Kellie Cason O'Connor
www.kelliecasonoconnor.com | kcoconnorphoto@gmail.com | 719-947-5116
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EDUCATION
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graduation with Distinction, Concentration in Photography, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
1994 Bachelor of Science, Interdisciplinary Studies of the Arts and Sciences, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Independent Fine Arts Photographer, Kellie Cason O’Connor Photographer, 2005-Current
Curator of Photography, Kadoya Gallery, Pueblo, Colorado, March 2013-April 2015.
Artist-in-Residence, The Shoe Factory, Pueblo, Colorado, 2013-2014.
PUBLICATIONS
“The Salt Creek Memory Project”. Colorado Heritage, November/ December 2016.
“Recycling Nature in Guatemala”. Garbage Issue. Revista: The Harvard Review of Latin America, Winter 2015.
Latin America Exhibition. Juried by Christy Karpinski, Editor, F-stop Magazine. F-stop Magazine, Issue #54, August 2012.
Photography in Latin America 2012. Juried by Tom Griggs, Editor, Fototazo.com. Fototazo Photography and Microgrants, August 2012.
Americana Exhibition. LENSCRATCH blogzine, July 2012.
Guatemalan Portraits. Update Magazine, Fall 2004.
Interpretive Materials for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, School Arts Magazine, 2000-2001.
EXHIBITIONS
2018-2019
Salt Creek Memory Project: Photo Documentary, El Pueblo History Museum, Pueblo, Colorado.
2016-2017
Salt Creek Memory Project: Photo Documentary, High-Vista Fine Art Gallery, El Pueblo History Museum, Pueblo, Colorado.
2014
Women 7. Kadoya Gallery, Pueblo, Colorado.
The Shoe Factory Artists’ Group Show, Switch Gallery, Pueblo, Colorado.
Reclamation, Studio 108, Florence, Colorado.
Domestic Bliss: Photographic Works, The Shoe Factory at First and Main, Pueblo, Colorado.
Curator, International Photography Show “Industrial” at Kadoya Gallery. Juried by Jason Landry, Panoptican Gallery.
Domestic Bliss: Photographic Works. Gallery 201, Pueblo, Colorado
The Shoe Factory Artists’ Group Show, Gallery 201, Pueblo, Colorado.
The Shoe Factory Artists’ Group Show, The Salida Steam Plant Event Center, Salida, Colorado.
2013
Roots Run Deeper: Photographic Works, High-Vista Fine Art Gallery, El Pueblo History Museum, Pueblo, Colorado.
Library Foundation Group Show, Vectra Gallery, Pueblo West Library, Pueblo City-County Library Network, Pueblo West, Colorado.
Roots Run Deeper: Photographic Works, Kadoya Gallery, Pueblo, Colorado.
Guatemala: A Portrait of a People, Infozone News Museum at the Robert Hoag Rawlings Library, Pueblo City-County Library Network, Pueblo, Colorado.
Reclamation: Photographic Works, Infozone News Museum at the Robert Hoag Rawlings Library, Pueblo City-County Library Network, Pueblo, Colorado.
Nature, Nurture, and Reclamation: Photographic Works, The Gallery at Sage Art Academy, Pueblo, Colorado.
2012
Roots and Reclamation, Broadway Cup 'n Cork, in conjunction with the Grand Opening of Pueblo's Creative Corridor, Pueblo, Colorado.
2005
Sold Out: Thesis Show, Presidential Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
Deep South, Newton Free Library, Nonantum Branch, Newton, Massachusetts.
Guatemala: A Portrait, Children's Gallery, Newtonville Books, Newton, Massachusetts.
2004
Reclamation, A4 Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.
2003
Thirteen: An Alternative Photography Processes Show, Student Life Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Staff Arts Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts.
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
The Shoe Factory Artists-in-Residence Program 2013-2014
Departmental Honors, Massachusetts College of Art, Spring 2005.
Academic Honors, Massachusetts College of Art, Spring 2005.
VIM Photography Contest, First Place, VIM Southeast Jurisdiction, Fall 2004.
VIM Photography Contest, Third Place, VIM Southeast Jurisdiction, Fall 2004.