Southeast Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Rheana Gardner

Saturday, October 11, 2014 @ 3:00pm, Jenkins Fine Art Center Speight Auditorium

To Carve & To Crave

Rheana Gardner is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Southern Utah University. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the Academy of Art University in 2009, where she graduated with appreciation from her department for her contributions to the school and students. She worked as a professional photographer for San Francisco Magazine and The Sharper Image. Her photographs have been in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the U.S. and can be found in private art collections in the United States and abroad. Her work has been featured in many publications, including The Julia Margaret Cameron Award 2010, Diffusion Magazine, Artslant and Hi Quality, Lo-fi Photography. In 2012, she exhibited work in the Worldwide Photography Biennial Exhibition, held at The Borges Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The exhibition was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Argentina and the Embassies of Austria, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Peru, Finland Germany and Belgium, in benefit of Save the Children and the Foundation for the Comprehensive Treatment of Children Neurological Diseases (FLENI). The exhibition was one of the most important photographic events in Latin America.