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Bio
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Colleen Fitzgerald is a New England based visual artist and educator. Her practice incorporates a combination of experimental and traditional photography. ArtsWorcester of Massachusetts selected her as the recipient of the 2018 Present Tense Prize for artistic innovation, risk-taking, and excellence in execution in art, and she was named 3rd place in the 2018 PhotoNOLA Review Prize. She was chosen as the 2016/17 Artist in Residence at the Noble and Greenough School and a visual arts resident at the Vermont Studio Center and Virginia Center for Creative Arts. The Society for Photographic Education, Filter Photo Festival, Pingyao Photography Festival, and many more have featured her work in exhibitions.
Colleen earned a Master of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design, a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College, and has also studied at La Scuola Lorenzo de’ Medici in Italy and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She delivers talks at institutions across the country and exhibits work internationally. Colleen also enjoys curating exhibitions to champion the work of fellow artists. She has served as a faculty member at Endicott College, University of Maryland University College, Eastern Connecticut State University, University of New Hampshire, Memphis College of Art, and Parsons School of Design Teaching Assistantship. She has also designed and implemented curriculum for arts courses in Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
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Awards
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2019
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PhotoNOLA Review Prize 3rd Place
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2018
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The Present Tense Prize for Innovation and Risk-Taking in Art, ArtsWorcester,
Worcester, MA
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2018
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Professional Achievement Award, Global Faculty Awards 2018,
University of Maryland University College
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2017
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Artist Residency – Virginia Center for the Creative Arts,
Amherst, VA
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2017
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Juror’s Prize, selected by Samatha Cataldo of the Currier Museum of Art, ArtsWorcester,
Worcester, MA
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2016
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Artist Residency – 2016/2017 Artist in Residence, Noble and Greenough School,,
Dedham, MA
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2016
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Vermont Studio Center,
Johnson VT
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2016
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Professional Achievement Award, Global Faculty Awards,
University of Maryland University College
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2016
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Honorable Mention, Moscow International Foto Awards
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2016
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Faiers Fund Faculty Fellowship,
Memphis College of Art
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2016
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Folgeman Fund Faculty Enrichment,
Memphis College of Art
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2015
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Society for Photographic Education South Central Faculty Assistance Grant
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2013
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Panton Fund Grants,
Memphis College of Art
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2013
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Honorable Mention, American Art Today: Figures, selected by Jonathan Stuhlman Curator Mint Museum,
The Bascom, Highlands, NC
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2012
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Honorable Mention, InVision Photography Festival, selected by artist Zoe Strauss,
Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
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2012
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Honorarium Award, The Art of Photography Show, selected by Julian Cox Curator of Photography de Young Museums, San Diego Art,
San Diego, CA
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2010
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Dean’s Scholarship, Parsons School of Design,
New York, NY
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Solo Exhibitions
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2018
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Aurora Gallery,
Stamina,
Worcester, MA
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2018
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Land & Sea,
Jameson & Thompson,
Jamaica Plain, MA
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2016
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A Lesser Chaos,
Woodrow W. McGlothin Center for the Arts,
Emory and Henry College, VA
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2016
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over and again,
Foster Gallery,
Dedham, MA
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2016
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Stamina,
Foster Gallery Pop-Up,
Dedham, MA
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2014
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Treatment,
MCA Gallery,
Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, TN
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Group Exhibitions
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Circle,
Forum Gallery,
Cranbrook Academy of Art
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2018
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Altered Image,
F-Stop Magazine, Issue #89,,
June-July, Web
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2018
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Portraits,
Griffin Museum of Photography at Lafayette City Center,
Boston, MA
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2018
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Printmaking and Digital Art Faculty Exhibition,
Eastern Connecticut State University,
Willimantic, CT
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2018
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Moved to Act: Demonstrations, Marches, Political Actions,
Davis Orton Gallery,
Hudson, NY
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2017
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The Fifth Annual One,
ArtsWorcester,
Worcester, MA
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2017
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The Integration of Art, Science, and Medicine:,
The Art League of Rhode Island, Warren Alpert Medical School,
Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
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2017
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Seventeenth ArtsWorcester Biennial,
ArtsWorcester,
Worcester, MA
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2017
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21st Juried Photography Exhibition,
Photographic Center Northwest,
Seattle, WA
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2017
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10th Photographic Image Biennial,
East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC
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2017
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Nasty Women, Fundraiser,,
Leverett Art Center,
Levertt, MA
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2017
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Nasty Women, Fundraiser,
Knockdown Center,
Maspeth, NY
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2017
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Is Photography Enough?,
118 Elliot,
Brattleboro, VT
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2017
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Winter Solstice,
Griffin Museum of Photography,
Winchester, MA
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2016
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FRESH! 2016: The Modern Portrait,
JanKossen Contemporary,
New York City, NY
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2016
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Intimacy,
PH21 Gallery,
Budapest, Hungary
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2016
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University of Maryland University College,
All That’s Art: Faculty Arts Invitational,
Adelphi, MD
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2016
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Recycle,
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition,
Brooklyn, NY
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2016
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Belongings 2: Repurposed,
Crosstown Arts,
Memphis, TN
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2016
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Still Life,
Don’t Take Pictures Magazine,
February – May 2016, Web
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2016
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in·form,
Crosstown Arts,
Memphis, TN
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2016
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Intimate Alchemy,
Plates to Pixels,
One Twelve Publishing,Web
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2015
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InFocus 2015/2016,
Grand Atrium, Southern College of Optometry,
Memphis, TN
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2015
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Parsons Alumni Exhibition,
Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries,
New York, NY
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2015
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Body and Mind,
Sulfur Studios,
Savannah, GA
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2015
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MCA Inaugural Biennial Faculty Exhibition,
Hyde Gallery,
Memphis, TN
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2015
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Immediate Experience,
Contemporary Art Center of Peoria,
Peoria, IL
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2015
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Society for Photographic Education Multi-Caucus Exhibition,
SNAP! Orlando Photo Festival,
University of Central Florida Fine Arts Gallery, Orlando, FL
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2015
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Transformations: Confronting Ourselves,
Prescott Art Gallery,
Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ
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2015
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Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Exhibition,
The New Orleans Photo Alliance,
New Orleans, LA
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2015
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Onward Compe´,
Onward Summit,,
Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA
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2014
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View Found,
East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC
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2014
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Society for Photographic Education South Central Conference Member Show,
Murfreesboro Center for the Arts,
Murfreesboro, TN
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2014
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Dealing with Trauma through Art Making,
University Gallery, Holy Family University,
Philadelphia, PA
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2014
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Heroes and Villains,
ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation,
Chicago, IL
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2014
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Me, Myself, & I,
Eastern New Mexico University,
Portales, NM
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2014
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Disappearing Ink,
University of Memphis Art Museum,
Memphis, TN
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2014
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Onward Compe´,
Onward Summit,
Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA
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2014
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Who We Aren’t,
Union Street Gallery,
Chicago, IL
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2013
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Generation IX: The Red/Pink Show,
A.I.R. Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
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2013
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The Fixed Shadow,
Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries,
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
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2013
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Mapping: Borders, Bodies, Memories,
Filter Photography Festival, David Weinberg,
Chicago, IL
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2013
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American Art Today: Figures,
The Bascom Art Center,
Highlands, NC
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2013
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7th Annual Master Pieces,
Manifest Gallery,
Cincinnati, OH
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2013
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The Laboratory, Version 1,
Mill 180,
Easthampton, MA
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2013
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By Any Means: Alternative Photographic Processes,
Florence Quarter Gallery,
Southwest University of Visual Arts, Tucson, AZ
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2013
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PhotoSpiva 2013,
Spiva Center for the Arts,
Joplin, MO
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2013
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Methods (Alternative),
Kiernan Gallery,
Web
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2013
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Canvas,
Brooklyn Lyceum,
Brooklyn, NY
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2012
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Our Bodies, Our Health,
Mezzanine Gallery,
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC
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2012
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The Unreal,
Kiernan Gallery,
Lexington, VA
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2012
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InVision Photography Festival,
Banana Factory,
Bethlehem, PA
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2012
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Oxheart,
Brooklyn Lyceum,
Brooklyn, NY
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2012
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Hurricane Sandy Art Benefit,
Brooklyn Fireproof,
Brooklyn, NY
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2012
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The Art of Photography Show,
San Diego Art Institute,
San Diego, CA
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2012
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Twenty-One Cousins,
Parsons School of Design,
New York, NY
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2012
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Distance: Contemporary Photography,
TEJAS Gallery,
Dayton, OH
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2012
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Secrets and Mysteries,
The Darkroom Gallery,
Essex Junction, VT
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2012
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Charterparty,
Photoville Photography Festival,
Brooklyn, NY
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2012
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Chi La Ma,
Frontrunner Gallery,
New York, NY
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2012
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The Parsons Festival,
Parsons School of Design,
New York, NY
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2012
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Parts and Labor,
Atrium Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA
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2011
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Pingyao International Photography Festival,
Pingyao, China
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2011
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The Parsons Festival,
Parsons School of Design,
New York, NY
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2011
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Illuminating Noir Film Festival,
Parsons School of Design Fine Arts Gallery,
New York, NY
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Education
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2013
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Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, MFA
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2005
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Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, BA
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