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MARTINA SHENAL

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EDUCATION
1994
1987
Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
   
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007-

Assistant Professor of Art, Photography Division, School of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

2005-

Assistant Director, School of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

1998-04 Department Chair & Assistant Professor of Art, Memphis College of Art
2003 Interim Graduate Coordinator, Memphis College of Art
Interim Gallery Director, Memphis College of Art
2001 Printmaking Faculty, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
1999 Photography Faculty, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
1997-98 Faculty Associate, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Faculty Associate, Arizona State University West, Phoenix AZ
1995-98 Adjunct Faculty, Mesa Community College, Mesa AZ
   
RELATED PROFESSIONAL / INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
2007-08 Board of Directors nomination, National Council of Art Administrators (NCAA)
2006-07 Faculty Search Committee, Foundations, School of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
2006 UAMA Search Committee, Assistant Curator, University of Arizona Museum of Art
2005-06 Faculty Search Committee, Photography, School of Art, University of Arizona
2004 Faculty Search Committee, Photography, Memphis College of Art
2002

Dean/VP Search Committee, Memphis College of Art
Advancement in Rank Committee, Memphis College of Art

2001 Faculty Search Committee, Art History, Memphis College of Art
Faculty Enrichment Grant Committee, Memphis College of Art
1999 Faculty Search Committee, Book Arts/Papermaking, Memphis College of Art
Portfolio Review Panel, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Tucson AZ
Design Arts Chair Committee, Memphis College of Art
1998-04 Graduate Faculty Advisor, Memphis College of Art
Gallery Exhibitions/Visiting Artist Committee, Memphis College of Art
BFA / MFA Exhibition Committee, Memphis College of Art
1998 Panelist, Emerging Artists Grant, Memphis Arts Council, Memphis TN
1996-97 Panelist, Public Art Projects, Phoenix Arts Commission, Phoenix AZ
Instructor, Mesa Art Center Summer Youth Program, Mesa AZ
   
HONORS / GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS
2007

Beyond the Call of Duty Award, College of Fine Arts Dean’s Award, University of Arizona
College of Fine Arts, Small Grant Program, University of Arizona

2005 Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ
2003 Curator’s nomination- Biennale Internazionale Dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Florence Italy
2002 Walter Knestrick Visual Art Fellowship, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville TN
Faculty Travel Grant, Memphis College of Art
2000 Faculty Enrichment Grant, Memphis College of Art
1999 Faiers Endowment Grant, Memphis College of Art
1998 Faculty Development Grant, Memphis College of Art
Artist Materials Grant, Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ
Professional Development Grant, Maricopa Community College District, Mesa AZ
1996 WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists, New Genres, Santa Fe, NM
1995 Institute for Museum Services, partial funding grant through ASU for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    (Installation)  Arizona State University Art Museum
Contemporary Forum Artist's Materials Grant, Phoenix Art Museum
1994 Djerassi Resident Artists Program (Alternate), Woodside CA
1993 Visual Arts Scholarship, Galeria Guild, Galeria Mesa, Mesa AZ
1991

New Directions Scholarship, The Friends of Photography, San Francisco CA

   
VISITING ARTIST / LECTURER / ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2007 Lecturer, Curatorial Practices, ART 497A/597A Gallery Management, School of Art, University of Arizona
2005-06 Lecturer, ART 497A/597A Career Development for Visual Artists, School of Art, University of Arizona
2005 Visiting Artist, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR
Visiting Artist, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha NE
2002 Visiting Lecturer, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia-Athens GA
2001 Visiting Critic, University of Memphis Graduate Program, Memphis TN
Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO
2000 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, Jonesboro AR
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Washington-Seattle WA
1999 Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO
1997-98 Visiting Artist/Lecturer in Photography, Arizona State University
1996 Artist-in-Residence, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR
1995 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, School of Art, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Artist-in-Residence, Kyrene de la Mariposa School, Tempe Municipal Arts Commission Grant
Visiting Artist, The Constructed Image, Phoenix Visual Arts Center, Phoenix AZ
1994-95 Artist-in-Residence, Tempe Art Center, Artist-in-Schools Program, Tempe AZ
   
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2007

Juried Student Exhibition, Scottsdale Community College entries to Maricopa County
    Community Colleges District Competition, Scottsdale AZ

2006-07 Curator, Contemporary Art Public Collection, Chandler Arts Commission, Chandler AZ
2004 Sets + Situations, Contemporary Photographic Survey, Memphis College of Art
2003 Under/Exposure, Gallery 1101, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL
Photoworks, Fed Ex Global Headquarters, Memphis TN
 Juried Student Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro AR
2002 Process, Fed Ex Global Headquarters, Memphis TN  
2001

The Grammar of Ornament, Painting Survey, Memphis College of Art
Curator, Corporate Art Collection, Sedgwick CMS, Memphis TN

2000 Poems of Sorrow, Luis Gonzalez Palma Photography Exhibition, Memphis College of Art
1999

Biennial, Outdoor Site-Specific Installations, Memphis College of Art

1998 New Work, Photography and Computer Arts Exhibition, Memphis College of Art

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