Almost every summer, my parents would pile us into the car and take us to explore the treasures of the nation, our public lands. In the most classic of touristic gestures, we would set forth in a camper. We visited “feats of human engineering” – dams, bridges and buildings were favorite stops on our way to admire “feats of nature” such as Yellowstone and Niagara Falls. Many miles of open land lay between our destinations, and watching the American landscape pass by had a profound effect on me over the years. I would want to stop and explore, but it seemed like there was never enough time. This created in me a longing to return.
The overarching element throughout my work is a relationship to place, a loose mapping of landscape. Exploring the geography of changing landscapes, I search for places I can feel a sense of communication. I often work at dusk, when color bleeds from the sky and the sublime reveals itself. As the light of day dims, time and movement become an integral part of the photographic process. I find quiet, yet significant moments in the transitional place between land and water, destruction and reclamation, thought and action. Site-responsive installations are an investigation of landscape. I invite images, video, light, audio, objects and performance–sometimes as an intervention, at others as if in conversation.
I come back to the early days of longing for the landscape and a desire to connect to something so abstract I could not name it. As I move from place to place, I am reminded of Rebecca Solnit, in her paraphrasing of Edmund Husserl’s description of walking as experience, “it is the body that moves but the world that changes, which is how one distinguishes the one from the other: travel can be a way to experience this continuity of self amid the flux of the world...”[1]
[1] Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking (London: Verso, 2001), 27.
360º in the K'au Desert
Biography
Loose narratives unfold in sculptural video installations and questionably fictional photographs. Tomiko Jones' work is linked to place, exploring transitions in the landscape in social, cultural and geographical terms. Jones received her Master of Fine Arts in Photography with a Certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Arizona in Tucson.
She is the recipient of awards including the 2013 En Foco New Works Fellowship (New York), 4Culture and CityArtists (Seattle), and Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes (France). Recent projects include Hatsubon, a two volume project in photography and video installation; the long-term project Rattlesnake Lake; and the immersive theatre performance The Gretel Project, a four-person collaboration. Tomiko spent three months in residence at Museé Niépce in Chalon-Sur-Saône, France, and in Cassis, France for a project-specific Fellowship at The Camargo Foundation.
Currently, Jones is an Assistant Professor of Art at University of Wisconsin-Madison. As an educator she was a Visiting Artist and Curator-in-Residence at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, Assistant Professor and Photography Program Coordinator at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Mendocino College, New Mexico State University and Drury University Summer Institute for Visual Arts.
EDUCATION
2008 Master of Fine Arts in Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Research Assistant for Professor Frank Gohlke, internship with 6+ for Professor Sama Alshaibi. Studies with Dr. Doug Nickel, Center for Creative Photography, instructor-of-record positions.
2008 Certificate of Museum Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Museum Studies coursework and research on contemporary curatorial practice with Dr. Sarah Moore; coursework and research for Dr. Britt Salveson, Center for Creative Photography.
FORTHCOMING
2024 These Grand Places (solo exhibition), 2nd Story, Lexington, KY
2025 The Intimate Infinite (mid-career survey), Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Thresholds: Elizabeth M. Claffey and Tomiko Jones, two-person solos, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
2022 Hatsubon, Granary Arts Center, Ephraim, UT
2020 Hatsubon, for FotoFest, Art League Houston, TX
2020 Grand Challenge, online due to COVID, School of Education Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2019 A Place to Rest, Museum of Wisconsin Art Downtown, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Tomiko Jones, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, AZ
2018 Hatsubon: Passage (with video installation), Phebe Conley Art Gallery, California State University, Fresno, CA
2017 The Space Between Here and There, Mendocino Art Gallery, Ukiah, CA
2016 Hatsubon: Passage (with video installation), Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA
2016 Hatsubon, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2015 Rattlesnake Lake, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2015 Rattlesnake Lake, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2013 TGP, Bisignano Gallery, University of Dubuque, IA
2013 TGP, WorkSpace, Lincoln, NE
2013 Passage, Haas Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA
2012 TGP, Groundswell Gallery, Denver, CO
2012 TGP, El Paso International Airport, TX
2010 Passage, Vermillion, Seattle, WA
2006 What Could It Mean To Say Yes? Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2005 Landscapes, Upfield Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Landscapes, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2005 The Bunny Chronicles, Upfield Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 The Bunny Chronicles, Diego Rivera Sala, ENEP, UNAM, México City, México
2004 The Bunny Chronicles, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2001 The Bunny Chronicles, The Pound Gallery, Seattle, WA
SMALL GROUP (3-5 person) CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2021 It’s NEGATIVE, five-person, MiM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS and SITE-RESPONSIVE PROJECTS (solo)
2014 Canal, outdoor video installation, public art, Scottsdale Public Art Commission, Scottsdale, AZ
2013 Billboard Project, public art, California Institute for Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2012 Uncovering the West Tributary, outdoor video installation, public art, Bellevue Special Projects, Bellevue, WA and 4Culture Site-Specific Performance Network, Seattle, WA
2012 Crossing, video installation, Ironton Gallery, Denver, CO
2009 There are Some Things You Cannot Forget, outdoor video installation, The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
2008 Draw Forth, Cast Aside, public art, Start on Broadway, Sound Transit, Seattle, WA
2008 Draw Forth, Cast Aside, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Memento Mori III, Harry Wood Gallery Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2023 TMA Contemporary Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2023 The Art of Handmade Photography, Juror Dale Rio, Vermont Center for Photography, Middleboro, VT
2023 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
2022 In Context: 30 over 50, Juror Gordon Stettinius, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2022 Critical Distance, FotoFocus Biennial “World Record”, 400 W Rich Gallery, Columbus, OH
2022 Searching for Life: Regrowth & Display, FotoFocus Biennial “World Record”, Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinatti, OH
2021 On Location: Artists Explore a Sense of Place, Peninsula School of Art Gallery, Fish Creek, WI
2020 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
2019 Hatsubon, Wisconsin Triennale, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, WI
2019 SPE Midwest Juried Exhibition, Juror Jennifer Murray, Brooks Stevens Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
2019 Nibikaang –From the Water, Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, MN
2019 Chania International Photo Festival, Chania, Crete
2019 Members’ Exhibition, Juror Cecily Cullen, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2019 Woodstock AIR: Housed, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
2019 Water 2019, Juror Elizabeth Avedon, online, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2019 39th Annual SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2019 Westward, group exhibition, SFAC Galleries at City Hall, San Francisco, CA
2019 Un/Seen: The Alchemy of Fixing Shadows, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2018 International Tokyo Photography Competition, Online
2018 Members’ Exhibition, Juror Brian Clamp, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2018 SPE Combined Caucus Exhibition, Juror Anthony Goicolea, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Juried Exhibition, Juror Shane Lavalette, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2017 Timely Resonance/Dissonance, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
2017 Water Line: a Creative Exchange, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
2017 Public Forum: Natural Disasters & Climate Change, Art+Science collaboration and 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
2016 Water and the Sounding Sirens, Curator TeaRoots, Sherwood Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Colorado Contemporary, video, Juror Nora Burnett Abrams, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2015 Photo-Synthesis, Month of Photography, Arts Brookfield Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
2014 Rattlesnake Lake, En Foco New Works #17 Fellowship Exhibition, Juror Mary Virginia Swanson, The President’s Gallery, John Jay College CUNY, New York, NY
2013 Center Forward, Juror Hamidah Glasgow, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2013 Photo-Synthesis, Month of Photography, Arts Brookfield Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
2013 MSU Denver Faculty Exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
2013 After 5, MART Program exhibition, Drury University, Springfield, MO
2013 SPESW Exhibition, Juror Jim Robischon, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2013 Not Kansas, Curator Ann Jastrub, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
2013 CPAC Members Show, Juror Shannon Corrigan, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
2013 Photography and Environmental Concern, online, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2013 Unstable Systems, ArtLofts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2013 SPE Multicultural Caucus Portfolio, photography, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2011 Sculptural Books: Memory & Desire, book arts, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson
2011 SPE Multicultural Caucus Portfolio, American University, Washington, DC
2009 Delight Becomes Pictorial, Kore Press and Tucson Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2009 Hidden Between Covers, book arts, Curator Elizabeth Mellott, Arts Gallery, Collin College, Plano, TX
2009 Emerging III, Creative Center for Photography, LA; Cypress College; California State University
2007 Basically Human University of Arizona and American University in Dubai, UAE
2006 SPESW Exhibition, Universe City, Ogden, UT
2006 Photography Now, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
2006 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
2004 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
2002 Personal Viewpoints, Juror Michael Kenna, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2001 Beneath The Surface, Juror Chien Chi-Chang, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2001 Before/After, Curator Greg Lundgren, Vital 5 Productions, Seattle, WA
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2017 Waterlines with Jonathan Marquis, Center on Visual Art, Denver, CO
2015 The Gretel Project with Catherine Chung, Sidney Boquiren, Lauren K. Alleyne, interactive theatre performance and installation, University of Dubuque, IA
2014 You Get What You Pay For with Chris Dacre, Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO
2012 It’s Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas with Chris Dacre, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2008 Air Traffic: control with Chris Dacre, Rocket Gallery, Tucson, AZ
SCREENINGS
2011 Shorn, This is A Recording, Curators Sama Alshaibi and Gary Setzer, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2010 Across Land and Sky, 4Culture Media Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Air Traffic: control, Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart, Germany
2010 La Traversée, 17 Days, Curator Adrianne Little, Alfred State University, NY and Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
2009 Wound, Curator Carola Dreidemie, SPE National Conference, Dallas, TX
2009 Shorn, San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, Brava Theatre, San Francisco, CA
2008 Shorn, Urban Jealousy: 1st Int’l Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Curators Amirali Ghasemi and Serhat Koksal, Hafriyat Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey; Berlin, Germany; Belgrade, Serbia
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
2006 I-Haul, U-Look, a public mobile art gallery and intervention, First Thursday, Seattle, WA
2011-09 Vital 5 Productions: creation, production and representation of non-traditional art exhibits and performances. Photographer and performer at opening events, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GRANTS and AWARDS
2023 Second Place, TMA Contemporary, Jurors, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI
2023 Bronze Award in Fine Art, Analog Sparks
2022 Critical Mass Top 200, Photo Lucida, Portland, OR
2022 Fall Research Competition, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2022 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
2019 Grand Challenges Seed Grant for These Grand Places, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2019 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 Award, Colorado Contemporary, Fort Collins, CO
2014 En Foco New Works Fellowship, New York, NY
2013 Provost Office Research Grant for Reassigned Time, MSU Denver, CO
2011 Honorable Mention Award, Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, Fort Collins, CO
2010 4Culture Site-Specific Performance Network Grant, Seattle, WA
2019 Bellevue Special Project Grant, Bellevue, WA
2010 City Artists Grant, King County Office of Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA
2009 Camargo Foundation Fellowship, Cassis, France
2009 4Culture Digital Media Grant, Seattle, WA
2009 Best Experimental Award for “Shorn”, San Francisco Women’s Film Festival, CA
2008 Pépinières Européennes pour Jeunes Artistes, France
2008 Sound Transit: Start on Broadway Public Art Project Grant, Seattle, WA
2008 Freestyle Crystal Apple Award, Society for Photographic Education, National
2008 Asian American Faculty, Staff and Alumni Association Grant, University of Arizona, AZ
2008 Graduate and Professional Student Council Conference Grant, University of Arizona, AZ
2008 College of Fine Arts Travel Grant, University of Arizona, AZ (2008, 2007, 2006, 2005)
2007 Creative Achievement Award in School of Art, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona, AZ
2007 Tucson Pima Arts Council International Exchange Grant, Pima County, AZ
2007 Medici Scholar International Grant, University of Arizona, AZ
2007 Graduate and Professional Student Council Conference Grant, University of Arizona, AZ
2006 Medici Scholar Grant, University of Arizona, AZ
2006 Southwest Region Conference Graduate Scholarship, Society of Photographic Education
2005 King County Office of Cultural Affairs Grant, King County, WA
2005 Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, Washington State
ARTICLES, REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS
2024 “Imagining National Belonging in American Landscapes”, Tomiko Jones (author), Edge Effects, March 21 web
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
2020 “Questions with an Educator: Tomiko Jones”, ASMP Strictly Business Blog, Lily Barber (author), April 27 web
2020 Blue Tape (Virtual) Art Talks with Sarah Beth Wilson and Erin Carty, Art League Houston, April 14 video
2020 Five-Minute Tours: Tomiko Jones at Art League Houston, Art League Houston, March video
2020 Tomiko Jones Artist Talk, Facebook Live, Art League Houston, March 13
2019 MMoCA Wisconsin Experience Bridging Old, New (group exhibition review), The Daily Cardinal, Cara Suplee (author), October 25 web
2019 “Mobile Research, Photography Studio to Study National Parks”, Madison Magazine, Joel Patenaude (author), October 27 web
2019 “In Focus: Watermark Art Gallery’s ‘Nibikaang’ Exhibit Celebrates The Importance Of Water”, Lakeland News, Shirelle Moore (author), August 23 web
2019 “Q&A with Tomiko Jones”, Strange Fire Collective, Hamidah Glasgow (author), March 28 web
2019 “The Nature of Refuge”, interview, Sara Brown (author), March 26 web
2019 “Hatsubon”, Visual Art Resource, Lynn Trimble, March 6 web
2019 “The Alchemy of Early Photography”, Edge Effects, Iseult Gillespie, Tori Yonker (authors), February 14 web
2018 “Back to the Water: Tomiko Jones”, Cap Times, Lindsey Christians (author), October 3 web
2018 “Juried Exhibition”, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT (catalogue)
2018 “SPE Combined Caucus International Exhibition”, University of the Arts, Philadephia, PA (catalogue)
2017 “Tomiko Jones AIR Interview”, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY web
2017 “Timely Resonance/Dissonance”, University of Nevada, Reno, NV (catalogue)
2016 “SPE Multicultural Caucus”, Monthly Featured Artist web
2016 “Tomiko Jones”, BW Gallerist, September 22, Forrest Olds (author) web
2014 “Rattlesnake Lake” feature, Nueva Luz, October, New York, NY (quarterly magazine)
2014 “Tomiko Jones”, BW Gallerist, Forrest Olds (author), June 30 web
2014 “Photography and Environmental Concern”, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT catalogue
2014 “Six Shooters”, guest photographer for September web
2013 “Ten Colorado Artists You Should Know About–They Happen to be Women”, Adobe Airstream, Leanne Goebel (author) web
2012 “Specific Landscapes: Landscape as Metaphor”, Lincoln Art Center, Fort Collins, CO (catalogue)
2012 “En Foco Artist Interview Series: Tomiko Jones”, Tod Wemmer (author) web
2012 “Art Exhibit teaches Languor, Temperance, Repose”, The Outlook, Vol. 83, No. 3, Sept 28, Marissa Weber (author), Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ (newspaper)
2012 “Students to glimpse into “Passage”, The Houstonian, Vol 119, Issue 23, November 10, George Mattingly (author), Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX (newspaper)
2012 “Uncovering the West Tributary”, Bellevue CTV (video documentary) web
2012 “Curatorʼs Eye: Tomikoʼs Floating World”, CityArts, December 1, Tim Appelo (author), Bellevue, WA (magazine) web
2011 “Passage”, feature, Nueva Luz, October, New York, NY (quarterly magazine)
2011 “Newspace Center for Photography 10 Year Anniversary”, Portland, OR (book)
2010 “Tomiko Jones' Struggle of the Moth”, CityArts, December 9, Corey Kahler, Bellevue, WA, (magazine) web
2010 “23. Stuttgarter Filmwinter”, exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue)
2009 “Grants bring art to Bel-Red neighborhood in Bellevue”, The Seattle Times, December 23, Nicole Tsong (author), Seattle, WA (newspaper) web
2008 “Cold Confusion”, Seattle Weekly, June 25, Erika Hobart (author), Seattle, WA (weekly) web
2008 "Noisy Skies the Focus of Air Traffic: Control", Tucson Citizen, July 31, Polly Higgins (author), Tucson, AZ (newspaper) web
2008 "Award-Winning Photography Graduate Ventures Into Video", UANews, May 5, La Monica Everett-Haynes (author), Tucson, AZ web
2008 "'Negotiating' Artist's Eerie Vision", Arizona Daily Wildcat, March 8, Alexandria Kassman (author), Tucson, AZ (newspaper)
2006 "Porta-Photo", The Stranger, Vol. 16, No. 1, September 14, Carrie E.A. Scott (author), Seattle, WA (weekly) web
2006 Mono, June, No. 518, Tokyo, Japan (magazine)
2003 The Excelsior, Art & Life, back cover interview, México City, México (newspaper)
2003 Shots Magazine, Portfolio Issue, cover feature, Minneapolis, MN (quarterly)
2002 "The Stranger Suggests", The Stranger, Vol.10, No.46, August 2, Emily Hall (author), Seattle, WA (weekly)
2002 "SW This Week: Arts Picks", Seattle Weekly, August 2, Anna Fahey (author), Seattle, WA (weekly)
2002 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, front page image, August 2, Regina Hackett (author), Seattle, WA (n
PUBLICATIONS as AUTHOR
2016 Sahar Khoury: ZOO, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA, catalogue, web
2016 Lenscratch, “Natascha Seideneck: Uncanny Territory”, essay web
2016 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 The 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
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES and PRESENTATIONS
2023 “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
2022 “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
2022 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2022 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2022 Snow College, Ephraim, UT
2021 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Faculty Colloquium, Madison, WI
2021 Peninsula School of Art, Gallery Talk, Fish Creek, WI
2021 MiM Gallery, Artist Panel, “It’s NEGATIVE”, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Peninsula School of Arts, Lecture, Fish Creek, WI
2020 Foto Relevance Gallery, interview with Jennifer Ling Datchuk and Erica Cheung, “Now You See Me”, Houston, TX
2020 California Institute of Integral Studies, Panel, “The Role of Teaching and Learning in Art Making”, San Francisco, CA
2020 University of Iowa, Lecture, Iowa City, IA
2020 University of Utah, Lecture, Salt Lake City, UT
2020 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, “Office Hours”, Madison, WI
2019 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Lecture, Madison, WI
2019 Art Lofts Gallery, Gallery Talk, “Manifest”, Madison, WI
2019 American Studies Association Conference, Panel Chair, “Un/Natural Landscapes”, Honolulu, HI
2019 Society for Photographic Education Northwest Conference, Lecture, “In Our Own Voices”, Fairbanks, AK
2019 Center for Fine Art Photography, Gallery Talk, “Members Exhibition”, Fort Collins, CO
2019 San Francisco Arts Commission, Panel moderated by Ann Jastrab, “Conversation with Tomiko Jones and Mercedes Dorame”, San Francisco, CA
2019 Edgewood College, Lecture, Madison, WI
2019 Chazen Museum of Art, Gallery Talk, “Un/Seen: The Alchemy of Fixing Shadows”, Madison, WI
2019 Chazen Museum of Art, Panel moderated by Sarah Carter, “Un/Seen: The Alchemy of Fixing Shadows”, Madison, WI
2019 Visiting Artist, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ (public lecture, individual critiques)
2018 Visiting Artist, California State University, Fresno, CA (workshop, classroom lecture, public lecture)
2018 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2017 San Francisco Camerawork, Lecture with Kate-hers Rhee, moderated by Viêt Lê and Heather Snider, San Francisco, CA
2017 Mendocino College, Lecture, Ukiah, CA
2017 Visiting Artist, Utah State University, Logan, UT (workshop, individual critiques, public lecture)
2016 California Institute of Integral Studies, “Interview with Dohee Lee”, San Francisco, CA
2016 California Institute of Integral Studies, Panel with Cathy Chung and curator Deirdre Visser, “Hatsubon”, San Francisco, CA
2016 Visiting Artist, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA (individual critiques, lecture)
2015 City College of San Francisco, Lecture, San Francisco, CA
2015 Balance-Unbalance: Climate, Water, Environment Conference, Lecture, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2015 University of Colorado, Lecture, Boulder, CO
2014 Center for Visual Art, Lecture, Denver, CO
2013 Arizona State University, Lecture, Tempe, AZ
2013 Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Conversation with Vivian Keulards, Denver, CO
2013 Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Portfolio Preparation with Mark Sink, Denver, CO
2012 Visiting Artist, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (workshop, individual critiques, public lecture)
2011 Visiting Artist, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX (individual critiques, public lecture)
2011 Visiting Artist, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ (workshop, individual critiques, public lecture)
2011 Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference, “Passage”, Atlanta, GA
2011 Visiting Artist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (individual critiques, public lecture)
2011 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (individual critiques, public lecture)
2010 Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI (individual critiques, public lecture)
2010 Vermillion Gallery, Gallery Talk, Seattle, WA
2008 Visiting Artist, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (individual critiques, public lecture)
2006 Métafora International School of Art, Lecture, Barçelona, Spain
2005 Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR (workshop, lecture)
2005 Upfield Gallery, Gallery Talk, 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, NY
Metropolitan State University of Denver, CO
University of Colorado Boulder, CO
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2017 Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York
2012 Ironton Studios, Denver, CO
2009 The Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France
2008 Musée Nicéphore Niépce Chalon-Sûr-Saone, France
Rocket Gallery Tucson, AZ
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
“What Keeps You Up At Night?” SPE Multicultural Caucus Exhibition and Portfolio
2023 Albion College, Albion, MI
2019 Centre College, Danville, KY
2018 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
2018 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2018 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2017 Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA
2016 California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
2016 “Sahar Khoury: ZOO”, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Cumulus” exhibition series, Desai | Matta Gallery, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2015-17
2017 “Emma Nishimura: An Archive of Rememory”
2017 “Neil Chowdhury: 46 Lahiri Lane”
2017 “Past Tense, Future Tense” wih Chris Dacre, Mark Harris, Kameelah Janan Rasheed,John Jota Leaños, Nina Ramos Harrison
2016 “Shifting Surfaces” with Roberto Fernández Ibáñez, Stephen Bruce, Tanja Geis
2016 “April Showers” with Kim Anno, Cara Romero, Mayumi Hamanaka, Sama Alshaibi, Michael Fadel
2016 “Cycle” with Kim Stringfellow, Ian van Coller, Elliot Ross
2015 “Evanescence” with Michael Arcega, Amy Balkin, Natascha Seideneck
2015 “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, an 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
2017–2018
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
Tenure-track faculty position teaching 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
2022 Residency Program Reviewer, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
2017-21 Board of Directors, Society for Photographic Education (SPE)
2019 Portfolio Reviewer, SPE Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH
2018 Annual Conference Planning Committee, SPE, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Portfolio Reviewer, SPE Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2011–15 Exhibition Planning Committee, Faculty Advisor for 965 Gallery, Center for Visual Art (CVA), Denver, CO
2012 Southwest Chapter Conference, SPE, Fort Collins, CO. Co-chair with Hamidah Glasgow, Director of The Center for Fine Art Photography.
2011–15 Southwest Chapter Multi-Cultural Caucus Representative, SPE
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”
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