MFA 2008 Visual Art, University of California, Riverside
BFA 2004 Fine Art Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology (Highest Honors)
BA 1999 French Literature, New York University (Junior Year at
NYU Paris)
Exhibition Record
2021 Nomad ( presented by Torrance Art Museum), Torrance, CA
Artists and Poems: Los Angeles 2021, Suturo & Durden and Ray)Virtual: suturo.com
2019 Pockets, Actual Size Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
New Bodies, New Spaces, Silverlake Conservation, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Disappear Here: Current Photography in Los Angeles
Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Here and Now: Faculty Show
Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
2012 There’s Something Happening Here
Brancolini Grimaldi, London, UK
Curators: James Reid, Wallpaper magazine; Tom Watt,
Art Review magazine
2011 The Los Angeles Initiative: Emerging Artist Exhibition
Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
Organized by The Rema Mann Foundation
Object-Orientation: Bodies and/as Things
Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA (catalogue)
Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from Southern
California
Fred Torres Projects, New York, NY
Curator: Edward Robinson, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2010 Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from Southern California, FotoFest 2010 Biennial, Houston, TX (catalogue)
Curator: Edward Robinson, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
B-Sides: A Dialogue with Contemporary U.S. Photography, FotoFest Headquarters, Houston, TX
Curator: Jennifer Ward
Material and Gravity, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, CA
Curator: Jenny Herrick
2009 Keeper of Light, Sandroni.Rey, Los Angeles, CA
Inside of Me, PHIL, Los Angeles, CA
Curator: Tony Payne
National Juried Exhibition, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2008 Torrance Juried Art Exhibition, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Curator: Gosia Wojas, Suzanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
The Rev Sanchez Series, Found Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo show)
UCR MFA 2008, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA
2007 Fortification, Grotto Gallerie, Brooklyn, NY
My Buddy, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
(catalogue)
Contemporary Landscapes, Millard Sheets Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
Either Too Young or Too Obtuse, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Photo-Chimera, Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Curator: Gloria Williams Sander, Norton Simon Museum of Art
Greater LA Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA (catalogue)
2006 Separate Checks, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA
Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
Greater LA Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2005 Southern Exposure, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
2004 Bird x Bird II, Land O’Lakes Warehouse, Minneapolis, MN
Door Seven, The Space Space, Rochester, NY (collaboration with Charles Kushla)
School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Honors Show*, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Bibliography
2014 Shore, Robert, Post-Photography: The Photographer as Artist, Laurence King Publishing, ills.
2014 Highlike Book, SESI-SP Editora
2013 “Ariadne’s Picture” Elephant, Winter 2013, Issue 17: 50-71 ills.
2012 Reid, James, “There’s Something Happening Here” British Journal of Photography, August 2012, 16-17, ill.
O’Hagan, Sean, “On Photography” The Guardian, Sept. 20, 2012 .
McNay, Anna “Review.” Photomonitor Oct 16, 2012, ill. .
2011 Kings Magazine (Milan, Italy), Number 2, December, 2011, ills.
Aletti, Vince, “Goings On About Town.” New Yorker April 22, 2011, Issue: 809
MacDevitt, James “Object-Orientation: Bodies and/as Things” 2011, Cerritos College Art Gallery Catalog. ills.
Harper, Sharon “One Picture/One Paragraph” saint lucy
2010 Watriss, Wendy, and Manfred Zollner, Portfolio, European Photography Spring/Summer 2010, Number 87, 8-9, ills.
DaLuz, Steven. “Two From the Assembly.” visualseen .
Cotton, Charlotte. “Fotofest focuses on haunting images of contemporary America.” Culturemap .
Wozny, Nancy. “The arts’ Olympic marathon: A FotoFest adventure.” Culturemap < http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/04-15-10-the-arts-olympic-marathon-fotofest-adventure/>.
2008 Farabee, Mindy. “Finding Truth Through Manipulated Images.” Los Angeles Times 10 April 2008, The Guide: 20, ill.
Coleman, Jonny. “Nicole Belle’s Reinvention.” Citizen LA April 2008: 12-13, ills.
Public Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
R.I.T. Wallace Library
Grants/Fellowships/Awards
2013 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Los Angeles Nominee
2008 Torrance Juried Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention
2008 ArtSeen Emerging Artist Award
2007 Gluck Fellowship for the Arts, Gluck Foundation
2006 Gluck Fellowship for the Arts, Gluck Foundation
2004 R.I.T. Wallace Library Photo Purchase Prize
2003 R.I.T. Wallace Library Photo Purchase Prize
Artist Lectures
2018 Visual and Media Arts Department Artist Lecture Series, LACC, Los Angeles, CA
2017 University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
(Guest lecture, Advanced Photography Class, Instr. Heather Rasmusen)
2012 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
(Guest lecture, Beginning Photography, Instr. Julia Paull)
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
(Guest lecture, History of Photography, Advanced Photo, Instr. Asha
Schechter)
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
(Guest lecture, Advanced Photography Class, Prof. James Welling)
2011 . Pomona College, Claremont, CA
(Guest lecture, Digital Photography, B&W Photography, Prof. Lisa Anne
Auerbach)
Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
(Guest lecture, Digital Photography, Instr. John Sisley)
2009 University of California, Los Angeles, CA
(Guest lecture, Advanced Photography, Prof. Catherine Opie)
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
(Guest lecture, Intermediate Photography, Prof. Jeff Sheng)
2007 University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
(Guest lecture, Advanced Photography Class, Prof. James Welling)
BFA 2004 Fine Art Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology (Highest Honors)
BA 1999 French Literature, New York University (Junior Year at
NYU Paris)
Exhibition Record
2021 Nomad ( presented by Torrance Art Museum), Torrance, CA
Artists and Poems: Los Angeles 2021, Suturo & Durden and Ray)Virtual: suturo.com
2019 Pockets, Actual Size Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
New Bodies, New Spaces, Silverlake Conservation, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Disappear Here: Current Photography in Los Angeles
Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Here and Now: Faculty Show
Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
2012 There’s Something Happening Here
Brancolini Grimaldi, London, UK
Curators: James Reid, Wallpaper magazine; Tom Watt,
Art Review magazine
2011 The Los Angeles Initiative: Emerging Artist Exhibition
Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
Organized by The Rema Mann Foundation
Object-Orientation: Bodies and/as Things
Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA (catalogue)
Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from Southern
California
Fred Torres Projects, New York, NY
Curator: Edward Robinson, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2010 Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from Southern California, FotoFest 2010 Biennial, Houston, TX (catalogue)
Curator: Edward Robinson, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
B-Sides: A Dialogue with Contemporary U.S. Photography, FotoFest Headquarters, Houston, TX
Curator: Jennifer Ward
Material and Gravity, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, CA
Curator: Jenny Herrick
2009 Keeper of Light, Sandroni.Rey, Los Angeles, CA
Inside of Me, PHIL, Los Angeles, CA
Curator: Tony Payne
National Juried Exhibition, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2008 Torrance Juried Art Exhibition, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Curator: Gosia Wojas, Suzanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
The Rev Sanchez Series, Found Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo show)
UCR MFA 2008, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA
2007 Fortification, Grotto Gallerie, Brooklyn, NY
My Buddy, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
(catalogue)
Contemporary Landscapes, Millard Sheets Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
Either Too Young or Too Obtuse, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Photo-Chimera, Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA
Curator: Gloria Williams Sander, Norton Simon Museum of Art
Greater LA Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA (catalogue)
2006 Separate Checks, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA
Chain Letter, High Energy Constructs, Los Angeles, CA
Greater LA Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2005 Southern Exposure, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
2004 Bird x Bird II, Land O’Lakes Warehouse, Minneapolis, MN
Door Seven, The Space Space, Rochester, NY (collaboration with Charles Kushla)
School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Honors Show*, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Bibliography
2014 Shore, Robert, Post-Photography: The Photographer as Artist, Laurence King Publishing, ills.
2014 Highlike Book, SESI-SP Editora
2013 “Ariadne’s Picture” Elephant, Winter 2013, Issue 17: 50-71 ills.
2012 Reid, James, “There’s Something Happening Here” British Journal of Photography, August 2012, 16-17, ill.
O’Hagan, Sean, “On Photography” The Guardian, Sept. 20, 2012 .
McNay, Anna “Review.” Photomonitor Oct 16, 2012, ill. .
2011 Kings Magazine (Milan, Italy), Number 2, December, 2011, ills.
Aletti, Vince, “Goings On About Town.” New Yorker April 22, 2011, Issue: 809
MacDevitt, James “Object-Orientation: Bodies and/as Things” 2011, Cerritos College Art Gallery Catalog. ills.
Harper, Sharon “One Picture/One Paragraph” saint lucy
2010 Watriss, Wendy, and Manfred Zollner, Portfolio, European Photography Spring/Summer 2010, Number 87, 8-9, ills.
DaLuz, Steven. “Two From the Assembly.” visualseen .
Cotton, Charlotte. “Fotofest focuses on haunting images of contemporary America.” Culturemap .
Wozny, Nancy. “The arts’ Olympic marathon: A FotoFest adventure.” Culturemap < http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/04-15-10-the-arts-olympic-marathon-fotofest-adventure/>.
2008 Farabee, Mindy. “Finding Truth Through Manipulated Images.” Los Angeles Times 10 April 2008, The Guide: 20, ill.
Coleman, Jonny. “Nicole Belle’s Reinvention.” Citizen LA April 2008: 12-13, ills.
Public Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
R.I.T. Wallace Library
Grants/Fellowships/Awards
2013 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Los Angeles Nominee
2008 Torrance Juried Art Exhibition, Honorable Mention
2008 ArtSeen Emerging Artist Award
2007 Gluck Fellowship for the Arts, Gluck Foundation
2006 Gluck Fellowship for the Arts, Gluck Foundation
2004 R.I.T. Wallace Library Photo Purchase Prize
2003 R.I.T. Wallace Library Photo Purchase Prize
Artist Lectures
2018 Visual and Media Arts Department Artist Lecture Series, LACC, Los Angeles, CA
2017 University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
(Guest lecture, Advanced Photography Class, Instr. Heather Rasmusen)
2012 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
(Guest lecture, Beginning Photography, Instr. Julia Paull)
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
(Guest lecture, History of Photography, Advanced Photo, Instr. Asha
Schechter)
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
(Guest lecture, Advanced Photography Class, Prof. James Welling)
2011 . Pomona College, Claremont, CA
(Guest lecture, Digital Photography, B&W Photography, Prof. Lisa Anne
Auerbach)
Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
(Guest lecture, Digital Photography, Instr. John Sisley)
2009 University of California, Los Angeles, CA
(Guest lecture, Advanced Photography, Prof. Catherine Opie)
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
(Guest lecture, Intermediate Photography, Prof. Jeff Sheng)
2007 University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
(Guest lecture, Advanced Photography Class, Prof. James Welling)