Kristina McComb
Works out of Boston, MA
EDUCATION 2017 B.F.A., The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Boston, MA 2015 A.S. Visual Arts with Honors and Distinction, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA, Photography Concentration
EXHIBITIONS 2020 31st MassArt Auction, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA 2019 From Seed to Fruition, Western Massachusetts Visual Arts Biennial, Northampton, MA A Seat at the Table, Edward M. Kennedy Institute, Boston, MA Light vs. Dark, Gallery 263, Boston MA (Juror: Ruth Erickson, Mannion Family Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston) Collected Stories, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA 2018 Rites of Passage, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2017 The Salon Show, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA Wichita National All Media Exhibition 2017 (Juried), Mark Arts, Wichita, KS The Garden, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA Medal Award Gala (Juried), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Denatured, B Side, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA SMFA Graphic Arts Annual (Juried), Atrium Gallery, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA Year End Show, Grossman Gallery, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA Award Winners Show (Juried), Anderson Auditorium, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA (Karsh Prize, Jurors: Mike Casey; Jessica Rinaldi, Boston Globe Pulitzer Prize Winner; and James Leighton, curatorial research associate at MFA, Boston) A Light in the Woods (Juried), The Katherine Lane Weems Center, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA
Aesthetic of the Page (Curated), W. Van Alan Clark Jr. Library, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA 2016 Craft Boston Holiday (Juried), Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA Crosscurrents (Juried), Annenberg Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (Jurors: Didier William, MFA chair at PAFA; Colleen Asper, visiting critic at PAFA; and Jan Baltzell, faculty at PAFA) boXed, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA (Curators: Susan Berstler and Jesa Damora) Postage Required: A Mail-Art Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT Working Title, The Katherine Lane Weems Center, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA An Exhibition of Mail Art, South Gallery, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA There’s a Place…, Hostel International, Boston, MA Peek, Northeastern Tunnels, Boston, MA Art in Aril x Active Minds, Dowling Hall, Tufts University, Medford, MA XYZ, Spark Gallery, Boston, MA Annual Photo Show, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA 2015 Print Matters, W. Van Alan Clark Jr. Library, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA New Student Art Salon: One SMFA Community, The Katherine Lane Weems Center, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Grand Opening Show, The Greenfield Gallery and Fine Art Printing, Greenfield, MA Art Student Exhibit, South Gallery, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA Open: 2015, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Juror: Jeff Curto [catalogue]) Two-Person Exhibition, Artspace, Greenfield, MA Open Call NNE, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, NH (Jurors: Richard Klein, Exhibitions Director; Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT)
2014 Student Photography Exhibit, Valley Photo Center, Springfield, MA
AWARDS 2018 Finalist, Season 14 Manifest Grand Jury Prize Directors Choice Award, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 2017 SMFA Graphic Arts Annual, honorable mention in “Handmade,” Boston, MA Third Place, Yousuf Karsh Prize, Boston, MA 2015 Presidential Scholarship, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA Medici Award, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA Art Club Award, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA Finalist, Best of College and High School Photography, Photography Forum Magazine, Santa Barbara, CA 2014 First Place Award, Student Photography Exhibit, Valley Photo Center, Springfield, MA
PRESENTATIONS 2018 Field Report, Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA, Dec. 4 2017 Panel, Karsh Recipient, SMFA at Tufts, Boston, MA, May 3 2016 Artist Talk, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Apr. 1
RESIDENCY 2017–Current Community Fellowship, Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS 2015 Photographers Forum Magazine, Best of College and High School Photography, Jun. 2015. 59. 2017 Senior Thesis, Denatured, May 2017
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS 2018 Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, “Kristina McComb, An Archive of Time: A Life Lived in the Boston Athenaeum,” Nov. 28, 2018
COLLABORATIVE PUBLICATIONS 2015 Print Matters, Newspaper 2014 Lost and Found: Four Photographs, Art Zine 2014 Pigment Project, Art Zine 2014 Self Portrait, Art Zine 2014 Lines, Art Zine