ABBEY HEPNER
CURRICULUM VITAE | NOV 2026
EDUCATION
2016 M.F.A. in Art Studio, Photography University of New Mexico, Department of Art
Minor in Arts Management University of New Mexico, Department of Art
2008 B.F.A. in Studio Art University of Utah, Department of Art and Art History
2008 B.A. in Psychology University of Utah, Department of Psychology
SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ RESIDENCIES
2026 Robin and Sandy Stuart Photography Fellowship, Ragdale Artist Residency, Lake Forest, IL
Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 Finalist, Dairy for the Downwinders, Portland, OR
Illinois Arts Council, Creative Project Grant, Reconstructing Uravan, $12000
Finalist, Visionary Project Award, Film Photo Award, http://www.filmphotoaward.com
Hoppe Research Professor Award, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, $16,000
Exhibiting Finalist, The Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 167, UK
Shortlisted Finalist, 2026 Sony World Photography Awards (Professional Competition Creative Category) World Photography Organization
Puffin Foundation Grant for Reconstructing Uravan, $3,000
2025 Illinois Arts Council, Creative Accelerator Fund, $10,000
Mother’s Milk Artist in Residence, Newton, Kansas
Finalist, Visionary Project Award, Film Photo Award, http://www.filmphotoaward.com
Seed Grants for Transitional and Exploratory Projects (STEP), “Hiraeth: The Story of Uravan,” Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, $14,881
2024 The Royal Photographic Society International Photography Exhibition 166, Shortlisted
Juror’s Award, Interiors, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas (awarded solo exhibition)
2023 Second Place, Art Through The Lens 2023, Yeiser Art Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky
Unbound12! Finalist, Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Third Place, Exposed, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, California
Director’s Honorable Mention, Altered Images, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO
2022 Illinois Arts Council Agency Artist Fellowship, $15,000
2022 Silver List Artist, awarded by Silver Eye Center for Photography, The Black List, and Carnegie Mellon University
2021 Interesting Artist & Photographic Books for 2021 by the PhotoBook Journal
2020 Most Creative Representation of Research Impact, Visualizing Research Impact Award, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School
Fresh 2020 Finalist, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2019 Juror’s Choice Award, Lens 2019, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois, Awarded by Natasha Egan,
Executive Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Illinois
Honorable Mention, Small Works, Robert Anderson Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Juror’s Choice Award, Art and Science Exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Student-Faculty Research/Creative Award, College of Letters, Arts & Sciences, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
2018 Banff Artist in Residence, Summer 2018, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Alchemy Italy Workshops Scholarship, San Rocco, Bennabio, Italy
Faculty Assembly Women’s Committee Mini-Grant, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Teaching Enhancement Grant, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Review Santa Fe 100 Photographer, Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2017 Best In Show, Environmental Photo Exhibition, Colorado Environmental Film Festival, Golden, CO
2016 Student Award for Innovations in Imaging, Society for Photographic Education (SPE)
Van Deren Coke Fellowship in Photography, Dept. of Art, University of New Mexico
Review Santa Fe 100 Photographer, Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2015 Paseo Taos Artist Project Funding for Nuclear Illuminations
Phyllis Muth Scholarship for Fine Arts, Dept. of Art, University of New Mexico
Review Santa Fe 100 Photographer, Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
College of Fine Arts Deans Travel Grant, University of New Mexico
Professional Development Grant, Graduate & Professional Student Association, University of New Mexico (three times)
Havana Biennial Travel Award to Havana, Cuba, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
2014-15 SITE Scholar Award, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014 Puffin Foundation Ltd. Project Grant for Vogtle Nuclear
Howard L. Franks Memorial $10,000 Fellowship, Dept. of Art, University of New Mexico
Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Southwest Travel Award
Anderson Ranch Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Penland Workshop Scholarship, Penland, North Carolina
Student Research Grant, Graduate and Professional Student Association, University of New Mexico
2012 Büro Für Bestimmte Dinge, Artist In Residence, Berlin, Germany
Anderson Ranch Fellowship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2009 Gay Clifford Award for Outstanding Women Students, University College London, England
Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop Grant, Pima Arts Council, Tucson, Arizona
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2027 (forthcoming) Dairy for the Downwinders, SRO Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
2026 Transuranic, Whipple Fine Arts Center, Roseburg, Oregon
2024 Monument Plinth, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
2023 Future Monuments, George School, Newton, Pennsylvania
2022 Monument Plinth, Saint Louis Artist’s Guild Curated Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
2021 Redacted Landscapes, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri
Control Room, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Crystal Balls for Our Shared Future, Office Space, Salt Lake City, Utah
2020 The Light at the End of History, River Gallery, Southeast Missouri State Univ., Cape Girardeau, MO
2019 Big Pharma, Weitman Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
2016 Evocative Objects, CFA Downtown Studio, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2015 City of The Nuclear Renaissance, Chandler Building, Zebulon, Georgia
Control Room, Central Features, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2014 Transuranic, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2012 Scars On The Landscape, Büro Für Bestimmte Dinge, Berlin, Germany
2006 Cabaret Voltage, Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, Utah
SMALL GROUP AND CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2026 The 115th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, American Solastalgia, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virginia
Reassembling Nuclear Family, Ni De Aquí, Ni De Allá, Albuquerque, New Mexico, curated by Sofie Hecht
Archives of Trauma, Women’s Photo Festival, curated by Penelope Petsini and Eleni Mouzakiti
o House of Lucie, Athens, Greece
o Ostuni Foto Festival, Via Crispi Art Space, Italy
2025 Experimental Photo Festival Echoes of the (In)Visible, IEFC Sala Ramon Alabern, Barcelona, Spain (5- person exhibition)
2024 A Thousand Beautiful Lies, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, curated by Hamida Glasgow (invited)
2022 Earth Works, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri (invited)
2021 Four Sight, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, New York (four-person group exhibition)
Four Sight, Office Space, Salt Lake City, Utah (four-person group exhibition)
2020 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China (invited)
Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico (invited)
Yuma Symposium Presenters Exhibition, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona
2019 Living Mountains, Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, China, curated by Natasha Egan, Executive Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Illinois (invited)
Artists in Conversation, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Art Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois
Hot Spots Radioactivity and the Landscape, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois (invited)
2018 Hot Spots: Radioactivity and the Landscape, University of Buffalo Art Museum, Buffalo, NY (invited)
2017 History/ Her Story, Warehouse 1-10, Magdalena, New Mexico (invited)
History/ Her Story, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Selected by The New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (invitational)
2016 Reactive Matters, Newspace Center For Photography, Portland, Oregon (invitational, three-person exhibition)
SELECTED JURIED & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026-2027 The International Photography Exhibition 167, Royal Photographic Society (Traveling Exhibition):
o Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
o The Museum of Somerset, Tauton, United Kingdom
o (Forthcoming) Royal Geographical Society, London, United Kingdom
2026 Dairy for the Downwinders,10th Singapore International Photography Festival: Open Call Portfolio Showcase, Esplanade Tunnel, Singapore
Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, juror: Kelli Connell
Annotated Forms, Staenberg Gallery, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri, juror: Kimberly Winkle
Sony World Photography Awards 2026 (Traveling Exhibition):
o Somerset House, London, UK
o Tokyo Photographic Arts Museum (TOP Museum) Tokyo, Japan
The Woman’s Gaze, SE Center of Photography, Greenville, South Carolina, juror: Vicky Martin
In Search of History, Throughline Collective, Houston, Texas, juror: Lisa Volpe
Renewal, A Photographers Place, Raleigh, North Carolina, juror: Ray Pfeiffer
2025 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, California, juror: Cig Harvey
Ephemeral, Woody Gaddis Gallery, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma
U92: Moab’s Uranium Legacy, Moab Museum, Moab, Utah
Guest Room: Architects of Power, Der Grief, Munich, Germany, jurors: Sarker Protick & Donald Weber
Society for Photographic Education Midwest, Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan, juror: Kat Goffnet
Two Wild Seas Mediterranean Italy Exhibition, Center of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
Art Through the Lens, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY juror: Ginny Harris (Honorable Mention)
Dreams and Imagined Realities, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont, juror: Emma Powell
Society for Photographic Education Caucus Exhibition, University of Nevada, Reno, juror: Liz Allen
Society for Photographic Education Member Exhibition, Sierra Arts, Reno, NV, juror: C. Rose Smith
2024 Visions of Utopia: SPE Midwest Exhibition, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Indiana, juror: Paul Palletti
Exposure, Photographic Resource Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, juror: Samantha Johnston
SIUE Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois
Photography Festival, Modern Visual Arts Gallery. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (juried)
Clearly Human V, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, Missouri, juror: Teresa Oaxaca
Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Exhibition, Steinberg Hall Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri juror: Sama Alshaibi
New Realities: Society for Photographic Education Members Exhibition, SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois, juror: Eric Lutz
Plutonium and Silver – Imaging the Nuclear Condition, International Uranium Film Festival, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society Vancouver, Canada
Interiors, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, juror: Ann Mitchel (juror’s award)
2023 Viral Integration, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, curator: elin o’Hara slavick
Art Through The Lens 2023, Yeiser Art Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky, juror: Cintia Segovia (2nd place)
Unbound12!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Exposed 2023, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, California (3rd place)
Ephemerality, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, juror: Jennifer Van
Conceptual Photography Exhibition, D'art Gallery, Denver, Colorado, juror: Mark Sink
Return, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Department of Art and Art History, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Altered Images, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, Colorado, juror: Lisa Volpe (honorable mention)
2022 Art Fair 14C, Office Space Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
Revelo 10th Annual Click! Photography Festival, Raleigh, North Carolina
PhotoMidwest 12th Biennial Exhibition, Promega Art Showcase, Fitchburg, Wisconsin
Constructions/Connections, South x Southeast Gallery, Molena, Georgia
Poolside, Jag Gallery, Key West, Florida
July Group Art Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
ASG 12th Anniversary Exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Abbey Hepner and Albert Abdul-Barr Wang, A New Nothing, anewnothing.com
2021 Cancer, Gallerium Art, Biafarin Online Exhibition, www.gallerium.art/p/cancer-2021.html
World Cyanotype Day, The Healing Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisianna
2020 Seeing 2020 Photography Under Quarantine, Juried by Ann Pallesen
Unbound 9, Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, juried by Gordon Stettinius
World Cyanotype Day, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Internal Dialogue, One Twelve Publishing, online, juried by Michael Kirchoff and Fran Forman
Fresh 2020, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
PM2, Framations Gallery, St. Charles, Missouri
Context 2020, Filter Space, Chicago, Illinois, juried by Eve Schillo, Assistant Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Trust the Story, Baldwin Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, juror: Melanie McWhorter
Midwest Midwinter Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2019 Defining Home, Woody Gaddis Gallery, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma (juried)
Art St. Louis XXXV, The Exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (juried)
World Cyanotype Day, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas & Healing Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
PARA Beyond Normal, Spectro Art Space, Harrisburg, Virginia (juried)
Pop Up Exhibition, Society for Photographic Education Southwest/West Chapter Conference, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California
MWSPE Members Exhibition, Brooks Stevens Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, juror: Jennifer Murray
The Disappearance of Nature, Silverwood Park, Saint Anthony, MN (juried)
Photography at the Emerald, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, Oregon (juried)
The Big Picture, Month of Photography Outdoor Installation, Denver, Colorado (juried)
Art and Science, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas (juried) (catalog, juror’s award)
Small Works, Robert Anderson Gallery, Denver, Colorado (juried) (honorable mention)
Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Exhibition, Cleveland Convention Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio (juried)
Quietly Powerful, Sense Gallery, Washington DC (juried)
Lens 2019, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois, juried by Natasha Egan (juried) (juror’s award)
Time, UCCS Faculty Exhibition, Galleries of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2018 Artists in Action Exhibition, Manitou Arts Center Haugner Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO (juried)
Conjured Futures, Center at the Interplanetary Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico (juried)
Art and Technology, Colorado Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado (invited)
Fraction 30 from 10, Pushdot Studio, Portland, Oregon (juried)
CEPA Gallery’s 14th Biennial Art Auction, Buffalo, New York (invitational)
SPE Combined International Caucus Exhibition, Hamilton & Arronson Galleries, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Juried by Anthony Goicolea (juried)
Being Set Free, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas (juried)
Atomic Traces, 14x18 Billboard Project, New York City, New York (invited)
2017 Optogenetic Cybernetic Translations, for Nucleus- Imagining Science, Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Groningen, Netherlands (juried)
Pikes Peak Member’s Show, Plaza of the Rockies, Colorado Springs, Colorado (juried)
Optogenetic Cybernetic Translations, Tahoe CoLab, McNamara Gallery, University of NV, Reno (juried)
Thread Count, A Der Greif Project, Unseen Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands (invited)
Tahoe CoLab Exhibition, Granlibakken Resort, Tahoe City, California, Juried by Liz Allen and Hamidah Glasgow (juried) (catalog)
Extra-Ordinary Collusion: Art and Science Collaborations, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California (invited)
Annual Member’s Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado, Juried by Rebecca Robertson (juried) (catalog)
Between The Medium, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver, Colorado (invited)
Environmental Photography Exhibition, Colorado Environmental Film Festival, American Mountaineering Center, Golden, Colorado (juried) (best in show)
The Big Picture, Month of Photography Outdoor Installation, Denver, Colorado (juried)
SPE Combined Caucus Exhibition, Hilton Orlando, Orlando, Florida, Juried by Renee Cox (juried)
2016 Southern California/Baja Biennial, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California (juried)
Impending Future, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, Pennsylvania (juried)
New Horizon, UCCS Faculty Exhibition, Galleries of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Size Matters, Low Gallery, San Diego, California, Juried by Allie Haeusslein (juried)
Connect, The Woody Gaddis Gallery, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmonds, Oklahoma (juried)
SPE Combined Caucus Exhibition, Living Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma (juried)
Follicle, Graft Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico (juried)
Scars on the Landscape, outdoor video projection for Arts Unexpected, School of Architecture andPlanning, Albuquerque, New Mexico
SPE Members Exhibition, Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, Juried by Aline Smithson (juried)
What Is There That We Cannot See?, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Juried by Courtney Fink (juried)
Jen Ervin and Ashley Kauschinger (jurors), Direct Positive/ Polaroids, Online Exhibition, published Nov. 10, www.LightLeaked.com
2015 Tanto Tempo 8, Tanto Tempo Gallery, Kobe, Japan (invited)
SITE Scholars Exhibition, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Atomic STEaM Photography Show, National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, New Mexico (juried)
Nuclear Illuminations, the Paseo Taos Arts Festival, Taos, New Mexico (juried)
Energy Illuminations, 516 ARTS Block Party, Habitat Exploring Climate Change, Albuquerque, NM
Women As Witness, TI Art Studios, Brooklyn, New York (juried)
Caretaker Robots in the Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival, Mt. Rokko Kobe, Japan (invited)
Immigration, Migration, and Evolving Boundaries for CENTER, Marion Center, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, New Mexico (juried)
Is Your Computer Infected?, ARTS Lab, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Connectivity, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Juried by James Ballinger, Director of the Phoenix Art Museum (juried)
Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas, Juried by April Watson
2014 Nuclear Mascot and Scars on the Landscape, for Social Justice: Remote Response, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico (juried)
Pace of Life, Wearable Art Performance, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Breakthroughs, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, Juried by Miranda Lash
2013 Dissociative: Pushing Against the Norm, Witchita State University Shift Space Gallery, Wichita, Kansas (juried)
Fusion, International Encaustic Artists Juried Exhibition, Eggman & Walrus, Santa Fe, NM (juried)
Four Corners, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado (juried)
At First Sight, AC2 Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Nuclear Mascot, Public Art Intervention, Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Elevated Research, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Shifts in Horizon, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California
2011 TBI Art Show, UW Tower, Seattle, Washington
TBI Art Show, Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, Washington (juried)
2010 Recreating Me, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Washington (juried)
2008 BFA Senior Show, Contemporary Design and Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Annual Student Show Juried Group Exhibition, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Equinox, Gallery UAF, Salt Lake City, Utah
2007 December Gallery Show, Women’s Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Holiday Show, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Holga Exhibition, Saans Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah (juried, book)
Utah Art Student Exhibition Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah (juried, honorable mention)
Utah Arts Council Annual Statewide Exhibition, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah (juried)
Annual Student Show Juried Group Exhibition, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2019 Big Pharma, collaboration with Economist Dr. Alicia Plemmons
2017 Optogenetic Cybernetic Translations, a 9-month research project with neuroscientist Mike Avery from the Salk Institute for Biology at UCSD
2016 To Bind or To Liberate, pewter sculpture created with sculptor Leslie Martin
Energy Illuminations and Nuclear Illuminations, collaboration with software developer and programmer Jason Hullinger
Breathe, collaborative video project with artist Jake Rogers
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Candela Collection, Richmond, VA
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
University of California Irvine, College of Health Sciences
MONOGRAPH
2021 Abbey Hepner, The Light at the End of History: Reacting to Nuclear Impact (Durham, North Carolina: Daylight Books, 2021), 166 pages
SELECTED WRITINGS
2021 Abbey Hepner, The Light at the End of History, Digital Stories, Daylight Books, June 1, daylightbooks.org
2020 Abbey Hepner, 2020. The Digital Anatomical Theater. Presented at Why Sentience? The 26th International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA 2020), Montreal, Canada. Printemps Numérique/ISEA International, http://www.isea-web.org/
2019 Abbey Hepner, “Q&A Jami Porter Lara” Strange Fire Collective, December 20th, strangefirecollective.com
Abbey Hepner, “Q&A Jennifer Colten” Strange Fire Collective, July 18th, strangefirecollective.com
2018 Abbey Hepner, “In Process: Q&A with Banff Artists in Residence” Strange Fire Collective, Sept. 20, www.strangefirecollective.com
Abbey Hepner, “Q&A Kristine Thompson” Strange Fire Collective, May 17th, strangefirecollective.com
Abbey Hepner, “Q&A Kei Ito” Strange Fire Collective, February 15, strangefirecollective.com
Abbey Hepner and Leslie Martin, “Addressing Power,” Exhibition Catalog for Creative Advocacy, Albuquerque, New Mexico: CFA Downtown Studio.
2017 Abbey Hepner, “Q&A Fatemeh Baigmoradi,” Strange Fire Collective, Dec. 21, strangefirecollective.com
Abbey Hepner, “Insider/Outsider: Photographing The Other,” Strange Fire Collective, October 19, www.strangefirecollective.com
2013 Abbey Hepner, “Temporary Container,” Best Student Essays Magazine, University of New Mexico: vol. 25, no. 2, Fall 2013 p. 16-23 (print)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: BOOKS, ACADEMIC JOURNALS, AND TEXTBOOKS
2026 Z5NE Zone 5, Edited by Ali Besikci, Zone, collective photobook, pp. 26
2026 Sony World Photography Awards Book, World Photography Organization, London, UK, 2026.
2025 A Smith Gallery, Interiors The 27: Fine Art Limited Edition Book, 2024, pp. 2-3 (print book)
2021 Sarah Kanouse and Shiloh Krupar, Ed, A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado, digital public humanities project featuring artwork by Abbey Hepner, launched September 1, www.coloradonuclearatlas.org
2023 University of New Mexico Southwest Hispanic Research Center, Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of the Greater Southwest: The U.S. Southwest as Land, Landscape, Place, and Environment, Volume 3 (Issue 1), pp. 81-89. (academic journal in print)
2022 Thomas Werner, The Business of Fine Art Photography: Art Markets, Galleries, Museums, Grant Writing, Conceiving and Marketing Your Work Globally, 1st edition, Routledge, New York, 2022. pp 1.20, 7.26, 7.27 (textbook)
2018 Robert Hirsch and Greg Erf, Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, 3rd edition, Routledge, New York, 2018. pp 423 (textbook)
2017 Coline Jourdan, Toxicologie des Territoires. Thesis publication, École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Dijon (ENSA Dijon), France, March 2017
2010 Texas Women’s University, Booth 55 How We See The World, Texas Women’s University Press, pp. 230-231 (print book)
2007 Saans Gallery (editor), The Holga Show Book, 2007, p. 1-4 (print book)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT
2026 Jonathan McIntosh, “The Town of Uravan, Colorado,” The Journal of the Royal Photographic Society, London, UK, July/September 2026 Vol. 166 No 3. pp. 234-237
“Dairy For The Downwinders,” Hand Magazine, Issue number 53, Summer 2026, pp. 34
Brooklyn to Gangnam Magazine. Visual Issue 2 (Spring 2026), ed. Albert Abdul-Barr Wang, Chunbum Park, and Julie Jang. New York: Roundcube Contemporary, 2026. Featured photographs: Dairy For The Downwinders on pp. 22-23
Brooklyn to Gangnam Magazine. Literary Issue 2 (Spring 2026), ed. Albert Abdul-Barr Wang, Chunbum Park, and Julie Jang. New York: Roundcube Contemporary, 2026. Rear cover photograph from Dairy For The Downwinders
Tara Joshi, “The Grid: Grief Bottled Abbey Hepner’s Milk Bottles Show Grief of Nuclear Fallout,” The Observer (UK), March 29, 2026. Pp. 6
“Dairy For The Downwinders,” Photo Trouvée Magazine, no. 18, Finding Home, Dec. 2025, pp 118-121
2025 Mark Feeney, “An Evocative Exposure at the Photographic Resource Center,” Boston Globe, August 14, pp. G4
2021 Amanda Cooper, “SIUE’s Hepner Describes Passion for Photography,” Weekender, Oct. 9-11, The Intelligencer, pp B1-B2
SIUE, “Visualizing Research Impacts,” Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School Research and Creative Activities Magazine Fall 2021, pp. 26
2020 Soft Lighting Volume 2: Connection, Julie Rae Powers, Ed., Soft Lightning, Dec. 1, Brooklyn, New York. Juried by Rashod Taylor
2019 Jodi Heckel, “Artists Consider Nuclear Industry’s Legacy in Krannert Art Museum Exhibition,” Illinois News Bureau, Oct. 10, https://news.illinois.edu
2017 Ramin Skibba, “The Force of Fields,” San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine, San Diego, CA. June 2017, p. 96-97
Emily Van Cleve, “Exploring Ethnicity, Identity, Land Use…”, Santa Fe Arts Journal, June 20, santafeartsjournal.com
Coline Jourdan, “Toxicologie des territoires”, National School of Art and Design of Dijon, France, Thesis Publication, March 2017
2016 Rachel Librach, “VAPA Celebrates National Arts…”, The Scribe, Colorado Springs, CO., Oct. 24, p. 4
Megan Geuss, “Fukushima, Vieques, Rocky Flats: Radioactive photos tell nuclear stories”, Ars Technica, WIRED Media: Condé Nast, July 8th, www.arstechnica.com
Jennifer Rabin, “Nuclear Photographs (and Other Non-Radioactive Art)”, Wilamette Week, Portland, OR, May 31, www.wweek.com
Karie Luidens, “Objets Nucléaire: The Art of Abbey Hepner”, ABQ Free Press, Apr. 20, Albuquerque, NM, p. 22
2015 Christopher Russel, “Portland Photo Month,” Artillery Magazine, Los Angeles, CA, September/October Issue p. 26-28
Cody Hooks, “Unhangable Art at Paseo Hinges on Science,” The Taos News, October 1
Renee Chavez, “The Art of Saving a Planet,” Alibi, Albuquerque NM, Vol. 24, Issue 37, Sept, 2015
516 ARTS, Habitat: Exploring Climate Change Through The Arts, Fall 2015, p. 7, 13, 19-20
Chris Curry, “Slow Exposures..” Kitchen Drawer Magazine, Griffin, Georgia, Vol. 7, Issue 5
Grant County Beat, “The Paseo Returns with Sound and Light…”, Taos, New Mexico, July 14th
2012 Tiger Oak Publishers, Seattle Magazine, Seattle, WA, Feb. 2012 issue, p. 87
2009 “KafkaFest,” Directed by Jess K Smith, dramaturgy by Hannah Hessel, Columbia University School of the Arts Theatre Program, New York City, NY. December 3-13, 2009. (Art used as Program Poster)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2026 The 115th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art: American Solastalgia, The Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virginia, Curated by M. Stang and Charlotte Hecht
2025 2025 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA Juried by Cig Harvey
Art Through the Lens 2025. Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky. Juried by Ginny Harris
Interiors. Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Dreams and Imagined Realities. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont. Juried by Emma Powell
2024 Environmental Challenges and Paradises. Decagon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Exhibition. Steinberg Hall Gallery, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Juried by Sama Alshaibi
New Realities: Society for Photographic Education Members Exhibition. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois. Juried by Eric Lutz
Ephemerality. Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Juried by Jennifer Van
2024 Interiors. A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas. Juried by Ann Mitchell
2023 Art Through the Lens 2023. Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky. Juried by Cintia Segovia.
2020 Fresh 2020. Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb. Curated by Joseph Traugott. Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2020, pp. 51–52
Seeing 2020 Photography Under Quarantine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Juried by Ann Pallesen
2019 Art and Science. A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Exhibition. Cleveland Convention Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
2018 Artists in Action. Manitou Arts Center, Manitou Springs, Colorado
CEPA Gallery's 14th Biennial Art Auction. CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Auction catalog
Society for Photographic Education Combined International Caucus Exhibition. Hamilton & Arronson Galleries, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Juried by Anthony Goicolea
Being Set Free. A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
2017 History/Her Story Exhibition Catalog, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Presented in association with the New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
NUCLEUS: Imagining Science. Noorderlicht International Photography Festival, Groningen, Netherlands, Festival Catalog.
Tahoe CoLab: Creativity, Community, and Collaboration. Society for Photographic Education West/Southwest Chapter Conference, Tahoe City, California
Annual Members' Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO, Juried by Rebecca Robertson
Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Exhibition. Hilton Orlando, Orlando, Florida, Juried by Renee Cox
2016 Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Exhibition. Living Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Society for Photographic Education Members Exhibition. Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, Juried by Aline Smithson
What Is There That We Cannot See? University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Juried by Courtney Fink
2015 Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival. Kobe, Japan, Festival catalog
Connectivity, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, Juried by James Ballinger
Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas
2014 Breakthroughs. University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, Juried by Miranda Lash
2013 Fusion. International Encaustic Artists Juried Exhibition, Eggman & Walrus, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 Utah Arts Council Annual Statewide Exhibition. Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: INTERVIEWS & BROADCAST MEDIA
2025 Sean J Patrick Carney (Host), (2025, September). Deep Time (No. 8) [Audio Podcast]. In Time Zero. https://timezeropod.substack.com/p/08-deep-time
Sean J Patrick Carney (Host), (2025, August). Neon Green Energy: Part 2 (No. 7) [Audio Podcast]. In Time Zero. https://timezeropod.substack.com/p/07-neon-green-energy-part-02
Sean J Patrick Carney (Host), (2025, August). Neon Green Energy: Part 1 (No. 7) [Audio Podcast]. In Time Zero. hhttps://timezeropod.substack.com/p/07-neon-green-energy-part-01
Sean J Patrick Carney (Host), (2025, June). Put on the Whole Armor of God (No. 1) [Audio Podcast]. In Time Zero. https://timezeropod.substack.com/p/01-put-on-the-whole-armor-of-god
Sean J Patrick Carney, The New Art of Atomic Critique, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Feb. 17, https://thebulletin.org/2025/02/the-new-art-of-atomic-critique
2022 HEC-TV, Video. “Visions of the American Landscape at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild,” St. Louis, Missouri, Channel 99, Aired April 13th, 2022
2021 Kevin Leonard, WSIE 88.7 FM Radio, Segue, live interview, Edwardsville, Illinois, aired on Oct. 10th
HEC-TV, Video. “The Sheldon Art Galleries’ Fall 202 Exhibits,” St. Louis, Missouri, Channel 99, Aired Nov. 21, 2021
2019 Abbey Hepner and Bree Lamb, “Photographers on Photographers: Bree Lamb and Abbey Hepner,” Lenscratch, Aug. 19, lenscratch.com
2017 Mariana Vieira, “Abbey Hepner: The States Project,” Lenscratch, Dec. 23, www.lenscratch.com
Zora Murf, “Abbey Hepner”, Strange Fire Collective Interview, July 20, www.strangefirecollective.com
2016 Mike Pach, The Photo Show, KCMJ, Radio interview, Colorado Springs, Colorado, aired Dec. 1
2015 Laura Addison, Ashley Kauschinger (ed.), “Abbey Hepner,” Light Leaked, Nov. 9, www.lightleaked.com
Jason Pfiefer, KNCE 93.5 Radio, live interview, Taos New Mexico, aired on September 23
Susan Thom Loubet, KUNM Radio interview, Albuquerque, NM, aired September 19th
Kristen Currie, “516 Arts Host Downtown Block Party,” KRQE News 13, Live Television Interview, Albuquerque, NM, aired Sept. 8
Creative Live, Robot Caretakers Series Shown in the Art and Business of Conceptual Portraiture, June 29-30, www.creativelive.com
2014 SITE Santa Fe, Interview, December 17, Online Video, www.sitesantafe.org
2007 Randy Barton, KPCW Radio interview, Park City, Utah, aired on October 25, 2007
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: ELECTRONIC MEDIA
2026 Otis Sheehan, O. (2026, August 7). “Royal Photographic Society opens 167-year show with Chemistry vs algorithms argument” Tech Times. Aug. 7
Jessica Miller, The World’s Oldest Photography Exhibition Returns This Summer With…, Amateur Photographer, Amateur Photographer, June 17, 2026,
Tom May, “Saltwater, Gold Leaf and 19th-Century Chemistry…”, Digital Camera World, June 18, 2026, www.digitalcameraworld.com
Baron, Eva. “Discover the Remarkable Finalists of the 2026 Sony World Photography Awards.” My Modern Met, March 11, 2026
Andrew Griffin, “UCC hosts 'Transuranic,' a radioactive photography exhibit,” The News Review, Roseburg, OR, Jan. 6th
2025 Paloma Jimenez, “A Thousand Beautiful Lies Review,” Denver Art Review Inquiry and Analysis, Nov. 12, https://www.dariamag.com/home/a-thousand-beautiful-lies
2022 Brennan Booker and Amanda Musick, Seeing 2020 Photography Under Quarantine, Fraction Magazine, Feb 10, fractionmagazine.com
Charlotte Hecht, “A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado,” ASAP Journal, Oct. 20, www.asapjournal.com
2021 River Bender, “SIUE’s Hepner Publishes Book Showcasing the Complexity of Nuclear Impact,” Oct. 27th, www.riverbender.com
Kimberly Sletten, “SIUE’s Hepner Publishes Book Showcasing the Complexity of Nuclear Impact,” Oct. 26, Southern Illinois University News, www.siue.edu/news
Thomas Shulz, “Abbey Hepner The Light at the End of History,” Sep. 18, www.bildersturm.blog
All About Photo, “The Light At The End Of History by Abbey Hepner,” Aug. 10, www.all-about- photo.com
Gerhard Clausing, “Abbey Hepner—The Light at the End of History: Reacting to Nuclear Impact,”Photo Book Journal, Aug. 10, https://www.photobookjournal.com
Art Daily, “Daylight Publishes ‘The Light at the End of History’ by Abbey Hepner,” July 31, www.artdaily.com
VT Editors, “The Light at the End of History: Reacting to Nuclear Impact,” July 27, Veterans Today, www.veteranstoday.com
2020 Rachael Long, “‘The Light at the End of History’ Explores Nuclear Technology, History in Photographs at River Campus Art Gallery,” Southeast Missouri State University News, Sept. 29, news.semo.edu
Robin Fultz, “Photos Do the Talking in Photo Conversation Project,” Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences News, http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences, Feb. 25
“An Artistic Immersion,” Yuma Sun, Feb. 14, Yumasun.com
2019 Modella Art Gallery, Collective Voices at Modella Art Gallery, Visit Stillwater OK, March 25, visitstillwaterok.org
Linda Alterwitz, “Art + Science, The Exhibition,” Lenscratch, March 14, lenscratch.com
Allison Meier, “Artists Confront the Radioactive Landscapes of the United States.” Hyperallergic, Oct. 9, hyperallergic.com.
New Pictorialists, YourDailyPhotograph.com, by Duncan Miller Gallery, Jan. 23, Guest Curators: Shana Nys Dambrot and Osceola Refetoff
Linda Alterwitz, “ART + SCIENCE: Women and Earth: Abbey Hepner,” Lenscratch, Feb. 12, www.lenscratch.com
2017 Joelcy Kay, “Human Daily Life + Robot,” Nov. 2, Edge of Humanity Magazine, www.edgeofhumanity.com
Andrea Hammer, “History/Her Story at Warehouse 1-10,” Artsphoria Magazine, Aug. 28, artsphoria.com
Art Daily, “Exhibition Celebrates Emerging and Mid-Career…”, June 25th, www.artdaily.com
2016 Anna Brody, “Abbey Hepner”, Aint-Bad Magazine, December 20, www.aint-bad.com
Bree Lamb (ed.), “Control Room”, Fraction Magazine, Issue 93, Dec. 1, www.fractionmagazine.com
Lycoming College, "Impending Future art exhibit premiers...”, November 15, www.lycoming.edu
2015 Kelly Tredwin, “Nuclear Energy Lights Up The Paseo,” LiveTaos.com, September 23
Amy Wolf, “Radioactive Prints,” Photo District News (PDN), May 22, www.pdnoline.com
2014 Alyssa Coppelman, “Popular Locations Where People Scatter The Ashes Of Their Dearly Departed,” Feature Shoot Interview, Sept. 11th, www.featureshoot.com
Ira Veles, "The Last Mile: Funeral Rituals in Abbey Hepner’s Project” Bird In Flight, Interview, Oct. 3, www.birdinflight.com
Ира Велес, "Последний путь: Похоронный…” Bird In Flight Russian Interview, Sept. 19, www.birdinflight.com/ru/
CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS AND ARTIST TALKS
2026 Keynote Speaker with Myrriah Gomez, Moderated by Sean J Patrick Carney, Art and Storytelling from Frontline Nuclear Communities, Illinois Innovation Network Conference 2026: Powering Illinois’ Future Together
Scholarly Presentation: “Reconstructing Uravan: A Counter-Archive,” Reframing the Archive: 7th International Conference on Photography and Visual Culture, ARCHIVO Platform, online (Portugal-based)
Artist Presentation: The Ephemerality of Place AND Panel Talk: “What is America?”, 35th Annual Berlind Symposium, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virgina
Artist Presentation: In Search of History, Throughline Collective, Houston, Texas
Visiting Artist Talk: Whipple Fine Arts Center, Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon
2025 Visiting Artist Talk: University of New Mexico, Photography Seminar taught by Jim Stone
Visiting Artist Talk: Colorado College, course Hypocrisy, Injustice, and the Bomb, taught by Jiun Bang, Political Science
Visiting Artist Talk: Wichita State University, Advanced Photography
Artist Presentation: Echoes of the (In)visible, Experimental Photo Festival, Barcelona, Spain
Artist Presentation: A Thousand Beautiful Lies, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, Colorado
2024 Artist Presentation: Monument Plinth, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
Artist Presentation: The Light at the End of History, The Society for Photographic Education 61st Annual Conference New Realities, St. Louis, Missouri
2023 Artist Presentation: The Light at the End of History, The Society for Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Conference, Vantage Point, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
Artist Talk: Award winners in Altered Images, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, Colorado
2022 Visiting Artist Presentation, East Carolina University
Artist Talk: St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, Missouri
Panel Presentation, 2022 Distinguished Scholar: Kirsten Pai Buick, College Art Association’s 110th Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois
2021 Artist Talk: Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri
Art Alumni Panel, University of New Mexico
Artist Talk: Launch event for A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado, sponsored by Georgetown’s Culture and Politics Program, the Georgetown Global Humanities Public Infrastructure seminar series, and Northeastern’s NULab for Maps, Texts, and Networks
Visiting Artist Presentation: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Virtual Book Launch for The Light at the End of History, hosted by Daylight Books, The Griffin Museum, Winchester, Massachusetts
Artist Talk: Internal Dialogue, hosted by One Twelve Publishing and The Gallery Upstairs
Visiting Artist Presentation: East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Visiting Artist Presentation: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Visiting Artist Presentation: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
2020 Artist Presentation: Digital Anatomical Theater, 26th International Symposium on Electronic Arts: Sentience, Montreal, Canada
Naming the Space, SIUE Diversity Day, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Artist Talk: River Campus Gallery, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Visiting Artist Presentation, Artists NOW! Lecture Series, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Artist Presentation: “Virtual Reality, An Empathy Machine?” The Society for Photographic Education 56th Annual International Conference: 20/20 Vision, Houston, Texas
Artist Talk and Presentation: “The Digital Anatomical Theater: a VR Experience,” Yuma Symposium, Yuma, Arizona
Visiting Artist Talk and Presentation, Arizona Western College, Yuma, Arizona
Guest Lecture, Material & Culture Course, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Artist Talk, Big Pharma, Weitman Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
2019 Artist Talk: Artists in Conversation: Roderick Whetstone and Abbey Hepner, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Art Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois
Artist Presentation: “Optogenetic Cybernetic Translations,” Communities, Collaborations and Collectives, Society for Photographic Education Midwest Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Panel: “Pink Champagne,” After-Screening Film Panel, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Juror’s talk: “Collective Voices,” Modella Gallery, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Artist Panel: Time: UCCS Faculty Exhibition, Galleries of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2018 Session Chair and Presenter: “Finding Support in an Arts Funding Crisis,” College Art Association, 106th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California
Speaker: “Alternative Careers in The Arts,” College Art Association, 106th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California
Artist Presentation: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada
Artist Panel Speaker: “Artists in Action.” Manitou Arts Center, Manitou Springs, Colorado
Artist Talk: “Art and Technology.” Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Juror’s Talk: “Addressing Power.” CFA Downtown Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2017 Roundtable Facilitator: “Art and Science.” Tahoe CoLab: Creativity, Community, and Collaboration, Society for Photographic Education West and Southwest Conference, Tahoe City, California
Artist Panel Speaker: “Abbey Hepner, Jessamyn Lovell, and Cara Romero.” moderated by Kate Ware, curator of the New Mexico Museum of Art, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Artist Talk: Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado
Artist Presentation with Collaborator Scientist Mike Avery from the Salk Institute for Biology at UCSD: “Extra-Ordinary Collusion Art and Science Collaboration.” Park 6, San Diego, California
Lecture: ”Insider/Outsider: Photographing The Other.” Society for Photographic Education 54th International Conference: Family Values, Orlando, Florida (paper presentation)
2016 Artist Presentation: “Transuranic.” Galleries of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Artist Presentation: “Material Impact, Discussion on Photography and Nuclear Energy.” Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon
Artist Presentation: “Evocative Objects” Center for The Arts, UNM, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Artist Presentation: “Transuranic.” Society for Photographic Education 53rd National Conference: Constructed Realities, Las Vegas, Nevada
Forum/Panel Speaker: “SPE Industry and Educator Forum.” Student Issues, Society for Photographic Education 53rd National Conference: Constructed Realities, Las Vegas, Nevada
Artist Presentation: “Caretaker Robots.” Meeting of The Minds, UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2015 Artist Presentation: “Nuclear Illuminations.” International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), Vancouver, Canada
Artist Talk: “Control Room.” Central Features, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Artist Presentation: “Living Light: Bioluminescence.” Science and Sustainability Adult Night at Explora Science Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Artist Presentation: “Transuranic.” Meeting of The Minds, UNM Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Artist Presentation: SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014 Artist Presentation: “Temporary Container.” Society for Photographic Education Southwest Annual Conference: A Collective Vision, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah
2013 Photo Essay Presentation: “Temporary Container.” Best Student Essays, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2012 Artist Presentation: Headlands Center for The Arts, Sausalito, California
Artist Presentation: Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Artist Presentation: “Scars on The Landscape.” Büro Für Bestimmte Dinge, Berlin, Germany
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2025-Present Associate Professor of Art, Area Head of Photography Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Department of Art and Design
2019-Present Assistant Professor of Art, Area Head of Photography Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Department of Art and Design
2022 Workshop Instructor Photographic Innovations with Laser Cutting and Engraving, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2016-2019 Instructor of Photography (full time faculty) University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Department of Visual and Performing Arts
2013-2016 Instructor of Record (graduate) responsible for all aspects of course, syllabi to grading University of New Mexico, Department of Art
Workshop/Professional Development Instructor
2017 • Finding A Mentor, Brown Bag Session with the SEPC committee, College Art Association, 105th Annual Conference, New York, New York
• Photo Transfers, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2015-16 STEMarts Lab, Taos, New Mexico:
• Bioart: Bioluminescent Art and Science, Anansi Charter School, Taos, New Mexico
STEAM program in collaboration with 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, New Mexico:
• Bioart: Bioluminescent Art and Science at the Explora Science Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico (youth and adults)
• Escuela Del Sol, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Inez Elementary School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016-2022 Content Contributor, Strange Fire Collective, www.strangefirecollective.com
2016-2020 Co-Founder, Creative Advocacy, www.creativeadvocacy.org
2009-2019 Sole Proprietor, AH Photography, arts-minded portrait photography business and workshops, trained and directed a team of photographers from 2010-2014
2017 Technical Editor, Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age by Robert Hirsch, Focal Press, 2018
2015 Gallery Assistant Intern, Central Features Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2015 pARTicles Team for Agnes Chavez’s exhibition at the Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba photography, video production, and assistance with youth workshops in Havana.
2013 Grants Chair (staff position), Graduate and Professional Student Association, University of
New Mexico, taught grant writing and reading workshops and oversaw the scoring of grants for graduate students across campus
2008-2009 Instructor, Art & Writing group, La Frontera: programs for the mentally ill, Tucson, Arizona
2006-2008 Digital Photo Print Lab Assistant (student work study), University of Utah, Dept. of Art
2007 Darkroom Assistant (student work study), University of Utah, Department of Art
2005-2006 Audio Engineer Intern (recording musical performances) and Electronic Music Lab Assistant (student work study), University of Utah, Department of Music
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Society for Photographic Education
2020-2025 Board of Directors (elected), Society for Photographic Education
2024-2025 Chair, Affiliated Chapter Committee, Society for Photograph Education
2022-2023 Chair, Virtual Conference Committee, Society for Photographic Education
2017-2020 Chair (elected), Society for Photographic Education Southwest Chapter
College Art Association
2017-2019 Student and Emerging Professionals Committee, College Art Association (CAA)
University of Central Florida
2018 Capstone reviewer for the B.S. in Photography program
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
2023-2024 Society for Photographic Education 2024 Conference Committee: New Realities, St. Louis, Missouri
2021-2023 Society for Photographic Education 2023 Conference Committee: Homecoming, Denver, Colorado
2021-2022 Society for Photographic Education 2022 Virtual Programming Committee: Truth and Consequences: A Reckoning
2021 Society for Photographic Education 2021 Virtual Programming Committee: Imagining Legacy: Archives, Collections, and Memoria 57th Annual Conference
Panel Moderator: The Naked Truth, Imagining Legacy: Archives, Collections, and Memoria: Society for Photographic Education
Panel Moderator: Grad Night: Ranran Fan, Jesse Egner, Trent Bozeman, Imagining Legacy: Archives, Collections, and Memoria: Society for Photographic Education
2019-2020 Conference Co-Chair, Society for Photographic Education SW/W Chapter Conference: PLACE: Meaning and Reflection, October 2-4, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado (canceled due to COVID-19)
2018-2019 Planning Committee and Peer Review Panel for Presenters, Society for Photographic Education SW/W Chapter Conference: All-Inclusive: Photography for Social Justice, November 1-3, 2019 at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2017-2018 Planning Committee, Society for Photographic Education SW/West Chapter Conference:
Conflux Coming Together in Conversation, Nov. 2-4, 2018 in Albuquerque, NM
2017-2018 Student and Emerging Professionals Brown Bag Lectures and Lounge Content, College Art Association (CAA), 106th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA
2016-2017 Student and Emerging Professionals Brown Bag Lectures, Lounge Content, and Mock
Interview Coordination Assistance, College Art Association (CAA), 105th Annual Conference, New York, NY
2016-2017 Planning Committee and Peer Review Panel for Presenters, Society for Photographic Education West/SW Chapter Conference: Tahoe CoLab: Creativity, Community, and Collaboration, Image Maker Presentations, Granlibakken, Tahoe City, California, Nov. 3-5.
EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE
2024 • Exhibition Organizer, Society for Photographic Education Members Exhibition, SIUE, Edwardsville, Illinois
2021 • Juror, Highland Art in the Park Arts Festival, Highland, Illinois
2020 • Juror, Traveling the World, The In Art Gallery, Online
• Curator, PM2, Framations Gallery, St. Charles, Missouri
• Juror, Beyond the Lens XIV, Framations Gallery, St. Charles, Missouri
2019 • Co-Curator, Collective Voices, An Exhibition hosted by Creative Advocacy, Modella Gallery, Stillwater, Oklahoma (includes catalog creation and publication)
2018 • Co-Organizer, Discovering Place, Heller Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Co-Curator/Juror, Addressing Power: Social Justice, An Exhibition hosted by Creative Advocacy, CFA Downtown Studio, Albuquerque, New Mexico (includes catalog creation and publication)
• Juror, Annual Student Art Exhibition, Colorado State University Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado
• Organizer, (im)possibilities and Photo Conversations, Heller Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2017 • Curator, Process of Denial, Heller Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Catalog Design, Tahoe CoLab Exhibition, McNamara Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno
• Curator, Beginning Digital Photography Exhibition, Heller Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2015 • Curator, Reimagine, John Sommers Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Juried Exhibition Review Panel, CITE Public Art Project, part of All Over the Map: The Ongoing
Dialogue of Public Art at the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM, Curated by Sherri Brueggemann and Public Arts Roadmap Course
2013 • Juried Exhibition Review Panel, Boys & Girls Clubs of Central New Mexico photo program,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, selected works for inclusion in the BGCA national art show
PORTFOLIO REVIEW EXPERIENCE
2026 Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
2019 Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education Southwest Chapter Conference, Santa Clara, California
Student Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Professional Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Cleveland Hilton Downtown, Cleveland, Ohio
2018 Professional Portfolio Reviewer, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Society for Photographic Education (2009-Current)
Member of the Atomic Photographers Guild (2023-Current)
College Art Association (2014-2024)