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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

       
  © 2011 Rita Lombardi