Education
2019 - MFA Fine Art, School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York City, NY
2008 - BFA Studio Art, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Interlude: A two person exhibition of works by Michelle Girardello and Dulce Lamarca, HEREarts, Curated by Marianna Peragallo, New York, NY.
Best Cult, Spring/Break Art Fair, Curated by Marianna Peragallo and Zac Thompson, New York, NY.
Together We Will: Celebrating Brooklyn’s LGBTQIA+ Community, Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY.
2021
2021 FLAT FILES, Collar Works, Curated by Kate Mothes Troy, NY.
Cladogram: 2nd KMA International Juried Biennial, Curated by Yasmeen Siddiqui, Katonah Museum of Art
Crochet Kamala Billboard, Contributor, Organized by London Kaye, Washington DC.
Spring Forward: Vibrant Visions and Voices of Women, Curated by Arantxa Rodriguez and Heidi Russell, Revelation Gallery, New York, NY.
2020
Found Family, Queerly Collective, Virtual.
Works from Home, ARTpartment, Curated by Michael Cruz and Zac Thompson, Brooklyn, NY and Virtual.
You Remember How Lonely Everything Was in the Beginning, Curated by Jason Elizondo and Zac Thompson, Virtual.
Pop Up, StartaArta, New York, NY.
2019
Chautauqua Emerging Artists Exhibition, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua, NY.
Carry On, Yadegaran Art Gallery, Kerman, Iran.
Now That’s What I Call Love, DCTV, New York City, NY.
Four Walls, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York City, NY.
For Love of (Im)Possibilities: Soft Power, Pop Up Show, Jersey City, NJ.
2018
Magic Plastic Lounge, Satellite Art Show, Miami, FL.
Conflict, SVA Flatiron Gallery, New York City, NY.
RAW 2018: Juried Photography Exhibition, The Noyes Museum of Art, Atlantic City, NJ.
2016 - Art Object, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL.
2012 - Art Fallout, Girls Club Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2008
Peripheral Vision: Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University.
ArtRx [III]: South Florida’s Cultural Remedy, The Lounge,West Palm Beach, FL.
ArtRx [WPB] & Continental Group: art lobby, West Palm Beach FL.
ArtRx [II]: South Florida’s Cultural Remedy, The Lounge,West Palm Beach, FL.
2007 - Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University.
2004 - COEXISTENCE: Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Ritter Art Gallery, Florida Atlantic University.
Teaching Experience
2010 - 2017 - Director of Creative Photography Program & Visual Arts Teacher, Miami Arts Charter School, Miami, FL.
2011 - High School Portfolio Development, Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL.
Artist Talks
2021 - Health and Healing - Art that rehabilitates body, place and space, Spring Forward Artist Talks, Organized by Arantxa Rodriguez and Heidi Russell
Publications
2019 - The Visual Opinion, Volume 25, Issue 3 “Black & White”
2014 - Finalist: Best of Photography, Photographer’s Forum
Book Cover Art, Prayer of Confession, Poems by Jen Karetnick
Bibliography
2020 - Alexey Kim, Being Queer When Noone’s Watching, https://sidewalkkilla.com/artpartmentnyc/
Ashlin Artemesia Ballif, You Remember How Lonely Everything Was in the Beginning / www.pleasedontcometothisshow.com
http://www.daily-lazy.com/2020/10/you-remember-how-lonely-everything-was.html#more
2013 - Jen Karetnick, Scholastic Art & Writing Competitions Reward with Record-Breaking Numbers of Keys, https://www.miamiartscharter.net/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=263406&id=0
Professional Experience
2023-2024 - Archivist and Studio Assistant for Sheila Pepe
2021 - 2024 - Archivist for Marilyn Minter Studios
2019 - 2023 - Archivist and Studio Assistant for Hiba Schahbaz
2021 - SVA: Assistant to MFA Fine Arts Chair
Assistant: Amanda Krampf and CarissaPotter, https://www.ifyouwereherenow.art
Assistant: Amanda Krampf, Gallery Gertrude and Chandran Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019 - Event Photographer, Genesis: Chautauqua School of Art’s First Drag Show, Chautauqua, NY.
Studio Assistant: Sharon Louden
2017 - 2019 - SVA MFA Fine Arts Equipment Librarian, New York, NY.
2018 - SVA Summer Residency, Assistant to Director of Program, New York, NY.
2018 - SVA Gramercy Gallery Attendant, New York, NY.
2016 & 2012 - Event Photographer, The Florida Dance Education Organization Annual Conference, FDEO, Miami City Ballet, Miami Beach, FL.