ABRIDGED ARTIST RESUME
A PDF of Myren's full academic/professional CV can be downloaded here.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Fort Juniper, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2011
Selections from The Fortieth Parallel: Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado, Workspace Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2010
Selections from The Fortieth Parallel: Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2009
Locations, Gallery 303, New England Institute of Art, Brookline MA
Selected works from Markers: Memory and Fort Juniper
Fort Juniper, Special Collections Gallery, Jones Library, Amherst, MA
2008
Markers: Memory, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
The View Home, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2007
Selections from the Fortieth Parallel, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2006
Markers: Memory, Artists Foundation, Boston, MA
Markers: History, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
2005
The Fortieth Parallel, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Flourish: Alumni Works on Paper, Bakalar & Paine Galleries, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2010
Moving Image Show, Gallery 303, New England Institute of Art, Brookline, MA
2009
Landscape and Memory, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
RSVP: Arbor, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, New York, NY, online only
27th Anniversary Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Apperceptions: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Soho20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
Apperceptions: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2008
place*mark, The Gallery Project, University of Michigan School of Art & Design, Ann Arbor, MI
2007
Groundtruthing, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
You are Here, Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Roadside Attractions, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, CT
Landscape: Fact and Fiction, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2011
Review: Robert Moeller, "Peg and Rope Geometry," Afterimage, Jan/Feb 2011, Vol. 38, No. 4
2010
Review: Cate McQuaid, "Making a dream reality," Boston Globe, November 10
Review: Greg Cook, "Tedium and Enchantment," Boston Phoenix, November 5
2008
Exhibition catalog: United States Embassy Yaoundé, Cameroon
Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State
Review: "Danforth showcases 3 artists who view things their own way," Metro West Daily News, November
Essay: "A Grad Student's Story" by Bruce Myren, TeachingPhoto.com
2007
Feature: "Along the 40th Parallel" Photographs and Text by Bruce Myren
Four panoramas highlighted in 2 fold out spreads. View Camera Magazine, July/August
2005
Review: D’lynne Plummer, “Absolute Latitude: Laconia Gallery displays the Beauty of Random Locales,” South End News, October
SELECTED LECTURES, ARTIST TALKS, AND PANELS
2011
Portfolio Reviewer/Curator: November Online Portfolio reviewer-of-the-month, SPE Members Gallery
Artist Talks: Simmons College, Boston, MA; Northeastern University, Boston, MA; and Boston University, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Panel: Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Atlanta, GA, "What Students Want, What They Expect and What They Need from Their Education," chaired by Jill Waterman with panelists Deidra Tyree, Layne Sizemore, Rafael Soldi, and Bruce Myren
2010
Conference Chair: Society for Photographic Education, Northeast Regional Conference, Chace Center, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, The Experiential in Photography
2009
Paper: Society of Photographic Education National Conference, Dallas, TX, Markers: History, Memory, and Home in the Landscape Work of Bruce Myren
2008
Artist Talk: Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, Markers: Memory
Panel: College Art Association, Artspace, Dallas, TX, Landscape: Fact and FictionPanelists included Judith Thorpe, Thomas Bruhn, Janet Pritchard, Kelly Dennis, and Bruce Myren
2007
Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer: Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
Artist Talks: Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, 2007 - 2005
OTHER DISTINCTIONS, SELECTED
2010-2013
Chair, Society for Photographic Education, Northeast Region
2007-2010
Art in Embassies Program, artwork on long-term display at the US Embassy, Yaoundé, Cameroon, Africa
2006
Critical Mass, Selected as top 150 photographers, Photolucida
TEACHING EXPERIENCE, SELECTED
Amherst College, Visiting Lecturer of Art, Amherst, MA, Spring 2012
Teaching Photo I, an introduction to darkroom based black-and-white still photography.
Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA, Adjunct Faculty, 2011/2012
Teaches two courses: Color Photography, chemical-based class introducing students to fundamentals of seeing and printing, and Large-Format, a hybrid analog/digital, film-based introduction, with emphasis placed on personal expression.
Rhode Island School of Design, Critic, Providence, RI, Fall 2009, 2010, and 2011
Teaching View Camera with advanced printing techniques, including digital and chemical workflows.
New England Institute of Art, Brookline, MA, Assistant Professor, Summer 2009 - December 2010
Taught multiple courses including: Large Format/Studio Lighting, Post Production I & II, Principles of Photography, Theory & Criticism, Advanced Studio, and Landscape. Sat on Technology Committee and managed equipment budget for the Photography Department. Acted as liaison to MIS and system admin for department computers and printers. Oversaw Photo Studio and Print Lab. Advisor to Photo Club, Studio Anonymous, and about 30 majors.
New England Institute of Art, Instructor, Brookline, MA Fall 2006 - 2009
Teaches a variety of courses: Landscape Photography, Theory and Criticism, Advanced Studio, Large Format/Studio Lighting, Post Production I and II, and Principles of Photography.
University of Connecticut, Instructor of Record, Storrs, CT, Fall 2008 and Spring 2009
Taught digital photography course to junior and senior BFA majors and helped to manage the digital lab. Co-taught intro darkroom-based intro class to honors students with Associate Professor Janet Pritchard.
EDUCATION
2011 - 12
Program in Reflective Collegiate Teaching Practice: Department of Teaching + Learning in Art +Design at RISD in association with the Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning at Brown University
2009
University of Connecticut at Storrs, MFA in Studio Art, Concentration in Photography, Graduate assistantship, Storrs, CT
1991
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, BFA in Photography with honors, Boston, MA