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EDUCATION
2010 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
2002 Bachelor of Arts in Government, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2001 Peace & Conflict Studies, School for International Training, Ireland/Northern Ireland
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SOLO + SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 yes is the only living thing, Maine College of Art – Portland, ME (publication)
2016 All the Ways In, BlackRock Center for the Arts – Germantown, MD
2005 Alumni Artist Series, St. Mark’s School – Southborough, MA (two-person)
2015 in absentia, National Institutes of Health – Bethesda, MD
2011 Alexandra Silverthorne, harmon art lab – Washington, DC (publication)
2011 Silverthorne | Young | Antognoli, BlackRock Center for the Arts – Germantown, MD (three-person)
2009 Open Space, Heineman Myers Contemporary Art – Bethesda, MD
2005 From Hiroshima, Leslie University – Cambridge, MA
2005 Silverthorne:Photographs, St. Mark’s School – Southborough, MA
2005 WDC: 8×10 (SOLO3), Warehouse Gallery – Washington, DC
2004 Exhibiting Activism, Connecticut College – New London, CT
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Traces, Field Projects Gallery – New York, NY
2022 The County Collects III: Mother Nature, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County – Silver Spring, MD
2022 Fragile Beauty, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities – Washington, DC
2021 Emergence, Studio Gallery – Washington, DC
2021 DC Art Now 2021, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities – Washington, DC (online)
2021 Our City, Ourselves: Women Photograph Washington, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities – Washington, DC (online)
2020 States of Being, DC Arts Center – Washington, DC (catalogue)
2019 Lost/Found, Katzen Arts Center, American University – Washington, DC
2019 Captured Light: Current Photographic Processes, BlackRock Center for the Arts – Germantown, MD
2019 Lost/Found, Studio Gallery – Washington, DC
2019 radius 250, artspace – Richmond, VA
2019 Light Liminal, DC Arts Center – Washington, DC (catalogue)
2018 Faculty + Staff Exhibition, King Street Gallery at Montgomery College – Silver Spring, MD
2018 NARRATIVE, Studio Gallery – Washington, DC
2017 Abstraction/Representation, Studio Gallery – Washington, DC
2016 Photography/Praxis, Studio Gallery – Washington, DC
2016 Cheap Thrills 2, Anacostia Arts Center – Washington, DC
2016 Sip and Paint, DC Arts Center – Washington, DC
2016 The Critiqued, Otis Street Art Project – Mount Rainier, MD
2015 Faculty + Staff Exhibition, King Street Gallery at Montgomery College – Silver Spring, MD
2015 Photographers@Work, Studio Gallery – Washington, DC
2015 Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 42 at University of the District of Columbia – Washington, DC
2015 drift, College of Southern Maryland – La Plata, MD
2014 Cheap Thrills, Anacostia Arts Center – Washington, DC
2014 Faculty + Staff Exhibition, King Street Gallery at Montgomery College – Takoma Park, MD
2014 And Then: varied approaches to narrative, Marlboro Gallery at Prince George’s Community College – Largo, MD
2013 Living & Working, Civilian Art Projects – Washington, DC
2013 Exposure, Catalyst Projects – Washington, DC
2013 Portraiture, Studio Gallery – Washington, DC
2013 Art Romp, Anacostia Arts Center – Washington, DC
2012 Indie Photobook Library with Blond Art Books, Furthermore – Washington, DC
2012 Revisit, Studio Gallery – Washington, DC
2012 RSVP, New Wilmington Art Association – Wilmington, DE
2012 Indie Photobook Library, PPAC Book Fair – Philadelphia, PA
2012 Inaugural Exhibition, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities – Washington, DC
2012 Something and Nothing: Activating the Void, McLean Project for the Arts – McLean, VA
2011 Frontiers of Photography, VisArts – Rockville, MD
2011 HiFi vs. LoFi, Lala Gallery – Lafayette, IN
2010 Synergy: DC Artist Fellows, Gallery 31 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art – Washington, DC
2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA – Portland, ME
2009 Summer Celerity, Maine College of Art – Portland, ME
2009 Luck of the Draw, Ten Miles Square – Washington, DC
2008 Cumulus, Maine College of Art – Portland, ME
2008 Peace Now, Warehouse Gallery – Washington, DC
2008 Black and White and… All Over, H&F Fine Arts – Mount Rainier, MD
2007 Unlimited, redmondbennettgallery – Dublin, NH
2007 One Word Project Exhibit, Arts Club of Washington – Washington, DC (catalogue)
2006 Summer Seen, Wohlfarth Galleries – Washington, DC
2006 14th Annual Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition, Philips’ Mill – New Hope, PA
2006 Cupidity, Gallery Neptune – Bethesda, MD
2006 Paper Politics Brooklyn, 5+5 Gallery – New York, NY (catalogue)
2005 Where Is The Peace?, Warehouse Gallery – Washington, DC
2005 Annual Exhibition of Fine Art, Jo Ann Rose Gallery – Reston, VA
2005 Paper Politics West, Phinney Center Gallery – Seattle, WA (catalogue)
2005 The Door Project, Eubie Blake National Museum & Cultural Center – Baltimore, MD
2004 WAR or PEACE, Warehouse Gallery – Washington, DC
2004 Knock, Knock. Who’s There?, Maryland Art Place – Baltimore, MD
1997 5th Annual Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition, Philips’ Mill – New Hope, PA
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ART FAIRS + BENEFITS
2024 Collectors’ Night, Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC
2022 Hickok Cole Art Night, Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC
2022 Collectors’ Night, Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC
2021 Hickok Cole Art Night, Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC
2020 By The People x Monochrome, Halcyon – Washington, DC
2020 High Frequency, Washington Project for the Arts + Artsy – Washington, DC
2019 16th Annual Silent Auction, Transformer – Washington, DC
2019 Collect, The Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA – Portland, ME
2019 Collectors’ Night, Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC
2018 Collectors’ Night, Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC
2017 Hickok Cole Art Night, Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC
2016 Hickok Cole Art Night, Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC
2013 (e)merge art fair, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities – Washington, DC
2008 Civilians for Obama, Civilian Art Projects – Washington, DC
MONOGRAPHS
2019 yes is the only living thing, self-published artist book
2011 MidNights: photographs + writings, self-published artist book
2010 Mind the Gap: MFA Thesis, Maine College of Art
BOOKS, ZINES, AND CATALOGUES
2024 Beyond the Sky, self-published artist zine (forthcoming)
2021 Goldenrod Issue 02, Goldenrod Editions
2021 Hazey, Fifth Wheel Press
2020 Where We Gather, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Sister Cities Program
2020 Goldenrod Issue 01, Goldenrod Editions
2020 Soft Lightning Volume 1, Soft Lightning
2020 I Can Hear the Road Call, Sad Bird Press
2007 One Word Project Exhibit, Thinking About Art
2006 Paper Politics, Just Seeds
2004 Susan Sontag’s Literature & Freedom, DesignInquiry
RESIDENCIES
2019 – 2020 District of Columbia Arts Center Sparkplug Collective, Washington, DC
2010 – 2012 Maine College of Art Alumni Residency, Portland, ME
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AWARDS + GRANTS
2024 Fellow, Artist Fellowship Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2021 Fellow, Artist Fellowship Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2020 Fellow, Artist Fellowship Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2019 Fellow, Artist Fellowship Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2018 Fellow, Artist Fellowship Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2017 Fellow, Artist Fellowship Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2016 Fellow, Artist Fellowship Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2013 Fellow, Artist Fellowship Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2011 Fellow, Artist Fellowship Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2010 Grant Recipient, Young Artists Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2009 Recipient, MFA Dean’s Scholarship – Maine College of Art
2008 Recipient, MFA Dean’s Scholarship – Maine College of Art
2008 Grant Recipient, Individual Artist – Puffin Foundation
2008 Grant Recipient, Young Artists Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2006 Grant Recipient, Small Projects Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2005 Grant Recipient, Young Artists Program – DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2004 Fellowship, World Conference Against A&H Bombs – Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 City Lights: In Our City, Ourselves, Women Photograph Washington by Louis Jacobson | Washington City Paper – Washington, DC
2021 In the galleries: A towering exhibit offers a new definition of domestic life by Mark Jenkins | The Washington Post – Washington, DC
2019 In the galleries: With two group exhibits, maximum exposure for photographers by Mark Jenkins | The Washington Post – Washington, DC
2019 In the galleries: Hanging garments symbolize violence against indigenous women by Mark Jenkins | The Washington Post – Washington, DC
2018 The Best Photo Exhibits of 2018 by Louis Jacobson | The City Paper – Washington, DC
2017 In the galleries: A surrealist painter inspires a photographer by Mark Jenkins | The Washington Post – Washington, DC
2016 In the galleries: Lines are clearly drawn in ‘Art as Politics’ by Mark Jenkins | The Washington Post – Washington, DC
2015 Art lessons teach D.C. young adults creative methods and financial skills by LaVendrick Smith | The Washington Post – Washington, DC
2015 Guest Contributor | Gather Made Artist Collective – Brooklyn, NY + Longmont, CO
2015 Student Photographers Capture AU, Create Art by Patrick Bradley | AU Student Life – Washington, DC
2015 Alexandra Silverthorne by Willson Cummer | New Landscape Photography – Syracuse, NY
2014 Alexandra Silverthorne – Washington, DC | 365 Artists 365 Days – Milwaukee/Sheboygan, WI
2013 Ten Questions with Alexandra Silverthorne | Hungry Ghost Collective – Chicago, IL
2011 The Tuesday Conversation: Alexandra Silverthorne by Jordan Edwards | The Gazette – Bethesda, MD
2010 Thesis Defense: MECA’s MFA Students Strut Their Stuff by Nicholas Schroeder | Portland Phoenix – Portland, ME
2009 Interview with Photographer, Alexandra Silverthorne by Sharon Burton | Examiner.com – Washington, DC
2009 Artists “Review” Artists: Alexandra Silverthorne by Susan Constanse | Thinking About Art – Washington, DC
2006 City Hall Art Collection Walkthrough by F. Lennox Campello | Mid Atlantic Art News – Washington, DC
2006 Art with a Conscience by Mary Howard, editor | CC: Connecticut College Magazine – New London, CT
2006 You Captioned My Heart by Rachel Beckman | Washington City Paper – Washington, DC
2005 Featured Artist: What’s Happening at Local Colleges by Sarah Tomlinson | Boston Globe – Boston, MA
2005 Solo3 @ Warehouse Gallery by J.T. Kirkland | Thinking About Art – Washington, DC
2005 Artists Interview Artists: Alexandra Silverthorne by Ami Lahoff | Thinking About Art – Washington, DC
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COLLECTIONS
Art Book Collection, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH (books)
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT (books)
DC Art Bank, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC (prints)
Joanne Waxman Library Special Collections, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME (books)
John A Wilson Building City Hall Art Collection, Washington, DC (prints)
Montgomery County Public Art Trust, Silver Spring, MD (prints)
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LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, EVENTS, ETC.
2023 In Conversation with Asad Raza | American University – Washington, DC
2022 Panelist – Film and Flood Resilience | DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities – Washington, DC
2020 Artist Talk – PhoCo at Home Photographer Series | American University – Washington, DC
2020 Artist Talk – yes is the only living thing | Jackson Art Center – Washington, DC
2019 Artist Talk – yes is the only living thing | Dublin Community Center – Dublin, NH
2019 Studio Visits – MFA Summer Intensive | Maine College of Art – Portland, ME
2019 Artist Talk – yes is the only living thing | Maine College of Art – Portland, ME
2019 Artist Talk – yes is the only living thing | Civilian Art Projects – Washington, DC
2019 Panelist – Contemporary Art Theory | American University – Washington, DC
2016 Panelist – In Lorton’s Darkroom | FotoDC – Washington, DC
2015 Participating Artist – Critique | Otis Street Art Project – Mount Rainier, MD
2015 Workshop Facilitator | Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium – Washington, DC
2014 Participating Artist – Photo Night @ SOC | American University – Washington, DC
2013 Participating Artist | Crusade for Collecting – Washington, DC
2011 Panelist – Through the Lens: Visions of Urban Renewal | The Center for Green Urbanism – Washington, DC
2010 Guest Lecturer – Professional Practices for Visual Artists | Corcoran College of Art & Design – Washington, DC
2009 Artist Talk – Street Photography | Cooper Union – New York, NY
2004 Guest Speaker | World Conference Against A & H Bombs – Nagasaki, Japan
2004 Artist Talk – Exhibiting Activism | Connecticut College – New London, CT
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CURATORIAL + PRODUCTION
2024 Co-Producer – How can we gather now? | Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC (publication)
2023 Editor – From Our Eyes | Street Sense Media – Washington, DC (publication)
2023 Co-Producer – How can we gather now? | Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC (symposium)
2022 Registrar – Ice Cold | Taschen – Cologne, Germany (publication)
2021 Editor – From Here to There | University of the District of Columbia – Washington, DC (publication)
2020 Curator – Materialist | King Street Gallery – Silver Spring, MD (exhibition)
2017 Exhibition Producer – Contact High | Photoville – Brooklyn, NY (exhibition)
2015 Curator – drift | College of Southern Maryland – La Plata, MD (exhibition)
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TEACHING
Adjunct Faculty, School of Communication + College of Arts & Sciences | American University – Washington, DC, 2011 – present
Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Mass Media, Visual & Performing Arts | University of the District of Columbia – Washington, DC, 2010 – present
Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Visual & Performing Arts | Montgomery College – Takoma Park/Silver Spring, MD, 2014 – 2016, 2018 – 2019
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RELATED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Faculty Advisor, Photo Collective | American University – Washington, DC, 2012 – present
Summer Mentor | Georgetown Day School – Washington, DC, 2019 – present
Artist in Residence | Street Sense Media – Washington, DC, 2022 – 2023
Visiting Artist | Laborintus – Rome, Italy, 2020 (virtual)
Artist in Residence, Phelps ACE High School | Washington Project for the Arts + DC Public Schools – Washington, DC, 2017
Founder/Coordinator, MFA Alumni Residency | Maine College of Art – Portland, ME, 2010 – 2013
Instructor, Continuing Studies | Maine College of Art – Portland, ME, 2010
Youth Photography Instructor | BPSOS – Washington, DC, 2003
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STEERING COMMITTEES + ADVISORY BOARDS
Friends of Jackson Committee | Jackson Art Center – Washington, DC, 2018 – 2021
Exhibitions Committee | Montgomery College – Takoma Park/Silver Spring, MD, 2018 – 2019
FotoBook Committee | FotoWeek DC – Washington, DC, 2010 – 2012
Artist Council | Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC, 2009 – 2011
Student Advisory Board | Maine College of Art, MFA – Portland, ME, 2009 – 2010
Steering Committee | DC Advocates for the Arts – Washington, DC, 2008
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Resident Historian | Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC, 2008 – present
Interim Director | Washington Project for the Arts – Washington, DC, 2022 – 2023