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CÉLESTE CEBRA
celestecebra@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2019 MFA in Studio (Photography), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
2015 BFA, Photography, National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
2009 Bachelor of Design (Communication Design), Swinburne University, Prahran, VIC, Australia
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020 2020 - 2021 Artists' Annual Exhibition, Kala Gallery (hosted online only), Berkeley, CA
2020 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award exhibition, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
2020 BAM Bushfire Relief Art Auction, Byron Arts Magazine (BAM!) Gallery, Mermaid Beach, QLD
2019 2019 Residency Exhibition, curated by Krista Scenna, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award exhibition, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
2019 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize exhibition, Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, VIC
2019 American-Australian Arts Fund Showcase, Olsen Gruin Gallery, New York, NY
2019 MFA Show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL
2018 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award exhibition, Campbelltown Arts Centre, NSW
2018 Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award exhibition, Gallery at HOTA, Surfers Paradise, QLD
2018 Imaging Mass & Space: Architectural Photography 2018, The Coach House, Glessner House Museum, Chicago, IL
2017 Always, SAIC Open Studios Group Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2017 Solo Exhibition, Quotidian Metropolis, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown, NSW
2015 National Art School Graduate Show, National Art School Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
2015 The Habit of Seeing, National Art School Library Stairwell Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
AWARDS & GRANTS
2019 UrbanGlass Scholarship Award, Brooklyn, NY
2018 American-Australian Arts Fund, Visual Arts Grant Recipient, American Australian Association
2018 Steketee Scholarship, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2015 Joel Corrigan Memorial Photography Award
RESIDENCIES
2020 Kala Artist-in-Residence Program, Berkeley, CA
2019 Trestle Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Onslow Storrier National Art School Residency, la Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
PUBLIC LECTURES
2018 “MFA Candidate Thesis Presentations in the Department of Photography,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2018 “First Year Photography Graduate Lecture Series,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
2016 “International Residency Experiences,” NAS Art Forum, National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW
PRESS
2019 “Shortlist for $35,000 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize announced,” Australian Photography, August 9, 2019.
2019 “Artist of the Week: Céleste Cebra,” LVL3, August 8, 2019.
2019 Leah Gallant, “Two MFA Shows, Reviewed by Chance,” fnewsmagazine, July 30, 2019.
2017 “Art Post talks with photographer, Céleste Cebra about Quotidian Metropolis her exhibition opening in Chrissie Cotter Gallery in March,” Art Post: Inner West Council, March, 2017.
PUBLICATIONS
2021 The Racket Journal: Issue 40
2021 The Racket Journal: Issue 38, edited by Noah Sanders
2020 The Brooklyn Review, Issue 35: 2020, by Brooklyn College MFA Program students and faculty
2020 The Racket: Quarantine Journal No. 3, curated by Noah Sanders
2019 SAIC Department of Photography Graduate Publication, essay by Molly Brandt
2019 SAIC Photography Department Catalog 2018-2019, 10th Edition
2018 SAIC Department of Photography Graduate Publication, essay by Rachel Adams
2018 Construct Deconstruct Isolate, self-published
2016 National Art School Make Art Publication
2015 Yearbook by National Art School
COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago, IL
The Chicago Artists’ Archive, Chicago Public Library, IL
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago, IL
Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, Chicago, IL
private collections throughout Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the U.S.A.
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 - 2021 Archive & Collection Digitisation Volunteer, National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW
2020 Gallery Docent, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA
2019 American Australian Association, Arts Fund Application Peer Reviewer
2017 - 2019 SAIC Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Department of Photography courses: Introduction to Photographic Image Making with Amy Yoes; Color Concepts & Post Production with Sonja Thomsen; Architectural Photography with Timothy Wittman and Kirk Gittings; & Advanced Lighting Studio Practice with Kate O’Neill