Michael Kolster March Longfellow Ave. Brunswick, ME (207) (office) (207) (home)

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1 Michael Kolster March Longfellow Ave. Brunswick, ME (207) (office) (207) (home) born 02 October 1963 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Exhibitions Solo 2009 New Orleans, Muskie School for Public Service University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME photographs from New Orleans Dwell, n., Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME photographs from Changing Places project 2007 Flux, Area Gallery, USM, Portland, ME (catalog) photographs from New Orleans comeandsee, The Map Room, Portland, ME (catalog) pinhole lightbox and camera obscura installation 2005 Daily Post Grids, Space Gallery, Portland, ME grids of first 1000 posted photographs to The Daily Post Multiples, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME The Daily Post, Multiples, and the Bowdoin Pines and Collage projects 2003 Mojave, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA color and B+W prints from Las Vegas and the Salton Sea 1999 Selections, FVA, San Francisco, CA video stills, East Bay houses, and collages projects 1994 Houses, Bank of Oakland, Oakland, CA East Bay houses project 1992 From Here to Now, Boston University Bookstore, Boston, MA commissioned work from the Allendale Columbia School, Rochester, NY Two-Person 2003 Coastal, Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Botanica, Round Room Gallery, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA

2 Michael Kolster Maine Coast: Photos and Paintings, Saco Museum, Saco, ME Botanica, Landau Gallery, Belmont, MA Juried Group 2010 Altered: National Juried Photography Exhibition, University of West Florida New England Photography Biennial, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA American Visions Photography Going Green, Museum of Anthropology at CSU, Chico, CA National Photography '09, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY 2002 Biennial, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME Plugged In, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 1997 Photo Review Juried Annual, Philadelphia, PA, juried by Emmet Gowin 1994 Magic Silver, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky Photo 94 Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco Juried Annual, Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA MetroPhoto, Annual San Francisco, CA 1992 Graduate Students of New England, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA Invitational Group 2010 Vital Signs, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film Rochester, NY (upcoming) 2009 Ordinary Life, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME 2008 Art Show and Sale, 30 Romasco Studio, Portland, ME 2003 Taking Pictures, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME 2002 Art Faculty, Bowdoin College, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME 1995 Three Americans, Z Space, Paris, France Work in Private Collections George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY Richard and Kristina Ford Andrew Canning and Karen Wells Andrew Kessler Macauley Lord and Carol Lestock Publications 2010 The Daily Post - (ongoing) an online publication to which a photograph is added every day; initiated in March, 2002 and ongoing with over 2900 photographs as of March 2010; over 250 national and international subscribers receive a link to each day s photograph; subscriber list includes or has included photographers, curators, and gallery owners across the country; used in college and university photography classes nationwide; 7,000 page views recorded in December 2008 Consilience The Journal of Sustainable Development (forthcoming 2010) Columbia University, New York

3 Michael Kolster photographic essay from the Changing Places project accepted for publication Last Days of the Coliseum, Connecticut Public Television (forthcoming 2010) Richard Hanley, producer and Graduate Director of Journalism & Interactive Communications, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT minimum of eight photographs and taped interview accepted for publication The Trouble with City Planning by Kristina Ford, Yale University Press (forthcoming 2010) up to eight photographs of New Orleans positively reviewed and intended for inclusion New Orleans: The Making of an Urban Landscape 3 rd ed. by Pierce F. Lewis The Center for American Places, Columbia College, Chicago (forthcoming) photographs of New Orleans positively reviewed, currently under serious consideration 2007 New Orleans Photographs catalogue produced in association with Flux solo exhibition 2006 Four Projects: The Map Room as an Image-Making Device catalogue produced in association with comeandsee solo exhibition 1997 Photo Review Annual, Philadelphia, PA 1991 From Here to Now, commissioned book, Allendale Columbia School, Rochester, NY Reviews 2008 Dwell, n. at Icon David Raymond, Art New England, June/July He Points, Shoots, Makes a Point Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram, April 2006 Don t Forget New Orleans Beth Brogan, Times Record, Brunswick, ME, October comeandsee Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram, August Eye Cartography Ian Paige, Portland Phoenix, July 2004 Multiples at Icon Chris Thompson, Art New England, June/July Kolster s Decisiveness Philip Isaacson, Maine Sunday Telegram Visiting Artist Lectures 2010 The Allendale Columbia School, Rochester, NY presentation of The Daily Post and New Orleans projects 2009 Framing Time and Place Conference, University of Plymouth, UK presentation of The Daily Post and Changing Places projects to international curators, photographers, and scholars

4 Michael Kolster Muskie School for Public Service, Portland, ME New Orleans: Rebuilding an American City University of Southern Maine, Portland joint presentation with Kristina Ford, former city planner of New Orleans 2007 Bates College, Lewiston, ME Learning Associate conducted class critiques presented public lecture on The Daily Post, photographs from New Orleans, and Safety Envelopes series The Taft School, Watertown, CT Rockwell Visiting Artist conducted class critiques presented lecture on New Orleans photographs and The Daily Post to gathering of student body in their Morning Meeting University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME Artist in Residence conducted class critiques presented public lecture on The Daily Post, New Orleans photographs, and pinhole lightbox installation (comeandsee solo exhibition 2006) 2000 Brasil Em Foco, Sao Paulo, Brazil Visiting International Artist lead three-day photography workshop in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro presented public lecture of photographic work (in Portuguese) Education 1992 M.F.A., Photography, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 1989 Certificate, Documentary Photography, International Center of Photography New York, NY 1985 B.A., American Studies, Williams College, Williamstown, MA concentration in Math/Computer Science Professional Experience 2009 pres Associate Professor of Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine Assistant Professor of Art, Bowdoin College Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Bowdoin College Instructor of Photography (full-time), Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA Instructor of Photography (part-time), Academy of Art College Instructor of Photography (part-time), City College of San Francisco 1995 Instructor of Photography (part-time), UC Extension, San Francisco, CA Grants and Awards 2010 Rusack Coastal Studies Research Grant, Bowdoin College

5 Michael Kolster A River Lost and Found: The Androscoggin River in Time and Place 2008 Sydney B. Karofsky Prize for Junior Faculty, Bowdoin College 2006 Fletcher Family Research Grant, Bowdoin College New Orleans Rebuilds 2005 Fletcher Family Research Grant, Bowdoin College New Orleans Time of Change 2004 Fletcher Family Research Grant, Bowdoin College, Looking at Las Vegas 2002 Fletcher Family Research Grant, Bowdoin College, Las Vegas Revisited: Color Rusack Coastal Studies Project Initiative Fund, Bowdoin College, Coastal Concerns/Characteristic Prospects 2002 Faculty Research and Travel Grant, Bowdoin College, Photographing Desert Communities of the American West 2001 Rusack Coastal Studies Project Initiative Fund, Bowdoin College, Depicting the Maine Coast Paintings and Photographs 1992 Polaroid Artist Support Grant, Polaroid Corporation 1991 Polaroid Artist Support Grant, Polaroid Corporation Professional Service/Affiliations present College Art Association 2000 present Coastal Studies Faculty Advisory Committee, Bowdoin College (chair ) Environmental Studies Committee, Bowdoin College present Lectures and Concerts Committee, Bowdoin College Websites Photography Projects The Daily Post Selected Commercial and Editorial Clients Rogues Gallery photo published in GQ Magazine, June 2006 shot look books for Spring 06, Fall 07, Winter 07, Fall 08 apparel collections represented worldwide, including New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Moscow, and Paris Revista Travesias Feb 2005 photo story on Maine antique shops (editorial) Mexico City-based Spanish language travel periodical circulated throughout Latin America Amphora Worldwide international online advertising campaign of beauty products Barton and Gingold site shots for regional shopping mall developer Vespoli USA international advertising campaign of racing shells Additional Work Experience Photography Technician, Cytogenetics Lab, Childrens Hospital, Boston Staff Photographer, Citizens Publications, Milford, CT Math and History Teacher, Hopkins Grammar Day Prospect Hill School, New Haven, CT Math Teacher, Escola Americana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1985 Investigator, Office of the Public Defender, Duval County, Jacksonville, FL

6 Michael Kolster Photographic Projects Completed Projects: The New Haven Coliseum, B+W silver gelatin prints (1989) Brazilian Journey, B+W silver gelatin prints (1990) From Here to Now, Rochester, NY - B+W silver gelatin prints ( ) LAB Program, Somerville, MA - B+W silver gelatin prints ( ) East Bay Houses, Oakland CA - B+W silver gelatin prints ( ) San Francisco Intersections - B+W 8x10 silver gelatin contact prints ( ) San Francisco Street Portraits 16x20 color chromogenic prints (1995) Strybing Aboretum, San Francisco. CA - B+W 8x10 silver gelatin contact prints ( ) Video Stills, San Francisco, CA 24x30 chromogenic color prints from video footage (1997) Windows, San Francisco, CA B+W 8x10 platinum/palladium contact prints ( ) Collages, San Francisco, CA color collages from 35mm drugstore prints ( ) Visitation Valley Middle School, San Francisco, CA - B+W silver gelatin prints (2000) Maine Coast chromogenic and B+W silver gelatin prints ( ) Botanica, Seattle, San Francisco, and Rio de Janeiro - B+W silver gelatin prints ( ) The Bowdoin Pines, Brunswick, ME - B+W silver gelatin prints (2003) Multiples, Brunswick, ME photograms chromogenic color and B+W silver gelatin prints ( ) panoramics - chromogenic color and B+W silver gelatin prints (2005) comeandsee, pinhole lightbox and camera obscura, Brunswick, ME installation piece (2006) Safety Envelopes, Brunswick, ME pigment prints from digital capture ( ) Ongoing: The Daily Post, Brunswick, ME online publication (2002-pres) Calvin, Brunswick, ME - chromogenic color, B+W silver gelatin, and pigment prints from digital capture (2004-pres) Changing Places: San Francisco / Las Vegas / New Orleans (2001-pres) San Francisco Triptychs - B+W pigment prints from scanned 4x5 negatives Las Vegas Triptychs - B+W pigment prints from scanned 4x5 negatives B+W and Color single images GSP and Chromogenic prints Panoramics - chromogenic color and B+W silver gelatin prints New Orleans Triptychs - B+W pigment prints from scanned 4x5 negatives Panoramics - B+W silver gelatin prints video Wire/Paper, Brunswick, ME - pigment prints from digital capture (2008-pres) Viewing the Androscoggin River, Maine B+W pigment prints from scanned film (2009-pres)