EDUCATION Central Saint Martins: Practice-based fine arts PhD research, 2008-09 (on hold)
Bard College: MFA Program, Photography coursework, 2008
School of Visual Arts, BFA Photography, 1998
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Coursework, 1994-95 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & APPEARANCES UN/World Future Council: Future Policy Award featured artist. September 2011 UCLA: Guest lecturer, James Welling photography seminar. Los Angeles, March 2011 TEDActive: TEDYou talk: How to Spend Time with a 13,000-Year-Old Tree. Palm Springs, March 2011 The Long Now Foundation: Seminar: Oldest Living Things in the World. San Francisco. Nov 2010
CreativeMornings: Guest lecturer. The Oldest Living Things in the World. Brooklyn, Aug 27, 2010
CNN: Guest on World Report, live international broadcast. Time Warner Center, NYC. July 28, 2010
TED Global Conference: TED Speaker. The Oldest Living Things in the World. Oxford, UK July 2010
Johnson & Johnson Convergence Lab: Guest Speaker. June 5, 2010
WFMU: Guest on Too Much Information with Benjamen Walker. May 26, 2010
GEL Conference: Speaker. TimesCenter, NYC, April 2010
NHPR: Guest on Word of Mouth. April 26, 2010
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS,
AWARDS & APPOINTMENTS
Sculpt the Future Foundation: Creativity for Change Grant.
July 2011
West Prize: 2011 Aquisition Award, Exhibition and Catalog. Oaks, PA, 2011
AOL 25 FOR 25: Artists and Innovtators Grant. Fall 2010
Montalvo Arts Center: Residency. November 2010
Prix Pictet 2010: Nominated artist. London/Geneva, 2010
TED Prize Event: Featured Visual Artist; Charter for Compassion
Launch. Brooklyn, NY 2009
Prix Pictet 2009: Nominated artist. London/Geneva, 2009
British Council: Darwin Now Award: Finalist. London, 2009
University of Pennsylvania Origins: Best in Show. Graduate
Humanities Forum, Feb 2008
Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Artist: Rollins
College, Fall 2007
MacDowell Colony Fellows Executive Committee, Officer, Appointed
Spring, 2007 - current
Vermont Studio Center: Residency and Artist’s Fellowship,
Fall 2006
Evelyn Stefansson Nef Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony, 2005
The MacDowell Colony: Residency, Fall 2005
The Cooper Union: School of Art Summer Residency Program,
2004
ID Magazine Bronze Design Award, Photographer for NBC’s
Homicide: Life Online, 1999
Arkin-Medo Excellence in Photography Award, 1998
St. Mary’s College: Recognition for Outstanding Work,
1996
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Berlin Botanical Museum: Oldest Living Things in the World. Berlin, Germany Nov 2010-Feb 2011 Montalvo Arts Center: Oldest Living Things in the World. Saratoga, California, Oct 2010- Jan 2011 Siamsa Tire: Un-Natural Selection. w/ John Holstead. Tralee, Ireland, Feb-Mar 2010 The Discovery Museum: The Oldest Living things in the World. Bridgeport, CT. Oct 08 - Jan 09 Michael Steinberg Fine Arts: The Oldest Living things in the World. New York, May 2008 Humble Arts Foundation: Solo Show. January-February, 2008 Galapagos Art Space: Natural Selection. Solo Exhibition. Williamsburg, May 2006
School of Visual Arts Gallery on 6th: Solo Exhibition. New York, March 2003
Galerie Engler & Piper: Solo Exhibition. Berlin, November 2002
Salon Bob: Solo exhibition. New York, May 1997 SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Museum of Contemporary Photography: Our Origins. Chicago. July – Oct 2011
West Collection: 2011 West Prize Finalists Exhibition. Oaks, PA. April 2011 – March 2012 Kunstverein Hannonver: On the Metaphor of Growth, Hannover, Germany. April - June 2011 Paris Photo: Represented by The Empty Quarter, Dubai. Nov 2010 Gallery 2B: The World’s Neglected Corners (w/Bukta Imre & S. Nagy.) Budapest, Hungary. Sept 2010 University of Pennsylvania: Origins. Hosted by the Graduate Humanities Forum. Feb 2008
American Museum of Natural History: Finding Life at the Frozen Poles, Hall of Biodiversity. New York, Jan 08
Winkleman Gallery: The Seed Project. New York, October 2007
Art Forum Berlin: Pierogi Flatfiles. Berlin, Sept - Oct 2007 Pierogi Leipzig: Hela Havet Stormar. Leipzig, Germany. Summer 2007
Gitana Rosa: In the Dirt: Young Photographers rethinking the Human Relationship to the Contemporary Landscape. Williamsburg, June-July 2007 Artnews Projects: Pierogi Flatfiling, Berlin, May-June 2007
Nurture Art/Cue Art Foundation: New ’07, Group exhibition and benefit. NYC, June 2007 New Century Artists: Group Show, Humble Arts Foundation. New York, March 2007
DOWNspace Gallery (LA Design Center): Stream, curated by Chris Sicat. March-May 2007
D21 Kunstraum: Salon. Leipzig, Germany. Dec ’06 – Jan ‘07 Pierogi Brooklyn: Installation. Brooklyn, Fall 2006 The RIDER Project: Mobile Art Gallery. New York, September 2006 Pace/MacGill: selfportraitr: curating the flikr community. August 2006
GroupShow: No. 6. Group-show.com. August 2006
Nurture Art/Cue Art Foundation: New ’06, Group exhibition and benefit. NYC, June 2006
Vox Populi: Voxumenta. Philadelphia, PA, May 2006 Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago: Photography 2005. Chicago, October 2005 Jen Bekman: The Pin-UP show. New York, Sept -Oct 2005 Ch'i: Artists Aid 'Orleans: Hurricane relief benefit exhibition. Brooklyn, September 2005 Central Park Conservancy: Picturing Central Park exhibition with benefit auction at Christie's, New York, June 2005 Jen Bekman Gallery: Hey, Hot Shot, juried exhibition. New York May 2005 Momenta/White Columns: Momenta benefit exhibition. New York, April 2005 Stenersenmuseet: Boundless. (Jan Christensen). Oslo, Norway, Feb 2005. Travelling in Norway through March 2006 ABC No Rio/Architecture for Humanity: Spice: Tsunami relief benefit auction. New York, Jan-Feb 2005
The Cooper Union: Artist in Residence Show. New York, June 2004 Participant: Greatest Show on Earth (Lisa Kirk). Performance. New York, May 2004 450 Broadway Gallery: Seeing is Believing. Artist/Curator. New York, May 2003 Gallery on 6th: Solo Exhibition at School of Visual Arts. New York, March 2003 The Front Room: Towards a New Architecture. Brooklyn, February 2003 The Front Room: Suffragette Show. Brooklyn, NY: June/July 2002 Boyden Gallery, Group Show. St. Mary's, MD: 1996
AFFILIATIONS & ARTIST FILES Brooklyn Arts Council: Fiscal Sponsor Pierogi Gallery: Flat Files. Brooklyn Gallery Stock: Exclusive licencing agent Jen Bekman / 20x200: Represents selected images Humble Arts Foundation: Limited edition ASCI (Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.): ArtSci INDEX Artists Space: Irving Sandler Artists File. New York Percent for Art: New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Artists Registry
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS O (The Oprah Magazine): Profile and gallery, Oldest Living Things. May 2011 La Pura Vida: The Old, the Hidden and the Unknown. Bryan Formhals, Dec 2010 WIRED MAGAZINE (UK): Interview and profile. Nov 2010
DER SPEIGEL (Germany): Profile and gallery, Oldest Living Things in the World. Aug 2010
TEKNOLOGISK INDSIGT (Denmark): Profile and gallery, Oldest Living Things in the World. Aug 2010
B.Z. (Germany): Profile and gallery, Oldest Living Things in the World. August 2010
BBC (Brasil): Fotógrafa registra seres mais antigos do planeta. August 2010
CNN: Interview and profile by Dean Irvine. Capturing the world's oldest living things. July 2010
Pie Paper (New Zealand): Interview and profile by Markus Hofko. August 2010
Trip Magazine (Brazil): Interview and profile by Diogo Rodrigeuz. June 2010
Galileu Magazine (Brazil): Interview and profile by Tatiana B. M. Oliveira. June 2010
The OUTLOOK Magazine (China): Interview and profile by Pinko Chao. June 2010
The Guardian | Observer (UK): The oldest living organisms: ancient survivors with a fragile future. Gallery & Profile by Ian Sample. May 2, 2010
New Scientist (UK): Profile by Jessica Griggs. Online and print edition, publishing April 10, 2010
NPR: The Picture Show. Hunting For The Oldest Living Things In The World. Pricilla Villarreal. Mar 2010
The Long Now Foundation: Oldest Living Things in the World. September 2009
Swiss Miss: Oldest Living Things. Tina Roth Eisenberg. Sept 2009 & March 2010
iO9: The Oldest Living Things in the World. Lauren Davis. September 2009
The Atlantic: Daily Dose. The Oldest Living Things on Earth. Andrew Sullivan. Sept 2009
Kottke.org: The oldest living things in the world, photographed. Jason Kottke. Sept 2009
El Pais: (Spain): Rachel Sussman. Carlos Alvarez. September 2009. New York Magazine: Best of 2008, Jerry Saltz. Dec 2008 The New York Times: Museums Give Science the Spark of Life, John Schwartz. Dec 2008 New York Magazine: Critics' Pick and review, Jerry Saltz, May 2008 Museum of Natural History: Science Bulletin: Finding Life at the Frozen Poles, Jan 2008 The New York Sun: Arts as a National Value, Amanda Gordon. Dec 2007
Science & Vie: Record de Longévité pour ces Bactéries. Oct 2007 Artworld Digest Magazine: The Seed Issue, featured artist. Spring 2007 Chelsea Now: Group Show.com Goes Brick and Mortar, Tonia Steed. March 2007 Fast Company: Creative Confinement, Lucas Conley. December 2005 Picturing Central Park exhibition catalog, May 2005 ElevenBulls, Featured Artist. Issue 26: March 2004 DOTlit: Love: A fiction and nonfiction Collection. November 2002 Sugarzine, Featured Artist, Premiere Gallery. November, 2002 ElevenBulls, Featured Artist. Issue 16: October 2003 Zebrameat.com, Featured Artist. Summer 2002 Homicide.com, Website Photographer. 1997-2000 School of Visual Arts 50th Anniversary Catalog, 1998
