EDUCATION
MFA in Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2018
BFA with Honors, Photography, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
A Prairie Fisher King, Trapdoor Projects, Albuquerque, NM, 2019
The Uncanny, Studio Arts Atrium, Iowa City, IA, 2013
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Reset, birds + Richard, Albuquerque, NM 2020
How Did You Explode? Visuals in Conversation, birds + Richard, Albuquerque, NM, 2019
The Big Reveal, CENTER at Currents New Media 2019, Santa Fe, NM, 2019
Family Photographs, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY, 2018
2018 Albert P. Weisman Exhibition, Arcade Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2018
Family of No Man, Arles Cosmos 2018, Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles France Photography, 2018
MFA 2018 Thesis Exhibition, Hokin Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2018
Horizon Line, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL, 2017
American Collective: Contemporary Reflections on Landscape and Identity, Stitches and Pics, Sackets Harbor, NY, 2017
Americana, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO, 2017
(IN) Transit, Manifest Exhibition, Chicago, IL, 2017
Emerge, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS, 2017
Thelema: Love is the Law, Fountain Square Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN, 2016
ONWARD Compé ’15, Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
Alternative Realities, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, 2012
Breaking Boundaries IV: Student Competition & Exhibition, International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, 2012
PUBLICATIONS + PRESS
Lenscratch, Chelsea Darter: A Prairie Fisher King by Epiphany Knedler, October 2023 (online)
Cumulus Photo, The Pivotal Image, May 2019 (online)
Photo-Emphasis, Chelsea Darter, November 2018 (online)
Humble Arts Foundation, Group Show 58 On Death, September 2018 (online)
Don't Smile, School's Out for the Summer, July 2018 (online)
Don't Smile, A Prairie Fisher King, July 2018 (online)
Photo-Emphasis, FAMILIAR/FAMILIAL, June 2018 (online)
PhotoPlace Gallery, The State of America, January 2018 (online + print)
Edge of Humanity Magazine, Growing Up in Rural Iowa & My Search for Connection After Leaving Home, December 2017 (online)
Fraction Magazine, Issue 102, September 2017 (online)
OURS Photo Magazine, Through Rose Colored Lenses, 2017 (online)
Light Leaked, November 2016: America, 2016 (online)
C 41 Magazine, March 10th 2016 (online)
ONWARD Compé ’15 Exhibition Catalog, 2015 (print)
Photographer’s Forum Magazine, Fall 2013 (print)
Photographer’s Forum Magazine, “Best of College & High School Photography 2013 (print)
Alternative Realities Exhibition Catalog, 2012 (print)
AWARDS + HONORS
Review Santa Fe Participant, 2019
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago, 2018
Albert P. Weisman Award, Columbia College Chicago, 2018
Graduate Assistantship Award, Columbia College Chicago 2016 - 2018
Honorable Mention, ONWARD Compé '15, 2015
Honorable Mention, Photographer’s Forum Magazine 33rd Annual College & High School Photography Contest, 2013
COLLECTIONS
The University of Iowa Museum of Art Study Collection, 2012
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Lucas Foglia: Human Nature, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, 2018
(IN) Transit, Manifest Exhibition, Chicago, IL, 2017
LECTURES & ARTIST TALKS
Guest Lecturer, “Chelsea Darter: A Prairie Fisher King,” Intro to Photography, University of New Mexico, July 2020
Jonathan Castillo, Chelsea Darter, Kalin Haydon and Levi Shand (presenters) with Terry Evans (facilitator), "Hidden America," Columbia College Chicago, April 11, 2018
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Photography, UNM-Taos, Taos, NM, 2019
Teaching Artist, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2017
Teaching Assistant to Paul D’Amato, Foundations of Photography II, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2017
Graduate Assistant, Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, 2016 - 2017
Teaching Assistant to David Travis, History of Photography 1839-1940, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2016
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Membership and Programs Administrative Assistant, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2021
Development Coordinator, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2019 - 2020
Intern, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, 2018 - 2019
Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, 2017 - 2018
Photography Intern, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, 2015