cv - courtney coles || photographer

Curriculum Vitae

b. 1989, Panorama City, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education
2019- M.F.A., Photography and Media, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2014- B.F.A., Photography, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

Teaching
2022
Portraiture, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Introduction to Photography, Cypress College, Cypress, CA

2021
Introduction to Photography, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Visual Diary, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA (via zoom)

Visiting Artist
2021
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA (via zoom)
2020
University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (via zoom)
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (via zoom)
2019
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
New York Film Academy, Burbank, CA
2018
Las Fotos Project, Los Angeles, CA

Solo Exhibitions
2022
intimate, slow, no moon, Los Angeles, CA

2019
the long way home, d300, Valencia, CA

2018
back home, Mint Gallery, Valencia, CA

2012
A Southern Summer: 2 Weeks in Georgia, In Flux Gallery, Portland, OR
A Disposable Summer, Higgens Gallery, Portland, OR

Group Exhibitions
2019
To the Front, The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ
Counterpose, Photo LA, Los Angeles, CA
Counterpose, Main Gallery, Valencia, CA
Headspace, c113, Valencia, CA

2018
Maybe Next Year I'll Get Rid of This Shit, d300, Valencia, CA
Super Flexible, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
To the Front, Main Street Gallery, Nashville, TN
To the Front, Zone 3, Boston, MA

2017
To the Front, D-Beatstro, Toronto, ON
Robins Nest, Valencia, CA
A State of the Art School, Main Gallery, Valencia, CA
Girls to the Front, Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY
Outwork: Unity, First Congregational Church, Portland, OR
Girls to the Front, All(most) Studio & Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2016
MissRepresentation: A Show Praising Women of Color, Junior High, Los Angeles, CA
#girlgaze: a frame of mind, The Annenberg Space for Photography Skylight Studios, Los Angeles, CA
College Night at the Getty Center, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA

2015
College Night at the Getty Center, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA
Light, Paper, Process: Students Re-Imagining Photography, Vincent Price Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2014
BFA Thesis show, PNCA Stevens Studio, Portland, OR

2013
The PNCA Photography Department Merit Scholarship Show, Corner Gallery, Portland, OR
Reflect/Refract: iterations of self, Place, Portland, OR

2012
The PNCA Photography Department Merit Scholarship Show, Corner Gallery, Portland, OR
Pine Island Press Projection Show: Zine Release Party, Portland, OR
Exploring Otherness, Higgens Gallery, Portland, OR
Students of Color Coalition Art Show, In Flux Gallery, Portland, OR

2011
The Refusalon, Store, Portland, OR

Publications

Self published:

Book:
2017
be as it may (edition of 6)

2013
this too shall pass (edition of 12)

Zine:
2013
post-adolescent idealism (edition of 6)
just between us (edition of 15)
sorry for making you art. (edition of 15)

2011
Haircuts in apt. 310 (edition of 1)

2010
Invite me into your life (edition of 1)

Published:

2016
Highlight Magazine, Issue 50 (The Summer Set; The Virginmarys)
Highlight Magazine, Issue 49 (Saintseneca; The Knocks)
Highlight Magazine, Issue 47 (Magic Giant)

2015
Highlight Magazine, Issue 44 (AW)

2013
HORSESHIT
Incandescent, Issue 3

2010
The Deli Magazine, Issue 5, Volume 3 (The Henry Clay People)

Awards
William Jamison Scholarship | 2013
Pacific Northwest College of Art Photography Department Merit Scholarship| 2013
Pacific Northwest College of Art Photography Department Merit Scholarship| 2012
Best Live Radio Show, Second Place, Pierce College Media Arts Department | 2010

Interviews, links to work at features:

The Luupe: Celebrating Ourselves: Self-portraits by Women and Non-binary Photographers (December 2020)

Strange Fire Collective (October 2020)

First Ever Podcast: Courtney Coles: Someone Has to Do It, Why Can't I (September 2020)

Hyperallergic: At CalArts, Graduating Students Are Making Sincere and Rigorous Work (April 2019)

Vans Girls: Kick-Ass Chicks (March 2019)

Let's Talk With Scoggs (January 2019)

Voyage LA Magazine (December 2018)

The Phoblographer: Courtney Coles: Photographing Musicians the Way Their Music Sounds (September 2018)

KPCRadio.com: Love, Women (May 2018)

12 Songs Project: Pushing for a more inclusive music industry with Courtney Coles (March 2018)

Noisey: Women and Non-Binary Music Photographers Step Forward in 'To The Front' (December 2017)