Marla Sweeney Education MFA in Photography, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY 1996 Masters Class in Photography, Bard College, Annandale-on- Hudson, NY BA in Film and Cultural Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1991 Selected Solo Exhibitions 2003 Chance Encounters, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Portraits, Encontros da Imagem 2002, Braga, Portugal 2002 Home as Found, Fotofest 2002, Houston, TX 2001 Home as Found, International Fototage 2001, Herten, Germany 2001 Home as Found, Abilene Center for Contemporary Art, Abilene, TX 2000 Home as Found, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY 2000 Portraits, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany 2000 On the Inside, Nine Gallery, Portland, OR 1999 Portraits, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA 1997 On the Inside, Projex Gallery, Austin, TX Selected Group Exhibitions 2005 Place: Photographs of Environment and Community, Harry Ransom Research Center at the 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, TX 1997 Soho Photo Gallerys National Competition ( curated by Melissa Harris), Soho Photo Gallery, New York , NY 1996 72nd Annual International Competition (curated by Andy Grundberg), The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA Bibliography American Photography Annual 21: Selected, November 2005 Marla Sweeney- Chance Encounters, La Fotografia Actual, Issue 107 February/March 2005, pp. 2-5 Newton, Kate and Rolph, Christine, eds. Masquerade Womens 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 Malzacher, Florian.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 2002 Photographers Fellowship Award, Center for Photography, Woodstock,NY 2000 Fotofest 2000- Discovery of the Meeting Place 1999 Photo Service/Gallerie dEssai 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 Workshops Collections Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium Museu da Imagem, Braga, Portugal Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, Suny, CPW Collection, New Paltz, NY Gallery Representation Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY