Michelle Bablitz

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Exhibitions (solo shows marked by asterisk*) (two and three person shows marked by two asterisks**)

 

 

2017     Every Woman: Women's Art Collective NYC | Industry City, Brooklyn, NY

             | June 24

 

2016     *West | Rizza Gallery, New York, NY | January 1 – March 4

 

2015     **Epilogue: Michelle Bablitz, Justin Fondrie & Nick Hruby | Sioux City

              Art Center, Sioux City, IA | May 16 – August 1

             **Epilogue | Washington Pavilion, Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD |

             September 4 – October 2

 

2014      School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Honors Show | William Harris

               Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY | May 14 –

                June 18

              Research & Creativity Symposium Exhibition | University Gallery,

               Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY | April 9 – June 16

             *I could go with you. | William Harris Gallery, Rochester Institute of

               Technology, Rochester, NY | April 4 – 17

 

2013       Stories We Tell | Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY | September 4 – 28

               Juror: Jessica Porter

               Convergence | University Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology,

               Rochester, NY | July 12 – July 30

              6x6x2013 | Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY | June 1

               – July 14

               MFA Photo Walk Through | Gannett Hall, Rochester Institute of

               Technology, Rochester, NY | May 14 – May 21

               School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Honors Show | School of

               Photographic Arts & Sciences Gallery, Rochester Institute of

               Technology, Rochester NY | May 10 – May 31

               Midwest Photo Emerge | Center Gallery, Wichita, KS | April 26 –June 1

               Juror: Linda Robinson

               Midwest Center for Photography Juried Exhibition | Center Gallery,

               Wichita, KS | February 22 – March 15

               Juror: Linda Robinson

 

2012      Graduate Work Share | School of Photographic Arts & Sciences Gallery,

               Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY | December 10

 

2011       *On Epiphany | Studio Visage, Knoxville, TN | September 1 – 11

               Student & Faculty Juried Art Show | Ewing Gallery, University of

                Tennessee, Knoxville, TN | May 3 – 26 (Dorothy D. Dille Award)

               *On Epiphany | January 28 – Feb 6, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN

 

2010       Magic Silver 2010 | Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY | January 15 –

               Feb 21

               Juror: Ken Merfeld

               WomanMade | Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA | May 1 - 30

               Student & Faculty Juried Art Show | Ewing Gallery, University of

               Tennessee, Knoxville, TN | January 5 – 28 (Juror’s Award)

 

2009      Student & Faculty Juried Art Show | McMaster Gallery, University of

               South Carolina, Columbia, SC | Nov 20 - Dec 11 (Honorable Mention)

 

2008      Underlying Phobias | The Oak Ridge Art Center, Oak Ridge, TN | May 8

                - 19 (Best in Photography)

 

Publications

 

"Sweden’s Magical Midsommar Festival Is Straight out of a Fairytale," AFAR. 2017

 

Michelle Bablitz: I could go with you. Light Leaked. 2015

 

I could go with you. RIT Press: Rochester. 2014

 

Open to Interpretation: Love + Lust. Taylor & O’Neill Publishing:  St. Paul. 2014

 

Stories We Tell, Exhibition Catalog. Instant Publishers. 2013

 

Reframing Photography, MFA Exhibition Site. “Reframing Photography,” Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 2013

 

WomanMade, Exhibition Catalog, Target Gallery Press. 2010

 

USC Photography Weblog. The University of South Carolina. 16 December 2008.

 

Advanced Placement Photography, National Poster. College Board, 2008

 

Lectures & Artists Talks

 

2016       "The Agency: Art and Business," Guest Lecture. Photo Plus Expo.

                Rochester Institute of Technology Visual Media Group. New York,

                NY. October 21, 2016.

 

               “Visual Media and Business: Artists as Entrepreneurs,” Guest Lecture.

                Gannett Building. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.

                February 11, 2016.

 

2015       “I could go with you: Double Literacy in Photography,” Artist Lecture.

               Hyatt Regency Hotel. Society for Photographic Education

                National Conference, New Orleans, LA. March 14, 2015.

 

2014       “I could go with you,” Thesis Defense. William Harris Gallery.

                Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. April 14, 2014.

 

2013       “Untitled Stories by Michelle Bablitz,” Artist Lecture. Rochester

                Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. October 1, 2013.

              “Michelle Bablitz – Photographic Peta Kucha,” Artist Lecture.

                Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. April 22, 2013.

               “Projecting Forward,” Artist Lecture. Rochester Institute of

                Technology, Rochester, NY. March 14, 2013

               “The Artistic Works of Michelle Bablitz,” Artist Lecture. Rochester

                Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. January 23, 2013.

 

Curatorial Experience

 

2017       Nominator, PDN 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, 2017.

 

2016       Exhibition Organizer and Curator, "Where You Belong," Dove Cat

               Gallery, New York, NY. November 11-13, 2016.

 

Collections

 

Cary Archive Permanent Collection, Wallace Library, Rochester, NY

Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY

Private collections in New York, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky & Washington D.C.