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Education
MFA in Photography, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY
Master’s Class in Photography, Bard College, Annandale-on- Hudson, NY
BA in Film and Cultural Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MASelected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2007 Galerie Image, Aarhus, Denmark
2006 Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Encontros da Imagem 2002, Braga, Portugal
2002 Fotofest 2002, Houston, TX
2001 International Fototage 2001, Herten, Germany
2001 Abilene Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, TX
2000 Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany
2000 Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
1997 Projex Gallery, Austin, TXSelected Group Exhibitions
2008 As it Happens: Recent Artists-in-Residence at Light Work, Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2008 ARTWALK NY, New York, NY
2007 Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography from the George Eastman House Collection, Traveling Exhibition
Pensacola Museum of Art, FL
Monterey Museum of Art, CA
Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
2007 ARTWALK NY, New York, NY
2007 Childhood, Kaunas Photo Days 2007, Kaunas, Lithuania
2005 Place-Photographs of Environment and Community, Harry Ransom
Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2004 Pool Party, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Here and There, Gallery Sink, Denver, CO
2002 Social Landscape, Gallery Sink, Denver, CO
2000 Put Yourself in the Picture, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
2000 Prints from the Permanent Collection, Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi,
Belgium
1999 Common Boundary (curated by Sandra Phillips), Center for Photography
Woodstock, NY
1999 Membership Exhibition (curated by William Hunt) Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TXBibliography
Schelhorn, Tina, ed. Open Mind, (Siemens Enterprise Communications), Dec 2007 Franzoni, Christina.”Marla Sweeney” Zoom 83, Nov/Dec 2007
“Forum Portfolio” Camera Austria, No. 99, September 2007
American Photography 21: The Photo Annual 2005
“Marla Sweeney- Portfolio”, La Fotografia Actual, February/March 2005
Newton, Kate and Rolph, Christine, eds. Masquerade – Women’s Contemporary Portrait Photography, (Cardiff: Ffotogallery, 2003)
Dykstra, Jean. “About the Cover” Photography in New York International, Jan/Feb 2003
Aletti, Vince. “Marla Sweeney-Voice Choices” Village Voice, February 26, 2003
Checchi, Rosanna. “Marla Sweeney” Zoom, May- June 2002, pp. 52-57
Koetzle, Micheal. “Das Wunder von Texas”, Photo Technik International,
May- June 2002, p 91
“Focus Auf- Marla Sweeney” Frankfurter Rundschau, Redaktion Magazin. March 2002
MacMillan, Kyle. “Reality with a Personal Mark” Denver Post, January 4, 2002
Fotofest 2002-Classicism & Beyond, Fotofest Inc.Houston, 2002
Margins da Salidao Catalog, Portugal, 2002
6. International Fototage Herten Catalog, Das Bildforum, Herten, 2001
Zollner, Manfred. “The American Heartland- Marla Sweeney”, Fotomagazin,
August 2000, pp. 140-145
“Forum Portfolio” Camera Austria, November 2000, pp. 58-59
Alletti, Vince. “ Marla Sweeney- Voice Choices” Village Voice, July 18, 2000
“Marla Sweeney/ Goings on About Town” The New Yorker, July 3, 2000, P 16
“Fotofest Portfolio” The Photo Review, Spring 1999Selected Awards
2008 Photography Book Now Competition- Honorable Mention
2007 Light Work Artist in Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
2002 Photographer’s Fellowship Award,Center for Photography,Woodstock,NY
2000 Fotofest 2000- Discovery of the Meeting Place
1999 Photo Service/Gallerie d’Essai Young Photographer Award, Recontres International de la Photographie, Arles, France
1999 Friends of Photography/Calumet Emerging Artist Award- Finalist
1998 Top 100 Photographers Golden Light Award- Maine Photographic Workshops
1996 Photo Americas Festival- First Place Award
1996 Top 100 Photographers Golden Light Award- Maine Photographic WorkshopsCollections
George Eastman House Museum, Rochester, NY
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Museum da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, Suny, CPW Collection, New Paltz, NY
LightWork Permanent Print Collection, Syracuse, NY