PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: September 22, 1981
Place of Birth: Sharon, Connecticut
Citizenship: United States
EDUCATION
2010-2012 Cornell University: Ithaca, NY. MFA Candidate
2002-2007 Texas Tech University: Lubbock, TX. BFA, Sculpture & Photography, 2007. Magna Cum Laude
EXHIBITIONS
...2011...
Five Photographers, Design Within Reach, Dallas, TX. Group Exhibition
Meditations in an Emergency, DUMBO arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, Curator: Chris Lew (PS1)
Texas Biennial, Pump Projects, Austin, TX. Curator: Virginia Rutledge
Response, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Richland, TX, Group Exhibition
...2010...
Is this Making Sense?, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, NY, Group Exhibition.
Inhabited, Brazos Gallery, Richland College, Richland, TX, Individual Exhibition.
Persistent Breach, Shirley Pogue Art Gallery, East Central University Ada, OK. Group Exhibition.
BURB, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Juried Exhibition. Curated by Tim Parsley
...2009...
The Living Room Scale Project, Charno Gallery , Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO. Individual Exhibition
Mercurial Imagination, Ira M. Taylor Memorial Art Gallery, Hardin Simmons University, Abilene, TX, Group Exhibition
No. 3: What you do after No.2, Waypoint and Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery, Marfa, TX. Group Exhibition
Amerikanisches, Tangermünde Kirche Museum, Tangermünde, Germany. Curated by Jim Edwards, (Houston Baptist University Professor of Art)
Art LA Expo, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Rebecca Morse (MOCA), Peter Frank ( Riverside Art Museum), Rex Bruce (LACDA)
Guangzhou Biennial of Photography, Quangdong Museum of Contemporary Art, Guangzhou, China. Curated by Wendy Watriss (FotoFest)
Texas National 2009, The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Nacogdoches, TX Juried by Mel Chin(Artist)
Compact/Bravado, The Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery/Colin Community College/Eastville College Dallas, TX. Group Exhibition
HUB-BUB Artist-In-Residence Invitational, Hub-Bub, Spartanburg NC. Group Exhibition
...2008...
Millennial Collection of Photography, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX. Curated by Rick Dingus (Artist)
Viewfinder: New Images by Texas Artists, Houston Center for Photography/Fotofest, Houston, TX. Curated by Arturo Palacios (Art Palace), Risa Puleo (Blanton Museum of Art)
#2 At your Door Step: 2nd Annual Exhibition, The Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery/Waypoint Gallery, Marfa, TX. Group Exhibition.
Texas Tech Alumni Exhibition, Landmark Arts Gallery, TTU School of Art, Lubbock, TX Curated by Joe Arredondo (Landmark Arts Gallery)
U Turn, The Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery/Southwest School of Arts and Crafts, San Antonio, TX. Group Exhibition
The New Wave/100 Years of Art, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts. Lubbock, TX. Curated by Charles Adams (Charles Adams Gallery)
The 17th annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition , The Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery.San Angelo, TX. Group Exhibition
Ink and Clay 34, Kellogg Art Gallery at California State Polytechnic University Pomona, CA. Juried
Exhibition. Juried by Daniel Couturier (Couturier Gallery)
...2007...
Drive-In Theater, The Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery, Houston, TX. Group Exhibition
Maiden Voyage, The Ryder Jon Piotrs Gallery, Marfa, TX. Group Exhibition
The Odessy of Odie Odell, Charles Adams Gallery, Lubbock, TX. Individual Exhibition
Turn the Crank, Art Depot Annex, Lubbock, TX. Group Installation
Jerry Rigged Co-op, RedBud Gallery, Houston, TX. Individual Exhibition
20th Annual Juried Student Show, Landmark Arts Gallery at Texas Tech,
Lubbock, TX. Juried Exhibition, Juror: James Housefield (AMOA)
49th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center's Jeannette Edris Rockefeller Gallery, Little Rock, AR. Juried Exhibition, Juror: Don Reitz (Artist)
...2006...
The Show, Underwood Center for the Arts Ice House Gallery, Lubbock, TX. Individual Exhibition
Warm Handshake, The Art Depot, Lubbock, TX. Group Exhibition
...2005...
Group Exhibition, Tree Grace Gallery, Lubbock, TX. Group Exhibition
Art Show vs Art Show, On Q Gallery, Lubbock, TX. Individual Exhibition
Designed Obsolescence, The Main Building, Lubbock, TX. Group Exhibition
18th Annual Juried Student Show, Landmark Arts Gallery at Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX. Juried Exhibition, Juror: Kate Bonansinga (UT El Paso University Gallery)
Erotica 2005, K Space Art Studios, Corpus Christi, TX. Juried Exhibition, Juror: Wayne Gilbert (G Gallery) and Gus Kopriva (Redbud Gallery)
...2003...
Group Show, Lubbock Garden Arts Center, Lubbock, TX. Juried Exhibition, Juror: Barbra McCandless (Amon Carter Museum). Honorable Mention
RESIDENCIES
2011 AIR, Paducah, Kentucky
2009 Hilmsen1 Residency, Hilmsen, Germany
AWARDS
2011 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, US Department of Education, Washington, DC
2010 Nominee Texas Art Prize, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Nominee Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers
2009 Kimbrough Fund, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Travel Grant to Guangzhou, China, Texas Tech Alumni Association, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Nominee for Santa Fe Prize of Photography, Center, Santa Fe, NM
Honorable Mention, Houston Center for Photography Fellowship, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
...2008...
2nd Place Los Angeles Center for Digital Art International Juried Competition, Los Angeles, CA
Lighton International Exchange Grant to study in Hilmsen Germany, Kansas City Artists Coalition. Kansas City, MO
...2007...
1st Place 20th Annual Juried Student Show, Landmark Arts Gallery at Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX. Juried Exhibition, Juror: James Housefield
...2006...
H.Y. Price Undergraduate Scholarship, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Art Memorial Scholarship, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
...2005...
Who's Who of College Seniors, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
...2003-2007...
Deans List, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
...2004...
Honors College Fellowship, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. Photography Research Assistant for Professor Rick Dingus.
ORGANIZATIONS
2007-Present TED:Ideas Worth Spreading, Online Community, NYC, NY
2007-Present Co-founder of The Ryder Jon Piotrs Nomadic Gallery: Lubbock, TX
2009-Present Co-founder of The Culture Laboratory, Online Community. US
2005-2007 Texas Tech Sculpture Network: Lubbock, TX
PUBLISHED REVIEWS
2008 Obrien, Titus. “Panhandle Odyssey II”. Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online
2007 Freelander, Garland. “Piotr Chizinski: Jerry-Rigged Co-Op”, Glasstire: Texas Visual Art Online
2005 Platt, Susan Noyes. “Designed Obsolescence”, Artlies
COLLECTIONS
Texas Tech Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Millennial Collection, Southwest Collection Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Center for the Study of Inequality, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Strake Jesuit Art Museum, Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, Houston, TX