Info/CV

Bio
Eugene, Oregon-based photographer (b. 1994) exploring topographies of my own making. MFA candidate at the University of Oregon.

Contact
Connerjtgordon(at)gmail.com

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Education
2024  MFA in Art, University of Oregon (anticipated)
2016  BA in Political Science (summa cum laude), DePauw University

Books
2024  Watchers, self-published (forthcoming)
2022  Incantations, self-published
2021  Summer Songself-published

Awards
2024  Invited Participant, Impromptu Bookmaking Workshop, Void
2023  Shortlist, Lenscratch Student Prize 2023
2023  Shortlist, Urbanautica Institute Awards 2022
2021  Finalist, Film Photo Award – Student Project Award
2019  Grantee, Fulbright Research Grant, Serbia
2017  Shortlist, If You Leave, 2017 Showcase
2017  Shortlist, I.P.F. Photo Prize
2016  Stephen Charles Sellett Award, DePauw University
2016  Dr. Irving Serlin Distinguished Honor Scholar Award, DePauw University
2016  Honorable Mention, Radius Books Book Weekend Scholarship
2015  Phi Beta Kappa, DePauw University

Solo Exhibitions
2024  After CassandraSolas Gallery, Seattle, WA (upcoming)
2023  BeaconWashburn Gallery, University of Oregon

Group Exhibitions
2024  Poetics of Darkness, Guest Room:Tina Campt & Keisha Scarville, Der Greif
2024  Letters From a Mirage, LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon
2023 (make) belief, Guest Room: Daniel Boetker-Smith & Tanvi Mishra, Der Greif
2023  The Sisyphus Problem, Knight Library Tiny Galleries, University of Oregon
2023  SPE Northwest Members’ Exhibition, Matthews Art Center, Spearfish, SD
2023  Objects of ConsequenceAssisi House, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Art For The Isolated
2023  Light Conversation Vol. 4Oregon Contemporary. Curated by Small Talk Collective
2023  Second Street Pawn & Loan, Center for Art Research, Eugene, OR
2023  Haunted Beach Barbie JeepLaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon
2022  DEWPOINT, The Humid. Curated by Irina Rozovsky and Mark Steinmetz
2022  Only In DreamsLaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon
2022  Medium Inconvenience, Adell McMillan Gallery, University of Oregon
2022  Notes on ResilienceLaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon
2022  2022 Pacific Northwest DrawersBlue Sky Gallery. Curated by Dru Donovan
2022  My Very Own Private ApocalypseLaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon
2021  now/current/present, Oranbeg, Pratt Institute ARC/online. Curated by John M. O’Toole 
2020  Utopia, Castleton University Art Galleries. Curated by Kelly Burgess
2020  Interior Life, Filter Space, Chicago. Curated by Strange Fire Collective
2019  Group Show #61: Loss, Humble Arts Foundation. Curated by Jon Feinstein and Tara Wray
2018  Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Peeler Art Center, DePauw University. Curated by Elsy Benitez
2017  Landscape, Grand and Personal, Southeast Center for Photography. Curated by Eliot Dudik
2017  Guest-Room: Francesco Zanot, Der Greif. 
2017  Nothing Special, L.A. Photo Curator. Curated by Bree Lamb
2017  Constructing NarrativeLight Leaked. Curated by Dana Stirling and Yoav Friedlander
2017  I.P.F Photo Prize. House of Vans, London
2017  Group Show #52: Alternative FactsHumble Arts Foundation. Curated by Jon Feinstein

Book Fair Inclusions
2022  Photo Zine and Book FairPhotographic Center Northwest. Seattle, WA.
2022  The Extended Ear: An Artist Book Fair, Carnation Contemporary. Portland, OR.

Publication Features
2020  Goldenrod Zine, Issue 01
2017  Fraction MagazineIssue 98
2017  Pictures Without WordsIssue 001
2016  Touch.My.Prints, Issue 05
2014  A Midwestern ReviewFall & Spring Issues

Features/Press
2018  Newspaper Club
2017  DePauw University
2017  Fotoroom
2017  Mull It Over
2017  Art Narratives
2017  Orion Magazine
2016  Pool Resources
2016  Another Place Magazine
2015  Same Coin Press

Select Writing
2017  What Democracy Looks Like. The Prindle Post
2017  “Standing Still in Las Vegas. The Prindle Post
2015  Seeking Out Schrödinger’s Cat.” The Prindle Post
2015  A Rose in a City Square.” The Prindle Post

Research
2016  “Where Does That Flower Bloom.” Honor Scholar Program, DePauw University
2016  “Reflections on Ethnic Partition in Post-Dayton Bosnia.” DePauw University
2015  “A Resistance, Remembered? Remembrance, Commemoration and the Parallel System in Prishtina, Kosovo.” SIT Digital Collections, World Learning

Editorial Experience
2018-2021  Founding Editor, Epistem
2016-2018  Editor, The Prindle Post

Lectures and Presentations
2023  “The Overlook.” Third-Year MFA Presentation, University of Oregon. 
2021  “First-Year MFA Presentation.” University of Oregon.
2016  “Where Does That Flower Bloom.” Artsfest: Art and Utopia, DePauw University
2016  Political Science Senior Showcase, DePauw University

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