Deana Lawson

EDUCATION

2004
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2001
BFA, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008

Bridge Art Fair New York, Greene Contemporary, New York, NY
The Rochester Series, Black Rock Art Center, Bridgeport, CT

2006

Annual International Photography, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Bearings: The Female Figure, PS122, New York, NY
Fellowship 2005 Exhibition, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA

2005
Utopian Conquests, Rush Arts, New York, New York
African Queen, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
Rochester-Finger Lakes Juried Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

2004
Love Your Tree, ABC Home and Carpet, New York, NY
Matters of Grace, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Fabrications, WomanMade Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mediated Images, The Leroy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
Graduate Show, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
MFA Photography, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI

2003
Open Studios, Fletcher Building, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence RI
A Show of Her Own, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School Of Design, Providence, RI
More is Better, Cornish Associates, Providence, RI

AWARDS

2008
Artist Fellowship, Photography, Connecticut Council of the Arts
Light Works Artist in Residency Syracuse, NY

2007
Visual Studies Workshop Residency, Rochester, NY

2006
NYFA Fellowship Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

2005
Fellowship 2005 Competition, Honorable Mention, Silver Eye Center of Photography, Pittsburgh, PA

2004

The Photography Institute Fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY
Graduate Student Award of Excellence Grant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Presidential Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

PUBLICATIONS

2006
The Print Center, 80th Annual International Competition: Photography Catalog

2005
Studio Museum in Harlem Catalog