SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2023 (Forthcoming) Voids, Office Space, Burbank, California
- 2022 Monument Plinth, Saint Louis Artist’s Guild Curated Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
- 2021 Redacted Landscapes, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri
- 2021 Control Room, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
- 2021 Crystal Balls for Our Shared Future, Office Space, Salt Lake City, Utah
- 2020 The Light at the End of History, River Campus Gallery, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- 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
- 2015 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
MONOGRAPH
SMALL GROUP & CURATED EXHIBITIONS
- 2022
- Earth Works Exhibition at Webster University’s Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster Groves, Missouri
- Abbey Hepner and Albert Abdul-Barr Wang, A New Nothing, anewnothing.com
- 2021
- Four Sight, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, New York (four-person group exhibition)
- 2020
- Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China (invited)
- PM2, Framations Gallery, St. Charles, Missouri
- Trinity: Reflections on the Bomb, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico (invitational)
- Yuma Symposium 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 (invitational)
- Artists in Conversation, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Art Gallery, Edwardsville, Illinois
- Hot Spots Radioactivity and the Landscape, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois (invitational)
- Time, UCCS Faculty Exhibition, Galleries of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, Colorado2018
- Hot Spots: Radioactivity and the Landscape, University of Buffalo Art Museum, Buffalo, New York (invitational)
- 2017
- History/ Her Story, Warehouse 1-10, Magdalena, New Mexico (invitational)
- Extra-Ordinary Collusion: Art and Science Collaborations, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California (invitational)
- 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) (catalog)
- Between The Medium, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver, Colorado (invitational)
- 2016
- New Horizon, UCCS Faculty Exhibition, Galleries of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Reactive Matters, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon (invitational) (three person exhibition)
- 2015
- Tanto Tempo 8, Tanto Tempo Gallery, Kobe, Japan (invitational)
- SITE Scholars Exhibition, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Caretaker Robots in the Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival, Mt. Rokko Kobe, Japan (invitational) (catalog)
- Is Your Computer Infected?, ARTS Lab, Albuquerque, New Mexico
FESTIVAL/ PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
- 2018
- Conjured Futures, Center at the Interplanetary Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico (juried)
- Atomic Traces, 14×18 Billboard Project, New York City, New York (invitational)
- 2015
- Nuclear Illuminations, the Paseo Taos Arts Festival, Taos, New Mexico
- Energy Illuminations, 516 ARTS Block Party, Habitat Exploring Climate Change, Albuquerque, NM
- 2016
- Scars on the Landscape, outdoor video projection for Arts Unexpected, School of Architecture and Planning, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 2014
- Pace of Life, Wearable Art Performance, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 2013
- Nuclear Mascot, Public Art Intervention, Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2022
- (Forthcoming) Internal Dialogue, The Gallery Upstairs, Orleans, Massachusetts
- (Forthcoming) 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
- 2021
- (Forthcoming) Internal Dialogue, The Gallery Upstairs, Orleans, Massachusetts
- Cancer, Gallerium Art, Biafarin Online Exhibition, www.gallerium.art/p/cancer-2021.html
- World Cyanotype Day, The Healing Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisianna
- Four Sight, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, New York (four-person group exhibition)
- Four Sight, Office Space, Salt Lake City, Utah (four-person group exhibition)
- 2020
- Seeing 2020 Photography Under Quarantine, published group exhibition, juried by Ann Pallesen (print)
- Unbound 9, Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, juried by Gordon Stettinius
- Internal Dialogue, One Twelve Publishing, online, juried by Michael Kirchoff and Fran Forman
- 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 (juried)
- Midwest Midwinter Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota (invitational)
- 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 & the Healing Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 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 (juried)
- 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) (catalog)
- Quietly Powerful, Sense Gallery, Washington DC (juried)
- Lens 2019, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois, juried by Natasha Egan (juried) (juror’s award)
- 2018
- Artists in Action Exhibition, Manitou Arts Center Haugner Gallery, Manitou Springs, CO (juried) (catalog)
- Art and Technology, Colorado Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado (invitational)
- Fraction 30 from 10, Pushdot Studio, Portland, Oregon (juried)
- CEPA Gallery’s 14th Biennial Art Auction, Buffalo, New York (invitational) (catalog)
- SPE Combined International Caucus Exhibition, Hamilton & Arronson Galleries, University of the Arts,
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Juried by Anthony Goicolea (juried) (catalog)
- Being Set Free, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas (juried) (catalog)
- 2017
- Optogenetic Cybernetic Translations, for Nucleus- Imagining Science, Noorderlicht Photo Festival, Groningen, Netherlands (juried) (catalog)
- Pikes Peak Member’s Show, Plaza of the Rockies, Colorado Springs, Colorado (juried)
- Optogenetic Cybernetic Translations in Tahoe CoLab, McNamara Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno (juried)
- Thread Count, A Der Greif Project, Unseen Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands (invitational)
- Tahoe CoLab Exhibition, Granlibakken Resort, Tahoe City, California, Juried by Liz Allen and Hamidah Glasgow (juried) (catalog)
- Annual Member’s Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado, Juried by Rebecca Robertson (juried) (catalog)
- 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) (catalog)
- 2016
- Southern California/Baja Biennial, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California (juried)
- Impending Future, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport, Pennsylvania (juried)
- 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) (catalog)
- Follicle, Graft Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico (juried)SPE Combined Caucus Exhibition, Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, Juried by Aline Smithson (juried) (catalog)
- What Is There That We Cannot See?, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Juried by Courtney Fink (juried) (catalog)
- 2015
- Atomic STEaM Photography Show, National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, New Mexico (juried)
- Women As Witness, TI Art Studios, Brooklyn, New York (juried)Immigration, Migration, and Evolving Boundaries for CENTER, Marion Center, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, New Mexico (juried)
- Connectivity, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Juried by James Ballinger, Director of the Phoenix Art Museum (juried) (catalog)
- Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition, Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas, Juried by April Watson (juried) (catalog)
- 2014
- Nuclear Mascot and Scars on the Landscape, for Social Justice: Remote Response, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico (juried)
- Breakthroughs, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Juried by Miranda Lash (juried) (catalog)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) (catalog)
- Four Corners, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado (juried)
- At First Sight, AC2 Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 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, Alvin 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) (catalog)
- Annual Student Show Juried Group Exhibition, Alvin Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Evening of Electronic Music Group Show, sound performance, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Performance: New Music, sound performance, University of Utah New Media Wing, Salt Lake City, Utah
- 2006
- Art of Polaroid Transfers, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon
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
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 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
- Kevin Leonard, WSIE 88.7 FM Radio, Segue, live interview, Edwardsville, Illinois, aired on Oct. 10th
- Amanda Cooper, “SIUE’s Hepner Describes Passion for Photography,” Weekender, Oct. 9-11, The Intelligencer, pp B1-B2 (print)
- SIUE, “Visualizing Research Impacts,” Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School Research and Creative Activities Magazine Fall 2021, pp. 26 (print)
- Thomas Shulz, “Abbey Hepner The Light at the End of History,” Sep. 18, www.bildersturm.blog
- Sarah Kanouse and Shiloh Krupar, Ed, A People’s Atlas of Nuclear Colorado, digital public humanities project, launched September 1, www.coloradonuclearatlas.org
- 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
- Brennan Booker and Amanda Musick, Seeing 2020 Photography Under Quarantine, Fraction Magazine, Feb 10, fractionmagazine.com
- 2020
- Julie Rae Powers, Ed., Soft Lighting Volume 2: Connection, Soft Lightning, Dec. 1, Brooklyn, New York. Juried by Rashod Taylor (print)
- “An Artistic Immersion,” Yuma Sun, Feb. 14, Yumasun.com
- 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
- Jodi Heckel, “Artists Consider Nuclear Industry’s Legacy in Krannert Art Museum Exhibition,” Illinois News Bureau, Oct. 10, https://news.illinois.edu
- Bree Lamb, “Photographers on Photographers: Bree Lamb and Abbey Hepner,” Lenscratch, Aug. 19, lenscratch.com
- 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
- 2018
- Allison Meier, “Artists Confront the Radioactive Landscapes of the United States.” Hyperallergic, Oct. 9, hyperallergic.com.
- Robert Hirsch and Greg Erf, Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, 3rd edition, Routledge, New York, 2018. (textbook)
- 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
- Mariana Vieira, “Abbey Hepner: The States Project,” Lenscratch, Dec. 23, www.lenscratch.com
- 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
- Kathryn M. Davis, History/Her Story Catalog Essay, New Mexico Women In The Arts, Santa Fe, NM (print)
- Ramin Skibba, “The Force of Fields,” San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles Magazine, San Diego, CA. June 2017, p. 96-97 (print)
- Zora Murf, “Abbey Hepner”, Strange Fire Collective Interview, July 20, www.strangefirecollective.com
- Art Daily, “Exhibition Celebrates Emerging and Mid-Career…”, June 25th, www.artdaily.com
- 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 (print)
- 2016
- Anna Brody, “Abbey Hepner”, Aint-Bad Magazine, December 20, www.aint-bad.com
- Mike Pach, The Photo Show, KCMJ, Radio interview, Colorado Springs, Colorado, aired Dec. 1
- 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
- Jen Ervin and Ashley Kauschinger (jurors), Direct Positive/ Polaroids, Online Exhibition, published Nov. 10, www.LightLeaked.com
- Rachel Librach, “VAPA Celebrates National Arts…”, The Scribe, Colorado Springs, CO., Oct. 24, p. 4 (print)
- 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 (print)
- 2015
- Laura Addison, Ashley Kauschinger (ed.), “Abbey Hepner,” Light Leaked, Nov. 9, www.lightleaked.com
- Christopher Russel, “Portland Photo Month,” Artillery Magazine, Los Angeles, CA, September/October Issue p. 26-28 (print)
- Cody Hooks, “Unhangable Art at Paseo Hinges on Science,” The Taos News, October 1
- Jason Pfiefer, KNCE 93.5 Radio, live interview, Taos New Mexico, aired on September 23
- Kelly Tredwin, “Nuclear Energy Lights Up The Paseo,” LiveTaos.com, 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
- Renee Chavez, “The Art of Saving a Planet,” Alibi, Albuquerque NM, Vol. 24, Issue 37, Sept., 2015 (print)
- 516 ARTS, Habitat: Exploring Climate Change Through The Arts, Fall 2015, p. 7, 13, 19-20 (print)
- Chris Curry, “Slow Exposures..” Kitchen Drawer Magazine, Griffin, Georgia, Vol. 7, Issue 5 (print)
- Grant County Beat, “The Paseo Returns with Sound and Light…”, Taos, New Mexico, July 14th
- Amy Wolf, “Radioactive Prints,” Photo District News (PDN), May 22, www.pdnoline.com
- Creative Live, Robot Caretakers Series Shown in the Art and Business of Conceptual Portraiture, June 29-30, www.creativelive.com
- 2014
- Alyssa Coppelman, “Popular Locations Where People Scatter The Ashes Of Their Dearly Departed,” Feature Shoot Interview, Sept. 11th, www.featureshoot.com
- SITE Santa Fe, Interview, December 17, Online Video, www.sitesantafe.org
- 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/
PUBLICATION AS AUTHOR
- 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.
- 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
- 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)
CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS AND ARTIST TALKS
- 2022
- Artist Talk, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, Missouri
- Visiting Artist Presentation, East Carolina University
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Panel Moderator: Grad Night: Ranran Fan, Jesse Egner, Trent Bozeman, Society for Photographic Education 57th Annual Conference (virtual)
- 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
- Lecture/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 Talk: 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, ColoradoArtist 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, OregonArtist 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, ColoradoArtist Presentation: “Scars on The Landscape.” Büro Für Bestimmte Dinge, Berlin, Germany
EDUCATION
- MFA
Studio Art (Photo), 2016
Minor in Arts Management
University of New Mexico
- BFA
Studio Art, 2008
University of Utah
- BA
Psychology, 2008
University of Utah
TEACHING
- Assistant professor of Art & Area Head of Photography Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2019-current
- Instructor of Photography University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 2016-2019
- Instructor of Record University of New Mexico, 2013-2016
- Workshop Instructor for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) Bioart: Bioluminescent Art and Science
SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ RESIDENCIES
- 2022
- Illinois Arts Council Agency $15,000 Fellowship
- 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
- COVID 19 Assigned Research Time Award, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School
- Research Equipment and Tools Award, co-investigator, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School
- 2020
- Most Creative Representation of Research Impact, Visualizing Research Impact Award, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate School
- Publication and Production Award for The Light at the End of History, 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, Colorado
- 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
- SITE Scholar Award, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico2014 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