Sean Gyshen Fennell

Contact

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Tel:

503.569.1785

Email:

sean@gyshen.com

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art

2007, Washington University in St Louis, Graduate School of Art
St Louis, MO
Emphasis: Photography and Digital Media

Bachelor of Arts

2005, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Major: Studio Art Minor: Art History

Teaching Experience

2009-
2010

Visiting Assistant Professor, Bucknell University, Department of Art & Art History, Lewisburg, PA

Basic Photography, Intermediate Photography, Digital Photography, Multi-Media Installation

2007-
2009

Adjunct Lecturer, University of Denver, School of Art & Art History, Denver, CO

Introduction to Photography, Black and White Photography, Web Portfolio for Photographers, Digital Photography and Experimentation, Photojournalism, Documentary Photography, Studio Photography, Alternative Photographic Processes

2008

Adjunct Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder, Film Studies, Boulder, CO

Photography for Filmmakers

Adjunct Lecturer, University College, Graduate Program in Liberal Studies, Denver, CO
Emerging Trends in Art

2006

Graduate Instructor, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Photography II: Black & White

Teaching Assistant, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Photography I: Darkroom Color Printing

2005

Teaching Assistant, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Critical Frameworks

Scholarships and Awards

2007-
2006

Siroky Art Scholar Award, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO

2006

Jurors Choice, "OffCourse," Baseline Gallery, St Louis, St. Louis, MO

2005

Joy Lorraine Hayhurst Outstanding Art Student Achievement Award, Willamette University, Salem, OR

Publications

2010

"Sean Gyshen Fennell: Fashioning the Facade," Tyrus's Eye on Art, June 13, 2010

2009

"Espresso Image," Redlime Magazine, January 29 - February 4, 2009

"Genderqueer vs. Larson," Thomas Kraemer, 2009

2008

"Kensington on the Edge," Active Voice, June 28, 2008

"Beyond Masculinity: Essays by Queer Men on Gender and Politics," edited by Trevor Hoppe, pp. 14-23

2006

"Queer Art for the Everyday Heterosexual," Lux, Vol.2, Issue 1, March, pp. 11-12

"Queer Eye," Show card, January 27

2005

"Icons Rile Conservatives," The Advocate, Issue 951, November 22, pp. 30

"Controversial Art Engages Minds," The Collegian, Vol. CXVI, Issue. 12, November 9, pp. 7

"Artist Brought Into Debate," The Collegian, Vol. CXVI, Issue. 9, October 19, pp. 13

"Willamette University Calls this Art?," The Lars Larson Radio Show, October 7-11

Related Experience

2007-
2009

Digitization Editor, Seymon Fridlyand Photographic Archive, Denver, CO

2007

Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dept. of Art and Art History

Gallery Assistant, Weitman Gallery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

2006-
2007

Member, Visiting Artist Committee, Washington University in St.w Louis, St. Louis, MO

2005

Co-Chair, Stir-Fry Video Festival, Hudson Hall, Salem, OR

Exhibitions

2011

Queer Me 2011, The Center, New York, NY

2010

Snap, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

Thin Red Thread, Galeria De Liva, Oaxaca, Mexico

6x6, Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, Rochester, NY

Desire .10, 1909 Logsdon Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009

That's So Gay, Works San Jose, San Jose, CA

Political Landscape, Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO

Idea of Self, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO

2008

RSVP, Galería de Arte Fotográfico Melitón Rodríguez, Colombia, South America

Taboo Identities, Tuska Center for Contemporary Art, Lexingtion, KY/ Arts Center Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica

2007

Répondez, Clos De L’Abbaye Gallerie, Paris, France

Beauty and its Discontents, Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO

Sewing the Façade, Solo, MAPS Contemporary Art Space, Bellville, IL

MFA Thesis, Mildred Kemper Lane Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis,MO

Parabola, Baseline Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2006

First Year MFA Show, DesLee Gallery, St Louis, MO

OffCourse, Baseline Gallery, St. Louis, MO

XY/XX, Flash Gallery, Bolder, CO

Queer Eye, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA

2005

Iconoclast, Collection, Willamette University, Salem, OR

Black Fish Gallery, Portland, OR

Thesis Show, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR

2004

Urban Meditation, Solo, Ko - Du - Ku Gallery, Portland, OR

Collective Identity, Solo, Willamette Gallery, Salem, OR

Street Collaborative, Solo, Blue Pepper Gallery, Salem, OR

Media Design, Willamette Gallery, Salem, OR

Human Rights Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA

2003

Video Extravaganza, Willamette University, Salem, OR

The Moment, Willamette Gallery, Salem, OR