Laura J. Bennett       Photography Digital Media  
 
 
 
 
CV/Bio

M. F. A 2007 Photo / Digital Media University of Houston
B. A 2003 Journalism / Editorial Humboldt State University
B. A. 2001 Studio Art Photography Humboldt State University


Work History

Media Art Faculty, Episcopal High School, Bellaire, TX  (Photo I, II,III, Digital Media and Website Design) 2008 - Current

Adjunct Art Faculty, Houston Community College Central, TX  (Photography I and II) 2007-08

Adjunct Fine Art Faculty, University of Houston, TX (Intermediate Photo, Fundamentals Photo, Computer Imaging) 2005-08


Awards / Grants

First place, Women in Photography international 2009, Self-Portrait category

Honorable Mention, Women in Photography International 2009, Family Gathering category

Nominee, 4th Annual Black & White Spider Awards, Abstract Category, Amateur 

Honorable Mention, Texas National 2009, S.F. Austin State University, TX

Finalist, Photographer's Forum 28th Annual Spring Photography Contest

Grant Recipient Barbara Deming Memorial Fund 2008,Wilton, NH

Recipient First Annual Hungry’s Photography Grant 2007: Hungry’s Gallery, Houston, TX

Honorable Mention Singular Image 2007: The Center (Formerly Santa Fe Center for Photography) NM

2006 Joan Wich Graduate Fellowship University of Houston, TX

Honorable Mention: 2006 Soho Photo 2nd Nat’l Juried Alternative Process Competition, NY


Selected Exhibitions

2009

Texas National Exhibition, S.F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX

Women in Photography International, Online Gallery 2009

Center for Fine Art Photography: Idea of Self, Juried by Susan J. Zadeh, Fort Collins, CO

Houston Center for Photography Print Auction Exhibition, Houston, TX

Hungry's Gallery Third Annual Print Auction, Houston, TX 

2008

Thrive, Curated by Mary Ross Taylor, Diverse Works Gallery, Houston TX

Center for Fine Art Photography: Edgy Exhibition, Juried by Michael Itkoff, Fort Collins, CO 

Infectious Myth, Photographic Exhibition by Laura J. Bennett, Hungry’s Gallery, Houston, TX

Texas Photographic Society 16: The National Competition Travelling Show, Juried by Michelle Dunn

2007

Bay Area Photography Club: 10th Juried Photography Exhibition, Juried by Madeline Yale, Clear Lake, TX


Texas Photographic Society 16: The National Competition Travelling Show, Juried by Michelle Dunn Texas Photographic Society 15th Annual Juried Traveling Exhibition, Juried by Harris Fogel


Visual Edge 3: Handcrafted, Juried by Kerik Kouklis and Mary Swisher, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, CA

Texas Photographic Society’s 22nd Annual Members Only Show, Juried by Kathy Vargas, San Antonio, TX


30 Years / 30 Cakes, National Juried Exhibition, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI


Suspended Glances, Comerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston TX

2006

The Art of Digital International Juried Exhibition, Juried by Hugh Davies, Lyceum Theatre, San Diego, CA


Texas Photographic Society:15th Annual Juried Traveling Exhibition, Juried by Harris Fogel


Soho Photo
Juried National Alternative Process Competition, Juried by Christopher James Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY

Publications

2008

The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes by Christopher James 2nd Ed. Contributing Image

Photographer's Forum Best of Photography Annual, December 2008 finalist image from 28th Annual Contest

SHOTS Magazine Dreams Issue #101/Autumn '08. contributing image

TPS 16: The National Competition 2007 Catalogue

2007

TPS 22: Annual Member's Only Show Catalogue

2006

The Art of Digital Show Catalogue 2006, Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, CA

2004

Professional Mariner, Journal of the Maritime Industry Issue #83 Oct 2004
Classic Casualties : Brother Jonathan Sinking, Contributing Article and Photographs


2003
Osprey 2003 The Tragedy of the Brother Jonathan, Contributing Article and Photographs


2002
Fotophile: Journal for Creative Photographers, Issue #40, Cover Photo and Fresh Pics Student Page

2001 Toyon, Humboldt State University Literary Journal Vol. #47, Contributing Photography and Poetry 

2000 Toyon, Humboldt State University Literary Journal Vol. #46, Contributing Photography and Poetry
1999
Toyon, Humboldt State University Literary Journal Vol #45, Contributing Photography and Poetry
1997
The Bull of the Woods, by Crawdad Nelson, Gorda Plate Press, Mendocino, CA Cover Photo
101 on 101: A Hundred and One Things to do I Humboldt County, Contributing Photography and Article


 
Notify me of new art by this artist Powered by artspan.com
artspan is contemporary art