zuzanna smolarkiewicz
photographer
Education M.F.A. 2007 – Photography - University of Utah
B.F.A. 2004 – Photography - Pratt Institute Professional Experience University of Utah, Associate Instructor
August 2007-December 2007
• Photo Studies II
• Non Major Digital Photography

University of Utah, Associate Instructor
May 2007-August 2007
• Non Major B&W Photography

University of Utah, Teaching Assistant
May 2007-August 2008
• NM B&W Photography (instructor of record)

University of Utah, Teaching Assistant
January 2006-May 2006
• NM Basic Design (instructor of record)

Sigerson Morrison, Photographer
May 2002-August 2005
• Photography of merchandise for website, archives, and press releases
• Digital image touchup and manipulations

Assistant to commercial photographer
May 2004-August 2005
• Assisted with all aspects of commercial shoots
• Hand printed color and B&W images for magazine publications

Grants/Fellowships • 2005-2007 Graduate Student Teaching Assistantship
• 2007- Ethel Armstrong Rolapp Award Nominee
• 2007 - University of Utah Departmental Scholarship
• 2006/2007 - University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship
• 2006 - University of Utah Graduate Student Travel Grant
• 2005 - University of Utah Departmental Scholarship
• 1998 - Pratt Institute Artistic Achievement Scholarship Exhibition Record Solo Exhibitions
• September 2007-October 2007-A Woman’s Place?, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Mar 2003 – Red Riding Hood & Other Tails…,BFA Thesis Exhibition, Steuban Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions
• November 07-December 07-Reflections in the Year of the Dog-group exhibition by proposal-Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• May 2007-Jun 2008 – I am You, Group Exhibition, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• May 2007 – Interactions, Group Exhibition, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
• Mar 2007 - SGC Exchange Portfolio Exhibition, Crown Hyatt, Kansas City, MO
• Feb 2007-Mar 2007 - TR1SKAID3KAPHOBIA, MFA Group Exhibition, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Oct 2006-Nov 2006 - Chairman’s Choice, Bountiful/Davis Art Center, Bountiful, UT
• Sep 2006-Oct 2006 – Selected Prints from SGC Annual Exchange Portfolio, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Sep 2006-Oct 2006 – Student Prints from the U of Utah, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Apr 2006-Jul 2006 - 82nd Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT
• Apr 2006 - SGC Exchange Portfolio Exhibition, UW Humanities Building, Madison, WI
• Feb 2006 - 10 : MFA Graduate Exhibition, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Jan 2006 - Salt Lake City Female Artists Group Show, Nostalgia Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
• Sep 2004 - Local Artists Exhibition, Tillie’s of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
• May 2003 - Pratt Institute Senior Group Show, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY
• 1999-2003 - Pratt Institute’s Media Arts League yearly group exhibitions
• 1997 - Creative Expressions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Technical Abilities • Photography: fine art & commercial; large & medium format, 35mm, digital media
• Black & white traditional photo printing
• Color photography drum and flatbed printing
• Alternative photography printing
• Adobe Photoshop techniques for photographers
• Screen printing
• Letterpress