Rita Lombardi: Photography. CV.

Curriculum Vitae

Education


	MFA University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. BFA Photography and Art History, Distinction and Departmental Honors, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Mass.

Selected Exhibitions * denotes solo


	2012 Work in Progress: UConn Digital Atelier 2011, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. Amor y Amistad, The Dirt Palace Window Project, Providence, R.I. (February) The Red Wheelbarrow Pictures, Spirol Gallery, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, Conn. (March) The Red Wheelbarrow Pictures*, Candita Clayton Gallery, Pawtucket, R.I. (May)

	2011 Boston Drawing Project, Carroll and Sons, Boston, Mass. University of Connecticut MFA Exhibit, Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY. Tell It Slant, Wm. Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, Conn. INSIDE OUT: an investigation of gender identities through constructed spaces, White Room Gallery, Mansfield Depot, Conn. College Art Association NY Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY

	2010 New Work, Arena Gallery, Storrs, Conn.

	2009 Kin, Art and Shelter Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif. Never! BFA Thesis, President's Gallery, Boston, Mass. All School Show, Photography, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Mass.

	2008 I Heart Polaroid, DeFeudis Italian American Cultural Center Fine Arts Gallery, Worcester, Mass. Ice Box, A4 Gallery, Boston, Mass. Kitchen Stories, Nave Gallery, Somerville, Mass. Summer Residency Open Studios, School of Visual Arts, New York, N.Y.

	2007 Venice: Sights and Sounds, Installation Station Gallery, Boston, Mass 21st Annual Rhode Island Open, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, R.I. Sibship*, AS220 Gallery, Providence, R.I.

	2006 Postcards From the Edge Benefit: Visual AIDS, New York, N.Y. The Self Portrait Show, The Little Gallery Under The Stairs, Lynn, Mass. Blank Canvas One Year Show, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, Mass. Mission Hill Artists, Mission Hill Artists' Collective, Boston, Mass.

	2000 Photography Invitational, ArtsWatch, Louisville, Ky.

Curatorial and Gallery Experience


	2009-11 Gallery Assistant, the Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs, Conn.

	2009-10 Curator, Jorgensen Center for the Arts, Art Gallery, Storrs, Conn.: Interpreting Space, Jorgensen Art Gallery Ray DiCapua; Florence Drawings Brad Guarino; Man to Man Blake Shirley; Purple in Blender

	2009-10 Curator, The Student Union Art Gallery, Storrs, Conn.: Full Fathom Five, 1st Year MFA work Painting as Painting is Painting Sculpture Forms, Functional Forms; Visual Utility and Technique Making Pictures: Black & White Photography SCULPTURE: Clay and Metal

	2008-09 Gallery Assistant, Carroll and Sons Art Gallery, Boston, Mass.

	2008 Gallery Assistant, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, Mass.

	2007 Curator, AS220 Gallery, Providence, R.I., Sibship

Lectures


	2011 The Artist's Book, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.

	2010 Evolution of a Style, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. Large Format Photography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.

	2008 Kitchen Stories, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA I Heart Polaroid, The Gene J. DeFeudis Italian American Cultural Center Fine Arts Gallery, Worcester, MA

Teaching


	2012 Photography I, Photography Workshop, Directed Study in Photography, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, Conn. Digital Photography, Assumption College, Worcester, Ma. Advanced Digital Photography, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Adult Education, Danielson, Conn.

	2011 The Portrait: Fact or Fiction, Workshop with the Boys and Girls Club of Hartford and the Wadsworth Atheneum Art Museum Photography I, Photography II, Directed Study in Photography, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, Conn. Intro to Digital Photography, Quinebaug Valley Community College, Adult Education, Danielson, Conn. Digital Photography, Assumption College, Worcester, Ma. Intermediate Photography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.

	2010 Intermediate Photography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. Teaching Assistant, assisted Frank Noelker, Basic Black and White Photography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn.

	2008 Teaching Assistant, assisted Alane Brodrick, Major Studio: Color Photography, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Mass. Teaching Assistant, assisted Laura McPhee & Abelardo Morell, Black & White Large Format Photography, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Mass.

Publications

Fifo, Elmira. "Benton Museum's Master of Fine Arts Exhibition Demonstrates
   Students' Bright Futures." The Daily Campus [Storrs] 21 Apr. 2011. Print.
   [Review.]
Brand, Ariel. "UConn Professor Performs for Interactive Exhibit." The Daily
   Campus[Storrs] 21 Mar. 2010. Print. [Review of Interpreting Space.]
Ice Box, Afield Magazine. Afield Magazine, 11 Oct. 2009. Web. <http://afield-
   magazine.blogspot.com/>.
Big Red and Shiny, contributor, 2008
Blank Canvas Magazine, Issue #8, Spring/Summer 2007
Redivider Literary Journal, December 2006
Blank Canvas Magazine, Issue #5; June 2006
APA Grad Psych, March 2006
Worcester Telegram and Gazette, April 2005
Worcester Magazine, February 2005
APA Monitor on Psychology, February 2003, April 2005, January 2006
Louisville Eccentric Observer, 2002

Artist Residency


	2008 School of Visual Arts, Summer, New York, NY

Awards

Research Travel Grant, University of Connecticut Graduate School, Storrs, Conn., 2011
Graduate Assistantship, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., 2010-11
Graduate Assistantship, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., 2009-10
John Renna Arts Scholarship, National Endowment for the Arts, 2008
Camera Club Council Scholarship, New England Camera Club, 2008
Everett Wilson Award, New England Camera Club, 2008
Academic Travel Scholarship to Venice, Massachusetts College of Art,
Boston, Mass., 2007
Studio Foundation Award of Recognition, Massachusetts College of Art,
Boston, Mass., 2006

Professional Affiliations


	College Arts Association Society for Photographic Education