Home Faculty Michael Conti

EDUCATION

• MFA Candidate, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University 2010
• BFA with honors, Photography, Printmaking, Creative Writing, UAA 2000
  

EXHIBITIONS

• 2009
   Storied Alaska, solo exhibition. Loussac Public Library, Anchorage, AK
   50/50, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
   Spill, Traveling show, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, AK, MTS Gallery,     Anchorage, AK, Kodiak, Cordova, Soldotna
  
  
• 2008
   Storied Alaska, solo exhibition, ARC Gallery, UAA Campus, Anchorage, AK
   UAA Faculty show, Kimura Gallery, screening of 5 videos
   All Alaska Juried Show, juror Jari-Pekka Vanhala, Anchorage Museum of     History and Art
   Rarified Light, juror David Hilliard
   Alaskan Light, Mystery Revealed, curator – Jayne Jones, Kenai Vistor Center
  
  
• 2007
   Storied Alaska, solo exhibition, MTS Gallery, Anchorage, AK
   Rarified Light, juror Doug Beasley, Honorable Mention
   Sticks and Stones, curator – Don Mohr, Kenai Visitor Center
   UAA Alumni Show, Campus Center Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage
   Salve, International Gallery of Contemporary Art at Out North, Anchorage,     AK
  
  
• 2006
   Rarified Light, juror Dan Burkholder, Anchorage, AK – Best of Show
   Alaska Positive, juror – Patrick Nagatani, Alaska State Museum, Juneau,     Alaska
   UAA Faculty Show, Kimura Gallery, University of Alaska Anchorage
   Skin, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
   All Alaska Juried Show, Juror – Michael Drutt, Anchorage, AK, Honorable     Mention
  
  
• 2005
   Stories, Solo exhibition, Sassafras Coffeehouse and Cafe, Anchorage, AK
   Rarified Light, juror – Linda Conner, Anchorage, AK
   Salon Des Mobile Trailer Supply, MTS Gallery, Anchorage, AK
   Skin, Campus Center Gallery, UAA, Anchorage, AK
   New Figuration, Battery Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
  
  
• 2004
   TEXT, solo exhibition, Intl. Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anch, AK
   All Alaska Juried Show, juror – Michael Rush, Anchorage Museum of History     and Art
   Alaska Positive, juror–Michelle Dunn-Marsh, Alaska State Museum, Juneau,     AK
   Rarified Light, juror – Ryuijie, Anchorage, AK, Honorable Mention
   Photographers Invitational, Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, AK
  
  
• 2003
   Rarified Light, juror – Christine Shank, Anchorage, AK
   No Big Heads, Campus Center Gallery, UAA, Anchorage, AK
  
  
• 2002
   Alaska Positive, juror – Anne Wilkes Tucker, Alaska State Museum, Juneau,     AK
   Through Our Eyes, Campus Center Gallery, UAA, Anchorage, AK
  
  
• 2001
   All Alaska Juried Show, Juror - Anchorage Museum of History and Art, AK
   Rarified Light, juror - Richard Newman Anchorage, AK
  
  
• 2000
   Positive/Negative, Solo exhibition, BFA Thesis, Kimura Gallery, UAA
   Photographers of the Anchorage Daily News, International Gallery of
      Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
   Greased Lightening, Campus Center Gallery, UAA, Anchorage, AK
   Through Our Eyes, Campus Center gallery, UAA, Anchorage, AK
   2-D Student Invitational, Campus Center gallery, UAA, Anchorage, AK
  
  
• 1999
   Through Our Eyes, Campus Center gallery, UAA, Anchorage, AK
   2-D Student Invitational, Campus Center gallery, UAA, Anchorage, AK
   Greased Lightening, Campus Center gallery, UAA, Anchorage, AK
  
  
• 1998
•    2-D Student Invitational, Campus Center gallery, UAA, Anchorage, AK

AWARDS

• Best of Show, Rarified Light juried photography show 2006
• Honorable Mention, All Alaska Juried Show 2004
• Honorable Mention, Rarified Light 2004, 2005, 2007
• Second Place Award, “Skin” Juried photo show, Campus Center Gallery, UAA 2005

 

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

• Individual Artist Project Award from Rasmuson Foundation 2005
• Saradell Ard Scholarship for Art 1998, 1999
• Muriel Hannah Scholarship for Art 1998 - 2000
• Tuition Waiver for Art Students 1998 –2000

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Freelance Photographer, Anchorage, Statewide 2000 to present
• Adjunct Professor of Photography and Art, UAA 2006 to present
• Freelance Grip/Gaffer/Production Assistant – South Central AK 2003 to 2005
• Photographer’s Assistant- Clark Mishler Photography, worldwide 2000 to 2003
• Photographer/lab tech – Anchorage Daily News, statewide 2000 to 2001
  

PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHY

• Qayaqs and Canoes – Native Ways of Knowing
• Alaska Tribal Health Consortium Annual Report
• Cook Inlet Housing Authority Annual Report
• First Alaskans magazine
• Alaska Magazine
• Anchorage Daily News
• various State of Alaska brochures and publications
• Men’s Journal Magazine
• University of Alaska Accolades
• First Magazine
  

REFERENCES

• Mariano Gonzales, professor of Art, Art Dept Chair, UAA 240-6152
• Clark James Mishler, photographer 279-8847
• Richard J Murphy, photo editor ADN 257-4331