VICTOR PAGONA Chair, Photography Department Southwest School of Art 300 Augusta San Antonio, Texas 78205

EDUCATION:

2000 Master of Fine Arts (Photography and Sculpture) University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 1997 Master of Arts (Art History) University of Wisconsin Superior, Superior, Wisconsin 1995 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Photography) University of Wisconsin Superior, Superior, Wisconsin

Areas of Specialization: Photography, Sculpture, Installation/New Media, Photographic History/Theory, Contemporary Art History

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2001- Chair, Photography Department, Southwest School of Art Present Photographic Studio and Art History

2004- 2005 Instructor, Our Lady of the Lake University Photography I, Photography II, Independent Photography Study

2001 Instructor, Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi Contemporary Art History: 1945 – present

2000 Assistant Professor, Laredo Community College Photography I, Photography II

1999 Visiting Artist, University of Eastern Oregon Photography 1996-1997 Instructor, University of Wisconsin at Superior Gallery Practicum

1995 Instructor, Ashland College Art History

COURSES DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT: (workshops marked by asterisk)

Basic Black & White Photography Art Appreciation

2-D Design 3-D Design

Fundamentals of Photography Alternative Photographic Presentation

Intermediate Photography Image Manipulation through Toning *

Advanced Photography Van Dyke Brown Photography

Color Photography Photography and the Law *

The History of Photography The Photo Journal

The Bromoil Photograph The Mural Print *

Infrared Photography Exploring The Zone System *

Polaroid Transfer * Contemporary Art History

Professionalism and Presentation Painting With Light *

VISITING ARTIST LECTURE: (lectures/workshops/critiques, guest lectures)

2016 McNay Art Museum San Antonio, Texas

2016 TEDx San Antonio, Texas

2012 McNay Art Museum San Antonio, Texas

2012 University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin

2012 Society of Photographic Education San Antonio, Texas

2011 San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio, Texas

2010 McNay Art Museum San Antonio, Texas

2009 University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

2009 Blue Star Art Complex San Antonio, Texas

2008 University of Wisconsin at Superior Superior, Wisconsin

2006 Hill Country Arts Foundation Ingram, Texas

2006 Texas Photographic Society Austin, Texas

2006 University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

2005 University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

2004 Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio, Texas

2004 Blue Star Art Complex San Antonio, Texas

2003 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas

2003 Firehouse Gallery Del Rio, Texas

2001 Friends of Photography Toledo, Ohio

2001 Russell Hill Rogers Gallery San Antonio, Texas

2000 Laredo Community College Laredo, Texas

1999 University of Eastern Oregon La Grande, Oregon

EXHIBITION RECORD: (solo exhibitions marked by asterisk)

2016 Invitational Kruk Gallery, Superior, Wisconsin

2016 Luminaria (Featured Artist) Downtown San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

2015 Selfies: 50 at 50 Southwest School of Art San Antonio, Texas

2015 Luminaria (Featured Artist) Downtown San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

2014 Junction Rockport Center for the Arts Rockport, Texas

2014 Luminaria (Featured Artist) Downtown San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

2014 La Carpa Guadalupe - Free Public Confessions Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center San Antonio, Texas

2014 La Carpa Guadalupe - Free Public Confessions King William’s Fair San Antonio, Texas

2014 La Carpa Guadalupe - Free Public Confessions Tejano-Conjunto Festival San Antonio, Texas

2013 RecentWork* Gallery 777 Toledo, Ohio

2013 Luminaria Downtown San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

2012 The Bucher’s Shop Bourne, Texas

2012 Four to Watch San Antonio College San Antonio, Texas

2011 Luminaria Downtown San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

2010 Images Facade* S.A.E.N. Gallery San Antonio, Texas

2010 Luminaria Downtown San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

2009 Luminaria Downtown San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

2009 Brothers in Arms Kruk Gallery, Superior, Wisconsin

2008 Editorial Debris* S.A.E.N. Gallery San Antonio, Texas

2007 Reflections for Chloris* S.A.E.N. Gallery San Antonio, Texas

2006 Diverse Camera Works San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio, Texas

2005 Small Works Invitational Kehler Liddell Gallery New Haven, CT

2005 Graphic Susceptibility* S.A.E.N. Gallery San Antonio, Texas

2005 Elapsed Invitational Kruk Gallery, Superior, Wisconsin

2005 Cam19: New Stars Finesilver Gallery San Antonio, Texas

2004 Small Works Invitational Kehler Liddell Gallery New Haven, CT

2004 H2O: Considering the Hydrosphere Russell Hill Rogers Gallery San Antonio, Texas

2003 Recent Work* Firehouse Gallery Del Rio, Texas

2002 Crisis of Memory* Blue Star Contemporary Art Center San Antonio, Texas

2001 Laredo Invitational Weil Gallery, Texas A & M University—Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas

2000 Redemption* Teaching Gallery Laredo, Texas

2000 A Crisis of Memory* McMaster Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina

2000 The Eyelum Project Hunter-Gatherer, Columbia, South Carolina

1999 Installations on Main Armstrong Building, Sumter, South Carolina 1999 Artista Vista* Dupree Building, Columbia, South Carolina

1998 Group Show McKissick Museum, Columbia, South Carolina

1997 Calling all Vegetables* Third Floor Gallery, Superior, Wisconsin

1997 Geometry of Innocence Kruk Gallery, Superior, Wisconsin

1996 Recent Work Joy Kopps Gallery, Duluth, Minnesota

1996 Art for the Masses* Urban Ground, Duluth, Minnesota

1995 An Intimate History of Humanity* Urban Ground, Duluth, Minnesota

1994 Creatures* Third Floor Gallery, Superior, Wisconsin

COLLECTIONS:

Bank of America Texas A&M at San Antonio

Clear Channel University of South Carolina

Del Mar College San Antonio Museum of Art

PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS:

Society of Photographic Education College Art Association Texas Photographic Society

RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Elda Silva, “Traveling tent exhibition makes stop at festival” San Antonio Express News. May 14, 2014,

Elda Silva, “Have art, will travel” San Antonio Express News. May 10, 2014,

Elda Silva, “Luminaria Spotlight: Sarah and Victor Pagona” San Antonio Express News. March 8, 2011,

Diana Roberts, “New Work” Artlies, 49, Winter 2006, 125

Goddard Dan, “Works gain insight from front-and-back images” San Antonio Express News. October 5, 2005, 1g-3g

Goddard Dan, “Grass-roots photo fest grows internationally” San Antonio Express News. September 4, 2005, Web Posted

Goddard Dan, “Top Ticket: Fotoseptiembre” San Antonio Express News. August 28, 2005, 1j

Goddard Dan, “Cam 19” San Antonio Express News. July 18 2004, 1j- 3j

Catherine Walworth, “Considering the Hydrosphere” Voices in Art, Volume 12 Issue 1 2004, 16 – 17

Goddard Dan, “Water Works” San Antonio Express News. February 18 2004, 10g

Goddard Dan, “Pagona Draws Inspiration from the Past” San Antonio Express News. October 12 2002, 4e

Werland Meredith, “Crisis of Memory” Voices in Art, Volume 10 Issue 4 2002, 10-11

McDaniel Jennifer, “Photoseptiembre Celebrates Photography in San Antonio” Lone Star Press, Volume 83, Number 2, September 19, 2002

Garcia, Robert, “Pagona Photo Exhibit Opens on Thursday in LCC Program.” Laredo Morning Times. October 4 2000, page 2a

Goddard Dan, “Exploring Sacred Realm Through Photos” San Antonio Express News. August 29 2001, Section G

Terri Tines, “And the Flesh Became Image” Free Times, April 12 2000, 29