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      CIARA ELLE BRYANT
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Education

M.F.A. Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX
B.A. Art and Performance, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson TX
A.A. Liberal Arts & Commerical Photography, Collin College, Plano TX


Related Experience

2021-2022
Full Time Faculty Photography Teacher, The Hockaday School 
Teaching Artist,  Big Thought

2020
adjunct professor, digital art, university of texas at dallas
Curator and Teaching Artist,  Big Thought
Teaching Assistant, Southern Methodist University

2019
Visual Artist Assistant, Big Thought
Teaching Assistant, Southern Methodist University

2018
Teaching Assistant, Southern Methodist University
Teaching Artist, Blackland Prairie Conservatory & Atelier

2016
Liliana Bloch Gallery Summer Intern

2012- 2014
Collin College Photography Student Assistant

Exhibition Record

2022 
Group Exhibition, Negative Women: Four Photographers Questioning Boundaries,
Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston, TX
Solo installation, On-n-On: Ciara Elle Bryant in conversation with Octavia E. Butler, SMU Hawn Gallery, Dallas, TX
solo installtion, server; Checks on the block, SXsw, Austin, TX
Solo exhibition, icons, denton black film festival, UNt colab, Denton, TX

2021
group exhibition, modern billings, modern art museum of fort worth, fort worth, Tx 
solo installtion, server; love ta, love ta love ya, the mac, dallas, tx 
Group exhibition, New Stories: New Futures, Pioneer Tower at Will Rogers Memorial Center, Ft Worth, TX


2020
Solo installation, Server 3.0, R02 gallery, Dallas, TX
Solo installation, Server: A Streamed Revolution, Nasher Windows Series, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
Solo installation, Server , Echo Stop, Ex Ovo and Sweetpass suclpure park, Dallas, TX
Group exhibition, College Expo, 500X, Dallas, TX

2019
Group exhibition, Chillnaughty, Cedars Union, Dallas, TX
Group exhibition, Picture This: An Alumni show, Sp/n Gallery, Richardson, TX
Group auction, ArtCon Identity, Art Conspiracy, Life, Dallas, TX
Group exhibition, temporarily recollected, Doolin Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Group exhibition, Art2 14, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Solo performance, Doolin gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

2018
Group auction, ArtCon 14, Art Conspiracy, The Cedars Union, Dallas, TX
Solo installation, Mini Case Display, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
group exhibition, Chaos!!, RO2 Art, Dallas, TX (invitational)
Group auction, ArtCon Revolution, Art Conspiracy, Life, Dallas, TX
Group exhibition, Art&Activism, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Group exhibition, Art2 14, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Group exhibition, Art2 14, Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Group exhibition, Artwork Network Gallery, Denver, CO
Group exhibition, Affirmations, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX

2017
Solo exhibition, Invisible, Arthello Beck Gallery, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Solo Senior Thesis exhibition, Invisible, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
Group exhibition, Artwork Network Gallery, Denver, CO
Group auction, ArtCon 13, Art Conspiracy, The Cedars Union, Dallas, TX


2016
PLACE/HOLDER, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas (brochure) RIchardson, TX
Student exhibition, PHOTOWORKS, Edith O’Donnell Art's and Technology Building, Second Floor Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
Student exhibition, Spring Arts Festival, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas (Liliana Bloch, Juror) Richardson, TX


2015
Student exhibition, Fall Art Festival, Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson,TX


Exhibitions Curated/ Juried
 
2022 
DMA awards to artist guest juror 

2020
Black Voices, 500X Gallery, Juror
Vivrant Thang , Group exhibition with 500X,  500X gallery


2019
Artivism Youth exhibition, Youth exhibition with Big Thought, Hilton Anatole
Creative Solutions Youth exhibition, Youth exhibition with Big Thought, at Doolin Gallery  Southern Methodist University

2018
Native American cultural Exhibition, Student exhibition with Blackland Prairie Conservatory & Atelier


Artist Talks/ Lectures/ panel moderations 

2022
Artist lecture, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Artist Lecture, Negative Women: Four Photographers Questioning Boundaries, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Houston, TX
Artist lecture, art club - artist statements, oak cliff cultral center, dallas, TX
Artist lecture, Saturdays at the warehouse, sound as sculpture a discussion on mark bradford, the warehouse, Dallas, TX
Panel moderator, La conjunta panel, cocoatlice studios, 500x gallery, Dallas TX
artist lecture,  denton black film festival, icons, moderated by dr. Lauren Cross, unt colab, denton, TX

2021
New Stories: New Futures, Pioneer Tower at Will Rogers Memorial Center, the amon carter museum of american art, Ft Worth, TX

2020
State of the Arts:Being A Black Visual Artist in 2020, KERA & Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Artist lecture, Talkabout: Likes Charge, Women &  Their Work, Austin, TX
Artist lecture, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
The Wave, Indigo Arts Alliance (IAA) and Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)


2019
Artist lecture, UTD Photography Alumni, Sp/n Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
Artist lecture, Being black in academia, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
Artist lecture, The Role of Photography, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

2017
Up Under Miss Ann's Skirt: Black Women's Beauty?, South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX

2016
Soft Activism 2.0, Feminist Maker Space, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

public engagements 

2022 
La conjunta film premier, cocoatlice studios, Texas theater, Dallas, TX 


Artist awards /Grants
2018- 2022
Talley Dunn Gallery Equity in the Arts Fellowship, Dallas TX
The Nasher Artist Grant, Dallas, TX
The hockaday Professional development study grant, Dallas, TX
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY
CADD x Maddery PLLC Prize, Dallas, TX
Southern Methodist University, Doolin Materials Fund -Dallas, TX
Southern Methodist University, Zelle Fund – Dallas, TX



Selected Bibliography


Art&Seek

Art&Seek

Art&Seek

Athenaeum Review

Austin chronicle 

D Magazine

Dallas Morning News

Dallas Moring News

Dallas Moring News

Deep Red Press

Glasstire

Glasstire

Glasstire

Glasstire

Glasstire

Glasstire

Southwest Contemporary 

Voyage Dallas Trailblazer




CIARA ELLE BRYANT 
2024