Philadelphia, PA
347-613-9994
www.christinakerns.com
christinamkerns@gmail.com
Assistant Professor – The Lincoln University, PA. 2014-Present
Gallery Member of Napoleon Gallery – www.napoleonnapoleon.com
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Education
2013 – University of Pennsylvania - School of Design, Philadelphia, PA
MFA Interdisciplinary Art
2007 – Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
BFA Photography & minor in Art History
Artist Residencies and Awards
Mellon Arts & Humanities Summer Research Institute Award. Summer 2019
Lincoln University Faculty Development Grant. "Photography Equipment Cage Development" Summer 2018
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency - Johnson Vermont. June – July, 2017
Lincoln University Faculty Development Grant. "Holly Hill Drive, Artistic Research" Summer 2016
Starry Nights Artist Residency - Truth or Consequences, NM. August 2014
Howard Silverstein and Patricia Bleznak Silverstein Photography Studio Abroad Program, Istanbul, March 2013
Lugo Land Residency - Lugo, Italy Dec. 2011-Jan 2012
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
"but like forever" Solo Exhibition, Napoleon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2019 Visit Site
 "Collective Disorder" Two-Person Exhibition. Holster Projects, London, UK. 2009 Visit Site
Group Exhibitions
2019
"Extra Parts" Good Children, New Orleans, LA
"At The Same Time" GoggleWorks, Reading, PA
2018
"New Members Show" Napoleon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"39th Annual Paper In Particular National Exhibition" Juried by Tamryn McDermott for Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
2017
"Baker's Dozen" Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
"Regional Juried Exhibition" Curated by Margaret Winslow, Curator of Contemporary Art – Delaware Art Museum for Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, DE
"Art In The Digital Age" Curated by Joanna Platt and Barbara Hanna for West Windsor Art Center, Princeton Junction, NJ
2016
"Traded" Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
"Dank Memes" Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
"Nowhere, Everywhere" Thompson Gallery, The Cambridge School of Weston. Weston, MA
2015
"Still Lifes: Perceptions of Inanimate Objects" Evelyn E. Jorgenson Gallery, Moberly Area Community College. Moberly, MO
"Finding A Zeitgeist Through Submission" Fjord Gallery, Philadelphia PA
"So Hot Right Now" Step Gallery, Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ
"The State of Being Human" The Woody Gaddis Gallery, University of Central Oklahoma. Edmond, OK
2014
"New Cats in Art Photography" (online) Humble Arts Foundation. NY.
2013
"Exposure – Experiments in Photography" Catalyst Projects. Washington DC.
Philadelphia Photo Art Center Faculty Show PPAC. Philadelphia, PA.
"UPenn MFA Thesis Exhibition" Curated by Christian Siekmeier and Alex Klein. Berlin, Germany.
"Crossing Borders" Emergent Art Space at SOMArts, San Francisco, CA.
"Istanbul" Charles Addams Gallery – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Solo online Exhibition Volume Gallery Online. http://volume-exhibit.com/
"Collision" Nancy Victor Gallery, London, UK.
2012
"One for the Other" UDelaware Gallery @ Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
"I Don't Question The Things You Do Anymore" Charles Addams Gallery – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
"Reveal" Meyerson Gallery – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
 "Bedrooms" Goldilocks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
"Safeword" Meyerson Gallery – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
 2011
"Spaces of Material Gestures" Charles Addams Gallery – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
"Pinkification" QUT Women's Collective Annual International Art Exhibition, Woolloongabba QLD, Australia.
 2010
Greenpoint Gallery Group Show Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Young Talent in Oklahoma Anniversary Show Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
 2009
"Recessive Traits-- in the absence of the dominant element" Broadway Gallery, New York, NY.
2008
"NO. 27" Humble Arts Foundation Online. New York, NY. Visit Site
"10th Annual Collage, Digital & Mixed Media International Online Exhibition" Upstream People Gallery Online. Visit Site
 2007
"Vignettes" Solo Thesis Exhibition, Pratt Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
 "Fifty Photographs by Twenty-Nine People." 111 Front St., Brooklyn, NY.
2003
Oklahoma City Capital Show for Young Arts Month. Oklahoma City, OK.
Book Fairs
Philadelphia Art Book Fair 2015 - Philadelphia, PA. April 24th-25th, 2015
Curating
“Bringing Down The Stars” Co-Curated with Mark Dilks. Group exhibition, Maas Space. Philadelphia, PA. 2014
“Social Security” Bond Street Gallery. Brooklyn, NY. 2010
“New Americana” Bond Street Gallery. Brooklyn, NY. 2010
Publications
New Cats in Art Photography book by Humble Arts Foundation, NY and Yoffy Press 2017
Artmosphere Magazine Editorial on 'New Americana' at Bond Street Gallery Aug 2010
 Matchbox Magazine: Editorial on 'Vignettes' at Holster Projects (London, UK.) View article/ View full tear Nov 2008
Artist Talks
Nuova Accademia Di Belle Arti Milano, Milan– Italy January 16, 2012