Martina Shenal Martina Shenal

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EDUCATION

1994 Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
1987 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025
Searing: Environmental Photographers Collective, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI
There is No Planet B: ecofeminism and climate, Center Space Gallery,  Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts,
        Scottsdale, AZ

2024
Humans Landscapes, Millepiani Gallery, Loosen Art, Rome Art Week, Rome, Italy

2023
As Above, So Below, FOMA Gallery/ecoartspace (Toby Jurovics, Director, Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment)             Santa Fe NM
Stories of Fire: Fuel Loading, Confluence Lab @ University of Oregon in conjunction with Prichard Gallery, University of              Idaho (online)
Uchi-Soto, COPA Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
[un] Certain Futures,
NewARTSpace, DePere WI
Arizona Biennial 2023, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ (Taína Caragol, National Portrait Gallery)
Nature, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2022
–scapes, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (catalog)
Reimagining Earth, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ
Trees Stir In Their Leaves, in conjunction with the Center for Creative Photography, Bryant Bannister Laboratory for Tree-             Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Circle of Influence, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix AZ

2021
Selected Works from the Collection, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix AZ

2020
57th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum, Monroe LA (Alison Glenn, Curator, Crystal Bridges)
  
2019
The Qualities of LIGHT (Flat file exhibition), Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
School of Art Biennial Faculty Exhibition, 
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Landscape 2019: In Relation to the Land, Center for Fine Art Photography, Carnegie Center, Ft. Collins CO
Lens 2019, Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL

2017
Nascent Site: Sight, Concordia Gallery, Concordia University, St. Paul MN
Biennial School of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Secondary Nature, Artspace Gallery, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas NV (solo)
Landscape- Grand or Personal, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville SC
Contemporary Landscape, CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
At the Intersection of Memory & Conjecture, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ

2016
Impending Future, Lycoming College Art Gallery, Williamsport PA
Enlightened, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant MI
Restart, Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY Oswego, Oswego NY
Nowhere Everywhere, Red Wall Gallery, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston MA

2015
Nascent Site: Sight, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ
The (Not So) Secret Life of Plants, Paul Roberson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark NJ
Biennial School of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ

2014
Environmental Portraits, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland OR
Ichi-go Ichi-e, Main Gallery, Place M Photography Gallery, Shinjuku gyoenmae, Tokyo JP (solo)
Linear Thinking: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ
Off the Web, On the Wall, SPE Gallery, Cleveland OH
The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2014, Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne IN

2013

Biennial School of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Arizona Biennial 2013, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Art on the Edge, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe NM

2012
Recent Work, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier CA (solo)
Secondary Nature, Workspace Gallery, Lincoln NE (solo)
Alternative Realities, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury VT
Borrowed Views, Clutch Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia (solo)
Light Sensitive, Art Intersection Gallery, Gilbert AZ

2011
Borrowed Views, Apothecary Gallery, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga (solo)
Languor/ Temperance/ Repose, Ice House Gallery, Monmouth University, West Long Branch NJ
Louisiana Purchase, Louisiana Tech University Art Gallery, Ruston LA
Biennial School of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art (catalog)
What's in Your House, Gallery 130, University of Mississippi, Oxford MS

2010
Displaced Topographies, Stark Gallery, Xavier College Preparatory School, Phoenix AZ (solo)
Black & White, Minneapolis Photo Center, Minneapolis MN (catalog)
Of Memory, Bone & Myth, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks ND
25th Tallahassee International, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee FL (catalog)
23rd Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles LA (catalog)
SPE Southwest Regional Exhibition, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott AZ
Crush, Tucson Museum of Art Annual Exhibition/Auction, Tucson AZ

2009
Arizona Biennial 09, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
DigitalArt.LA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles CA
Third Coast National, Kspace Contemporary, Corpus Christi TX
Biennial School of Art Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Art Museum, University of Arizona (catalog)
Digital Juried Open 2009, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga CA (Juror's Award)
Continuum, Faculty Exhibition, Graduate Visual Arts Research Laboratory, University of Arizona

2008
Perfect with Pixel, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH (catalog)
14th Annual Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA
National Photography 08, Main Street Gallery, Groton NY

2007
Not Really So Simple: Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Photography Re-imagined, Tilt Gallery, Phoenix AZ
looming, Eyelounge Contemporary Artspace, Phoenix AZ (2 person)
SW Regional Exhibition, Society for Photographic Education, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of AZ
First Editions, Steele Pavilion Art Gallery, Herberger Theatre, Phoenix AZ

2006
Ectasis, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
A View of the New, Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

2005
Invitational Biennial, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM (catalog)
Diffusion, Davis & Cline Galleries, Ashland OR
Building a Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
Recent Work, Fala Gallery, Tucson AZ (solo)
She Objects, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson AZ

2004
queue, UC Berkeley Extension Gallery, San Francisco CA (solo)
Recent Work, Studio LoDo / Phoenix Center for Contemporary Art, Phoenix AZ (2-person)
Clown Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland OR
Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

2003
Photo Album, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR (catalog)
the void diaries, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis TN (solo)
16th Annual National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA (catalog)
Winter Exhibition, Second Floor Gallery, Memphis TN

2002
Collaborations, Dieu Donne Paper Mill, New York, NY
Side By Side, Invitational Exhibition, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis TN (catalog)
Annual Fellowship Exhibition, Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville TN
Personal Viewpoints, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle WA (Juror's Award)
Group Photography Exhibition, University of Georgia-Athens, Athens GA
Winter Exhibition, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis TN

2001
All About Paint-Max 2001, University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis TN
auster, Second Floor Contemporary, Memphis TN (solo)
Building a Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
Faculty Exhibition, Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO
44th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock AR
Illuminance, Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock TX
Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

2000
Recent Work, Tower Fine Art Gallery, State University of New York- Brockport NY
2000 Clowns, University Art Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal IL
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale AZ
Magic Silver 2000, Clara M. Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, Murray KY (Juror's Award)
New Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN
New Work, MCA Satellite Gallery, Cossitt Library, Memphis TN (solo)

1999
MAX 99, University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis TN
Big Muddy: Summer Exhibition, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago IL (Buzz Spector, juror)
Faculty Exhibition, Patton-Malott Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO
Young Memphis, Clough Hanson Art Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis TN
Faculty Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

1998
learina, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale AZ (Installation) (solo)
Phoenix Triennial Invitational Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum (Installation) (catalog)
Traditions Aside Invitational Print Exhibition, McComas Art Gallery, Mississippi State University, Starkville MS


PRESENTATIONS/VISITING ARTIST/ LECTURER/ ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
2023
Reframing Wildfire, Panelist in conjunction with the Bryant Bannister Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research
Environment + Natural Resources 2 Bldg. S107
University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

2022
Social Relevance: Artists as Agents of Change, 
Environmental Photographers Collective Panel Discussion, Women's Caucus for Art National Conference, Chicago, IL (virtual)

Artist Lecture, Reimagining Earth, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

2021
Resonant Ecologies,
Environmental Photographers Collective Panel Presentation, 2021 Symposium: Care – Water – Food – Shelter – Cost, Studio for Sustainability and Social Action (S3A), Penn State University, State College PA (virtual)

2020
Hixon-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture, School of Art, Art History & Design, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, NE
SPE Midwest Regional Conference Panel Discussion (virtual), Environmental Photographers Collective 

2018
Featured Artist Lecture, Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego, CA

2017
Visiting Artist Lecturer, College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

2015
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix AZ
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ

2014
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Place M Gallery, Shinjukugyoenmae, Tokyo JP
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT

2012

Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Whittier College, Whittier CA
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln NE

2011
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

2009
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Xavier Preparatory School, Phoenix AZ

2005
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha NE
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR

2002
Visiting Lecture, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia-Athens GA

2001
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO
Visiting Critic, University of Memphis Graduate Program, Memphis TN

2000
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, Jonesboro AR
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Washington-Seattle WA

1999
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village CO

1997-98
Visiting Lecturer, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

1996
Artist-in-Residence, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR

1995
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
Artist-in-Residence, Kyrene de la Mariposa School, Tempe Municipal Arts Commission grant project, Tempe AZ

PUBLICATIONS *indicates published photograph

2022
Environmental Photography Collective, Urbanautica Journal of Visual Anthropology and Cultural Landscapes*
Interviewed by Steve Bisson

2018
Slant MagazinePictures Without Words,  Volume 001, Issue 003*
Biennial School of Art Faculty Exhibition catalog, pp.48-49*

2016               
Restart, Exhibition catalog, Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY Oswego, Oswego NY*
FRESH 2016, Exhibition catalog,
Klompching Gallery, New York NY*
Nowhere Everywhere
: Looking for Direction at Thompson Gallery, Artscope, May/June 2016, pp. 80-81

2013
Fraction Magazine Yearbook*

2012
Fraction Magazine Japan, Issue 5, June (online)*
Alternative Realities, Exhibition catalog, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury VT*
Fraction Magazine, Issue 36, March (online)*

2010
23rd Annual National Works on Paper, Exhibition catalog, McNeese State University, Lake Charles LA* 
Black & White, Exhibition catalog, Minneapolis Photo Center, Minneapolis MN*
25th Annual Tallahassee International, Exhibition catalog, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts* 
Of Memory, Bone & Myth, Exhibition catalog, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks ND*

2009
Rosalie Crowe, AZ Art Contrasts, Arizona Daily Star, August 2, pp. E4-E5*

2007
40th Anniversary Catalogue, Individual Artists Awards, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville TN*
Lilia Menconi, Mind Play, Phoenix New Times, December 26, p. 9


2006
Margaret Regan, Movement and Metamorphosis, Tucson Weekly, August 17, p. 32*

2005
Regional Invitational, Exhibition catalog, New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Cruces NM*
Margaret Regan, Forms by Females, Tucson Weekly, December 22, p. 36
Northwest Review, Volume 43, Number 1, The University of Oregon, Eugene OR, p. 75* 2003
Hamlett Dobbins, Interview, Number: an independent journal of the arts, fall 2003, pp. 14-17*
Fredric Koeppel, Two photo exhibits put focus on light, Commercial Appeal, June 1, p. F4*
Photo Album, Exhibition catalog, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro AR*

2002
Side by Side, Exhibition Catalog, Brooks Museum, Memphis TN*

2001 
Max 2001, All about Paint, University of Memphis Art Museum, Memphis TN, Exhibition catalogue, p. 20 *
Debra Elliott, Painting Over the Edge, Commercial Appeal, Memphis TN, June 24, pp. 1-2* 
Suzanne Riker, To the Max, Memphis Business Journal, May 18-24, pp. 41,42 
David Hall, Tutti Frutti, Memphis Flyer, June 7, pp. 40-41
David Hall, Picture This, Memphis Flyer, April 18, pp. 59, 75*


2000
Jenny Southlynn, The Great Colorful Other, The Octopus, Champaign-Urbana, June 9, pp. 16,17*
Photo Review, Vol. 23, Number 3, Summer 2000, Philadelphia, PA, p. 24*

HONORS | GRANTS | FELLOWSHIPS
2025
Arts Research + Resilience Project Grant, Arizona Institute for Resilience, University of Arizona 

2016
FRESH 2016 Finalist, Klompching Gallery, New York NY

2015/16
Confluencenter Faculty Collaboration Grant, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

2013/14
Faculty Professional Development Endowment Grant, School of Art, University of Arizona

2007-13
College of Fine Arts, Dean's Award for Excellence Small Grant, University of Arizona

2007
Dean's Merit Award, College of Fine Arts, University of Arizona

2005
Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ

2003
Curator's nomination- Biennale Internazionale Della Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy

2002
Walter Knestrick Visual Art Fellowship, Individual Artist Fellowship, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville TN

2000
Faculty Enrichment Grant, Memphis College of Art

1999
Faiers Endowment Grant, Memphis College of Art

1998
Artist Materials Grant, Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
Faculty Development Grant, Memphis College of Art
Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix AZ

1996
WESTAF/NEA Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists, New Genres, Santa Fe, NM

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale AZ
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
New Mexico State University Art Museum, Las Cruces NM
Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Streich Lang, Phoenix
AZ Armstrong-Prior, Phoenix AZ
Sedgwick CMS, Memphis TN