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Christa Gearhart Denney
Education
1998 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Master of Fine Arts - Photography - Ceramics
1992 The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Photography - Printmaking - Painting
Exhibitions
2011 Memento
Florissant Valley Art Gallery
2010 New Ways Of Seeing, Curator
Morton J. May Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2007 Yearbook
Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006 Teachers As Mentors
Chesterfield Arts, Chesterfield, MO
2004 Precious Objects/ Habitual Objects
Rozier Gallery, Jefferson City, MO
1997 Family Pictures
SPAS Photo Gallery, Rochester, NY
Select Group Exhibitions
2018 Music For Your Eyes
Orange County Center of Contemporary Art, Orange County CA
2015 St. Louis Honors Awards
Art St. Louis, St. Louis MO
2014 Pictorialist
Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Art St. Louis the Exhibition
Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2013 Its About Time, Past, Present, and Future
SCC Gallery, St. Charles MO
St. Louis Honors Awards
Art St. Louis, St. Louis MO
Photo Op
St. Louis Artist Guild, Clayton, MO
Misperception
Art St. Louis, St Louis, MO
Award winners from "In the Mix"
Foundry Art Center, St Charles, MO
2012 Beyond the Lens VI
Framations Gallery, St. Charles, MO
Memory
Art St. Louis, St. Louis MO
2011 St. Louis Honors Awards
Art St. Louis, St. Louis MO
Going Solar
St. Louis Artist’s Guild, St. Louis, MO
Beholder
Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
In the Mix
Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO
2010 Fact or Fiction
Jacoby Art Center, Alton, IL
Room with a View
Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
13 Plagues
Koken Art Factory, St. Louis, MO
Alice
Koken Art Factory, St. Louis, MO
Seeing Red
Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Seeing Red
3rd Degree Glass Factory, St. Louis, MO
2008 Lunatic Fringe
Soulard Art Market, St. Louis, MO
2006 Six
May Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2002-07 Venus envy
St. Louis Mo
2004 Photo Flo
Bonsack Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2003 - 10 Faculty Exhibit
Florissant Valley College, St. Louis, MO
Maryville University, St. Louis
Awards
2014 Award of Excellence
Pictorialist, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2013 Award of Excellence
Misperception, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2012 Award of Excellence
Memory, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
1st Place Juror's Award, Honorable Mention
Beyond the Lens VI, Framations Gallery, St. Charles, MO
2011 Award of Excellence
Beholder, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2010 Award of excellence
Room With a View Exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Group 4 award
In the Mix, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO
2nd Place Juror’s award
Fact or Fiction Exhibition, Jacoby Art Center, Alton IL
1995 Graduate Merit Award for Excellence
Rochester Institute of Technology
1994-1996 Graduate Scholarship
Rochester Institute of Technology
1992 Barbara Blondeau Memorial Grant in Photography
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Professional background
2013-present Crossroads College Preparatory School, St. Louis, MO
Fine Arts Chair
2010-2013 Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Gallery Assistant
2004-2011 Maryville University, St Louis, MO
2003-2011 St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, St. Louis, MO
2003-2005 University of Missouri St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2001-2003 Photo Explorations, St. Louis, MO
2001-2002 St. Louis Community College at Meramec
1994-1996 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
1991-1993 The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Adjunct Professor -
Taught courses in Photography (Darkroom and Digital), Painting, Drawing, Bookmaking, Art and Photo History. Specializing in alternative and experimental processes, from historical practices to modern media.
2001-2002 Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Outreach Programs Coordinator
2001-2006 Center of Contemporary Arts (COCA) St. Louis, MO
Teacher
1992-Present CGD Photography
Photographer/Artist
1995-1996 ASMP Assistant, Rochester, NY
Photographic Assistant
1998-1999 Unison Boston, Boston, MA
1995-1998 Edgar Praus Productions, Rochester, NY
1993-1995 Spectrum Color Lab, Rochester, NY
1991-1993 Quaker Photo, Philadelphia, PA
1989-1992 Asman Custom Photo, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Black and White and Color printer/Digital and Analog