Vanessa Woods
VESTIGES
The Art of the Fragment by Dewitt Cheng, 2020
Vestiges Virtual Fly-Over
Vestiges Interview By Allie Haeusslein, August 15, 2020
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HERE AND THERE
PRESS
Visual Art Source
Lenscratch
Nara Collective
Square Cylinder
ECHO POEMS
Biography
Artist Statement
Woods’s collages utilize disparate associations to re-imagine and re-contextualize contemporary and historical narratives. The material for her collages comes from a broad range of sources including art history books, photo books, vintage/contemporary magazines, found paper ephemera, and her own photographs. In each piece that she creates, the original image is decontextualized through the act of cutting and it’s meaning re-contextualized through new associations. In Woods’ current body of work, titled Form Studies, she examines the body as both a maker and giver of life. The work explores the changing role a woman’s body goes through after having children, with an emphasis on physical erasure between bodies.
Solo and 2-Person Exhibitions
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2020
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Vestiges, Vanessa Woods and Josh Smith
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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Vestiges, Vanessa Woods and Josh Smith
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2018
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Somewhere Between Here and There, Collages by Vanessa Woods
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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Somewhere Between Here and There, Collages by Vanessa Woods
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2017
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Echo Poems, Collages by Catie O’Leary and Vanessa Woods
Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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Echo Poems, Collages by Catie O’Leary and Vanessa Woods
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2016
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Emic/Etic: Collage by Vanessa Woods
a.Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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Emic/Etic: Collage by Vanessa Woods
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2013
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The Back of Beyond: Works by Vanessa Woods
Pool Art Center Gallery, Drury University, Springfield, MO
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The Back of Beyond: Works by Vanessa Woods
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2011
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Mythologies, Galley Visio
University of Missouri—Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
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Mythologies, Galley Visio
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2009
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USA Meets Regensburg: Films, Photography and Live Music
Kino Akademiesalon, Regensburg, Germany
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USA Meets Regensburg: Films, Photography and Live Music
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2004
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The Altered Lens: Photographic Works
Lerner Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
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The Altered Lens: Photographic Works
Group Exhibitions
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2020
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Creative Reverence
Round Weather Gallery, Oakland, CA -
Ineligible
Museu Internacional Escultura Contemporanea, Santo Tirso, Portugal
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Creative Reverence
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2019
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Hot Love/Cold Facts
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA -
Elemental Construction
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
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Hot Love/Cold Facts
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2018
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Light and Metal: Unique Photographs and Objects
Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM -
Paper Cuts: Large Scale Collage
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA - Works on Paper Revisited Lehr Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
- No Rhyme or Reason Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Face Forward, Image and Self Worth Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
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Light and Metal: Unique Photographs and Objects
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2017
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Alt Left, Local Treasures
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA -
Marvelous
An International Exhibition of Collage, Sebastopol, CA
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Alt Left, Local Treasures
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2016
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Metamorphic: Collage in the Dada/Surrealist Tradition
Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA -
Hybrid Collage Show
Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA -
Connect and Collect
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
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Metamorphic: Collage in the Dada/Surrealist Tradition
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2015
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Collagistas
Taabya Art Space, Thessalonki, Greece -
Hybrid Collage Show
a.Muse gallery, San Francisco, CA -
Connect and Collect
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
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Collagistas
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2013
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Connect and Collect
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
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Connect and Collect
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2012
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ZERO1 Biennial
San Jose CA -
50-50 IV
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA -
Axis Gallery 7th Annual Juried Exhibition
Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA (Juror, Aspara DiQuinzio, SF MOMA, San Francisco) -
4 x 4: Four Months/Four Video Artists
The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA -
Nightlight
Somarts, San Francisco, CA -
Connect and Collect
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
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ZERO1 Biennial
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2011 Dreams
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The Center for Fine Art Photography
Fort Collins, CO -
50-50 III
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA -
Mix It Up Media
Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA -
The Altered Book Show
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, CA
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The Center for Fine Art Photography
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2010
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Glimpses in Time, 2010
Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA, Creativity Award -
The Lens Based Image
Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, GA -
Taste: A Garden of Earthy Delights
Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA -
Intersection
21 Grand Artists Gallery, Oakland, CA -
Photowork 10
Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (Juror Nat Trotman, Guggenhiem Museum of Art, NY)
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Glimpses in Time, 2010
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2009
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The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Annual Fall Art Exhibition and Auction
San Jose, CA
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The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Annual Fall Art Exhibition and Auction
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2009
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The Annual Monotype Marathon Print Exhibition
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA -
Hypnagogia
Anon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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The Annual Monotype Marathon Print Exhibition
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2008
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Small Works Will
Small Works Well, Barnard College, New York, NY -
Vital Signs
Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA -
The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art Annual Fall Art Exhibition and Auction
San Jose, CA -
Headlands Graduate Fellow Exhibition
Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA -
The Annual Monotype Marathon Print Exhibition
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
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Small Works Will
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2007
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Introductions
Root Division Gallery, San Francisco, CA -
Wunderkammer
Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA -
Vernissage: MFA Graduate Exhibition
Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA -
Parables of Isolation: Rubric Experimental Video Exhibition
Plus Gallery, Denver, CO -
SFAI Now
Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
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Introductions
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2006
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The Moving Picture Show
Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA -
Immediate Future, Murphy and Codogan Fellowship Award Show
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA. -
Big Deal
Soma Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA -
Convergence
Tollhouse Art Center, Kirkcudbright, Scotland -
Upgrade: Photographic Works, Paintings and Films
Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA -
Obsession
Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Pont-Aven, France
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The Moving Picture Show
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2005
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Distillations
Institut Franco-Americain, Rennes, France
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Distillations
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2004
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Cultural Salvage
Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Pont-Aven, France -
Pedestrian
Bronx River Art Center Gallery, Bronx, NY
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Cultural Salvage
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2003
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Is, Was, Will Be
The Maria Bismark Foundation Gallery, Paris, France
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Is, Was, Will Be
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2001
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25th Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition
The National Arts Club Gallery, New York, NY -
Thesis Exhibition
Barnard College, New York, NY
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25th Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition
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2000
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Identity
Postcrypt Art Gallery, New York, NY
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Identity
Grants and Awards
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2018
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Being Human Parent Residency
Palo Alto Art Center. Awarded Residency to develop artistic work and collaborate with parent artists.
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Being Human Parent Residency
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2017
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Kala Parents Residency
Award Residency to create large scale works and original book.
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Kala Parents Residency
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2008
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Artist Residency, December, 2008.
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Djerassi Artist Residency.
Awarded artist residency to create the film The Mansion of Happiness, April-May, 2008.
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2007
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Ella King Torrey Award for Innovation and Excellence in the Arts.
Honored as best graduating MFA student in the 2007 San Francisco Art Institute class.
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Ella King Torrey Award for Innovation and Excellence in the Arts.
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2007
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James Broughton Award.
Awarded film grant from the San Francisco Art Institute for creativity in filmmaking. -
Headlands Center for the Arts MFA Studio Award.
Awarded one-year studio residency at Headlands Center for the Arts for pursuit of artistic work begun in graduate school. -
San Francisco Art Institute MFA Film Fellowship.
Selected as finest MFA film applicant and awarded full tuition scholarship to attend the San Francisco Art Institute graduate film program, September, 2005-May, 2007.
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James Broughton Award.
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2006
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Murphy & Codogan Fellowship for Film
San Francisco Arts Commission, August, 2006 -
MacDowell Colony Residency.
Awarded artist residency to create the film Five Cents a Peek, June-July, 2006. -
Film Arts Foundation Personal Works Grant.
Awarded grant towards completion of the documentary film Mimita, August, 2006
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Murphy & Codogan Fellowship for Film
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2005
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Pont-Aven Artist in Residency Program.
Awarded artist residency to create the film Souffle sur le Miroir, May 1-August 31, 2005
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Pont-Aven Artist in Residency Program.
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2001
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Bernard Hans Hessel Memorial Award for The Cartographer’s Memory
National Arts Club 25th Annual Art Show - Time Grant for Outstanding Visual Art from Barnard College
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Bernard Hans Hessel Memorial Award for The Cartographer’s Memory
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2000
- Exceptional Artist Scholarship to attend Rhode Island School of Design Summer Program in France
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1999
- Patricia Layman Bazelon Scholarship from The International Center of Photography
Publications and Press
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2019
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50 Best Women Collagists
Promopress Editions, Barcelona, Spain, February, 2019
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50 Best Women Collagists
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2018
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Vanessa Woods at Jack Fischer
by Max Blue, Square Cylinder, January 30, 2018 -
Editorial Recommendations: Vanessa Woods
by Dewitt Cheng, Visual Art Source, February 2018 -
Vanessa Woods Interview
Multi-Dimension + Collage, By Nara Collective, January, 2018
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Vanessa Woods at Jack Fischer
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2017
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Vanessa Woods: Somewhere Between Here and There
by Aline Smithson, Lensratch, November 6, 2017 -
Making the Cut
The World’s Best Collage Artists, Volume One, Crooks Press, Melbourne, Australia, March, 2017
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An Evening with Baphomet
Super Classy Publishing, January 2017
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Mekanik Copulaire Volume 9
Strasburg, France, January 2017
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Vanessa Woods: Somewhere Between Here and There
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2016
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The Knight and the Cart
Super Classy Publishing, September 2016 -
Emic/Etic
Super Classy Publishing, May 2016
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The Knight and the Cart
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2015
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Catamaran Literary Reader
Issue 8, Winter Issue, 2015
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Catamaran Literary Reader
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2015
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Women Arts Quarterly Journal
Volume 2, Issue 8, Winter, 2015
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Women Arts Quarterly Journal
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2014
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Kolaj Magazine
Issue 10, Featured Artist, Fall-Winter, 2014
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Kolaj Magazine
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2012
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Women Arts Quarterly Journal
Volume 2, Issue 3, Summer 2012
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Women Arts Quarterly Journal
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2011
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Women Arts Quarterly Journal
Volume 1, Winter 2011
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Women Arts Quarterly Journal
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2009
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The Mansion of Happiness Studies #1-3
Bird Dog, Volume 10. Seattle, WA. Winter, 2009.
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The Mansion of Happiness Studies #1-3
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2007
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The Touch
The Journal of Short Film, Volume 6. Columbus, OH. January, 2007. http://www.thejsf.org/
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The Touch
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2006
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Convergence Exhibition Catalogue
Tollhouse Art Center, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. June, 2006
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Convergence Exhibition Catalogue
Collections
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The Center for Fine Art Photography
Fort Collins, CO
Education
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2007
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MFA, Film/Photography: With Honors
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
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MFA, Film/Photography: With Honors
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2001
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BA, Art History and Visual Arts: Cum Laude
Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY.
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BA, Art History and Visual Arts: Cum Laude