About the Artist

Jeanine Michna-Bales (American, b. 1971) is a visual storyteller working in the medium of photography. Her work explores the impact of cornerstone relationships on contemporary society—the bonds with ourselves, others, communities, and the land we inhabit. Her work sits at the crossroads of curiosity and knowledge, combining documentary, fine art, and activism with disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, and environmental studies.

Through deeply researched photographic essays—often incorporating primary-source materials, Michna-Bales connects the past to the present to address societal disparities in order to foster dialogue that inspires viewers to reconsider how they engage with others and the world as a whole.

Michna-Bales’ work is held in permanent collections including the Archive of Documentary Arts, Duke University, Durham, NC; Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Hill Memorial Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX; and University of North Texas, Denton, TX. 

Her photographs have been exhibited nationwide and are currently featured in three traveling exhibitions (Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, 2017-2032, A Yellow Rose Project 2020 - 2025 and Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon, 2021-2026), with a fourth set to launch (Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage, 2025-2030). Selected solo exhibitions have been hosted at AIRIE (Artist in Residence in the Everglades) Nest Gallery, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL; Dunn Museum, Libertyville, IL; Gettysburg Foundation, Gettysburg, PA; Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence, AL; Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL; Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience, Meridian, MS; Museum of Science and History,Memphis, TN; The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.; and Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti, MI. Selected group exhibition venues include Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN; National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Albuquerque, NM; Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA;  Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Jacksonville, FL; Open Society Foundations, New York, NY; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; and the Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery, Duke University, Durham, NC. She has also been invited to give artist talks at over 50 institutions and festivals nationwide including the National Gallery of Art.

Her work has been written about extensively, including in two monographs, Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad (2017), Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage (2021) and a photo book co-authored with Adam Reynolds, COUNTDOWN: A Visual Exploration of the Cold War’s Opposing Architecture (2022). It has also been highlighted in numerous publications and online including BBC World News, CityLab from The Atlantic, Dallas Morning News, Feature Shoot, Geo Historie, Hyperallergic, In Sight by The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Lenscratch, Outrider, NPR (National Public Radio), NBC4 Washington D.C., The New York Times, Oxford American Eyes on the South, Smithsonian Magazine, Transition from Harvard University, UK Daily Mail, among other outlets.

Including other honors, Michna-Bales was awarded anArtist Residency in the Everglades (AIRIE)in 2018 and her work was selected for the2016 Documentarian of The American South Collection Awardfrom the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University. She was named to theCritical Mass Top 50in 2014 and again in 2017.

Whether exploring the darkened stations along the Underground Railroad in Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad (2002 - 2016), a campaign trail for women’s votes in Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage (2016 - 2020), long-forgotten nuclear fallout shelters in Fallout: A Look Back at the Height of the Cold War in America, circa 1960 (2013 - 2022), or the invisible epicenters of environmental turmoil through the project Terra Fractura: A Visual Survey of Manmade Earthquakes (2015 - present), her work seeks out places that are hidden in plain sight.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023       Revisiting Through Darkness to Light  Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA (Artsy exclusive)
2021 Standing Together  Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
      Standing Together  PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX

2020       The Four Moments of the Sun AIRIE Nest Gallery, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL
2019       Through Darkness to Light The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
2018       Through Darkness to Light The Photography Show by AIPAD, Arnika Dawkins Gallery

2017       Through Darkness to Light CENTER at photo-eye Bookstore + Project Space, Santa Fe, NM
                Through Darkness to Light  Jefferson School African-American Heritage Center, Charlottesville, VA
                Through Darkness to Light  PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
                Through Darkness to Light  Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2016       Two Projects: An Overview  PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Prize, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery

2015       Through Darkness to Light  Denison Museum, Granville, OH


TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS

2017 - 2032  Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
Solo Exhibition, Mid-America Arts Alliance
                        Evanston History Center and Evanston Art Center  Evanston, IL, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2017
                        Fort Smith Regional Art Museum  Fort Smith, AR, Apr. 7 - May 28, 2017
                        Griot Museum of Black History  St. Louis, MO, Jun. 23 - Aug. 11, 2017
                        Wyandotte County Historical Society & Museum  Bonner Springs, KS, Sept. 1 - Oct. 14, 2017
                        Ontario Museum of History and Art  Ontario, CA, Nov. 10, 2017 - Jan. 7, 2018
                        Texarkana Regional Arts Center  Texarkana, TX, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2018
                        Panola College  Carthage, TX, Apr. 6 - May 25, 2018
                        Portsmouth Art and Cultural Center  Portsmouth, VA,  Jun. 16 - Oct. 20, 2018
                        Alexandria Black History Museum  Alexandria, VA, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2019
                        West Baton Rouge Museum  Port Allen, LA, Apr. 6 - May 25, 2019
                        Boone County Public Library  Burlington, KY,  Jun. 16 - Aug. 11, 2019
                        Canton Museum of Art  Canton, OH, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2019
                        Gorman Discovery Center  Kansas City, MO, Nov. 10 - Jan. 7, 2020
                        Upcountry History Museum  Greenville, SC,  Jan. 28 - Aug. 9, 2020
                        Bell County Museum  Belton, TX, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2020
                        Temecula Valley Museum  Temecula, CA,  Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2021 (virtual)
                        Pink Palace Museums  Memphis, TN  Apr. 6 - Aug. 11, 2021
                        Martin-Lett Gallery of Art  Oxford Performing Arts Center, Oxford, AL, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2021
                        Mennello Museum of American Art  Orlando, FL  Nov. 10, 2021 - Jan. 7, 2022
                        Windgate Gallery University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, Jan. 28, 2022 - Mar. 16, 2021
Kansas City Public Library Kansas City, KS, Jun. 16 - Aug. 11, 2022
Mississippi Arts & Entertainment Experience Meridian, MS, Sept 1, 2022 - Jan. 7, 2023
Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County Libertyville, IL, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2023
Temecula Valley Museum  Temecula, CA, April 6 - May 25, 2023
New Bedford Historical Society New Bedford, MA, Sept. 8 - Oct. 20, 2023
Gettysburg Foundation Gettysburg, PA, Nov. 10, 2023 - Jan. 7, 2024
St. Mary’s County Museums Leonardtown, MD, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2024
Sand Springs Cultural & Historical Museum Sand Springs, OK, Apr. 1 - May 21, 2024
Tryon Palace New Bern, NC, Jun. 16 - Aug. 11, 2024
Ypsilanti District Library  Ypsilanti, MI, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2024
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts Florence, AL, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2025
Mid-America Arts Alliance  Kansas City, MO, Jun. 16 - Aug. 11, 2025
Irving Museum and Archives Irving, TX, Sept. 1, 2025 - Jan. 7, 2026
The National Willa Cather Center  Red Cloud, NE, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2026
Watkins Museum of History Lawrence, KS, Apr. 6 - May 25, 2026
Allen County Museum Allen, OH, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2026
City of Fairfax Fairfax, VA, Nov. 10, 2026 - Jan. 7, 2027 (pending)
Mississippi Department of Archives and History Jackson, MS, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2027 (pending)
Southeast Ohio History Center Athens, OH, Jun. 16 - Aug. 11, 2027 (pending)
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Green Bay, WI, Sept. 1 - Oct. 20, 2027 (pending)
Nova Southeastern University Davies, FL, Jan. 28 - Mar. 16, 2028

2025 - 2030 Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage
Solo Exhibition

2021 - 2026 Two Minutes to Midnight and the Architecture of Armageddon
Co-Exhibition with Adam Reynolds, Mid-America Arts Alliance

2020 - 2024 A Yellow Rose Project
Group Exhibition

2018 - 2021 Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South
Group Exhibition


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 The Female Gaze PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX

2023 Deep in the Art of Texas PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX

2022 Light in Four Acts: Between Science and Poetics Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery, Durham, NC
Beyond the Frame: Celebrating 70 Years of Collecting Hunter Museum of American, Chattanooga, TN 

2021 FORGE: ACP Fundraising Exhibition  Atlanta Decorative Arts Center
Hear Me Roar: Women Photographers  Lehigh University Art Galleries
Shadow to Substance  Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
Back to the Garden  CADD Space, Dallas, TX
Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century  The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
Celebrating Women Artists  PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX (virtual)
Black History: Past, Present and Future  Capital One Art Program (virtual)

2020 Exquisite Corpse Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
SUFFRAGENOW: A 19th Amendment Centennial Exhibition Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, TX (virtual)
Juneteenth: Celebrating Freedom Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA (virtual)
Women We Have Known: Photographs by Women Artists PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
Covid-19 Relief Effort Arnika Dawkins Gallery (virtual)
  25 years/25 photographs PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX (virtual)

2019 Echoes of History Nebula Gallery University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
Toughened to Wind and Sun: Women Photographing the Landscape Portland Art Museum, OR
SECOND LOOK: A Review of Two Art Fairs PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
Houses for Sale PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX

2018 Critical Mass Top 50 PhotoSummer, CENTER, Santa Fe, NM
                HIGHLIGHTS: New York and Dallas Art Fairs PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX

2016       Moving Walls 23: Journeys  Open Society Foundations, Washington D.C.

2015       Critical Mass Top 50  GuatePhoto International Photography Festival
                Moving Walls 23: Journeys  Open Society Foundations, New York, NY
                Southern Exposure: Portraits of a Changing Landscape  MOCA | Jacksonville, FL 

2014       Newspace Now: 2014 Members’ Salon  Newspace Center for Photography        
                 The Curve  CENTER Awards Traveling Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center       
                 32nd Annual Juried Membership Exhibition  Houston Center for Photography        
                 Photowork ‘14  The Barrett Art Center; Poughkeepsie, NY        
                 The Curve CENTER Award Winners Show, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
                 NOPA Member’s Exhibition  New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA


PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University, Durham, NC
Capital One Corporate Collection Richmond, VA
Everglades National Park Homestead, FL
Harn Museum of Art University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Hill Memorial Library Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Hunter Museum of American Art Chattanooga, TN
Lehigh University Art Galleries  Bethlehem, PA
Library of Congress Washington DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston  Houston, TX
Portland Art Museum Portland, OR
Princeton University Art Museum Princeton, NJ
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art  Kansas City, MO
The Phillips Collection Washington, DC
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX
University of North Texas Denton, TX
Joan Morgenstern, Julia J. Norell and other Private Collections


MONOGRAPHS AND ART BOOKS

2022       COUNTDOWN: A Visual Exploration of the Cold War’s Opposing Nuclear Architecture
Trade Publication, Yoffy Press
Co-Authored with Adam Reynolds
Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage
Limited Edition Portfolio, Self-Published

2021       Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage
Trade Publication, MW Editions

2017        Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad
Trade Publication, Princeton Architectural Press

2016        THREE PROJECTS: An Overview  Self-Published

EXHIBITION AND COLLECTION CATALOGS

2026        A Yellow Rose Project  Exhibition Catalog (forthcoming)
Pioneering Women Book Series by Texas Women’s University, Texas A&M Press

2022        The Joy of Looking: Great Photographs from the Library of Congress
Collection Catalog, Library of Congress

2021 Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century  Exhibition Catalog

2018 Southbound: Photographs of and About the New South  Exhibition Catalog, 2019 Alice Award Winner

LIMITED EDITION MONOGRAPHS AND PORTFOLIOS

2023 COUNTDOWN Limited Edition Cardstock Case, Self-Published with Adam Reynolds
2022 Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage Limited Edition Portfolio, Self-Published
2021 Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage Limited Edition Monograph, MW Editions
2018 Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad Limited Edition Portfolio, Self-Published

FILMS AND ADDITIONAL BOOKS

2023       Fashioning Politics and Protests: New Visual Cultures of Feminism in the United States
incorporates images from Standing Together, Palgrave MacMillan

2022       Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom PBS documentary film, incorporates images from Through Darkness to Light

2018       Critical Distance in Documentary Media
Essays on Documentary Media, highlights Through Darkness to Light, Palgrave MacMillan


SELECTED AWARDS

2017        2017 Critical Mass Top 50  Photolucida, Portland, OR

2016        Through Darkness to Light  2016 Archive of Documentary Arts Collection Award: Documentarians of The American South,
                 Duke University

2015        2015 PhotoNOLA Review Prize  First Place, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA
                 Through Darkness to Light  2015 Lange-Taylor Prize Semifinalist, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University

2014        Through Darkness to Light  2014 CDS/Honickman First Book Prize Finalist, Center for Documentary Studies,
Duke University
                 2014 Critical Mass Top 50  Photolucida, Portland, OR
                Through Darkness to Light  2014 Lange-Taylor Prize Semifinalist, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University        
                 Beth Block Juried Membership Honoraria  Juror Malcolm Daniel, Houston Center for Photography
                 Review Santa Fe Scholarship Recipient  CENTER
                 Through Darkness to Light  CENTER 2014 Choice Award Winner, First Place, Gallerist’s Choice, Juror Steffi Schulze


PUBLICATIONS

2025       TimesDaily  ‘Through Darkness to Light:’ Jeanine Michna-Bales’ Underground Railroad Exhibit, Feb. 2, 2025

2021       Orlando Sentinel From Darkness to Light, Nov. 14, 2021
Orlando Arts Perilous Passage, Nov/Dec 2021
The Park Press Mennello Museum of American Art Opens “Through Darkness to Light”, Nov. 2021 
Dallas Morning News  Bringing History to Light Oct. 10, 2021
Paper City  Who Was Inez Milholland? The Gloria Steinhem of 1916 Gets Her Day in Dallas September 2021

2020       New York Times She Was More Than Just the ‘Most Beautiful Suffragist’ Aug. 21
Smithsonian Magazine
Recreating a Suffragist’s Campaign Through the American West July/August 2020

2018       Zoom Magazine  Jeanine Michna-Bales: Through Darkness to Light, Issue 124, Mar 2018

2017       pdn Magazine  How to Publish Your Book: The Underground Railroad by Night
                 Photograph Magazine  Jeanine Michna-Bales: Through Darkness to Light at Arnika Dawkins Gallery
                 O, The Oprah Magazine  Through Darkness to Light in The Gratitude Meter Section, Volume 18 Issue 02Feb 2017
                 Virginia Quarterly Review  Through Darkness to Light: Visions of the Underground Railroad

2016       Wordt ver volgd  Amnesty International, Picture of the Month, Volume 49 Issue 03, Mar 2016

2015       Transition Magazine  Harvard University, Bras-Coupé, Issue 117, 2015
                 Spot Magazine  Houston Center for Photography, Spotlight, Spring 2015

2014       Geo Histoire Magazine  La Grande Évasion, Dec 2014 - Jan 2015


SELECTED PRESS | ONLINE

2024 Stateside, Michigan PublicNPR Stateside: Jeanine Michna-Bales “Through Darkness to Light”

2023 Lenscratch Magazine Jeanine Michna-Bales and Adam Reynolds: COUNTDOWN

2022 C4Journal Imagining a Road to Freedom – Jeanine Michna-Bales’ “Through Darkness to Light”
WUTC 88.1 Chattanooga’s NPR Station Scenic Roots
Evanston Round Table Inez Milholland, the celebrity suffragist who captured the nation’s attention

2021 New York Times Art Created 100 Years Apart, Linked by Trauma, Offers Solace

2020 KERA Art and Seek 100 Years of Women Photographers
WLRN National Public Radio Sundial: Everglades Black History
South Dade NewsLeader New AIRIE Exhibition in Everglades National Park examines little-known history
of societies established by former slaves in the Florida Wilderness
Chattanooga Times Free Press New Exhibit at Hunter Museum puts the new South on Display
The Pulse Southbound Comes to Town

2019 DCist.com At The Phillips Collection, Follow the Underground Railroad Through Photographs
Lenscratch Magazine Southbound: Photographs of and About the New South, Day 6
Midland Daily News Former Midlander Brings History to Life in Photos
BBC World News Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad

2018        Nighthawknyc.com  What Walking Looks Like – Q&A With Jeanine Michna-Bales
                 Nighthawknyc.com  The Photography Show Discoveries: Jeanine Michna-Bales
                 In the In-Between  The Present is Female: Women Steal the Show at AIPAD 2018
                ArtNet News  7 Breakthrough Artists to Discover at the 2018 AIPAD Photography Show
                 Collector Daily  Highlights from the 2018 AIPAD Photography Show Part 1 of 2

2017        Oxford American Eyes on the South  The Long Road to Freedom
                Smithsonian.com  Photographer Reconstructs 1,400-Mile Route Along the Underground Railroad
                Miss Rosen Presents  Jeanine Michna-Bales: Through Darkness to Light
                New Books Network  Through Darkness to Light Podcast Interview
                 Observer  This Is What Traveling the Underground Railroad 150 Years Ago May Have Looked Like
                 PasaTiempo | Santa Fe New Mexican  Dark Night of the Soul: Photographing the Underground Railroad
                 American Photography’s Pro Photo Daily  BOOKS: Visualizing the Dangers and Hopes of the Underground Railroad
                 Musée Magazine  Book Review: Through Darkness to Light
                 Hyperallergic  Photos Evoke the Terror and Hope of the Underground Railroad
                 UK Daily Mail  The Perilous Journey to Freedom: First pictures inside the ‘Underground Railroad’
                 New York Times Lens Blog  From Slavery to Freedom: Revealing the Underground Railroad
                 Dallas Morning News  Fear and Wonder Hold Equal Footing in Artist’s Photographs of the Underground Railroad
                 Los Angeles Times  A Powerful Symbol of Resistance, the Underground Railroad Inspires a Wave of Books, TV and More
                 F-Stop  Book Review: Through Darkness to Light by Jeanine Michna-Bales
                 L’oeil de la Photographie | The Eye of Photography  Through Darkness to Light
                 WABE 90.1 Atlanta’s NPR Station  City Lights with Lois Reitzes
                 CityLab from The Atlantic  Capturing the View Along the Underground Railroad

2016        Lenscratch Magazine  Art + Science: Jeanine Michna-Bales
                NBC4 Washington D.C.  Journey to Freedom: Commemorating Black History Month
                Blink from Vantage  To Photograph People Not as Victims, But as Agents of Change
                In Sight by The Washington Post  What It Was Like to Walk in the Shoes of America’s Slaves

2015        PDN Photo of the Day  Decisition to Leave from Through Darkness to Light
                WJCT Radio  American South Gets Portrait Taken in MOCA’s ‘Southern Exposure’ Photography Show

2014        Fstoppers  ‘From Darkness to Light’ Documents Journey from Slavery to Freedom Along the Underground Railroad
                Feature Shoot  Riveting Photos Trace the Historic Underground Railroad at Night
                A Photo Editor  The Best Work I Saw at Review Santa Fe ‘14
                Canada AM  Photographing the Underground Railroad
                Wired Raw File  Haunting Underground Railroad Images Retrace the Steps of Fleeing Slaves
                Wired Raw File  This is Where Americans Planned to Spend the Nuclear Holocaust
                Lenscratch Magazine  The CENTER Awards: Gallerist’s Choice 1st Place Winner: Jeanine Michna-Bales

VISITING ARTIST | LECTURES | TALKS

2024 Spotlight Speaker  Guided Meditation on Within Reach, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (virtual)
Artist Talk Two Minutes to Midnight, National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Pooler, GA (virtual)

2023 Artist Talk Women Talk in conjunction with Deep in the Art of Texas, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
Artist Talk  Through Darkness to Light, Dunn Museum, Libertyville, IL

2022 Artist Talk  Standing Together, DOROT New York, NY (virtual)
Artist Talk  Through Darkness to Light, DOROT New York, NY (virtual)
Artist Talk Through Darkness to Light, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Visiting Artist Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts, Chattanooga, TN
Artist Talk Standing Together, Evanston History Center, Evanston, IL (virtual)

2021 Opening, Artist Talk and Book Signing  Standing Together, Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Opening, Artist Talk and Book Signing  Standing Together, Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
Artist Talk  Standing Together, League of Women Voters, Dallas TX Chapter (virtual)
Visiting Artist  Two Minutes to Midnight, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX (virtual)
Artist Talk Standing Together Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY (virtual)
Panel Discussion Black History: Past, Present and Future Capital One Art Program (virtual)
Panel Discussion SUFFRAGENOW Elisbet New Museum, Austin, TX (virtual)

2020 Artist Talk Sundays in the Park: Everglades as Sanctuary, Past and Present with Audrey Peterman, Homestead, FL
Visiting Artist Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

2019 Artist Talks | Open House Dallas International School, Dallas, TX
The Underground Railroad Then and Now Panel Discussion held in conjunction with Jeanine Michna-Bales:
Photographs of the Underground Railroad
, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Artist Talk Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VA
Public Memory in the New South Symposium held in conjunction with Southbound: Photographs
of and about the New South,
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, SC

2018         The Evidence of Things Seen and Unseen with Clarissa Sligh in celebration of Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
                  Photography Books Panel Discussion with Rachel Cox and Dornith Doherty, The Cedars Union Annex, Dallas, TX
                  Marketing Your Photographic Work to Galleries with Missy Finger of PDNB Gallery, Dallas Center for Photography

2017         Artist Talk and Book Signing  St. Tammany Parish Public Library, Slidell, LA
                  Opening, Artist Talk and Family Workshop  Griot Museum of Black History, St. Louis, MO
                  Visiting Artist  Texas Women’s University Graduate Photography Class
                  Visiting Artist  University of North Texas Photography Classes
                  Opening, Artist Talk and Book Signing  Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta, GA
                  Opening, Artist Talk and Book Signing  Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX
                  Artist Talk  Sheldon Peck Homestead | Lombard Historical Society, Lombard, IL
                  Artist Talk and Book Signing  Evanston History Center, Evanston, IL
                  Artist Talk  Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
                  Artist Talk and Book Signing  Jefferson School African-American Heritage Center, Charlottesville, VA
                  Monuments and Memory Panel Discussion  with Colin Rafferty and Allison Wright, Virginia Festival of the Book
                  Artist Talk  Albemarle High School during the Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA
                  Artist Talk  St. Anne's-Belfield School during the Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA

2016         Artist Talk  New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2015         Press Panel Discussion and Artist Talk  Open Society Foundations, New York, NY
                  Artist Talk and Visiting Artist Guest Lecturer  Denison Museum and Denison University, Granville, OH

2014         Artist Talk  The Curve Group Exhibition, CENTER Awards Traveling Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center
                   Artist Talk  32nd Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography
                  Artist Talk  Review Santa Fe, CENTER, Santa Fe, NM

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2018         Artist in Residence in the Florida Everglades; AIRIE.org; Homestead, FL

TEACHING AND INSTRUCTION

2025         Lecturer Self-Promotion and Leave Behinds with Jeanine Michna-Bales, Webinar, Los Angeles Center for Photography
2023         Guest Lecturer The Contemporary Landscape with Brad Temkin, Online Course, Los Angeles Center for Photography
2022         Lecturer Self-Promotion and Leave Behinds with Jeanine Michna-Bales, Webinar, Los Angeles Center for Photography
Photography and Writing Workshop Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts, Chattanooga, TN
Guest Lecturer The Photo Project Toolkit created by Adair Rutledge, Online Course, Photographic Center Northwest
2021         Lecturer Self-Promotion and Leave Behinds with Jeanine Michna-Bales, Webinar, Los Angeles Center for Photography

REVIEWS AND FESTIVALS

2024         AIPAD: The Photography Show Arnika Dawkins Gallery and MW Editions, New York, NY

2022         AIPAD: The Photography Show Arnika Dawkins Gallery, New York, NY

2019         PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant  New Orleans, LA
The Photography Show: AIPAD  PDNB Gallery and Arnika Dawkins Gallery, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair  PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
Photolucida Portfolio Review Participant  Portland, OR

2018         PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant  New Orleans, LA
Dallas Art Fair  PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
                  The Photography Show: AIPAD  Arnika Dawkins Gallery and PDNB Gallery, New York, NY
                  2018 ISAS (Independent School Association of the Southwest) Arts Festival  Dallas, TX

2017         PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant  New Orleans, LA
                    Filter Photo Portfolio Review Participant  Chicago, IL
                  Through Darkness to Light  The Toronto North Star Festival, Toronto, Ontario
                  Dallas Art Fair  PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
                  Through Darkness to Light  Virginia Festival of the Book Selected Author, Charlottesville, VA

2016        FotoFest Portfolio Review Participant  Houston, TX

2015        PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant  New Orleans, LA

2014        PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant  New Orleans, LA
                 Review Santa Fe 100  CENTER, Santa Fe, NM
                 FotoFest Portfolio Review Participant  Houston, TX

2013        PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review Participant  New Orleans, LA

Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA, 2024

Dunn Museum, Libertyville, IL, 2023

Jeanine Michna-Bales: Photographs of the Underground Railroad at The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 2019

Jeanine Michna-Bales: Photographs of the Underground Railroad at The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 2019

Through Darkness to Light traveling exhibition at the Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VA, 2019

Through Darkness to Light traveling exhibition at the Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VA, 2019

Artist Talk and Book Signing at the Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VA, 2019

Artist Talk and Book Signing at the Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria, VA, 2019

Through Darkness to Light: Seeking Freedom on the Underground Railroad, Solo Show at PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2017

Through Darkness to Light: Seeking Freedom on the Underground Railroad, Solo Show at PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2017

Southern Exposure: Portraits of a Changing Landscape, MOCA | Jacksonville, FL, 2015 with William Christenberry, Deborah Luster, Sally Mann, Richard Misrach, Andrew Moore and Alec Soth.

Southern Exposure: Portraits of a Changing Landscape, MOCA | Jacksonville, FL, 2015 with William Christenberry, Deborah Luster, Sally Mann, Richard Misrach, Andrew Moore and Alec Soth.