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CV

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Education​

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May 2019 

MFA, Masters in Fine Arts

University of South Florida | Graduate School of Art & Art History

Tampa, Florida, USA

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June 2015
Certificate of Completion | Academy Preparatory Program – Photography

FAMU | Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague |Prague, Czech Republic

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​April 2014
BA, summa cum laude in Art

Florida International University | Miami, Florida, USA

Minor: Art History

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Exhibitions

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2020

Mother of Exiles, Gallery 221 @ HCC, Tampa, FL

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2019

Walking Practices / Walking Bodies / Walking Art, New Byzantine Museum, Agios Germanos, Greece

Extra Butter, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida

 

2018

Migrant Mothers, Cuntshaus Gallery, Tampa, Florida
Days End, Online exhibition

Epigraphs: A Symbiotic Vision

Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, Florida, USA

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2017

DEIXIS

Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, Florida, USA

USF School of Art Exhibition, Juried by Shaun Leonardo, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, Florida

Material Engagement - Group 19

Co-curated  ~ fOG Space, Tampa, Florida, USA

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2016

Discontinuity: The Revival of Sense [USF / CAM], with Iñigo Cabo, Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, Florida
4x4, Tempus Projects Gallery, Tampa, Florida, USA | March 2016

FAMU Photography Exhibition

Palace Lažanských, Prague, Czech Republic

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2015

Movement and Re-Presentation

Villa Ciani, Lestans, Italy

Portraty (Portraits)

Co - curated and Exhibited

Gallery of Jiří Jeniček, Lower Gate, Beroun, Czech Republic

 

2014

​SeeMe Digital Photography Exhibition

W Hotels in New York, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles and Hong Kong

Sponsored by see.me.com in partnership with W Hotels and Impact Hub

 

Artist Talks / Conference Presentations 

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2020

Mother of Exiles, Artist Talk, Gallery 221 @ HCC, Tampa, FL

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2019    

Walking Practices / Walking Bodies / Walking Art, Presentation of Crossing the Line; US - Mexico Border Crossings, Prespes, Greece
Extra Butter, MFA Art Graduates Panel Discussion, USF Contemporary Art Museum Extra Butter, Director Circle’s Event , USF Institute for Research in Art

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2018

Migrant Mothers, Panel Discussion with Artists, Florida Immigrant Coalition and Manatee County Migrant Coordinator, Cuntshaus Gallery

William and Nancy Oliver Fellowship

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Publications

 

2020    

Walking Art / Walking Practices / Walking Bodies Conference Proceedings, ISBN 978-618-83267-4-3,

Presentation of Crossing Lines: US - Mexico Border Crossings,

Encounter: Crossing the Line: Prespa, Greece

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LivingMaps Review, No.8 (2020)

Crossing the Line : Walking the United States - Mexico Border Crossing Checkpoints

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Grants & Awards 

 

​Mernet Larsen, Emerging Female Artist Grant

William and Nancy Oliver Fellowship

University of South Florida Scholarship

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Without A Parachute, 2014

Silver gelatin prints

50 x 70 cm (21.6 x 30.3 in)

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Friuli Venezia Giulia | Fotografia 2015

Movement and Re-Presentation Group Exhibition

Villa Ciani, Lestans, Italy

July 12 - August 30, 2015

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© 2019 Laura Kim Meckling 

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