2024 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

Paria Ahmadi

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 12:00pm, Majestic A

Image as Resistance

Paria Ahmadi is an Iranian artist and researcher based in New York. In her practice she focuses on politics of memory and archive, and the poetic/logical relations of language, image and objects.
She works primarily... read more

Robin Assner-Alvey

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 11:00am, Kingsbury

The Bifurcated Self

Robin Assner-Alvey is a practicing artist working with photography and video She uses her personal experiences as a starting point for her ideas and then investigates those ideas by experimenting with various photographic processes. Robin... read more

Morgan Barrie

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 11:00am, Majestic A

A Short History of the End of Photography

Morgan Barrie is a photographic artist based in the Midwest. She received her undergraduate degree from Columbia College Chicago in 2008 and an MFA from Eastern Michigan University in 2013. She currently works as an... read more

David Bate

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 10:00am, Majestic A

New Realities: Academic Writing in an Era of Change – photographies journal.

David Bate is a photographer, theorist and educator based in London, UK. He is founding co-editor of photographies journal and Professor of Photography at the University of Westminster. Recent publications include Photography as Critical Practice,... read more

Aimee Beaubien

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 3:30pm, Majestic A

Photographic Matter in the Hothouse

Aimée Beaubien is an Associate Professor of Photography at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she has taught since 1997. Her work explores intricate connections between photographic experience, the natural world and... read more

Katina Bitsicas

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 10:00am, Majestic A

Looking Beyond the Digital Archive through New Media Translations

Katina Bitsicas is a Greek-American new media artist who utilizes video, installation, AR and performance to explore grief, loss, trauma and memory. She is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Digital Storytelling at the... read more

Michael Borowski

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 10:00am, Majestic B

The Wooden Beaver Archive: AI and Queer Histories

Michael Borowski is an artist working with an expanded photographic practice to examine queer space and belonging. His work has been exhibited internationally, and he has received a VMFA fellowship in 2022 and a Graham... read more

Brianna Burnett

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 3:30pm, Majestic DE

Transforming Creativity: Integrating AI Tools into the Classroom

Brianna Burnett is an artist and educator from Texas who is interested in how 19th century photography, the digital world and our own storytelling can be used in art today. She incorporates the ideas... read more

Micah Cash

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 12:00pm, Kingsbury

We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together: How the Academy Became Our Toxic Partner and How to Dump Them

Micah Cash is a visual artist, educator, and nonprofit strategist. His projects use the visual languages of landscape and architecture to investigate narratives of culture, utilization, and economics. Micah left academia in 2019 and is... read more

Mark Chen

Thursday, March 21, 2024 @ 10:00am, Majestic B

Realities, Projected

Mark Chen is a multimedia artist who uses photography, technology, creative writing, and performance to explore his love for science. While executing his ideas, he crosses media boundaries and repurpose tools, setting foot in iconic... read more

Nathan Cordova

Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 10:00am, Westmoreland

The Body Remixed: An Artist's Response to Idealogical Hegemonies and Technological Futures

Cordova is an MFA Candidate and instructor at the University of Arizona. In 2023, he was awarded a Melon-Fronteridades Graduate Fellowship for his project, Ghosts and Shadows, a 20-minute audio/video artwork that aims to uncover... read more

Veronica Cotter

Thursday, March 21, 2024 @ 2:30pm, Majestic DE

Paper Makes A Difference

Veronica Cotter has been the Education Development and Sales Manager, Western USA for Hahnemuehle USA for over ten years. She works with photo specialty dealers, fine art print studios, professional photographers, educators, students, and a... read more