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Caterina Maina
Email: Caterinamainaphotography@gmail.com
Website: caterinamainaphotography.com
Education
BFA in Photography with a minor in Sustainability, Massachusetts College of Art & Design (2020)
Curations
2023
Echos of Belonging: Young Artist Exhibition, The Pitcher-Goff House, Pawtucket, RI
2022
44, Katarina Čelebić Solo Show, Co-Arts Gallery, online
Shaped By Our Roots, Co-Arts Gallery, Revival Brewing Co., Providence, RI
Shaped By Our Roots, Co-Arts Gallery, Cloud Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Other Realm - Logan Tansey Solo Show, Co-Arts Gallery, online
You Were With Me The Whole Time - Kirra Kimbrell Solo Show, Co-Arts Gallery, online
Mi Escencia // My Essence - Ronald Brayan Infante Chavez Solo Show, Co-Arts Gallery, online
2021
Love…In All Forms, Co-Arts Gallery, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
When It’s All Quiet, Co-Arts Gallery, online
2019
Caminos Por/Paths Through Cuba, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Con La Primavera, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Group Exhibitions & Showcases
2024
Art of the Macabre, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
2024 Faculty Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
The Twelfth Annual One, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA
Awarded Honorable Mention by Claude Eshun - Photographer and Harvard Educator
The Final Embrace (Photograph), Art Noir Silent Auction, Providence, RI
Showcased in auction, sold
2024 National Open Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Juried by Michelle Millar Fisher, Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts and Contemporary Art Department, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Awarded Dr. Stanley Summer Award for Photography
Feast, ArtsWorcester in collaboration with Fitchburg Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Javo and Eldi on the Steps (Photograph), Art Noir Silent Auction, Providence, RI
Showcased in auction, did not sell
Black History Month Collaborative Exhibition, Pawtucket City Hall, RI
2023
Alegria y Memoria, El Salon, Casita Cultura Latina, Worcester, MA
The Inferior Sex, Trinity Rep, Providence, RI
Impact, ArtsWorcester, Worcester, MA
2022
Collectivity, El Salon, The White Room, Worcester, MA
2022 National Juried Photography Exhibition, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD
Juried by renowned Photographer Hannah Altman
2022 National Open Juried Show, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Juried by Dr. Claire C. Whitner, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of European Art at the Worcester Art Museum
A Far Away Home, The Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, Worcester, MA
2021
New Voices for the Twenties I, Susan Eley Fine Arts Gallery, NYC, NY
2020
Nurture / Nature, Arlington Center of Arts, Arlington, MA
Curated by renowned Photographer and MassArt professor Laura McPhee
2019
Haystack Residency Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA
Caminos Por/Paths Through Cuba, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA
Why I Write, Why I Create, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
Photographic Resource Center Student Exhibition, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Photography All School Show, Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery, Boston, M
2018
Nature Walk, Solo-Show Installation, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2017
Resistance Culture Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA
2016
Haystack Residency Show, Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA
Awards / Fellowships / Grants
2024
Honorable Mention, Awarded by Claude Eshun, The Twelfth Annual One, ArtsWorcester
Dr. Stanley Summer Award for Photography, Awarded by Michelle Millar Fisher, National Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club
2020
Palmer/Tourlentes Travel Grant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2019
Constant Memorial Scholarship, Rhode Island Foundation
Morton Godine Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
2018
Constant Memorial Scholarship, Rhode Island Foundation
Monteith Photography Grant, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Artist Residencies
2024
2024-2025 Waterfire Accelerate Cohort, Providence, RI
2019
Haystack School of Arts, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Deer Isle, ME
2018
Cuba Travel Course, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Cuba
2016
Haystack School of Arts, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Deer Isle, ME
Online Exhibitions/Publications
2020
MassArt 2020 Photography Senior Thesis Exhibition,
MassArt Graduating Senior Exhibition 2020: Pt 1; Pt 2,
Who Will Be Left When the Forests Burn and the Fields Flood, The Dore Collective
LIMINAL, Cumulus Photo
Nostalgia, Darkside Collective
Who Will Be Left When the Forests Burn and the Fields Flood Instagram Feature, Castleton Art Gallery; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Massachusetts College of Art and Design Photography Department BFA Thesis Exhibition Instagram Feature, Social Distance Gallery
Undergraduate Photography Now VIII, Photographic Resource Center with Construction AREA
Photography All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
Photographic Resource Center Student Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center
2019
Haven’t We Met Yet? (curated by Ben Carroll), Griffin Museum of Photography
Self-Publications
2022
Shaped By Our Roots, Co-Arts Gallery (April 2022)
2021
Love…In All Forms, Co-Arts Gallery (Feb 2021)
2020
When It’s All Quiet, Co-Arts Gallery (Aug 2020)
Podcasts
2023
Nothing To Do Podcast, Episode 71
Interviews
2020
A First-Hand Experience Practicing Photography in Cuba, EEAbroad
Who Will Be Left When the Forests Burn and the Fields Flood Interview by Kahiah Polidore, The Dore Collective
Publications
2017
Center of Vision Magazine, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Talks/Lectures
2023
Spring 2023 Photo Lecture Series: Alumni Panel, MassArt, Boston, MA
2021
Imagining Science - Discovery Through Photography: Imaging the World Around Us, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA
2019
PRC Student Photo Slam, Photographic Resource Center/Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Other Work Experience
Photography Teacher, Worcester Craft Center (April 2023 - Current)
Photography Lab Technician, Worcester State University (Aug 2022 - Current)
Founder/Lead Curator, Co-Arts Gallery (May 2021 - Current)
Gallery Assistant, Providence Art Club (Dec. 2020; May 2021 - July 2022)
Studio/Lab Monitor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Sept 2021 - June 2022)
Photographer’s Assistant for UMass Boston Campaign, UMass Boston (March 2022, June 2022)
Intern/Designer, Art League Rhode Island - Windows on Pawtucket (Oct. 2020 - July 2021)
Intern/Artist Assistant, Abelardo Morell Studio (Sept. 2019 - May 2020)
Committees
SGA Representative, Massachusetts College of Art & Design Photography Department (Sept. 2019 - May 2020)
Coordinator, Massachusetts College of Art & Design Senior Thesis Catalog (Jan. 2019 - May 2020)
Coordinator, Massachusetts College of Art & Design 14th Annual Photo Book Auction (Sept. 2019 - Dec. 2019)