EDUCATION
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
MFA - Photography 2008
East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, Tennessee
BFA - Photography 2003
Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia
Advanced Photography, Lighting, and Digital Imaging Courses 2001-2002
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Akron, Mary Schiller Myers School of Art, Akron, Ohio
Associate Professor of Art 2016 – current
Assistant Professor of Art 2009 – 2016
Photography Area Coordinator 2011 – 2013, 2014 – current
Radford University, Radford, Virginia
Full-time Visiting Professor of Art 2008 – 2009
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer, This Land… , Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, October 2014
Guest Critic, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, October 2014
Guest Critic and Lecturer, The Shrinking City, Bowling Green State University, April 2014
Guest Critic and Lecturer, The Shrinking City, Youngstown State University, February 2014
Guest Critic and Lecturer, The Shrinking City, Judson University, Elgin, Illinois, March 2013
Guest Critic and Lecturer, The Shrinking City, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, March 2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Shrinking City—The Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio June – Aug. 2016_
The Shrinking City—The Little Gallery, Bowling Green University Firelands, Huron, Ohio October 2015
The Shrinking City—Gallery 205, Radford University, Radford, Virginia April 2015
This Land…—Phaze 2 Gallery, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, October 2014
The Shrinking City—Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greenville, Tennessee October 2014
The Shrinking City – Link Art Gallery, Kent State University Trumbull, Warren, Ohio September 2013
The Shrinking City – Bliss Art Gallery, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio May 2013
The Shrinking City – The Weber Center, Lower Atrium, Judson University, Elgin, Illinois March 2013
Worth The Trip – Northeastern Illinois University, Department of Art, Chicago, Illinois March 2013
Worth The Trip – Honors College Complex, Upper-Level Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 2011
Worth The Trip – Anne R. Worrell Fine Arts Center, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia 2009
Worth The Trip – Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2008
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Looking at Appalachia – Scarborough Library Reading Room, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia Oct. 2016
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia – Carnegie Hall, Lewisburg, West Virginia May – June 2016_
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia – Covington Art Museum, Radford University, Radford, Virginia Mar. – May 2016
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia – Wheatley Center for Media Arts Gallery, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, Pennsylvania Feb. – Mar. 2016
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia – Valade Gallery in the Shipman Library, Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan Jan. – Feb. 2016
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Provincial Field Notes —Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Akron, Ohio Nov. 2015
Curated by Melissa Kreider
Looking at Appalachia – S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, North Nov. 2015
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia – Blue Ridge Business Development Center, Sparta, North Carolina Sept.- Oct. 2015
Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia Inaugural Exhibition Spartanburg, South Carolina May 2015
Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
FotoFilmic ‘14 International Traveling Photography Exhibition dnj Gallery, Los Angeles, California January 2015
Jurors: Aglae Bory, photographer (France); Alejandro Cartagena, photographer (Mexico); Nathelie Daoust, photographer (Canada), Anne Lass, photographer (Germany); Pamela Schoenberg, owner/director dnj Gallery (United States); and Mark Steinmetz, photographer (United States)
Off the Web, On the Wall 2: An SPE Member Show Novemeber 2014 – April 2015
Curated by Virginia Morrison, Executive Director of SPE, Society for Photographic Education National Headquarters, Cleveland, Ohio
SUBSTRATE: Printed Matter from the Rust Belt Scene Metrospace, East Lansing, Michigan October – December 2014
Curated by Benjamin Gaydos, Principal of goodgood, Detroit, Michigan & Assistant Professor of Design, The University of Michigan – Flint
FotoFilmic ‘14 International Traveling Photography Exhibition Back Gallery Project, Vancouver, BC, Canada October 2014
Jurors: Aglae Bory, photographer (France); Alejandro Cartagena, photographer (Mexico); Nathelie Daoust, photographer (Canada), Anne Lass, photographer (Germany); Pamela Schoenberg, owner/director dnj Gallery (United States); and Mark Steinmetz, photographer (United States)
FlakPhoto Midwest Print Show Diane Endres Ballweg Gallery at the Madison Public Library, Madison, Wisconsin September 2014
Curated by Andy Adams, founder of FlakPhoto
The Contaminated Landscape Photosynthesis Gallery, Manchester, Connecticut 2014
Juror: Keith Johnson, photographer
Vancancy/No Vancancy Arts Collinwood Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio 2014
Jurors: Jon Seydl, curator Cleveland Museum of Art & Lisa Kurzner,
independent curator
FotoFilmic ‘14 Online Feature Exhibition: Shortlist01 2014
Onward Compé 13—Project Basho, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2013
Juror: Mark Steinmetz, photographer
The 20th Peoples Art Show— The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 2012
Filter: Unfiltered – Maria’s Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois 2012
Ingenuity Festival: Feeds – Port of Cleveland, Dock 32, Cleveland, Ohio 2012
Kindred Spirits Invitational Exhibit – The ART Store, Charleston, West Virginia 2012
Myers School of Art Faculty Exhibition – Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 2012
Photography 2010: Altered Landscapes – L. H. Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California
Juror: Carol McCusker, curator, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California 2010
Reunion: 100 Alumni Art Invitational – The East Tennessee State University Centennial – Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 2010
Myers School of Art Faculty Exhibition – Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 2010
Photo 2009 – Summit Art Space, Akron, Ohio 2009
Photo+Book: A Juried Exhibition of Self-Published, On-Demand Photography Books – 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2009
Radford University Faculty Art Show – The Gallery at the Covington Center, Radford, Virginia 2009
Coming Home: East Tennessee State University Alumni Art Show, nominated by Art School Faculty – Carroll Reese Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 2008
Radford University Adjunct Faculty Art Show – Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford University, Radford, Virginia 2008
11th Annual Chicago Art Open – Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois 2008
The Chicago Project – Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 2006 – current
800 Winters: The TENSEFORMS Artist Collective Annual Showcase – Subterranean, Chicago, Illinois 2006
Heat, The TENSEFORMS Artist Collective Annual Showcase – Subterranean, Chicago, Illinois 2005
1st Annual Culture of Fear – TENSEFORMS & Scary Bodega Collaborative Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois 2004
Emerging Artists – Fuchsia Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee 2003
GRANTS
Folk Endowment Faculty Travel Grant, University of Akron 2015
Folk Endowment Faculty Research and Development Grant, University of Akron 2015
Folk Endowment Faculty Travel Grant, University of Akron 2014
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Akron 2013
Folk Endowment Faculty Research and Development Grant, University of Akron 2012
Folk Endowment Faculty Travel Grant, University of Akron 2012
OTHER
Review Santa Fe 2015 Participant
Shortlist Finalist – Solo Exhibition Proposal, Athens Photo Festival, Athens,
Greece 2015
Photo Lucida Critical Mass 2014 Top 200 Finalist for the series “This Land…”
Shortlist 01—FotoFilmic ‘14: Contemporary Photography on Film International Traveling Exhibition 2014
Shortlist Finalist – Solo Exhibition Proposal, Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece 2012
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
Best of Show: Photo+Book: A Juried Exhibition of Self-Published, On-Demand Photography Books – 23 SandyGallery, Portland, Oregon; Juror: Christopher Rauschenberg, photographer/owner of Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2009
Graduate Teaching Assistantship: Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2008
Graduate Teaching Assistantship: Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2005
Follett Fellowship: Columbia College Chicago – Full Tuition waiver based on visual portfolio & statement of intent 2004
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Exposure Society for Photographic Education’s National Biannual Journal, Fall 2015, Volume 48:2
“Off The Web, On The Wall: 2—An SPE Member Show” review by Cleveland Museum of Art Curator of Photography, Barbara Tannenbaum.
Fraction Magazine Issue 73 (April)
http://www.fractionmagazine.com/issue-73/
The Photo Review 2014 Competition Issue forthcoming 2014/15
Juror: Jennifer Blessing, Senior Photography Curator, Guggenheim Museum
FotoFilmic ‘14 Exhibition Catalog Fall 2014
Looking At Appalachia: 50 Years After the War on Poverty “Ohio”; designed and directed by Roger May, photographer
Lenscratch The 2014 Summer Fun Exhibition, July 4, 2014
http://lenscratch.com/2014/07/the-2014-summer-fun-exhibition-part-3/
Best of Eyes on the South, Vol. 2 Oxford American Magazine June 6, 2014
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2014/jun/06/best-eyes-south-vol-2/
FotoFilmic 14 Feature: Melissa Stallard
http://fotofilmic.com/?portfolio=melissa-stallard-akron-oh-usa
Eyes on The South Oxford American Magazine October 1, 2013
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2013/oct/01/eyes-south-melissa-stallard/
Interview with Onward Compé 13 Selected Photographer Melissa Stallard
http://blog.onwardphoto.org/post/65930093779/interview-with-onward-compe-13-selected-photographer
Onward Compé 13 exhibition catalog, Project Basho 2013
LOZ Blog – Laurence Vecten, France 2009
http://laurencevecten.blogspot.com/2009/08/melissa_stallard.html
feature shoot – Alison Zavos, United States 2009
http://www.featureshoot.com/2009/07/melissa-k-stallard-chicago/
Pictures on the Wall – Unknown, Korea 2009
http://blog.naver.com/lenz1839/71149379
Conscientious – Jörg Colberg , United States 2009
http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/2009/06/melissa_k_stallard.html
The Silver Lining Blog – Unknown, United States 2009
http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/2009/06/melissa_k_stallard.html
The Sonic Blog – Peter Feldhaus, Germany 2009
http://blog.sonicsites.de/2009/06/17/melissa-k-stallard-worth-the-trip/
Power to the Artists! The Self-Publishing Revolution, The Oregonian – Bob Hicks, Portland, Oregon 2009
http://blog.oregonlive.com/visualarts/2009/03/power_to_the_artists_the_selfp.html
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
MFA - Photography 2008
East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, Tennessee
BFA - Photography 2003
Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia
Advanced Photography, Lighting, and Digital Imaging Courses 2001-2002
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Akron, Mary Schiller Myers School of Art, Akron, Ohio
Associate Professor of Art 2016 – current
Assistant Professor of Art 2009 – 2016
Photography Area Coordinator 2011 – 2013, 2014 – current
Radford University, Radford, Virginia
Full-time Visiting Professor of Art 2008 – 2009
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Guest Lecturer, This Land… , Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, October 2014
Guest Critic, Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee, October 2014
Guest Critic and Lecturer, The Shrinking City, Bowling Green State University, April 2014
Guest Critic and Lecturer, The Shrinking City, Youngstown State University, February 2014
Guest Critic and Lecturer, The Shrinking City, Judson University, Elgin, Illinois, March 2013
Guest Critic and Lecturer, The Shrinking City, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, March 2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Shrinking City—The Schnormeier Gallery, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio June – Aug. 2016_
The Shrinking City—The Little Gallery, Bowling Green University Firelands, Huron, Ohio October 2015
The Shrinking City—Gallery 205, Radford University, Radford, Virginia April 2015
This Land…—Phaze 2 Gallery, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, October 2014
The Shrinking City—Allison Gallery, Tusculum College, Greenville, Tennessee October 2014
The Shrinking City – Link Art Gallery, Kent State University Trumbull, Warren, Ohio September 2013
The Shrinking City – Bliss Art Gallery, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio May 2013
The Shrinking City – The Weber Center, Lower Atrium, Judson University, Elgin, Illinois March 2013
Worth The Trip – Northeastern Illinois University, Department of Art, Chicago, Illinois March 2013
Worth The Trip – Honors College Complex, Upper-Level Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 2011
Worth The Trip – Anne R. Worrell Fine Arts Center, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia 2009
Worth The Trip – Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2008
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Looking at Appalachia – Scarborough Library Reading Room, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia Oct. 2016
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia – Carnegie Hall, Lewisburg, West Virginia May – June 2016_
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia – Covington Art Museum, Radford University, Radford, Virginia Mar. – May 2016
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia – Wheatley Center for Media Arts Gallery, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, Pennsylvania Feb. – Mar. 2016
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia – Valade Gallery in the Shipman Library, Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan Jan. – Feb. 2016
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Provincial Field Notes —Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron, Myers School of Art, Akron, Ohio Nov. 2015
Curated by Melissa Kreider
Looking at Appalachia – S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, North Nov. 2015
Carolina; Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia – Blue Ridge Business Development Center, Sparta, North Carolina Sept.- Oct. 2015
Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
Looking at Appalachia Inaugural Exhibition Spartanburg, South Carolina May 2015
Curator: Roger May, photographer & director of Looking At Appalachia
FotoFilmic ‘14 International Traveling Photography Exhibition dnj Gallery, Los Angeles, California January 2015
Jurors: Aglae Bory, photographer (France); Alejandro Cartagena, photographer (Mexico); Nathelie Daoust, photographer (Canada), Anne Lass, photographer (Germany); Pamela Schoenberg, owner/director dnj Gallery (United States); and Mark Steinmetz, photographer (United States)
Off the Web, On the Wall 2: An SPE Member Show Novemeber 2014 – April 2015
Curated by Virginia Morrison, Executive Director of SPE, Society for Photographic Education National Headquarters, Cleveland, Ohio
SUBSTRATE: Printed Matter from the Rust Belt Scene Metrospace, East Lansing, Michigan October – December 2014
Curated by Benjamin Gaydos, Principal of goodgood, Detroit, Michigan & Assistant Professor of Design, The University of Michigan – Flint
FotoFilmic ‘14 International Traveling Photography Exhibition Back Gallery Project, Vancouver, BC, Canada October 2014
Jurors: Aglae Bory, photographer (France); Alejandro Cartagena, photographer (Mexico); Nathelie Daoust, photographer (Canada), Anne Lass, photographer (Germany); Pamela Schoenberg, owner/director dnj Gallery (United States); and Mark Steinmetz, photographer (United States)
FlakPhoto Midwest Print Show Diane Endres Ballweg Gallery at the Madison Public Library, Madison, Wisconsin September 2014
Curated by Andy Adams, founder of FlakPhoto
The Contaminated Landscape Photosynthesis Gallery, Manchester, Connecticut 2014
Juror: Keith Johnson, photographer
Vancancy/No Vancancy Arts Collinwood Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio 2014
Jurors: Jon Seydl, curator Cleveland Museum of Art & Lisa Kurzner,
independent curator
FotoFilmic ‘14 Online Feature Exhibition: Shortlist01 2014
Onward Compé 13—Project Basho, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2013
Juror: Mark Steinmetz, photographer
The 20th Peoples Art Show— The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 2012
Filter: Unfiltered – Maria’s Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois 2012
Ingenuity Festival: Feeds – Port of Cleveland, Dock 32, Cleveland, Ohio 2012
Kindred Spirits Invitational Exhibit – The ART Store, Charleston, West Virginia 2012
Myers School of Art Faculty Exhibition – Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 2012
Photography 2010: Altered Landscapes – L. H. Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California
Juror: Carol McCusker, curator, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California 2010
Reunion: 100 Alumni Art Invitational – The East Tennessee State University Centennial – Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 2010
Myers School of Art Faculty Exhibition – Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 2010
Photo 2009 – Summit Art Space, Akron, Ohio 2009
Photo+Book: A Juried Exhibition of Self-Published, On-Demand Photography Books – 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2009
Radford University Faculty Art Show – The Gallery at the Covington Center, Radford, Virginia 2009
Coming Home: East Tennessee State University Alumni Art Show, nominated by Art School Faculty – Carroll Reese Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 2008
Radford University Adjunct Faculty Art Show – Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford University, Radford, Virginia 2008
11th Annual Chicago Art Open – Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois 2008
The Chicago Project – Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 2006 – current
800 Winters: The TENSEFORMS Artist Collective Annual Showcase – Subterranean, Chicago, Illinois 2006
Heat, The TENSEFORMS Artist Collective Annual Showcase – Subterranean, Chicago, Illinois 2005
1st Annual Culture of Fear – TENSEFORMS & Scary Bodega Collaborative Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois 2004
Emerging Artists – Fuchsia Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee 2003
GRANTS
Folk Endowment Faculty Travel Grant, University of Akron 2015
Folk Endowment Faculty Research and Development Grant, University of Akron 2015
Folk Endowment Faculty Travel Grant, University of Akron 2014
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Akron 2013
Folk Endowment Faculty Research and Development Grant, University of Akron 2012
Folk Endowment Faculty Travel Grant, University of Akron 2012
OTHER
Review Santa Fe 2015 Participant
Shortlist Finalist – Solo Exhibition Proposal, Athens Photo Festival, Athens,
Greece 2015
Photo Lucida Critical Mass 2014 Top 200 Finalist for the series “This Land…”
Shortlist 01—FotoFilmic ‘14: Contemporary Photography on Film International Traveling Exhibition 2014
Shortlist Finalist – Solo Exhibition Proposal, Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece 2012
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
Best of Show: Photo+Book: A Juried Exhibition of Self-Published, On-Demand Photography Books – 23 SandyGallery, Portland, Oregon; Juror: Christopher Rauschenberg, photographer/owner of Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon 2009
Graduate Teaching Assistantship: Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2008
Graduate Teaching Assistantship: Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 2005
Follett Fellowship: Columbia College Chicago – Full Tuition waiver based on visual portfolio & statement of intent 2004
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Exposure Society for Photographic Education’s National Biannual Journal, Fall 2015, Volume 48:2
“Off The Web, On The Wall: 2—An SPE Member Show” review by Cleveland Museum of Art Curator of Photography, Barbara Tannenbaum.
Fraction Magazine Issue 73 (April)
http://www.fractionmagazine.com/issue-73/
The Photo Review 2014 Competition Issue forthcoming 2014/15
Juror: Jennifer Blessing, Senior Photography Curator, Guggenheim Museum
FotoFilmic ‘14 Exhibition Catalog Fall 2014
Looking At Appalachia: 50 Years After the War on Poverty “Ohio”; designed and directed by Roger May, photographer
Lenscratch The 2014 Summer Fun Exhibition, July 4, 2014
http://lenscratch.com/2014/07/the-2014-summer-fun-exhibition-part-3/
Best of Eyes on the South, Vol. 2 Oxford American Magazine June 6, 2014
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2014/jun/06/best-eyes-south-vol-2/
FotoFilmic 14 Feature: Melissa Stallard
http://fotofilmic.com/?portfolio=melissa-stallard-akron-oh-usa
Eyes on The South Oxford American Magazine October 1, 2013
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2013/oct/01/eyes-south-melissa-stallard/
Interview with Onward Compé 13 Selected Photographer Melissa Stallard
http://blog.onwardphoto.org/post/65930093779/interview-with-onward-compe-13-selected-photographer
Onward Compé 13 exhibition catalog, Project Basho 2013
LOZ Blog – Laurence Vecten, France 2009
http://laurencevecten.blogspot.com/2009/08/melissa_stallard.html
feature shoot – Alison Zavos, United States 2009
http://www.featureshoot.com/2009/07/melissa-k-stallard-chicago/
Pictures on the Wall – Unknown, Korea 2009
http://blog.naver.com/lenz1839/71149379
Conscientious – Jörg Colberg , United States 2009
http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/2009/06/melissa_k_stallard.html
The Silver Lining Blog – Unknown, United States 2009
http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/2009/06/melissa_k_stallard.html
The Sonic Blog – Peter Feldhaus, Germany 2009
http://blog.sonicsites.de/2009/06/17/melissa-k-stallard-worth-the-trip/
Power to the Artists! The Self-Publishing Revolution, The Oregonian – Bob Hicks, Portland, Oregon 2009
http://blog.oregonlive.com/visualarts/2009/03/power_to_the_artists_the_selfp.html