Photo by Pam Connolly

EDUCATION
MFA in Photography, University of Hartford
BFA, Indiana University

EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Abstract Image, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC Juried by Mia Dalglish & Lisa Woodward
Pushdot Studio, Solo Show, Portland, OR (Forthcoming, August)
22 North Gallery, Solo Show, Ypsilanti, MI (Forthcoming, October)
2023
Wayne State Faculty Exhibition, Art Department Gallery, Detroit, MI
FRESH 2023, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
UnBound12!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
The Singular Image, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI Detroit Contemporary Artists Salon Exhibition
2022
Beauty Where You Find It, Light Art Space, Silver City, NM,
Art In The Office Exhibition, The Kresge Foundation, Detroit, MI.
2021
Hatchback 15, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI, Juried by Senghor Reid
40th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Exhibition, BBAC, Birmingham, MI.
2020
2020 Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, Juried by Tom Stoye
Art Now 2020: Photography, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI, Juried by Eleanor Oakes
Selva Oscura / Dark Wood, Image Works Gallery, Dearborn, MI
Hatchback 14, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI, Juried by Michael Hodges
2019
Black & White, Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI,
Winter, Analog Forever Online Exhibition, Juried by Aline Smithson
Wild, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, Juried by Scott Hocking
Captured in the D's, Black Box Gallery, Dearborn, MI
2018
Landscapes 2018, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Photography 2018, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, Juried by Mille Tibbs
The Vernacular of Landscape, Subjectively Objective Gallery, Detroit, MI
2016
UnBound5!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Salon: Portland2016 Biennial, The Studio Visits, Disjecta, Portland OR
Dark Wood, Camerawork Gallery, Portland, OR
Photographs from the Collection, Honickman Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art
2015
Apprehensions, Circuit Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Fresh 2015, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Curve, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Pacific Midwest, INOVA Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI
The National: Contemporary Photography, Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, IN
Controlled Burn, CCNY Gallery, New York, NY
Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Portland, OR
Umpqua Valley Arts Association Artworks Northwest Exhibit, juried selection, Roseburg, OR
2014
Place: Framing Oregon's Landscape, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR
INFOCUS Photo Books Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum
Picture Books, Power Plant Gallery, Duke University
Along the Way, Pushdot, Portland, OR
Controlled Burn, Joseloff Gallery University of Hartford, Hartford, CT
2013
Unfolding Images, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA selected by Seth Curcio
Halfway Pretty, Kominek Gallery, Berlin Germany
Louisiana Purchase: 2nd National Biennial, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Curated by Dr. Paul Manoguerra
Along the Way, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, OR
Photography and Environmental Concern, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Curated by Katherine Ware
LightLeak, Camerawork Gallery, Portland, OR
2012
Cascade Aids Project, silent auction, Portland, OR
Portland Photography, Lightbox Gallery, Astoria, OR
2010
Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Portland, OR
Photolust, PCNW 5th Annual Auction, Seattle WA, Curated by Ann Pallesen
Two of a Kind, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
New Directions 2010, Wall Space Gallery, Seattle WA, Curated by Carol McCusker
2009
re:focus, PCNW 4th Annual Auction, Seattle WA, Curated by Ann Pallesen.
Town & Country; Oregon at 150, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Cascade Aids Project, live auction, Portland, OR, Curated by Rock Hushka.
Between West and West, Pushdot, Portland, OR
Onward, Project Basho, Philadephia, PA, Curated by Peter Barberie
2008
Shelter, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, Curated by Randy Gragg
13th Annual National Photography Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Resurrection, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, Curated by Laura Moya
New Antiquarians, Chambers Fine Art, Portland, OR
2007
Inside/Out, Buckley Center Gallery, University of Portland, Portland, OR
2006
Lightleak, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2005
Pepper Gallery, Portland, OR
The Hall Gallery, Portland, OR
2003
La Palabra Gallery, Portland, OR
The Modern Zoo, Portland, OR
1999
1st juried Krappy Kamera Competition Exhibition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
1998
National Society of Arts and Letters, Waldron Art Center, Bloomington, IN

FILM SCREENINGS
2008
Short film For Jonathan, The Sound of Music Videos, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
2007
Short film Gravitational Pull vs. the Desire for an Aquatic Life, Flicker Film Festival, Chapel Hill, NC
2004
Short film For Jonathan, Portland Documentary and Experimental Film Festival;
Short film For Jonathan, Los Angeles Intermational Short Film Festival;
Short film For Jonathan, Deep Ellum Film Festival, Dallas, TX
Short film In These Hills, Rural Route Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY and selected for the 2004 Rural Route touring series.
Program of selected short films, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2003
Short film For Jonathan, Light Plays Tricks Film festival, Montreal Canada
Short film For Jonathan, Antimatter Film Festival, Victoria Canada
Short film For Jonathan, Splice This Film Festival, Toronto Canada

AWARDS
Red Bull Arts Micro Grant
The Print Center & Philadelphia Museum of Art Purchase Award
2015 Curator's Choice Awards, 3rd Place, Center Santa Fe
2014 Regional Arts & Culture Council, Professional Development Grant
2012 Review Santa Fe, Center Santa Fe
Finalist 2011 Clarence John Laughlin Award, New Orleans Photo Alliance
2012 Regional Arts & Culture Council, Professional Development Grant
2011 Regional Arts & Culture Council, Project Grant
Evelyn Glazer Scholarship for outstanding merit in Photography
National Society of Arts and Letters-Elanor Kahn Memorial Award
Indiana University Honors Division Teaching Internship Grant
Indiana University Honors Division Non-Teaching Internship Grant


COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Portland Art Museum
Various private collections


PUBLICATIONS
Fraction Magazine, 12th Anniversary Issue
Aint-Bad Magazine, Issue No. 14
Aint-Bad Magazine, From Here On, Vol. 3 Issue 1
Mossless Issue Three: The United States (2003-2013)
Western Landscape Photography, Then and Now Oregon Historical Quarterly
The Matter of Light Diffusion Magazine
Photographing the House of Sound Wired.com
Between West and West Lights Leaks Magazine
Travel Photography Hemispheres Magazine


LECTURES
Brown Bag Lecture Series, Portland Art Museum
Panel Discussion, Oregon Historical Society

Christopher Bennett is a Photographer currently living in Detroit, Michigan. He founded and was the Director of Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, Oregon from 2002 to 2012 and served as its Gallery Director from 2012 to 2014. He currently runs Image Works in Detroit which specializes in custom fine art printing and artwork reproduction.

He has exhibited his work at Froelick Gallery (Portland), the Oregon Historical Society, Camerawork Gallery (Portland) The Phoenix Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Center for Contemporary Art (Santa Fe), INOVA (Milwaukee), Klompching Gallery (Brooklyn), Circuit Gallery (Toronto) and Kominek Gallery (Berlin).

email: chris@christopherbennett.net

Instagram: @christopher.b.bennett