Jennifer Garza-Cuen CV 2012
Jennifer Garza-Cuen CV 2012
Jennifer Garza-Cuen CV 2012
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jennifer garza-cuen<br />
seattle, washington<br />
deadpanphotography.com<br />
jgc@garza-cuen.com<br />
213-454-2240<br />
education<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
2011<br />
2011<br />
2001<br />
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI<br />
Master of Arts Concentration, History of Art and Visual Culture<br />
Graduated with Honors<br />
Master of Fine Arts, Photography<br />
Graduated with Honors<br />
Brown University, Providence, RI<br />
Certificate, Sheridan Program for Teaching and Learning<br />
American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt<br />
Bachelor of Arts, Comparative Literature & Film<br />
Summa cum Laude<br />
teaching competencies<br />
& interests<br />
Photographic Arts and Visual Literacy • Photo Theory and Contemporary Practices • Digital<br />
Capture and Photo-Editing • Hybrid: Analog to Digital Processes • Black & White Analog<br />
Photography • Alternative Photographic Practices • Large Format Photography • Studio and<br />
Location Lighting • History of Photography • Writing and Text-based Art.<br />
teaching: art &<br />
photography<br />
2011<br />
2010<br />
2010<br />
2009<br />
2008<br />
2009<br />
2009<br />
2009<br />
Guest Critic and Artist Talk, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI<br />
It's Still Narrative: invited to present my narrative book projects and to serves as a guest critic.<br />
Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI<br />
Visual Literacy – The Narrative in Photography (Photo II for non-majors): developed curriculum, wrote<br />
syllabus, and taught students in both the technical and conceptual aspects of photography. The course<br />
focused specifically on visual literacy and the narrative power of image.<br />
Artist Lecturer, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI: invited by the Dean of Graduate Studies<br />
Patricia Phillips to present an artist’s talk for the incoming graduate student forum.<br />
Instructor, University of Nevada, Reno, NV<br />
Photo I Digital: taught beginning (digital) photography including; all technical aspects of black & white<br />
analog capture to scanned digital negative, digital capture to camera RAW, and photoshop editing.<br />
Instructor, University of Nevada, Reno, NV<br />
Photo I Analog: taught beginning (analog) photography, including all technical aspects of black & white<br />
analog capture to fine art darkroom printing, fiber printing, toning, and alternative processes.<br />
Lecturer, University of Nevada, Reno, NV<br />
Vision & Activism: conceptualized and formulated a curriculum for artist/activists; organized and led<br />
an Earth Day workshop.<br />
Guest Lecturer, University of Nevada, Reno, NV<br />
Visual Arts Seminar: invited to present book projects and speak about portraiture.<br />
Artist Lecturer, University of Nevada, Reno, NV<br />
Art Department Lecture Series: invited to present photography projects.<br />
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teaching: art history<br />
writing & language<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
Workshop Leader, When Words Become the Work<br />
The Writing Center, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI<br />
Conceptualized and formulated a creative writing curriculum for artist/writers, organized and led<br />
workshop sessions, created and managed the RISD Word Works blog, submitted post-workshop assessment<br />
report of the overall success of the workshop.<br />
RISD Word Works Blog: http://risdwordworks.wordpress.com/<br />
2010-<strong>2012</strong><br />
Writing Tutor, RISD Writing Center, Providence, RI<br />
Tutored and edited students’ creative, academic, and graduate thesis writings, as well as professional<br />
texts and grant proposals.<br />
2011<br />
Instructor of Record, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI<br />
History of Art and Visual Culture 101, Sections 9 and 10<br />
Taught two sections of Art History, wrote syllabi, gave in class lectures, led seminar discussions, and<br />
performed all grading and student assessments.<br />
1999-2000<br />
Language Instructor, Berlitz, Cairo, Egypt<br />
Taught Spanish and English to Egyptian businessmen.<br />
other professional<br />
experience<br />
2009-2011<br />
2001-2009<br />
2001-2004<br />
2001<br />
2001<br />
Rhode Island School of Design Photography Department<br />
Visiting Artist Coordinator<br />
Planned and prepared for visits by artists, picked them up and accompanied them through critique<br />
schedules, helped prepare for their lectures and returned them to their hotels.<br />
External Relations Coordinator<br />
Planned and prepared for visits by potential students and parents of students, gave tours of the<br />
photography department and RISD campus, provided information about the program and showed<br />
examples of student and faculty work.<br />
Gallery Director, Red Eye Photo Gallery<br />
Curated, organized, and directed student exhibitions.<br />
Freelance Photographer, London, UK and Reno, NV<br />
Clients include Reno magazine, Tatler (Condé Nast UK), and Traveller magazine UK<br />
Freelance Photo Assistant, Rankin Photography, London, UK<br />
Assisted celebrity photographer Rankin, fashion/beauty photographers Fabrizio Rainone & Grey<br />
Zisser; food & still life photographer Tony Heathcote; and advertising photographer John Lamb.<br />
Studio Assistant, Tate Photography, Tate London, London, UK<br />
Press Office Assistant, Tate Press Office, Tate London, London, UK<br />
book projects<br />
2010-<strong>2012</strong><br />
2011<br />
2009<br />
Photographer and author of three book projects funded by artist grants and fellowships:<br />
Wandering in Place, in progress. A book about America, the Dreamland; told from the perspective of a<br />
wanderer through the cultural memory and inheritance of our images of place.<br />
Reno, published as part of a Graduate Thesis. A book about the town of Reno, Nevada. Researched and<br />
edited archived newspaper clippings from The Reno Historical Society; photographed, sequenced, and<br />
created narrative.<br />
CockTails, pending publication. Worked as a casino cocktail waitress in Reno, Nevada, conducted<br />
interviews with, and shot studio portraits of waitresses from various casinos. Edited and created a 100<br />
page book.<br />
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publications/reviews <strong>2012</strong><br />
2011<br />
2011<br />
2011<br />
2011<br />
2011<br />
2010<br />
2010<br />
2010<br />
2010<br />
2009<br />
2008<br />
2008<br />
2001<br />
Photography Served | Landscapes by <strong>Jennifer</strong> <strong>Garza</strong>-<strong>Cuen</strong><br />
Blink Contemporary Photography Magazine Issue 5 | <strong>Jennifer</strong> <strong>Garza</strong>-<strong>Cuen</strong><br />
Copypaste Culture | <strong>Jennifer</strong> <strong>Garza</strong>-<strong>Cuen</strong><br />
Feature Shoot, Art & Photography | <strong>Jennifer</strong> <strong>Garza</strong>-<strong>Cuen</strong><br />
Conscientious, Contemporary Photographers | <strong>Jennifer</strong> <strong>Garza</strong>-<strong>Cuen</strong><br />
Mapping the Intelligence of Artistic Work by Anne West, Moth Press features The Naming of Things<br />
The Photo Review, Competition Issue, Juried by Brian Clamp, Clamp Art Gallery, New York, NY<br />
Hey Hot Shot Contender: <strong>Jennifer</strong> <strong>Garza</strong>-<strong>Cuen</strong> by Stacy Oborn, New York, NY<br />
Photography Festival Bratislava, Slovakia<br />
presentation On Identity, by curator Edward Earle, New York, NY featured Cocktails<br />
Photographer’s Forum Awarded and published in Best of College Photographers<br />
Reno Passport, Otel Project Review, Reno, NV<br />
Sparks Tribune, Otel Exhibition Review, Sparks, NV<br />
Sierra Arts Magazine, Otel, Reno, NV<br />
Amateur Photographer Magazine, A Door to Success, London, UK<br />
artist residencies<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
2010<br />
2005<br />
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT<br />
Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI<br />
Artist directed residency, CockTails , Atlantis Casino Resort, Reno, NV<br />
selected solo shows<br />
2009<br />
2008<br />
2007<br />
El Cortez Hotel, Room 217 ‘Cortez at the Cortez’, NadaDada Motel,<br />
Sierra Arts Gallery, ‘Otel’, Reno, Nevada<br />
McKinley Arts Center, ‘As Light Enters The Morris’, Reno Nevada<br />
McKinley Arts Center, ‘Motel America’, Reno Nevada<br />
selected group shows<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
2011<br />
2010<br />
2009<br />
2007<br />
2001<br />
1997<br />
Mill Gallery, Ornamentation + Landscape, Pawtucket, RI<br />
Sol Koffler Gallery, Selections, Providence, RI<br />
RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Imprints, Providence, RI<br />
Camera Obscura Gallery, The Art of Photography Today II, Denver, CO<br />
Gelman Gallery, America, America, Providence, RI<br />
Sol Koffler Gallery, Five by Seven, RISD MFA Photography Biennial, Providence, RI<br />
Yellow House Gallery, Wild Wild West, Providence, RI<br />
RISD Red Eye Gallery, First, Incoming Photography MFA exhibition, Providence, RI<br />
Sheppard Gallery, Podium Results Show – Excerpts from Reno, Reno, NV<br />
The Perfect Exposure Gallery, Aesthetics, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Salon des Arts, Challenge The Nail, London, United Kingdom<br />
Nitaque Art Festival, photographer for Artist Sherif el Azma, Interview with a Housewife, Cairo, Egypt<br />
Instituto Allende Gallery, Student Exhibition, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico<br />
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scholarships & awards <strong>2012</strong><br />
2011<br />
2011<br />
2010<br />
2010<br />
2010<br />
2010<br />
2010<br />
2010<br />
2009<br />
2009<br />
2008<br />
2008<br />
2007<br />
2007<br />
2000<br />
1998-2001<br />
Full-Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT<br />
RISD Graduate Studies Grant, Juror Ian Berry, Associate Director and Curator of The Tang<br />
Teaching Museum and Art Gallery<br />
SPE Scholarship, Society of Photographic Education, Atlanta Conference<br />
Nominated for Fine Art, Photography Masters Cup, International Color Awards<br />
Photography Department Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design<br />
RISD Graduate Studies Grant, Juror (Susan Cross, Curator of Mass MOCA)<br />
Patricia Smith Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design<br />
Dean of Graduate Studies Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design<br />
Daniel Clarke Johnson Memorial Scholarship, Ox-Bow Artist Residency & SAIC, MI<br />
Henry Wolf Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI<br />
Photography Department Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design<br />
Letter of Appointment Grant, Photoshop Tutorials, University of Nevada, Reno<br />
Cherie Duhart Scholarship, University of Nevada, Reno<br />
Jackpot Grant, Nevada Arts Council, Reno, NV<br />
Professional Artist Grant, Sierra Arts, Reno, Nevada<br />
Tom Lamont Scholarship, most outstanding student of Literature, American University in Cairo, Egypt<br />
Dean’s List of Academic Scholars, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt<br />
auctions and benefits<br />
2009<br />
2009<br />
2008<br />
inMotion New York, NY<br />
Accepted as one of 5 graduate students nation wide to participate in the annual auction.<br />
Juried by New York Gallerists: Max Berger, Brian Paul Clamp, Daniel Cooney, Michael Foley, Howard<br />
Greenberg, Edwynn Houk, Yossi Milo, Yancy Richardson and Julie Saul, New York, NY<br />
Work / Wassaic I Heart Work Art Benefit, Work Gallery, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY<br />
Devin Hosselkus Art Auction Benefit, Studio on 4th Street, Reno, Nevada<br />
affiliations<br />
Society of Photographic Education (SPE)<br />
College Art Association (CAA)<br />
Rhizome<br />
languages<br />
Fluent in English & Spanish, some French and Egyptian Arabic<br />
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