Cathy Vanaria
Education
M.F.A. in Visual Arts, Arts, Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University, January 2012, Boston, MA, January 2012
M.A. Digital Photography, Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA, 2008, Savannah, GA, 2008
B.F.A. Photography, Photography, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, , CT, 1977
Teaching Experience
Chair/ Assistant Professor of Photography, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, August 2012-Present
Adjunct Professor of Photography, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, August 2010 – August 2012
Adjunct Professor of Photography, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT January 2012- May 2012
Assistant Professor of Photography (Special Appointment), Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, August 2008 - 2010
Adjunct Professor of Photography, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, 2001- 2008 Adjunct Professor of Photography, University of New Haven, UNH Foundation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2007 and June 2007
Grants/Fellowships
Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, January, 2004
Gallery Representation
RockPaperPhoto, http://www.rockpaperphoto.com/
Exhibition Record
“City Wide Open Studios”, ArtSpace, Erector Square Studios, October 25th and 26st, 2105, New Haven, CT
Meeting Past at the Akin Library and Museum, Group Exhibition, September 18th, through October 19th, 2015, Pawling, NY
Stories, Group Exhibition, Trailer Box Gallery, September 12th- October 10th, 2015, Danbury CT
Faculty Exhibition: WCSU Department of Art. August 24-September13, 2015
SOLOS 2015, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT May 8th- June 27th, 2015
Circumstance: In Context with Our Community, Collaboration with Ruby Sky Stiler, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, May 3rd- June 3rd, 2015
“Re:Classified”: Lesley University College of Art and Design MFA Alumni Biennial Exhibition, June 20th-28th, 2015 , Cambridge, MA
"Missing Links”, Group Exhibit, The Gallery at The Institute Library, New Haven, CT, Oct. 18th –Nov. 29th, 2014 (Curator and Exhibiting artist)
Collections, Community and Conversation, Guest Curator, Danbury Museum and Historical Society, Danbury CT. January 18th-March 21st, 2014.
Hartford Art School Alumni Exhibition, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT. October 14th-November 6th, 2013
Viridian Artists Twenty-Fourth International Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists Gallery, 548 West 28th Street, New York, New York. July 2nd- July 20th, 2013
Nearly Forgotten, The Gallery at Still River Editions, Danbury, CT. June 8th- September 27th, 2013
Objectified, Art Institute of Boston MFA Alumni Biennial, Washburn Hall Auditorium
10 Phillips Place, Cambridge, MA, January 4th-12th, 2013
‘Galeria Súbita’ Arts Network of Danbury Group Exhibition, 262 Main Street, Danbury, CT. December 29th 2012-January 27th, 2013
Creativity & Compassion, Faculty Exhibition, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT. October 11th-November 29th, 2012
Personal Portraits. Group Exhibit, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. October 2nd-27th, 2012
STILL…Group Exhibit, Mercurial Gallery, Danbury, CT September 15th-October 26th, 2012
PHOTOBOOK, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, November 18th - December 19th, 2011
Audio/Visual, New York Photo Festival, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY, October 17th -November 23rd, 2011
Groundbreaking: Looking Forward, Higgins Gallery, Western Connecticut State University, October 20th - December 1st, 2011
Images 2010, Shoreline Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Guilford, CT,February - March 2010
3oth Annual Photo Show 2010, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, February - March, 2010
Faculty Exhibition, School of Visual and Performing Arts,
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury CT November 17th - December 10th, 2009
Connecticut Women Artist’s 80th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Jorgenson Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, June 20 - July 25th, 2009
Camera Works, 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT, April 26th - May 22nd, 2009
Images 2009, Shoreline Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Guilford, CT, February - March 2009
New Works Gallery: Online, Silver Eye Center of Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, January – March 2009
Images 2008, Shoreline Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Guilford, CT, February- March 2008
Creative Voice II, Group Exhibit, Sculpture Barn, New Fairfield, CT, March - April 2008
Camerawork, Group Exhibit, Ridgefield Guild of Art, Ridgefield, CT, May - June 2007
Creative Voice, Group Exhibit Sculpture Barn, New Fairfield, CT, March - April 2007
Connecticut Women’s Artists, Group Exhibit, New Haven, CT, January - February 2006
Images 2005, Shoreline Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Guilford, CT, February - March 2005
Spectra, Silvermine Guild of Arts Juried Exhibit, New Canaan, CT, October - November 2004
Fellowship Exhibit, Connecticut Commission of the Arts, Hartford, CT, May - August 2004
10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, December 2003 - January 2004
Spectra, Silvermine Guild of Arts Juried Exhibit, New Canaan, CT, October - November 2001
Snapshot, Group Exhibit Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, January - April 2001
Playing off Time, Group Exhibit Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield CT, September 1999 - January 2000
Publications and Collaborations
Amelie Chabannes, Double Portraits and a Fourth Hand, Photography for Exhibition Catalog, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT March, 2013
Jane South, Floor/Ceiling, Photography for Exhibition Catalog, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT March, 2013
Objectified, Exhibition Catalog, AIB MFA Alumni Biennial, Cambridge, MA January 2013
Personal Portraits, Exhibition Catalog, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT October 2012
Magnificent Millinery Millinery, Photography for exhibit display and calendar, , Danbury Museum and Historical Society, June 4th- October 15th, 2011
Gerard Hemsworth: Hidden Agenda, Photography for exhibition catalog by Kunsthalie Bern and Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, June 2009
Frank Poor: Enon Cemetery Main Street Sculpture Project - Photographic documentation from Camera Obscura Room, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, April 2009
Fred Wilson: Black Like Me - Photography for exhibition catalog, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, pages 22, 31, 35-55, 2002
The Boston Years, 1979 - 1986, Photographs by C.A.Vanaria 2008
The Photo Review, Spring 2006
XTC: Song Stories by Neville Farmer, Hyperion, 1998
Collections
The Polaroid Collection (public)
Numerous private collections
M.F.A. in Visual Arts, Arts, Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University, January 2012, Boston, MA, January 2012
M.A. Digital Photography, Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah GA, 2008, Savannah, GA, 2008
B.F.A. Photography, Photography, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, , CT, 1977
Teaching Experience
Chair/ Assistant Professor of Photography, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, August 2012-Present
Adjunct Professor of Photography, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, August 2010 – August 2012
Adjunct Professor of Photography, Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT January 2012- May 2012
Assistant Professor of Photography (Special Appointment), Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, August 2008 - 2010
Adjunct Professor of Photography, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, 2001- 2008 Adjunct Professor of Photography, University of New Haven, UNH Foundation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2007 and June 2007
Grants/Fellowships
Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Commission on the Arts, January, 2004
Gallery Representation
RockPaperPhoto, http://www.rockpaperphoto.com/
Exhibition Record
“City Wide Open Studios”, ArtSpace, Erector Square Studios, October 25th and 26st, 2105, New Haven, CT
Meeting Past at the Akin Library and Museum, Group Exhibition, September 18th, through October 19th, 2015, Pawling, NY
Stories, Group Exhibition, Trailer Box Gallery, September 12th- October 10th, 2015, Danbury CT
Faculty Exhibition: WCSU Department of Art. August 24-September13, 2015
SOLOS 2015, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT May 8th- June 27th, 2015
Circumstance: In Context with Our Community, Collaboration with Ruby Sky Stiler, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, May 3rd- June 3rd, 2015
“Re:Classified”: Lesley University College of Art and Design MFA Alumni Biennial Exhibition, June 20th-28th, 2015 , Cambridge, MA
"Missing Links”, Group Exhibit, The Gallery at The Institute Library, New Haven, CT, Oct. 18th –Nov. 29th, 2014 (Curator and Exhibiting artist)
Collections, Community and Conversation, Guest Curator, Danbury Museum and Historical Society, Danbury CT. January 18th-March 21st, 2014.
Hartford Art School Alumni Exhibition, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT. October 14th-November 6th, 2013
Viridian Artists Twenty-Fourth International Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists Gallery, 548 West 28th Street, New York, New York. July 2nd- July 20th, 2013
Nearly Forgotten, The Gallery at Still River Editions, Danbury, CT. June 8th- September 27th, 2013
Objectified, Art Institute of Boston MFA Alumni Biennial, Washburn Hall Auditorium
10 Phillips Place, Cambridge, MA, January 4th-12th, 2013
‘Galeria Súbita’ Arts Network of Danbury Group Exhibition, 262 Main Street, Danbury, CT. December 29th 2012-January 27th, 2013
Creativity & Compassion, Faculty Exhibition, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT. October 11th-November 29th, 2012
Personal Portraits. Group Exhibit, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. October 2nd-27th, 2012
STILL…Group Exhibit, Mercurial Gallery, Danbury, CT September 15th-October 26th, 2012
PHOTOBOOK, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, November 18th - December 19th, 2011
Audio/Visual, New York Photo Festival, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY, October 17th -November 23rd, 2011
Groundbreaking: Looking Forward, Higgins Gallery, Western Connecticut State University, October 20th - December 1st, 2011
Images 2010, Shoreline Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Guilford, CT,February - March 2010
3oth Annual Photo Show 2010, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, February - March, 2010
Faculty Exhibition, School of Visual and Performing Arts,
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury CT November 17th - December 10th, 2009
Connecticut Women Artist’s 80th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Jorgenson Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, June 20 - July 25th, 2009
Camera Works, 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT, April 26th - May 22nd, 2009
Images 2009, Shoreline Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Guilford, CT, February - March 2009
New Works Gallery: Online, Silver Eye Center of Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, January – March 2009
Images 2008, Shoreline Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Guilford, CT, February- March 2008
Creative Voice II, Group Exhibit, Sculpture Barn, New Fairfield, CT, March - April 2008
Camerawork, Group Exhibit, Ridgefield Guild of Art, Ridgefield, CT, May - June 2007
Creative Voice, Group Exhibit Sculpture Barn, New Fairfield, CT, March - April 2007
Connecticut Women’s Artists, Group Exhibit, New Haven, CT, January - February 2006
Images 2005, Shoreline Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Guilford, CT, February - March 2005
Spectra, Silvermine Guild of Arts Juried Exhibit, New Canaan, CT, October - November 2004
Fellowship Exhibit, Connecticut Commission of the Arts, Hartford, CT, May - August 2004
10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, December 2003 - January 2004
Spectra, Silvermine Guild of Arts Juried Exhibit, New Canaan, CT, October - November 2001
Snapshot, Group Exhibit Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, January - April 2001
Playing off Time, Group Exhibit Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield CT, September 1999 - January 2000
Publications and Collaborations
Amelie Chabannes, Double Portraits and a Fourth Hand, Photography for Exhibition Catalog, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT March, 2013
Jane South, Floor/Ceiling, Photography for Exhibition Catalog, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT March, 2013
Objectified, Exhibition Catalog, AIB MFA Alumni Biennial, Cambridge, MA January 2013
Personal Portraits, Exhibition Catalog, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT October 2012
Magnificent Millinery Millinery, Photography for exhibit display and calendar, , Danbury Museum and Historical Society, June 4th- October 15th, 2011
Gerard Hemsworth: Hidden Agenda, Photography for exhibition catalog by Kunsthalie Bern and Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, June 2009
Frank Poor: Enon Cemetery Main Street Sculpture Project - Photographic documentation from Camera Obscura Room, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, April 2009
Fred Wilson: Black Like Me - Photography for exhibition catalog, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, pages 22, 31, 35-55, 2002
The Boston Years, 1979 - 1986, Photographs by C.A.Vanaria 2008
The Photo Review, Spring 2006
XTC: Song Stories by Neville Farmer, Hyperion, 1998
Collections
The Polaroid Collection (public)
Numerous private collections
