TERESA CHRISTIANSEN
born in New York, NY
lives and works in Portland, OR
EDUCATION
MFA, Advanced Photographic Studies, International Center of Photography - Bard College, New York, NY, 2008
BA, Psychology and Studio Art, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 2001
EXHIBITIONS
2018 If but a sunbeam strikes too warm, Melanie Flood Projects, Portland, OR
2017 PCNW 21st Juried Photography Exhibition, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2016-17 Photography and Contemporary Experience, The Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
2016 Indifferent Horizons, (solo show) Melanie Flood Projects, Portland, OR
2016 Introductions, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Better Homes and Gardens, chashama 461 Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Understory: Responses to Leland Iron Works, Leland Iron Works, OR
2015 Deep End, The Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition, Wassaic, NY
2015 Natural Selections, (solo show) Pushdot Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Shifting Practice, The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, OR
2014 Short Stories Vol. 2, two person show with Melanie Flood, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Aperture Summer Open, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY
2014 PDX Photo Month, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
2014 Then. Now. Here., slideshow exhibition, Portland, OR
2013 Profound Impact, curated by Elizabeth Leach, The Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR
2013 Portland Porches, (solo show) The Corner Gallery, PNCA, Portland, OR
2013 Philadelphia Photo Art Center's 4th Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers juried selection 2013, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 Photography at the Edge, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2012 WORKS, curated by Amani Olu, The Gallery at Eponymy, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Alternative Realities, curated by Laura Moya, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2012 This Is To Be Looked At, curated by Modou Dieng, Valentines, Portland, OR
2012 Then. Now. Here., slideshow exhibition curated by Raymond Meeks, Portland, OR
2011 Newspace Juried Members Show, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2011 PNCA Faculty Biennial, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2011 In the Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), LA, CA
2010 The Exquisite Landscape, School of the International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2010 So The Day, Brooklyn Fireproof East, Brooklyn, NY
2010 FEED_BACK, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), LA, CA
2009 10 from 25: Emerging Artists Using Photography, 25CPW, New York, NY
2009 Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video, Hendershot Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Screen Memory, (solo show) ICP-Bard MFA Studio Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2008 Fourteen, ICP-Bard MFA Thesis Show, School of the International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2007 Urban Space Off, a slideshow presented by Wooloo Productions, traveling: Rio de Janeiro, Berlin...
2007 Videogarden, curated by David Smith, ICP-Bard MFA Studio Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2006 Landmarks of New York, to travel 40 countries through 2008 including Tokyo, Japan, Frankfurt, Germany, Taipei, Taiwan, Beirut, Lebanon, Brussels, Belgium, and Mexico City, Mexico
2005 The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City's Historic Buildings, Presented by the Municipal Arts Society, The Urban Center, New York, NY
2003 The Solo Works Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Brooklyn, NY
2003 Chance Operations, TIXE Chashama Arts Space, New York, NY
HONORS / AWARDS
Portland Art Museum Collection 2016
Wassaic Artist Residency & Fellowship 2014
Tori Bryer Faculty Opportunity Award Grant Recipient 2014
Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) Project Grant Recipient 2013
PDN Photo Annual Winner 2007
FEATURES / PRESS / INTERVIEWS
Humble Arts Foundation, A New Photography Exhibition Remakes the Order of The Natural World, December 2018
Melanie Flood Projects, Artist Interview, June 2016
Oregon Arts Watch, Art Review: Beyond the Horizon, April 25, 2016
Humble Arts Foundation Group show #47 Space Jamz, 2016.
Uprise Art, featured artist interview, 2015.
Daniel Cooney Fine Art's Emerging Photographer's Auction, August 2014.
Los Angeles Review of Books, Featured Artists, May 2014.
OPB Arts & Life,Portland, As Seen Through Its Porches, Interview and Slideshow, September, 2013
Forget Good, Issue 10 May 2013, Interview and Feature
Eye-On-PDX:Teresa Christiansen, Interview with Blake Andrews, 2013
Photo Op featured artist, 2012
PUBLICATIONS
Exposure Magazine - article by Blue Sky Gallery director Todd J. Tubutis. Fall 2014, Volume 47:2, The Society for Photographic Education, 2014.
Portland Porches, self published limited edition monograph, 2013.
Shift Magazine, Vol. 3, published by the International Center of Photography, 2008.
PDN Photo Annual, May 2007.
Saul Steinberg: Illuminations, by Joel Smith, Yale University Press, (photography), 2006.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Transparent Monument, Cai Guo-Qiang, Charta, (photography), 2006.
The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City's Historic Buildings, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, New York: The Monacelli Press, 2005.
Stone Houses, Andy Goldsworthy, Passage, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc (photography), 2004.