Currently:
Founder/Director, Candela Gallery, 2011 - present
Founder/Publisher, Candela Books, 2010 - present
Adjunct Professor, V.C.U., 2005 - 2014
Freelance photographer / Fine artist, 1991 – present
Emeritus Member, 1708 Gallery, 2009-present
Education:
Univ. of Virginia - B.A. Studio Art / B.A. History - 1988
Professional Experience:
Publisher, Pine Tree Ballads, by Paul Thulin, 2019
SPE, southeast regional, panelist For the Love of Books, Richmond, VA, 2019
Publisher, 100 Views of a Drowning World, by Kahn & Selsnick, 2017
SPE, National Convention, lecturer, Orlando, FL, 2017
Photo Alliance, presenter, San Francisco, CA, 2016
LOOK3, Education/Professional Practices, presenter, Charlottesville, VA, 2016
TEDxRVA, presenter, with Terry Brown, 2015
Maine Media Workshops, Masters Series Lecture, 2015
Maine Media Workshops, Workshop Instrcutor, 2015
Publisher, Direct Positive, by Willie Anne Wright, 2015
Publisher, Black Forest, edited by Russell Joslin, 2014
Publisher, Mangini Studio, 2014
Publisher, Sunburn, by Chris McCaw, 2013
Publisher, Salt & Truth ,by Shelby Lee Adams, 2011
Editor/Writer/Publisher, Gita Lenz, 2010
Guest Editor, Light Leaks Magazine, March 2008
SPE, SE Regional, presenter, Richmond, VA, 2004
Panelist for Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship Awards, 2003
Vision Quest, workshop instructor, Wisconsin, 1998
Portfolio Reviewer:
FotoFest, 2018, 2020
Medium, San Diego, CA 2015
Filter Festival, Chicago, IL, 2015
Review Santa Fe, NM, 2015
PhotoNOLA, New Orleans, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018
ACP, Atlanta, GA ,, 2012, 2015
Photo Lucida, 2013, 2915, 2019
LOOK3 Festival, 2013
FotoWeekDC, 2012
Critical Mass, Reviewer, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Juror / Curator:
Benefit Auction Co-Chair, Oakwood Arts, 2019
Juror, Somerville Toy Camera Festival, 2019
Juror, SlowExposures, Molena GA, 2019
Benefit Auction Co-Chair, Oakwood Arts, 2018
Juror, Size Matters, Medium festival exhibition, San Diego, CA, 2015
Juror, Showcase 8, C4FAP, Fort Collins, CO, 2015
Juror, This May Have Happened, Filter Festival exhibition, Chicago, IL, 2014
Juror, CURRENTS, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, 2013
Juror, Artworks, PhotoShow, Richmond, VA, 2007
Juror, Artworks, All Media Show, Richmond, VA, 2006
Juror, Governor’s Award, Richmond, VA, 2004
Permanent Collections:
Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Capital One, Richmond, Virginia
Mariners Museum, Newport News, VA
Rourke Art Gallery Museum, Moorhead, MN
Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Photo Media Center, Erie, PA
Collection Photographica, Malmo, Sweden
John Cleary Collection, Houston, Texas
Solo Exhibitions:
Miss Americana, Griffin Museum of Photography, 2019
Mangini Studio, with Terry Brown, Images Vevey festival, Vevey Switzerland, 2016
Rayko's Annual Plastic Camera Show, featured artist, Rayko, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Mangini Studio, a collaboration with Terry Brown, Page Bond Gallery, Rich., VA, 2015
Signals, Saints and Side Roads, Robin Rice Gallery, New York, NY, 2014
Mangini Studio Series, a collaboration with Terry Brown, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA 2014
Route 1, Robin Rice Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
Route 1, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2010
Super Natural!, West Of the Moon, Flagstaff AZ, 2009
Recent Work, Robin Rice Gallery, NY, 2006
Low Fidelity, Capital One Galleries, Rich, VA 2004
Circus Royale, Page Bond Gallery, Rich., VA, 2002
12 Pictures, Collegiate Gallery, Rich., VA, 2000
Emotional Accessories, Occupied Space, Mpls, MN, 1999
Elvis Has Left the Building, Hopkins Cent. for Arts., MN, 1998
No Mistakes..., Occupied Space, Mpls. MN, 1998
Recent Work, Bero Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 1997
Crash Test, Congress St. Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 1992
25 Drawings, The Adobe, San Francisco, CA, 1991
2-3 Person Exbibitions
Mangini Studio, a collaboration with Terry Brown, Capital One, Richmond, VA, 2012
Mangini Studio, a collaboration with Terry Brown, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, 2011
Super Natural!, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2009
Signal To Noise, Red Door Galerie, Zurich, Switz., 2008
Naked Pilgrim, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2007
Mental Block Party, Artspace, Richmond, VA, 2001
Diaz & Stettinius, Blue Sky, Portland, OR, 2000
Last Picture Show, Coincidence Gallery, Rich. VA, 1999
Down Home, Occupied Space, Mpls, MN, 1996
Bride of Cheap Camerawork, Bero, Tucson, 1995
Horses in the Hair Salon, f/x, Tucson, AZ, 1994
Little Ghost Melting Ice, S & M, Tucson 1994
Cheap Camerawork, Bero Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 1994
Flesh, Fetish & Fragment, Film in the Cities, St. Paul, MN, 1993
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Narration | Location, Portsmouth Arts and Cultural Center, 2019
Sumertime Salon, Robin Rice Gallery, 2019
Time After Time, Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL, 2019
Southern Icons, Slow Exposures, Molena, GA, 2016
Mangini Studio installation, with Terry Brown, Boyd Satellite Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2015
Politico Popup, New Orleans Art Center, 2015
Hidden in Plain Site, Page Bond Gallery, Rich., VA, 2014
Annual Plastic Camera Show, Rayko, San Francisco, CA, 2014
Wondrous Indeed, Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado Springs, CO, 2014
Krappy Kamera, Soho Photo Gallery, NY, 2014
Mangini Studio Series, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, 2013
Soar, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, 2013
Portrayal/Betrayal, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2012
Snail Mail, Museum of Fine Art Houston, 2012
I'll Be Your Mirror, HomeSpace, New Orleans, 2012
Land Not Lost, Staniar Gallery, W&L, Lexington, 2012
Southern Memories, Griffin, Georgia, 2010
The American Dream, NOPA, N.O., LA, 2010
Click, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2010
Pictures of People, V.A.C., Portsmouth, VA, 2009
Collectible, Wallspace, Seattle, WA, 2008
Cheap Shots, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA, 2007
Acts of Faith, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2007
More!, Plant Zero, Richmond, VA 2006
Radius 250, Artspace, Richmond, VA, 2005
Photo Play, Angel City, Santa Monica, CA, 2004
Advance/Recede, C.A.C., Glen Allen, VA, 2004
Summer Show, Robin Rice Gallery, NY, 2004
Summer Show, Robin Rice Gallery, NY, 2003
Think Small II, Artspace Gallery, Rich., VA, 2003
Memory, Rourke Museum, Moorhead, MN, 2003
Summer Show, Robin Rice Gallery, NY, 2002
Cont. Photo. in VA, Roanoke Art Museum, 2002
Flow ofLanguage, William Woodward Gall., Cinc., OH, 2001
Summer Show, Robin Rice Gallery, NY, 2001
International Plastic , Tincher Gallery, Mpls., MN 2001
Fresh Works, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2001
Virginia Connections, 1708 Gallery Rich., VA, 2000
Toy Stories, Orange C.C.for A., L.A., CA, 1998
Art of Communication, Coincidence, Rich., VA, 1998
Rec. Acquisitions, Photos Do Not Bend, Dallas, 1997
Plastic Fantastic, E3 Gallery, New York, NY, 1997
Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Mpls.Institute of Art, 1996
Nat. Juried Exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, NY, 1996
Nat. Juried Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Rich. VA, 1996
The Horse Show, Sylvia White, L.A. CA, 1996
Shots, Afterimage Gallery, Houston, Tx., 1996
Secret Museums, Rourke Museum, Moorhead, MN, 1996
Father's Day Show, Parts Gallery, Mpls, MN, 1996
Reframing Tradition, C.A.W., New Haven, CT, 1996
Going to the Dogs, Nash Gallery, Mpls, MN, 1996
Bride of CheapCamerawork, Bero Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 1995
Arizona Photographers 2, Polaroid Gall., Tokyo, 1995
Blue Light Inv., Mars Artspace, Phoenix, AZ, 1995
Photo Metro, Annual Exhibition, Oakland, CA, 1994
La Phoeniquera, Mars Artspace, Phoenix, AZ, 1994
Interrogating the Other, Hoodoo Theatre, Tucson 1994
Small Works Salon, Red Eye Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 1993
Grants, Awards, Festivals:
Mangini Studio, featured at Images Vevey photography festival, Vevey, Switzerland, 2016
Mangini Studio, featured at Les Rencontres d'Arles, photography festival, 2015
Theresa Pollack Award, Excellence in the Arts, 2009
Golden Light Award, Maine Workshops, 2003 & 2004
Exhibition Grant, Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1995
Non-profit:
Emeritus, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2009 - Present
Artist Board, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2000 – 2009
Art of Elysium, Los Angeles, CA
Silver Eye Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Project Aftermath, Los Angeles, CA
Hayes Hitzeman Foundation, Richmond, Virginia
SF Camerawork, San Francisco
Red Wiggler Community Farm, Frederick, MD
Virginia League of Planned Parenthood, Richmond, VA
Art 180, Richmond, VA
Emergency Foodshelf Network, Minneapolis, MN
Ramsey County Humane Society, St. Paul, MN
Tucson Pima County AIDS Coalition, Tucson, AZ
Published:
The Reflexive Self: Particpant as Observer, edited by Aline Smithson & Greer Muldowney, 2017
Mangini Studio, monograph with Terry Brown, Candela Books, 2015
Fraction Magazine, February, 2010
Hot Metal Bridge, University of Pittsburgh, 2008
Circus Royale, portfolio, The Sun Magazine, 2008
Richmond Magazine, artist feature, April 2007
Toying with Creativity, by Michelle Bates, 2006
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth, Citation, CD, 2006
Creative Vision, Jeremy Webb, AVA, featured, 2006
JPG Magazine, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, 2005
Virginia Living Magazine, September 2005
Richmond Magazine, September, 2005
Toycamera, Light Leak Press, 2004
Touch My Heart, Johnny Paycheck Tribute, 2004
Rockabilly Rumble Deuce, Golly Gee, 2004
Robert Earl Keen, The Party Never Ends, CD , 2003
Drill Magazine, November 2003
The Sun Magazine, October, 2003
New Stories from the South, cover ,Algonquin, 2002
Stephen Bruton, Spirit World, CD packaging
Richmond Magazine, “24 Hours in Richmond”, 2002
Shots Magazine, #75, #76, 2002
Bruce Hornsby, broad promotional campaign, 2002
Richmond Ballet, broad advertising, 2001
64 magazine, regular contributor, 2000, 2001
Chuck Brodsky, Last of the Old Times, CD, 2000
Shots Magazine, interview, December 2000
Blue Dogs, Letters From Round-o, CD cover, 2000
Punchline, Richmond, VA, 2001, 2000, 1999
Artscene, Los Angeles, CA 1999
Richmond Montessori School, annual report, 1999
Rykodisc, various promotional materials, 1999
Minnesota Technology, May, 1999
Hope Magazine, illustrations, March, 1999
Womenfolks, Shirley Abbott, cover, Mariner 1998
Hope magazine, illustrations, May 1998
Shots Magazine, #59 (cover, Spring 1998)
American Paint, American Paint, CD, 1998
Richmond Times-Dispatch, reviewed January 16, 1998
Style Weekly, Richmond, VA, review, Jan., 1998
The Shining Times, holiday 1997
A.I.G.A. Newsletter , featured artist, Nov. 1997
Harcourt Brace publishing, Spring catalog, 1997
Dog Soldiers, Robert Stone, cover, 1997
Night Ride Home, Barbara Esstman, cover art, 1997
Hope Magazine, September - October 1997
Backsliders, Throwing Rocks..., CD, Mammoth 1997
Shots Magazine, # 51, # 52, # 53, # 55, #56, #61
Stare Case, Twin Cities Reader, reg. column, 1996-97
Lick Magazine, vol. 13, 1996; vol. 17 & 18, 1997
Utne Reader, cover art, January-February, 1996
Shout! Magazine, volume 2.5, November 1996
Minneapolis Star Tribune, review, January 19, 1996
City Pages, December 1995
35 Summers, Biblioteca, CD cover art, 1995
Aluminum Canoe, cover art, poetry collection, 1995
Smart Money Magazine, February 1995
Photo Metro, San Francisco, October 1994
Southwest Gallery, april 1994
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote, cover, Vintage, 1994
Visiting Artist:
Corcoran School of the Arts, Washington D.C.
University of South Carolina
Hampden Sydney College
Virginia Commonwealth University
Visual Art Center, Richmond, VA
Minneapolis Community College, Mpls. MN
University of Minnesota, Mpls. MN