Martina M Shenal

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Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Shenal, M. M. (2007). The Individual Artist Fellowship in Visual Art, Craft, and Media. Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN.

Journals/Publications

• Shenal, M. M. (2018). Pictures Without Words. Strant Magazine (online), Vol. 1(003), Online publication.

Presentations

• Shenal, M. M. (2020, December). Women's Environmental Workshare Collective. StrongerTogether Summit 2020. Virtual (COVID-19 Protocols): FightPandemics | Barcelona, Spain.
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  International peer-reviewed session by four members of our Environmental Photography Collective on the state of the Arts & Culture industries during a pandemic. Our session was live and included a screen share powerpoint presentation of our visual work.
• Shenal, M. M. (2020, January). Secondary Nature. Visiting Artist Lecture + Graduate Studio Critiques, School of Art, Art History & Design. Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Nebraska, Lincoln: University of Nebraska.
• Shenal, M. M. (2020, October). Women's Environmental Workshare Collective. Society for Photographic Education Midwest Regional Conference. Virtual- COVID-19 Protocols: Society for Photographic Education.
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  Conference Theme- Resolutions: Photographic Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy for the Future35-minute pre-recorded visual presentation featuring each of the six members of the collective discussing another members photographic work; 15-minute live Q + A with virtual audience.
• Shenal, M. M. (2018, October). Artist Lecture. Medium Festival of Photography. San Diego, CA: Medium.
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  Invitation to present my recent body of photographic work, Secondary Nature, to an audience of curators, publishers, and photographers at the 7th annual Medium Festival of Photography.
• Shenal, M. M. (2017, September 21). Artist Lecture: Secondary Nature. Solo exhibition and Artist Lecture, CSN. College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV: College of Southern Nevada.
• Shenal, M. M. (2014, February). Visiting Artist Lecture. Southern Utah University. Southern Utah University Hunter Conference Center, Cedar City UT.
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  This 2-day event included an Invitational lecture at the university and a photography portfolio review session for undergraduate majors in the School of Art.
• Shenal, M. M. (2014, July). Visiting Artist Lecture. Ichi-go Ichi-e solo exhibition. M Place Photography Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo JP.
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  Main Gallery public lecture (with translator) on the evening of my closing for my exhibition Ichi-go Ichi-e at Place M Photography Gallery.
• Shenal, M. M. (2012, Fall). Secondary Nature/Borrowed Views. Secondary Nature Exhibition Opening/Lecture. Workspace Gallery, Lincoln NE.
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  Individual Presenter
• Shenal, M. M. (2012, Fall). Secondary Nature. Greenleaf Gallery Artist Lecture. Whittier College, Whittier CA.
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  Individual Presenter
• Shenal, M. M. (2011, Fall). Visiting Artist's Lecture. In conjunction with a solo exhibition. University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
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  Keynote Speaker
• Shenal, M. M. (2010, Spring). Displaced Topographies. Artist's Lecture. Xavier College Preparatory School.
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  Individual Presenter
• Shenal, M. M. (2009, Spring). Sets + Situations Lecture. ARH 424a/524a Contemporary Photo History. School of Art.
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  Individual Presenter
• Shenal, M. M. (2007, Fall). Working with Artists. Society for Photographic Education Regional West/Southwest Conference. Center for Creative Photography.
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Reviews

• Shenal, M. M. (2020. Fotofest Biennial 2020 | International Meeting Place Portfolio Review(pp N/A). Houston, TX.
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  2-day peer-reviewed international portfolio review event with 8 museum curators, including representatives from institutions in Sweden, UK, Tbilisi, Georgia, and the US.

Creative Productions

• Shenal, M. M. (2018. Biennial School of Art Faculty Exhibition. Exhibition Catalogue. UA: School of Art.
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  Two published images and artist statement included in the printed exhibition catalogue.

Creative Works

• Secondary Nature; Photography; Southeast Center for Photography; September 2017; Exhibition Catalogue: Landscape, Grand or Personal; Printed exhibition catalogue featuring two of my photographs from the Secondary Nature series.
• Suizenji Garden (jima), Kumamoto Prefecture, 2012; Photography; Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutger's University; September 2015; My image, Suizenji Garden (jima), Kumamoto Prefecture, was featured on the exhibition postcard announcement for The (Not So) Secret Life of Plants.
• Morian; Minneapolis Photo Center; September 2010; Black & White; Exhibition catalogue featuring 69 artists that accompanied the international exhibition Black & White, juried by George Slade, curator at the Photographic Resources Center at Boston University.
• Sounding; University of North Dakota; September 2010; Of Memory, Myth & Bone; Exhibition catalog in conjunction with the national exhibition Of Memory, Myth & Bone at the University of North Dakota Art Gallery (in-press).
• Epitaph; Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University; September 2008; Exhibition catalog; The exhibition catalog that accompanies Perfect with Pixel features works of art that integrate traditional media (print, painting, drawing and photography) with digital media as an integral part of its creation.
• Borrowed Views series; Photography; Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York, Oswego NY; October 2016; Restart 2016 exhibition catalog; 53-page softbound exhibition catalog to accompany the Restart 2016 exhibition at the Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY Oswego. Two of my images were included, Aftermath (typhoon) and Shimoda, along with essays by the curator, Helaine Posner, Chief Curator, Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase and Michael Flanagan, Tyler Art Gallery Director.
• Underline; Yavapai College Art Gallery; October 2010; SPE Southwest Regional Exhibition; My piece, Underline, was chosen as a postcard image for the Society of Photographic Education Southwest Regional conference (AZ, UT, CO, NM) members exhibition at the Yavapai College Art Gallery in Prescott, AZ.
• Displaced Topographies; McNeese Sate University Art Gallery; March 2010; McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition Catalogue; 61 pieces were included in the exhibition catalog that accompanied this national exhibition juried by Peter Frank, Senior Curator of Exhibitions at the Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, CA.
• Borrowed Views; Willson Cummer; June 2012; New Landscape Photography; New Landscape Photography presents contemporary art from around the  world that explores the natural and built environments with an interest in work that considers the interactions between the two. Artists are selected and invited to publish by Willson Cummer, a curator, practicioner and educator based in Syracuse, NY. 
• FRESH 2016; Photography; Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; July 2016; Klompching Gallery (NYC) exhibition catalog; 26-page softbound exhibition catalog that accompanied the FRESH 2016 exhibition. My image, Aftermath (typhoon) is featured, along with essays by co-curators Wm. Hunt and Darren Ching.
• Untitled (sea wall); Tucson Museum of Art; July 2013; Arizona Biennial 2013
• From the series "Borrowed Views"; New Mexico Museum of Art; January 2013; Art on the Edge; Self-published 50-page full color exhibition catalog with juror's statement.
• The (Not So) Secret Life of Plants Exhibition catalogue; Photography; Paul Roberson Gallery, Rutger's University; December 2015; Exhibition catalog for The (Not So) Secret Life of Plants, expected sp 2016.
• Biennial School of Art Faculty Exhibition; Photography; School of Art, University of Arizona; December 2015; On demand printed exhibition catalogue to accompany exhibition.
• Cypher; PhotoPlace Gallery; August 2012; Alternative Realities Exhibition Catalog; The gallery self-published an exhibition catalog in conjunction with the exhibition Alternative Realities and included my image, Cypher.
• Photograph; Robert Lehman Art Center at Brooks School, Andover, MA; April 2010; "On the Road: A Legacy of Walker Evans."