
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2017
Waterlines, on-site/field cyanotypes with Jonathan Marquis for Water Line: a Creative Exchange, curated by Cecily Cullen, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
2015
The Gretel Project, three-channel video installation immersive theatre performance with Cathy Chung, Lauren K. Alleyne, Sidney Boquiren, University of Dubuque, IA
2014
You Get What You Pay For, multi-media installation with Chris Dacre, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
2012
It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas, multi-media installation with Chris Dacre, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2008
Air Traffic: control, multi-media installation with Chris Dacre, Rocket Gallery, Tucson, AZ
SCREENINGS
2011
Shorn, This is A Recording, Curators Sama Alshaibi, Gary Setzer, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2010
Across Land and Sky, 4Culture Media Gallery, Seattle, WA
Air Traffic: control, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart, Germany
La Traversée, 17 Days, Curator Adrianne Little, Alfred State University, NY
2009
La Traversée, 17 Days, Curator Adrianne Little, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2011
Wound, Curator Carola Dreidemie, SPE National Conference, Dallas, TX
Shorn, San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, Brava Theatre, San Francisco, CA
Shorn, This is A Recording, Curators Sama Alshaibi, Gary Setzer, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2008 -2009
Shorn, Urban Jealousy: 1st Int’l Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Curators Amirali Ghasemi and Serhat Koksal, Hafriyat Karakoy and in Istanbul, Turkey; Berlin, Germany; Belgrade, Serbia
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
2006
I-Haul, U-Look, a public mobile art gallery and intervention, First Thursday, Seattle, WA
2003-2006
Infernal Noise Brigade, a mobile sound ensemble activated by massive political and cultural uprisings. Seattle, San Francisco, New York and other US locations, Canada, México, UK, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria
2002-2009
Vital 5 Productions, dedicated to the creation, production and representation of non-traditional art exhibits and performances. Photographer and performer at opening events, Seattle, WA
RESIDENCIES
Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York, 2018
Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France, 2009
Musée Niépce, Chalon-sur-Sâone, France, 2008
VISITING ARTIST | LECTURES
2025
”The Intimate Infinite” gallery talk, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
2024
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2023
“Crafting Kinship, Crafting Archives”, panel with Ellen Chang, Karintha Loew, Melissa Phruksachart, American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montréal, Canada
“Thresholds: the photography of Elizabeth M. Claffey and Tomiko Jones”, Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference, Denver, CO
2022
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, October 13, 2022
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Snow College, Ephraim, UT
“Collaborative Ways of Making and Understanding: Connecting Asian Contemporary Art Practice and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy”, lecture and workshop, National Art Education Foundation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and California State University, Fresno
2021
Peninsula School of Arts, Fish Creek, WI
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Faculty Colloquium, Madison, WI
2020
“Now You See Me”, interview with Jennifer Ling Datchuk and Erica Cheung, Foto Relevance, Houston, TX
California Institute of Integral Studies, “The Role of Teaching and Learning in Art Making”, virtual panel discussion, San Francisco, CA
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Office Hours, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2019
”Hatsubon”, Gallery Talk, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
”Un/Natural Landscapes”, Panel Chair, American Studies Association Conference, Honolulu, HI
”Hatsubon”, SPE (Society for Photographic Education) Northwest Conference, Fairbanks, AK
Members’ Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Edgewood College, Madison, WI
”Westward”, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
”Un/Seen: The Alchemy of Fixing Shadows”, panel discussion, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
”Hatsubon”, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2018
California State University, Fresno, CA (workshop, classroom lecture, public lecture)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2017
San Francisco Camerawork, CA
Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
Utah State University, Logan, UT (workshop, individual critiques, lecture)
2016
Interview with Dohee Lee, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
"Hatsubon" roundtable with Cathy Chung and Deirdre Visser, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA
2015
City College of San Francisco, CA
Artist Talk with Kei Ito, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
“Balance-Unbalance: Climate, Water, Environment” Conference Presenter, Arizona State University, AZ
2014
Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
2013
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Colorado Photographic Arts Center Conversation with Vivian Keulards, Denver, CO
Colorado Photographic Arts Center Portfolio Preparation with Mark Sink, Denver, CO
University of Lincoln, NE
Metropolitan College, Omaha, NE
2012
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2011
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
Society for Photographic Education National Conference Presenter, Atlanta, GA
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2010
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Vermillion Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2006
Métafora International School of Art, Barçelona, Spain
2005
Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
Upfield Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
COLLECTIONS
CHROMA, The Arts at CIIS, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
Musée Nicéphore Niépce Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Light Work Syracuse, NY
En Foco New York, NY
Center for Photography at Woodstock Woodstock, NY
Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO
SELECTED GRANTS and AWARDS
2023
Second Place, TMA Contemporary, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
Bronze Award in Fine Art, Analog Sparks, international
2022
Critical Mass Top 200, Photo Lucida, Portland, OR
Fall Research Competition, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
Honorable Mention, 2022 International Juried Competition, Paul Kopeikin, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2021
Fall Research Competition, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2020
Fall Research Competition, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Wisconsin- Madison, WI
2019
Grand Challenges Seed Grant for These Grand Places, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Director’s Choice, Members’ Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2017
Artist-in-Residence, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
2015
School of Letters, Arts, Sciences Faculty Grant MSU Denver (2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011)
2014
Honorable Mention, Colorado Contemporary, Fort Collins, CO
2013
Provost Office Research Grant for Reassigned Tim, MSU Denver
2011
Honorable Mention Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, Fort Collins, CO
2010
4Culture Site-Specific Performance Network Grant, Seattle, WA
Bellevue Special Project Grant, Bellevue, WA
City Artists Grant, King County Office of Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2009
The Camargo Foundation Fellowship, Cassis, France
4Culture Digital Media Grant, Seattle, WA
Best Experimental, Documentary Award for “Shorn”, San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, CA
2008
Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes, France
Sound Transit: Start on Broadway Public Art Project Grant, Seattle, WA
Freestyle Crystal Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in Black & White Photography Society for Photographic Education
Asian American Faculty, Staff and Alumni Association Grant, University of Arizona
Graduate and Professional Student Council Conference Grant, University of Arizona
College of Fine Arts Travel Grant, University of Arizona (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005)
2007
Creative Achievement Award School of Art, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona
Tucson Pima Arts Council International Exchange Grant, Pima County, Arizona
Medici Scholar International Grant, University of Arizona
Graduate and Professional Student Council Conference Grant, University of Arizona
2006
Medici Scholar Grant, University of Arizona
Southwest Region Conference Graduate Scholarship, Society of Photographic Education
2005
King County Office of Cultural Affairs Grant, King County, WA
Grants for Artist Projects Artist Trust, Washington State
REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS
2024
“Imagining National Belonging in American Landscapes”, Tomiko Jones (author), Edge Effects, March 21 web
”Rattlesnake Lake: an interview with Tomiko Jones”, (print publication), Point A to Point B: analog explorations, Issue 7 (July)
2023
“Meet Tomiko Jones: The Center for Culture, History, and Environment Associate explores changing landscapes through the art of photography”, The Commons, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Rachel Carrier (author), April 11 web
2022
“Tomiko Jones: Hatsubon”, Granary Arts, February 2022, video
2021
“It’s NEGATIVE Exhibition at MiM Gallery”, Lenscratch, Aline Smithson (author), April 10, web
2020
“Now You See Me: Tomiko Jones”, Lenscratch, Erica Cheung (author), October 31, web
“Questions with an Educator: Tomiko Jones”, ASMP Strictly Business Blog, Lily Barber (author), April 27 web
Blue Tape (Virtual) Art Talks with Sarah Beth Wilson and Erin Carty, Art League Houston, April 14 video
Five-Minute Tours: Tomiko Jones at Art League Houston, Art League Houston, March video
Tomiko Jones Artist Talk, Facebook Live, Art League Houston, March 13
2019
“Mobile Research, Photography Studio to Study National Parks”, Madison Magazine, Joel Patenaude (author), October 27 web
“Q&A with Tomiko Jones”, Strange Fire Collective, Hamidah Glasgow (author), March 28 web
“The Nature of Refuge”, interview, Sara Brown (author), March 26 web
“Hatsubon”, Visual Art Resource, Lynn Trimble, March 6 web
“The Alchemy of Early Photography”, Edge Effects, Iseult Gillespie, Tori Yonker (authors), February 14 web
“Back to the Water: Tomiko Jones”, Cap Times, Lindsey Christians (author), October 3 web
2018
Juried Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT (catalogue)
SPE Combined Caucus International Exhibition, University of the Arts, Philadephia, PA (catalogue)
2017
Center for Photography at Woodstock, AIR Interview web
Timely Resonance/Dissonance, University of Nevada, Reno, NV (catalogue)
2016
SPE Multicultural Caucus, Monthly Featured Artist web
BW Gallerist, September 22, Forrest Olds web
2015
Lenscratch, guest curator, website
BW Gallerist, "Preview: Hatsubon, Tomiko Jones", website
2014
Nueva Luz, photographic journal featuring Rattlesnake Lake for New Works #17, October, New York, NY
Six Shooters, guest photographer for September, website
BW Gallerist, "Preview: En Foco New Works Fellowship Exhibition", website
2013
Adobe Airstream, “Ten Colorado Artists You Should Know About–They Happen to be Women”, Leanne Goebel, March 8, website
BW Gallerist, “Best of the Best” Emerging Fine Art Photographers of 2013", website
2012
Specific Landscapes: Landscape as Metaphor, catalogue, Lincoln Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
En Foco Artist Interview Series: Tomiko Jones, website
The Outlook, “Art Exhibit teaches Languor, Temperance, Repose”, Vol. 83, No. 3, September 28, Marissa Weber, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
The Houstonian, “Students to glimpse into “Passage”, Vol 119, Issue 23, November 10, George Mattingly, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
2011
Nueva Luz, photographic journal featuringPassage, Fall, New York, NY
Newspace Center for Photography: 10 Years, book, Portland, OR
2010
Uncovering the West Tributary, Bellevue CTV, video documentary
CityArts, “Curatorʼs Eye: Tomikoʼs Floating World”, December 1, Tim Appelo, Bellevue, WA
23. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart, Germany
Altered: Experimental Photography National, catalogue, University of West Florida, Pensacola
2009
The Seattle Times, “Grants bring art to Bel-Red neighborhood in Bellevue”, Dec 23, Nicole Tsong
Seattle Weekly, “Cold Confusion”, interview/preview, June 25, Erika Hobart, Seattle, WA
2008
Tucson Citizen, "Noisy Skies the Focus of Air Traffic: Control", July 31, Polly Higgins, Tucson, AZ
UANews, "Award-Winning Photography Graduate Ventures Into Video", May 5, La Monica Everett- Haynes, Tucson, AZ
Arizona Daily Wildcat, "'Negotiating' Artist's Eerie Vision", March 8, Alexandria Kassman, Tucson, AZ
2006
The Stranger, "Porta-Photo", review, Vol. 16, No. 1, September 14, Carrie E.A. Scott, Seattle, WA
Mono Magazine, June, No. 518, Tokyo, Japan
2003
The Excelsior, Art & Life back cover interview, México City, México
Shots Magazine, Portfolio Issue, Front cover and feature, Minneapolis, MN
2005
The Stranger, "The Stranger Suggests", preview, Vol.10 No.46, August 2, Emily Hall, Seattle, WA
Seattle Weekly, "SW This Week: Arts Picks", August 2, Anna Fahey, Seattle, WA
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, front page profile, August 2, Regina Hackett, Seattle, WA
Tablet Magazine, interview and exhibition review, August, Karla Esquivel, Seattle, WA
PUBLICATIONS as AUTHOR
2016
Sahar Khoury: ZOO, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA, catalogue, web
Lenscratch, “Natascha Seideneck: Uncanny Territory”, essay web
CIIS Today, Fall, San Francisco, CA, biannual magazine web
2015
CIIS Today, Spring, San Francisco, CA, biannual magazine
CIIS Today, Fall, San Francisco, CA, biannual magazine
2010
Altered: Experimental Photography National, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, catalogue
2009 T
he Rivers, documentary film with Sama Alshaibi for Direct Aid Iraq, Amman, Jordan
2007
Zaytoon, “The Geography of Borders and Liminal Spaces” (author), Middle Eastern North African Graduate Conference and Journal, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, catalogue
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2016-19
“What Keeps You Up At Night?” SPE Multicultural Caucus:
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
University of New Mexico, Albuequerque, NM
University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI
Centre College, Danville, KY
2016
“Sahar Khoury: ZOO”, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015-17
“Cumulus” exhibition series, Desai | Matta Gallery, California Institute of Integral Studies:
“Emma Nishimura: An Archive of Rememory”
“Neil Chowdhury: 46 Lahiri Lane”
“Past Tense, Future Tense” Chris Dacre, Mark Harris, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, John Jota Leaños, Nina Ramos Harrison
“Shifting Surfaces” with Roberto Fernández Ibáñez, Stephen Bruce, Tanja Geis
“April Showers” Kim Anno, Cara Romero, Mayumi Hamanaka, Sama Alshaibi, Michael Fadel
“Cycle” with Kim Stringfellow, Ian van Coller, Elliot Ross
“Evanescence” with Michael Arcega, Amy Balkin, Natascha Seideneck
“Kei Ito: Sungazing”
2013
“Semblance” with Robert and Shana Parke Harrison, Janaina Tschäpe, Kim Keever, Neil Chowdhury, Sama Alshaibi, Laura Shill. Co-curated with Cecily Cullen, Center for Visual Art. Exhibition of lens-based practitioners for Denver’s bi-annual Month of Photography. Programming with lectures, video screenings, performances, workshops, student exhibition.
2010
“Altered: Experimental Photography”, University of West Florida, Pensacola
2008
“Elizabeth Mellott”, Union Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018-present
Assistant Professor of Photography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tenure-track faculty teaching two undergraduate courses and graduate independent studies per semester. Strong focus on research, service at departmental, university and community levels.
2017–2018
Adjunct Faculty, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
Independent Study and MFA Thesis Mentor, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
July 2015–December 2016
Visiting Artist and Curator-in-Residence, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
Visiting Artist: create new work for residency exhibition, teach seminar courses and individual mentorship in the MFA Program in Creative Inquiry, Interdisciplinary Arts.
Curator-in-Residence: Develop exhibition schedule, curate and manage exhibitions and attendant programming, promote and advance the visibility of the exhibition program and social media campaigns, coordinate visual campaigns with the MFA program, editorial writing for publication, supervise work-study students.
2011–2016
Assistant Professor + Photography Area Coordinator, Metropolitan State University of Denver, CO
Teach three courses per semester, oversee directed studies, BFA thesis committees, community-based internships and assistantships, and advise 50+ photography majors. Area Coordinator manages program budget, develops new curricula, manages affiliate faculty and class schedule, and co-chairs the Photography Steering Committee. Service at departmental, university and community levels, maintain an active exhibition record and pursue professional development opportunities.
January 2010–June 2011
Full-time College-Track Faculty, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Teach three courses per semester and graduate independent studies, participate in graduate seminar, and implement new curriculum with Professor David Taylor. Collaboratively combined courses with Printmaking Professor Chris Dacre in hybrid processes. Co-organized the Southwest Graduate Symposia at SITE Santa Fe International Biennale, and the bi-institutional Undergraduate Exchange with University of Arizona.
2010–2013 (summer intensive program)
Visiting Professor, Drury University, Springfield, MO
Master of Arts in Studio Art and Theory Program. Teach second year graduate students in 3D Concepts, including experimental media, with group and individual critiques, professional development in artist statements, written thesis and photographic documentation.
2008
Adjunct Faculty, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2006–08
Instructor-of-Record, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE and SERVICE
2017-2021
Board of Directors, Society for Photographic Education (SPE)
Committee Chair, Affiliated Chapters Committee
2016-18
Annual Conference Planning Committee, SPE, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Portfolio Reviewer, SPE Annual Conference
2011–15
Exhibition Planning Committee, Faculty Advisor for 965 Gallery, Center for Visual Art (CVA), Denver, CO
Assist Creative Director in maintaining mission of the CVA, MSU Denver’s off-campus gallery through selection, programming and outreach to broader community; liason with the Art Department as a representative of the Faculty; advise the student-led 965 Gallery.
2012
Southwest Chapter Conference, SPE, Fort Collins, CO
Co-chair with Hamidah Glasgow, Director of The Center for Fine Art Photography. Reviewed and organized speakers, maintained website, community outreach, and oversaw leads for logistics, portfolio reviews, sponsorship and student volunteers.
2011–15
Southwest Chapter Multi-Cultural Caucus Representative, SPE
“Facilitating the investigation of multicultural image makers in regional, national, and international contexts; act as an arena for the discussion of particular cultural issues by people of diverse cultural backgrounds; confront the visual, social and political issues that arise from these discussions, with integrity, honesty and justice.”
2011
Peer Reviewer and Portfolio Reviewer, SPE Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA
2008
SITE Santa Fe Artist Assistant, International Biennale “Lucky Number 7”, curated by Lance Fung, Santa Fe, NM
2006–08
Internship, 6+ Women’s Art Collective, Israel and Palestinian Territories, New York, NY, Chicago, IL, Boulder, CO
2006–07
Director/Production Crew, “Voices of Photography”
Assist in developing an archive of oral history through interviews with photographers, with Professor Emeritus Harold Jones, Center For Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
2003-08
Tomiko Jones Photography, freelance business
2000-03
Custom Black & White Printer, Ivey Seright Professional Photographic Services, Seattle, WA Film Technician, Ivey Seright Professional Photographic Services, Seattle, WA
2000
Apprenticeship, Spike Mafford Photography, Seattle, WA