ANGELA FARIS BELT * www.angelafarisbelt.com * 303.653.7648 * [email protected] ______
• Nationally recognized photographic artist, and leader in the field engaged in fine art research and practice. • Award-winning author and educator with work housed in national and international collections.
EDUCATION ______MFA, 1997 University of Michigan School of Art & Design Rackham School of Graduate Studies Art Fellowship recipient; GPA 3.8 1999 – 2000 University of Dayton School of Education; 18 Graduate credits; Praxis Top 5%; GPA 4.0 BFA, 1992 University of Dayton School of Visual Arts; Photography Major, English Minor
GALLERY REPRESENTATION ______2019-Present: Michael Warren Contemporary Gallery, Denver, CO (www.michaelwarrencontemporary.com/artists)
SOLO & 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS ______2021 O’Sullivan Gallery; Regis University; Denver Month of Photography 2-Person Invitational with Andrew Beckham. Nascent and Harbinger; Denver, CO. 2020 Michael Warren Contemporary Gallery; Nascent; 2-Person Invitational w/ Nathan Abels; Denver, CO 2016 The Creekside Cellars; out of a mountain of grass and thistle; Evergreen, CO 2013 The Creekside Cellars; Entropy and Indra’s Net; Evergreen, CO 2012 The University of Notre Dame Photography Gallery; Entropy; Notre Dame, IN 2003 Front Street Artist Studios; Art Hop Open Studio Event and Exhibition; Dayton, OH 1997 Rackham Galleries; Framing Reflections: In Commemoration of My Grandmother; Ann Arbor, MI Ann Arbor Arts Center; Prints from the series Points – Horizons 1992 5th Street Gallery; Personal Spaces Series; Dayton, OH Roesch Gallery; Personal Spaces Series; Dayton, OH
SELECTED GROUP & JURIED EXHIBITIONS ______2020 Curtis Center for the Arts; MTNS; Invitational Exhibition; Denver, CO 2019 Michael Warren Contemporary; Entropy; Denver, CO 2018 BJ Spoke Gallery, Focus 2018; Juror Kelly Sidley (Curatorial Assistant MoMA); Huntington, NY CORDEN/POTTS Gallery; Tipping Point; Juror Ann Jastraub (RayKo), Judy Walgren; San Fran, CA Colo Photo Art Cntr; Juried Exhibition; Juror Paula Tognarelli (Dir, Griffin Museum); Denver, CO LENSCRATCH Art + Science Feature; Juror Linda Alterwitz; February, 2018 2017 Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Representing the West, Juror Don Stinson; Pueblo, CO Month of Photography, Denver Center for Performing Arts Outdoor Installation; Denver, CO 2016 The Arvada Center, The Art of the State, Jurors Collin Parson, Michael Chavez, Arvada, CO 2015 The Dairy Arts Center, Of Line and Color, Juried Invitational 4-person Exhibition, Boulder, CO Gallery 249, The University of Dayton, Entropy, Invitational Solo Alumni Exhibition, Dayton, OH Republic Plaza, Photo-Synthesis, Southwest Voices, Juried Invitational Exhibition, Juror, Andra Archer, Denver, CO
______Angela Faris Belt CV 1 2014 Foreman Gallery, Exploration, 3-person exhibition, Hartwick College; Oneonta, NY 2013 Republic Plaza Art Galleries, Photo Synthesis, Curator Invitational; Denver, CO 2012 Center for Fine Art Photography, SPE Members Exhibition; Juror, Jim Robischon; Ft Collins, CO John Jellico Gallery, Elements Invitational Exhibition (juried, coordinated & exhibited); Denver, CO 2011 Art Gallery, Louisiana Tech University; Elements Group Travel Exhibition; Rustin, LA John Jellico Gallery, Ai Colorado Photography Faculty Invitational Exhibition; Denver, CO 2010 Center for Fine Art Photography; Animalia; Juror Karen Irvine; Fort Collins, CO Fawick Gallery; Baldwin-Wallace College; Elements Group Travel Exhibition; Berea, OH 2009 LA Expo Center, 360.org Global Climate Change Exposition with UN Summit; Los Angeles, CA Eastern Michigan University Gallery; Elements Group Travel Exhibition; Ypsilanti, MI 360.org Gallery; Climate Change Permanent on-line exhibition Moab Photographic Symposium; Invitational Exhibition; Moab, UT 2008 John Jellico Gallery; The Elements of Photography Book Launch Exhibition; Denver, CO 2007 Center for Fine Art Photography; Alternative Process; Juror Elizabeth Spungen, Dir. Print Center, PA; Ft Collins, CO 2004 Dayton Visual Arts Center; Dayton Art Museum Art Auction Exhibition; Dayton, OH The Small Gallery; Ohio Institute of Photography Faculty Invitational Exhibition; Dayton, OH 2003 Rike Center Gallery; University of Dayton Alumni Invitational; Dayton, OH Dayton Visual Arts Center; DVACamera II; Juror: Alex Nyerges, Curator, Dayton Art Institute; OH 2002 Dayton Visual Arts Center; Dayton Art Museum Art Auction Exhibition Dayton, OH Rike Center Gallery, University of Dayton Alumni Invitational Exhibition; Dayton, OH 2001 Dayton Visual Arts Center Art Auction; Dayton, OH Dayton Visual Arts Center; Juried Members Exhibition; Dayton, OH 2000 Rosewood Arts Center; The View Juried Landscape Exhibition; Dayton, OH DAAP Galleries, Focus 2000 Juried Photography Exhibition; Cincinnati, OH Dayton Visual Arts Center Art Auction, Dayton, OH 1999 Ohio State Exposition Center; Juried Fine Art Exhibition; Columbus, OH Rosewood Arts Center; Works on Paper Juried Exhibition; Kettering, OH 1998 5th Street Gallery; Surfaces Group Exhibition; Dayton, OH 1996 Claritas Corporation; CD ROM catalog of American neighborhoods; You Are Where You Live 1995 Jean-Paul Slusser Gallery, Water Series, group exhibition; Ann Arbor, MI 1994 University of AG, Prague, CZ; Pilgrimage Series, Human Dignity in Media Culture World Conference Rike Center Gallery; Department of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition Dayton, OH
AUTHORED PUBLICAITONS ______2012 Sheilah Wilson’s Brave Ideas; Critical Essay for Herndon Gallery exhibition catalog 2011 The Elements of Photography: Understanding & Creating Sophisticated Images, 2nd Ed. Internationally adopted textbook on photographic language for fine art, commercial and documentary photography students; includes practical exercises and portfolios; Taylor & Francis 2008 The Elements of Photography: Understanding & Creating Sophisticated Images, 1st Ed. Textbook merging technical attributes with visual outcomes, concepts and meaning; Focal Press
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CATALOGS & REVIEWS ______2020 Colorado Photographic Arts Center Annual Calendar; Invitational 2019 Westword; Shows that Deconstruct the West, Michael Paglia, November 2019
______Angela Faris Belt CV 2 Don’t Take Pictures Online Blog; Month of Photography Denver Reviews, Kat Kiernan; April 2019; https://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2019/3/31/month-of-photography-denver Aphotoeditor.com online Blog; The Best Work I saw at the Denver Portfolio Walkthrough; Jonathan Blaustein, May 2019; aphotoeditor.com/2019/05/17/the-best-work-i-saw-at-the-denver-portfolio-walk/ 2018 LENSCRATCH Art + Science; lenscratch.com/2018/02/art-science-women-and-earth-angela-faris- belt/ Blog Feature, February 2018 2009 Elements Traveling Exhibition Review, AnnArbor.com, by Martin Bandyke, Sept. 19, 2009 Numerous user reviews for The Elements of Photography on Amazon.com and other online sources 2008 Apogee Photo Magazine, Intermediate to Advanced Book Review: Elements University of Dayton Quarterly, Looking, Seeing: Angela Faris Belt, feature article by Deborah McCarty Smith 2007 Focal Press Book Review; Dennie Eagleson, Associate Professor of Photography, Antioch College 1996 CD Catalog of American neighborhoods; Published by Claritas Corp. & Smithsonian Museum of Art 1994 Print Catalog: Human Dignity in a Media Culture World Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS ______2021 Artist Talk; Nascent; Regis University; with Andrew Beckham, Denver, CO 2019 Artist Talk; Entropy; Michael Warren Contemporary Gallery, Denver, CO Artist Lecture; Finding the Thread; Colorado Photographic Arts Center PhotoVox; Denver, CO 2016 Pedagogy Lecture; The New Community College; Colorado Art Educators Association Conference 2015 Artist Lecture, Entropy; The Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO 2013 Workshop, Getting Started with dSLR; Anderson Ranch Arts Center; Snowmass, CO 2012 Panel Presenter, Pedagogy Now, Teach!; SPE Mid-West Conference; Cincinnati, OH Panel Presenter, Pedagogy Now, Teach!; Assessment in the Arts National Conference; Denver, CO Panel Presenter, Academic Practicum Workshop; SPE National Conference; San Francisco, CA Seminar, Publishing Your Textbook; Art Institute of Colorado; Denver, CO 2011 Image Maker Lecture, Seeing Photographically; Hays Arts Council; Hays, KS Workshop, The Elements of Photography; Anderson Ranch Arts Center; Snowmass Village, CO Educators Workshop, Elements of Photography; Art Institute of Colorado Summer Institutes; CO 2010 Workshop, Getting Started with dSLR; Anderson Ranch Arts Center; Snowmass Village, CO Educators Workshop, Elements of Photography; Art Institute of Colorado Summer Institutes 2009 Workshop for Educators, Elements; Art Institute of Colorado Summer Institutes Featured Presenter: Elemental Beauty; Moab Photography Symposium; Moab, UT Workshop: Photographic Language and Design; Moab Photography Symposium; Moab, UT 2008 Educators Workshop, Digital Photo Processes; Art Institute of Colorado Summer Institutes 2007 Educators Workshop, Digital Photo Processes; Art Institute of Colorado Summer Institutes 2006 Educators Workshop, Digital Color Management; Art Institute of Colorado Summer Institutes
COMMUNITY SERVICE & CONTRIBUTIONS ______2019 Guest Lecturer and Juror, Englewood Camera Club; CO 2016 Juror; Cherokee Trails High School Scholastics Art Competition for Governor Awards; Parker, CO 2012 Juror; ASMP Tennessee Members Photography Contest; Nashville, TN 2011 Juror; Tri-State Photo Competition, Hays Arts Council; Hays, KS
______Angela Faris Belt CV 3 2010 Portfolio Reviewer (Professionals), SPE National Conference; Philadelphia, PA 2009-10 Contributor-at-Large, bi-monthly gallery guide, On the Wall; American Photo Magazine 2009 Portfolio Reviewer (Professionals), SPE National Conference; Denver, CO Juror; Cherokee Trails High School Scholastics Art Competition for Governor Awards; Parker, CO Art for Ethiopia print donation through Working with Artists; Lakewood, CO 2008 Portfolio Reviewer (Professionals), SPE National Conference; Dallas, TX Juror; Cherokee Trails High School Scholastics Art Competition for Governor Awards; Parker, CO 2007 Portfolio Reviewer (Professionals), SPE National Conference; Miami, FL 2002 Morgan Adams Memorial Neuro-oncology Research ARTMA print auction donation; Denver, CO 1997 Artist in Residence, Stivers School for the Arts & St. Albert the Great School; Dayton, OH Co-authored curriculum and grant focused on photography to bridge cultural difference Coordinated photography courses/critiques with inner city and suburban Catholic school students 1994-95 Organizer; Stivers Middle School for the Arts Governor’s Awards Art Competition; Dayton, OH 1992-94 Artist in Residence; Stivers School for the Arts; Dayton, OH 1992-94 Member & President; Alpha Gamma Tau; Community Service Through Art Fraternity; Dayton, OH
GRANTS, HONORS, AWARDS ______2018 Faculty Development Award; Alternative Inkjet Printing; Santa Fe Photo Workshops; Santa Fe, NM 2016 Professional Contributions to the Field Award; Colorado Art Educators Assoc.; Breckenridge, CO 2002 Spectrum Award for Excellence in Research Writing; Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH Anthony Gutierrez Award for Excellence in Research Writing; Sinclair CC, Dayton, OH 1999 Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District Individual Artist Fellowship Merit Award, Works on Paper Exhibition; Rosewood Arts Center 1997 Horace H. Rackham Thesis Grant Award University of Michigan School of Art Full Teaching Assistantship 1995 University of Michigan School of Art Fellowship University of Michigan School of Art Full Teaching Assistantship 1994 University of Michigan School of Art Fellowship University of Michigan School of Art Full Teaching Assistantship 1st Place; "Human Dignity in a Media Culture” Juried Arts Competition, Prague, Czech Republic 1992 Perman Memorial Scholarship for Visual Arts; University of Dayton, OH Stander Symposium Invitational Exhibition; University of Dayton, OH Third Place; Horvath Juried Arts Competition; Dayton, OH
COLLECTIONS & COMISSIONS ______2014 The James Crown Collection; Chicago, IL 2013 Kaiser Permanente Collection; Denver, CO 2012 UDECX Corporation Collection; Dayton, OH 2002 Reynolds & Reynolds Collection; Cincinnati, OH 1997 Ann Arbor Development Authority Collection; Ann Arbor, MI 1996 Claritas Corporation Permanent Collection Smithsonian Museum Archive; American Neighborhoods Project; Washington, DC 1994-95 Claritas Corporation; Detroit, MI. Commission and Collection. One of 12 artists selected for the American Neighborhoods Project, in cooperation with the Smithsonian Museum of American Art 1994 The Archdiocese of Prague Permanent Collection; Prague, Czech Republic
______Angela Faris Belt CV 4 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS ______Society for Photographic Education; American Society of Media Photographers; College Art Association; Denver Art Museum; Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO; Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
TEACHING HISTORY ______Teaching Overview: • Experienced educator in all levels of fine art, commercial and documentary photography, with expertise in innovative course design and implementation. • Specialize in integrating fine art and commercial practices, and guiding students to find their voice and to make an impact within the ever-evolving photography worlds and beyond.
Course Development & Implementation: • Darkroom & Digital Courses Taught: Intro through advanced B&W and color darkroom, zone system, alternative, historic and hybrid processes, Adobe PS, LR, digital image management and fine art printing, Photography and Painting Learning Community
• Studio Lighting & Camera Skills Taught: Studio lighting, medium format, and 4x5 view camera
• Academic Courses Taught: Photography history, art appreciation, advanced photography seminar, professional practices for artists & photographers, portfolio development and marketing
2014 – Present Arapahoe Community College Studio Art & Art History Department; Littleton, CO 2015-Present: Program Chair; Studio Art & Art History Dept; and Photo Area Coordinator 2014-2015: Full-time Faculty and Photography Department Area Coordinator 2013 – 2014 University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO. Photography Lecturer Art Academy University Online; San Francisco, CA. Adjunct Faculty 2006 – 2012 The Art Institute of Colorado; Denver, CO Associate Professor of Photography & Lead Photography Faculty 2005 University of Colorado at Denver; Denver, CO. Photography Lecturer 2004 Asheville-Buncombe CC; Asheville, NC. Part-time Faculty University of Dayton Visual Arts Department; Dayton, OH. Adjunct Faculty & Lab Manager 1998 – 2004 The Ohio Institute of Photography; Dayton, OH, Full-Time Faculty, Photography Instructor 1998 Antioch College, Yellow Springs; OH. Adjunct Faculty University of Dayton Visual Arts Department, Dayton, OH. Adjunct Faculty 1994 – 1997 University of Michigan School of Art; Ann Arbor, MI. Graduate Instructor of Record 1992 – 1994 University of Dayton Visual Arts Department; Dayton, OH. Adjunct Faculty Stivers Magnet School for the Arts; Dayton, OH. Artist in Residence & Photo Instructor
PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM LEADERSHIP & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE ______Photographic educator with a vast amount of program leadership and administrative experience including departmental management and coordination, program development and outreach, institutional committee service, and student engagement and advising. Specific details regarding teaching experience available on request.
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES ______References for current art directors, curators, gallerists and collectors available on request
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