Solo Exhibitions

2018

Went Out for Cigarettes, The Cotton Museum, Memphis, Tennessee

2017

Went Out for Cigarettes, A Novel Experience, Slow Exposures, Zebulon, Georgia

Juried & Group Exhibitions

2023

Art on Fire: Hot Off the Wall
Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, Tennessee

2022

Due South Co-op: Between the Margins
Northeast Mississippi Community College, Booneville, Mississippi

2020

Due South Co-op: Between the Margins
Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, Louisiana

Due South Co-op: Between the Margins
Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina

2019

Photography in Memphis
Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Light, juried by Richard McCabe
Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina

Four Kinds of Y’all, curated by Due South Co-op
Art Lover’s Soirée, Fischer Galleries, Jackson, Mississippi

Roadside Jesus, juried by Michael Howard
Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Missouri

2018

Roadside Jesus, juried by Michael Howard
Sojourn Arts & Culture, Louisville, Kentucky

Four Kinds of Y’all, curated by Due South Co-op
SlowExposures Pop-up Tour, Zebulon, Georgia

Four Kinds of Y’all, curated by Due South Co-op
The Cotton Museum, Memphis, Tennessee

Camera Work: Landscape & Architecture, juried by Todd Johnson
Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon

Art of the South, juried by Brian Jobe, Locate Arts
Crosstown Arts, Memphis, Tennessee

24th Annual Juried Members' Exhibition, juried by Richard McCabe
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts

We Rise: The Final Biennial Alumni Exhibition, juried by Julie Pierotti, Grace Stewart, and Dolph Smith
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Your Mind's Eye, juried by Kim Rushing, Delta State University
Museum of the Mississippi Delta, Greenwood, Mississippi

Making Strange, juried by Chuck Avery
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2017

Slow Exposures: Celebrating Photography of the Rural South, juried by Arnika Dawkins and John Wall
Pike County, Georgia (catalogue)

59th Annual Delta Exhibition, juried by Betsy Bradley
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Young Collectors Contemporary, juried exhibition
Clayborn Temple, Memphis, Tennessee

2016

Slow Exposures: Celebrating Photography of the Rural South, juried by David J. Carol and Eliot Dudik
Honorable Mention
Cochran Gallery, LaGrange, Georgia (catalogue)

Peace Among Savages, juried by Mary Gagler
Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Framed: Landscape and Architecture, juried by Chris Bennett
Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon (catalogue)

The Gun Show, juried by Chad Alligood
Sponsored by Oxford American & Drawl Gallery
Little Rock, Arkansas

Young Collectors Memphis, juried by Young Arts Patrons
Crosstown Arts, Memphis, Tennessee

In•form, curated by Crosstown Arts
Memphis, Tennessee

A Strong Current
Faculty Selects
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

2015

Celebrating the South, juried exhibition
Palladio Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee

Breaking Narratives
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Art of the South, juried by Wayne White
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Best of Memphis, juried by Joel Parsons
Box Gallery, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

2014

Person of Interest, juried by Robert Hollingsworth
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

2012

Valley View Arts Awareness
Valley View Schools, Jonesboro, Arkansas

2010

PHOTOcentric 2010: A Juried Photography Exhibition, juried by Harvey Stein and Stephen Shore
Balter and Gillette Galleries, Garrison Art Center, New York

CDS Photo Awards Projection Event
Golden Belt | Center for Documentary Studies
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

BFA Exhibition
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Undergraduate Exhibition, curated by Beth Edwards
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

5–10–12 International Photo Exhibition

2009

Rozelle Artists Guild: Project Sketchbook
Woodard Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee

Power Up!
Delta Axis Powerhouse, Memphis, Tennessee

Faculty Selects
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

I Made This: Selected Works from the Photographic Society
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Inspired by Light
Immaculate Conception Cathedral School, Memphis, Tennessee

Put Up or Shut Up
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

2008

Student Show, Society for Photographic Education
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

They are Us, We are Them
Medicine Factory, Memphis, Tennessee

Best of Photography
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

2006

Arkansas State University Museum
Main Gallery, Jonesboro, Arkansas

Curated Exhibitions

2019

Mississippi Heritage Trust: 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Jackson, Mississippi

Due South Co-op: Four Kinds of Y’all
Art Lover’s Soirée, Fischer Galleries, Jackson, Mississippi

2018

Due South Co-op: Four Kinds of Y’all
SlowExposures Pop-up Tour, Zebulon, Georgia

Due South Co-op: Four Kinds of Y’all
The Cotton Museum, Memphis, Tennessee

Cross Section
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

2009

Society for Photographic Education Student Show
Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Summer Academy Photographic Series
Memphis College of Art Community Education, Memphis, Tennessee

Education

2015 MFA, Photography, Memphis College of Art

2010 BFA, Photography, Memphis College of Art, Cum Laude

Organizations

Due South Co-op, founding member, established 2018

Panels + Lectures

2023

Picturing the South
Moderator
Mississippi Book Festival, Jackson, Mississippi

2020

Due South Co-op: Between the Margins
Meadows Museum of Art, Shreveport, Louisiana

2019

Photography in Memphis
Guided Exhibition Tour
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Photography, an Image of History
Moderator
Mississippi Book Festival, Jackson, Mississippi

Roadside Jesus
Moderated by Michael Howard
Sojourn Arts & Culture, Louisville, Kentucky

2016

Photographers At Work in the South
Southern Studies Conference
Auburn University at Montgomery

Went Out for Cigarettes
Southern Studies Conference
Auburn University at Montgomery

Assistantships

Postcards from America (Aperture Foundation)

April 2016
Assistant to Magnum photographer Jim Goldberg in the Mississippi Delta

The Watchers

2008–2010
Assistant to Haley Morris-Cafiero

Press

AINT-BAD
What We've Found: Social Media
featured photographer

Oxford American
Eyes on the South
featured photographer, curated by Jeff Rich

AINT-BAD
Curator's Choice
featured photographer

2017

C rosstown Concourse, a film by Justin Elliott Thompson
additional photography

2015

#PHOTOGRAPHY Issue 13
featured photographer

Reframing Photography
featured photographer

2013

Scoutmob.com
photographer, Johnson Benjamin

Catfish Alley
photographer, Talant Trade Co. feature

2009

They Came from South Sudan
photographer and author

Sustainable Shelby
photographer

Rozelle Artists Guild: Project Sketchbook
featured artist

Epilogue Magazine
featured photographer, “Pitch” collaborative series with Alejandra Sabillon

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum
Tyronza, AR

2008

Circle Up Now | Amnesty International
14 credited images

2007

Plowing New Ground: The Southern Tenant Farmers Union and its Place in Delta History by Van Ray Hawkins
photographer

Experience

Adjunct Faculty

Memphis College of Art
August 2015 – 2020
Instructor of Darkroom Photography, Social Documentary, and Studio Lighting

Photographer & Head of Digital Technologies

Holland Studio of Photography
June 2011 – Present

Photographer

Ryan Steed Photography
May 2005 – Present
Selected projects and clients: Red Hot Album, Blue Delta Jeans, Looney Ricks Kiss, Crosstown Arts, Cush Foundation, Sharp, Inc., Arkansas Glass Container Corporation, Johnson Benjamin, and Sustainable Shelby.

Photography Department Assistant

Memphis College of Art
2006–2010, January 2015 – May 2015
Darkroom assistant, large format printer technician, and archive photographer

Continuing/Community Education Instructor

Memphis College of Art
Spring 2008 – 2010
Introduction to Darkroom Photography instructor for Weekend Workshop, Summer Academy, Summer Camp, and Saturday School

Photographer

Arkansas State University
August 2001 – August 2003
Photographer for Ph.D Department for Southern Studies

Honors + Awards

President's List; Memphis College of Art, 2015

President's List; Memphis College of Art, 2014

Dolph & Jessie Smith Emeritus Fellowship Award; Memphis College of Art, 2010

46th William Roberson Alumni Traveling Fellowship | South Sudan; Memphis College of Art, 2010

Area of Excellence Award in Photography; Memphis College of Art, 2010

Ted Rust Award; Memphis College of Art, 2009

Saul & Mildred Brown Memorial Scholarship; Memphis College of Art, 2008

Permanent Collections

Delta Axis Powerhouse, Memphis, Tennessee

Rozelle Artists Guild, Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

Arkansas State University Museum, Jonesboro, Arkansas

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, Tyronza, Arkansas