Christine Zuercher
zuerchcd@gmail.com I www.christinezuercher.com
Education
2016 M.F.A. Studio Art in Photography, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (Summa Cum Laude)
2011 B.F.A. Studio Art in Photography, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH (Cum Laude)
Professional Experience
2019 VCD Creative Facilities Coordinator, Visual Communication Design, Kent State University, Kent, OH,
August 2016- Current
Assistant Instructor, College of Communications and Information, CCI 12001, Photography, Kent State University,
Kent, OH Spring 2019- Current
2018 Teacher of Record, Visual Communication Design, VCD 28003, Photo Technology, Kent State University,
Kent, OH, Spring 2018
2017 Teacher of Record, Visual Communication Design, VCD 28003, Photo Technology, Kent State University,
Kent, OH, Fall 2017
Teacher of Record, Visual Communication Design, VCD 28003, Photo Technology, Kent State University,
Kent, OH, Spring 2017
Honors and Awards
2019 Honorable Mention, Art + Science Exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Ohio Arts Council Excellence Award Recipient, Ohio Arts Council, $5,000 Award
Center of Contemporary Artists (COCA) Art Prize 2019 Finalist
Harvard College Art Residency, Harvard Arts First Festival, Cambridge, MA, May 2019
2017 CAMMIE Award, nominated by the San Antonio Museum of Art for Contemporary Art Month
2016 Juror for Arts of the Pamlico Annual Photography Exhibition, Litttle Washington, NC
Graduate Assistantship, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (2016-2013)
2015 Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Permanent Collection, Cocodrie, LA (2015-2014)
Claire E Armstrong School of Art and Design Scholarship Recipient, East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC (2014-2015)
2014 Graduate Scholar Award, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (2015-2013)
"Rebel 57" East Carolina Arts & Literary Magazine Exhibition, 1st Place Best Traditional Photograph,
Greenville, NC
Penland School of Crafts Summer Work-Study Recipient, Asheville, NC
Research & Creative Achievement Week Graduate Student Humanities and Fine Arts
Oral Presentation Winner, Greenville, NC
2013 Society for Photographic Education Southeast Region Scholarship Recipient
Ohio Arts Council Excellence Award Recipient, $5,000 Award
2012 Gift of Gift of Participant, photograph purchased, donated to Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Group and Solo Exhibitions
2019 Analog Film Photography Exhibition, AFPA Downtown Arts Collective, Orlando, FL, October 2019
Women By Women Exhibition, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, September 2019
Art + Science Exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, March-June 2019
"The Dig", Media Art Exploration Festival, San Francisco, CA 2019
2018 Contact: new works by Christine Zuercher and Janelle Young, University of Dayton Radial Gallery, Dayton, OH,
September-November 2018.
Family of No Man, Cosmos Arles Books, Arles, France, July 2018
Annuale X Exhibition, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC March-June 2018 (Jurors: Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman)
Faculty, Kent State University Visual Communication Design Faculty Exhibition, Taylor Hall Gallery, February 2018
2017 “Location, Location, Location!”, The ShowRoom, Santa Monica, CA, October-November
(Invitational Exhibition)
Manufactured Untruth, CASP 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX, December 2017 (Juried Exhibition)
Mudras, The Hand Magazine Exhibition, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO, July-August 2017
Process Alternative, Light Leaked Online Exhibition (Jurors: David Emitt Adams and
Claire A. Warden)
Distant Transmissions, Clamp Light Artist Studios and Gallery, San Antonio, TX, March 10th-31st (Solo Exhibition)
Distant Transmissions, Imperial Centre for Arts & Sciences, Rocky Mount, NC. June-August 2017 (Solo Exhibition)
2016 Off The Wall, Cleveland Print Room Member's Show, Cleveland, OH, December 2nd-16th
Greenhill 2016 Winter Show, Greenhill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC (Invitational Exhibition)
The Astronauts Return Home: Discoveries From The Final Frontier, University of Dayton Alumni Collective,
Yellow Cab Tavern, October 2016, Dayton, OH
Self, The Realization of Autonomy, Femme Fotale, The Liquor Gallery (Juried Exhibition)
June 2016, Tempe, AZ
I Am Here, ‘Ana Huna, A Cultural Exchange Exhibition Between ECU School of Art and Design and the
University of Sharjah, Artworks Studio, Jacksonville, NC
Distant Transmissions, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC
March 30th-April 5th (Solo Exhibition)
2015 East Carolina University Joyner Library Graduate Student Exhibition, Greenville, NC
(Juror: Holly Garriott)
Genus: Pherd, Species Unknown, Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Coastal Landscape Photography Exhibition, Nicholls State University
Art Studio, Invitational Exhibition, Cocodrie, LA
14th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
(Juror: April Watson, Curator of Photography at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO)
Continuum, Exhibition of Past, Present, and Future Residents of Pocosin Arts School of Craft, Mendenhall Gallery, Greenville, NC
Icon, Bridge Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Invitational Exhibition
New Works, BCAC Gallery, Beaufort County Arts Council, Washington, NC
Manic, Frantic, Antics, East Carolina University Graduate Student Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC
A Show of Hands, The Hand Magazine at A1LabArts, SGCI, Knoxville, TN, Invitational Exhibition
2014 Bro, Do You Even Expose? Photographs From East Carolina University Students and Alumni,
Art Avenue, Greenville, NC (Juror: Allen Thomas Jr)
East Carolina University Graduate Student Exhibition, Burroughs Welcome Gallery,
Greenville, NC
Photographs from the series Voice of America (Greenville, NC) installed in Pitt-Greenville
Airport, July-Dec 2014
Terra In-Firma, Images From Louisiana's Wetlands, Mendenhall Gallery, Greenville, NC
"Rebel 57" East Carolina Arts & Literary Magazine Exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
(1st Place in Best Traditional Photograph)
East Carolina University Joyner Library Graduate Student Exhibition, Greenville, NC (Juror:
Michael Dorsey)
Merge, featuring work from the collections of W.M. Hunt, Allen Thomas Jr, And David
Raymond, hung alongside works from 8 emerging-mid career contemporary artists, Castell
Gallery, Asheville, NC, Invitational Exhibition
Fototastic 2014: ECU School of Art and Design Photography Students, Joyner Library,
Greenville, NC
Potluck: A Show About Regional Food Traditions, Art Avenue, Greenville, NC
Displacement, A Reckoning of Affairs, Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville, KY
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Southern Indiana, New Harmony,
IN, Invitation Exhibition
Take Flight, Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA, (Juror: Jennifer Schlesinger Hanson)
Tiny Art Show 2014, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
Imagined Realities, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT (Jurors: Robert and Shana
ParkeHarrison)
2013 Next: New Photographic Visions, Castell Gallery, Asheville, NC, (Jurors: Allen Thomas Jr. &
Dr. Larry Wheeler)
East Carolina University Joyner Library Graduate Student Exhibition, Greenville, NC, (Juror:
Charlotte Fitz-Daniels, director of the Greenville Museum of Art)
Water, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (Juror: Wally Mason,
director of the Haggerty Museum of Art)
Longing, Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptors, Dayton, OH (Curator: Francis
Schanberger)
Photography’s Back To The Future, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH, 13 images invitational
Exhibition, (Curator Catherine Evans, the William and Sarah Ross Soter Curator of
Photography at the Columbus Museum of Art)
ImageOhio 13, a yearly survey of the best photography, video, and new media artwork
made by artists living in or from Ohio, Roy G Biv Gallery, exhibited in Fort Hayes Shot
Tower Gallery, Columbus, OH (Juror: Wexner Center for the Arts Curator-at-Large Bill
Horrigan)
2012 Meme: Culture In Transmission, Herndon Gallery, Yellow Springs, OH (Invitational
Exhibition, Curated by Susan Byrnes)
Small Works Exhibition, Tejas Gallery, Dayton, OH (Juried by Selection Committtee)
Distance, Tejas Gallery, Dayton, OH (Juried by Selection Committee)
Gift of Gift of, The Caroline Collective, Houston, TX, (Juried by selection committee, piece
purchased and donated to The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
(B+W) Exhibition, Tejas Gallery, Dayton, OH (Juried by Selection Committee)
To The End of Space, The Southern Belle, Dayton, OH (Curator, invitational exhibition)
Of Memory Bone and Myth, Rourke Art Gallery Museum, Moorhead, MN (Juror and
Curator: Suzanne Gonsalez-Smith, Assistant Professor of Art & Design at the University of
North Dakota
2011 Illusion and Chemistry Online Gallery Exhibition, Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
(Juror: Christopher James)
Astronauts Go West, The Southern Belle, Dayton, OH (Five Person Invitational Exhibition)
Manifestations, Marianist Hall Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH (Solo Exhibition)
Cline Show, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH (Invitational Exhibition)
2010 Alternatives: Unconventional & Uncommon Processes, MPLS Photo Center
Minneapolis, MN (Juror: Keith Taylor)
Dayton Art Institute Yeck College Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Regional Artists Gallery
Dayton, OH (9 Images, Four Person Group Exhibition)
Works on Paper, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH Honorable Mention (Juried Exhibition)
Define, Color of Energy Gallery, Dayton, OH (Juror: Dr Judith Huacuja professor of Art
History at the University of Dayton)
Affiliations and Professional Development
2018 Space Expo 2018 Participant, Museum of Flight, Seattle Washington
Publishing Residency with Artist Barret Oliver, Los Angeles, CA July 2018
2016 Interviewed by David Goren at the Shortwave Shindig, Winter Shortwave Festival,
North American Shortwave Association, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, February 19th
Publishing Residency with Artist Barret Oliver, Los Angeles, CA, Dec-January 2016
2015 Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Coastal Landscape Photography Workshop,
Participant, Cocodrie, LA (2015-2014)
Co-President, Visual Arts Forum, East Carolina University (2015-2014)
University of Sharjah Research Development & Student Exchange Program,
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Interviewed by Shortwave Radio Producer David Goren, 2015 Shortwave Shindig, Winter Shortwave Festival,
North American Shortwave Association, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, February 28th
Penland School of Crafts Winter Residency, January, Asheville, NC
2014 Penland School of Crafts, Alternative Photography and Books with Brian Taylor, Participant, July,
Asheville, NC
Bibliography
2019 “With an eclectic mix of science and art, inaugural MAX festival looks to outer space”, Joshua Kosman,
San Francisco Chronicle, May 8th, 2019
2018 “Museum of Flight Offers Chance to Experience Outer Space”, Alan Berner, The Seattle Times, November 3, 2018
The Hand Magazine, A Magazine For Reproducible Art, Issue #22, October 2018
2017 Photo-Emphasis, Artist Project Spotlight, September 2017
Seities, A Traditional Photography Publication & Gallery, Theme Portrait, Spring/Summer Issue 16/17 #8
Don't Smile, A Space Devoted To Showcasing Photography By Women Artists, Online Featured Portfolio, April 2017
"Artist Tunes Into 'Distant Transmission' In Clamp Light Show", Elda Silva, San Antonio
Express News, March 17th, 2017
The Hand Magazine, A Magazine For Reproducible Art, Issue #16, April 2017
Light Leaked, Process: Alternative Juried Exhibition, March 2017
Gum Printing: A Step-By-Step Manual Highlighting Artists and Their Creative Practice
By Christina Z. Anderson, Focal Press
2016 Light Leaked Artist-on-Artist Interview with Deedra Baker, April 4th, 2016
Ticka Arts, Online Featured Portfolio, January 2016
2015 The Hand Magazine, A Magazine For Reproducible Art, Issue #10, September 2015
"Perceptions," University of Dayton Magazine, Autumn 2015
Ain't Bad Magazine, An Independent Bi-Annual Publication of New Photographic Art,
Featured Portfolio, July 2, 2015
"Rebel 57" East Carolina University Arts & Literary Magazine, April 2015
2014 Terrebonne Parish Library, 2014 Jambalaya Writers' Conference Anthology
State of the Arts: Merge at Castell Photography, Kyle Sherard, Mountain Xpress,
Aug 25, 2014
Imagined Realities, Produced by PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT Exhibition Catalogue
2013 The Hand Magazine, A Magazine For Reproducible Art, Issue #2, October 2013
The Transmission of Cultural DNA, Jud Yalkut, Dayton City Paper, January 2013
Shot Tower Gallery: Works Tinker With Issues of Identity, Christopher Yates,
Columbus Dispatch, Jan 31, 2013