Academic CV
I. Nadia Sablin
Art Department, SUNY New Paltz
Assistant Professor, Photography
Email: sablinn@newpaltz.edu
II. Education
BFA 2002 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY Photography
MFA 2011 Arizona State University, Tempe AZ Photography
Professional Memberships
Society for Photographic Education. (September 1, 2016 - Present)
Aperture Foundation. (September 1, 2016 - Present)
Development Activities Attended
2022
National Geographic Storytellers Summit (invitational)
The Darkwater Project "Historical American Art, Whiteness, and the Idea of the American Nation"
Houston Center of Photography: Exploring the Family Album
NY Printed Matter Art Book Fair Lecture Series
2021
SPE National Conference, Regional Conference
National Geographic Storytellers Summit (invitational)
Latinx Photography in the United States: Elizabeth Ferrer in conversation with Roberto Tejada
TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image presents artist Adama Fawundu
CPW's social justice symposium, Race, Activism, and Photography.
MoMA Educator Activism: Social Justice, Antiracist Education, and Cultural Responsiveness through a Culture of Care
SUNY School of Education: The Moral Obligation to Serve the Marginalized: By Any Means Necessary
CUE Foundation Artist Talk with Miatta Kawinzi and Ronny Quevedo
Casey Droege Cultural Productions Barbara Tannenbaum lecture on curating for a museum collection
Virtual—Assembly: Primal Sight editor Efrem Zelony-Mindell in conversation with David Campany
Mohonk Consultations: Listening to Black Farmers
SUNY New Paltz Counseling Center: Having difficult conversations and supporting students in distress
SUNY New Paltz Safety: Van Training
London Independent Photography presents artist Ben Altman
2020
National Geographic Storytellers Summit (invitational)
Society for Photographic Education Annual Conference
ART@COVID.EDU: Studio Art MFAs and the Cost of Remote Learning
Documentary Photography Reconsidered
Blackboard Learning Tools, SUNY New Paltz
The Road Ahead: race, the lack of diversity, equity and inclusion in the photo industry and actionable steps that photographers, editors, producers, and art directors can take to address it.
REimagining/REclaiming/REshaping OUR AUTHORITY IN VISUAL MEDIA
Text + Image: Shifting Perceptions with Alexa Dilworth and Aline Smithson
Doing the (Art)Work: Building an Anti-Racist Curriculum Using the Arts
Thursday Night Photo Talk with John Edwin Mason: Gordon Parks' life and work, and the legacy of "A Harlem Family"
Endia Beal: Lecture Series | The Center for Photographers of Color at The University of Arkansas
The Politics of Black Representation(s): Thoughts on Collectivity Dr. Leigh Raiford and Delphine Sims in Conversation
Thursday Night Photo Talk with Louie Palu: Conflict Photography and Innovative Editing Techniques
Elinor Carucci: Photography in Pandemic Times
The Seed of an Idea with Lynn Johnson & Elizabeth Krist
Asian Americans Reflect on Seeing Themselves, Race, and the Pandemic
Women of Color Need Courageous Allies in the Academy
2019
“Photography: Mentorship and Legacy,” RISD, Providence, RI
Audited Course, “The Craft of Non-Fiction,” SUNY New Paltz, NY
Completed Course, “Creative Writing 101,” Gotham Writiers, New York, NY
2018
Attended Conference, "Presence," Foto Departament, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Attended and presented at Conference, "Uncertain Times: Borders, Refuge, Community, Nationhood,"
SPE National Conference Hosted by The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
III. Professional and Related Experience:
2016-22 Assistant Professor, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Classes Taught
ARS 150, Intro to Photography
ARS 230, Basic Digital Photo
ARS 250, Basic Photography
ARS 332 The Large Format Image
ARS 333 Advanced Digital Color Photo
ARS 350 The Constructed Image
ARS 450 The Document
ARS 452 Senior Studio Photo 1
ARS 453 Senior Studio Photo 2
ARS 495 Independent Study Art
ARS 551 Photo and Related Media I
ARS 552 Photo and Related Media II
ARS 760 The Document
ARS 750 The Constructed Image
ARS 751 Photo and Related Media III
ARS 752 Photo and Related Media IV
AES 780 Internship to College Teaching
ARS 790 Thesis in Art Studio
Non-Credit Instruction
2022 Independent Study, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2 graduate students, remote instruction.
Faculty Sponsor for student and alumni exhibitions at Sojourner Truth Library.
2021 Junior Projects final review, Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Interdisciplinary BSVA critiques 4 participants.
Interdisciplinary Grad critiques 4 participants/semester every semester.
2019 Faculty Sponsor for student exhibition, curatorial project, memorial exhibit at Sojourner Truth Library.
Critique, Vassar College: PHOCUS photo club, 14 participants.
Exhibit Installation: Dorsky Gallery, LIC, NY.
2018 Installation of Student and Alumni exhibit, FAMU/SUNY New Paltz. Prague, CZ.
Critique, Vassar College: PHOCUS photo club.
2017 Studio/Darkroom Visit, Newburgh Community Project, 20 participants.
Directed Student Learning
2022 Directed Individual/Fieldwork, “Internship at Center for Photography at Woodstock.” Art
Advised: MFA candidate Viktoriya Ulianova
Directed Individual/TA, Basic Photography Teaching Assistantship
Advised: BFA Seth Jones
2021 Directed Individual/TA, Basic Digital Photography Teaching Assistantship
Advised: Marisa Lucchese,
Directed Individual/TA, Large Format Image Teaching Assistantship
Advised: Alex Bennett
2020 Directed Individual/Fieldwork, “Internship at Center for Photography at Woodstock.” Art
Advised: Nicole Leonardo, William Koenig-Vinicombe
Directed Individual/Fieldwork, “Internship at Center for Photography at Woodstock.” Art
Advised: Amanda Bogatka
Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Vita Ante Acta," Art.
Advised: Velianna Catalano
Directed Individual/TA, "Junior High Love Affair," Art.
Advised: Megan Reilly
2018 Directed Individual/TA, "Peace. Serenity.," Art.
Advised: Jonathan Renino
2017 Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Insecure," Art.
Advised: Morgan Beardslee
Directed Individual/Independent Study, Art.
Advised: Melissa Aldridge
2016 Directed Individual/TA, "Mylar and Memory," Art.
Advised: Jeanette LaPointe
IV. Fellowships, Awards, Grants received, etc.:
2022 Individual Development Award, UUP, SUNY New Paltz
2020 Fish/Pierce Award, Print Center
Professional Development Grant, SUNY New Paltz
Individual Development Award, UUP -- travel suspended, unable to complete
Research and Creative Projects Award, SUNY New Paltz -- travel suspended, unable to complete
2019 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Photography
Individual Development Award Program, Sponsored by UUP
Professional Development Grant, Sponsored by SUNY New Paltz
2018-19 Research and Creative Projects Award," SUNY New Paltz
2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, Sponsored by Guggenheim Foundation, NYC
Residency Fellowship, Sponsored by MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire
December 27, 2017 - January 17, 2018
Professional Development Grant, Sponsored by SUNY New Paltz
2017-18 Research and Creative Projects Award, SUNY New Paltz
2017 Professional Development Grant, Sponsored by SUNY New Paltz
2016-17 Research and Creative Projects Award, SUNY New Paltz
Individual Development Award Program, Sponsored by UUP
2015 Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant
CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography
2013 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Photography
Firecracker Photographic Grant
Daylight Photo Awards, Juror’s Pick
Cord Prize for Contemporary Art Photography, third place
Artist in Residence, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Photo Lucida Critical Mass Top 50 Award
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Photography Portfolio Competition
MICA The Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists: Brittany Residency
Puffin Foundation Grant
2011 Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, first place
Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Emerging Photographer
Society of Photographic Education Award for Innovations in Imaging
V. Exhibitions, Artistic Achievements, and Publications:
(A) Solo Exhibitions
2019 Almost Home, SpacePlace Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
2016 Aunties, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Aunties, Rubenstein Library Photography Gallery, Duke University, NC
Seven Summers, Firehouse Gallery, NCC, Garden City, NY
From the Mountains and to the Sea, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland OR
2013 Aunties, Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA
Two Sisters, Texas Woman’s University School of Art, Denton TX
2012 Holding On, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Growing Up Jewish in Russia, Sylvia Plotkin Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2011 Together and Alone, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
Together and Alone, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2005 Yampilchane, Yampil Art Museum, Yampil, Ukraine
(B) Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Mentor/Alumni Exhibition honoring Mark Klett, Step Gallery in Grant Street Studios, Phoenix, AZ
Far North Photo Festival, Yellowknife, Canada
Eyes on Main Street festival, Wilson, NC
2021 A New Society, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada (catalog, cover)
Eyes on Main Street festival, Wilson, NC
Collective Consciousness Faculty Show, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz NY
2018 American Educators Focus on the Climate," Pingyao International Photo Festival, China (catalog)
TOUCH, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, United States.
2017 Stories from Home, National Museum of Art in Cluj, Cluj, Romania
The Female Gaze: Portraits, Don’t Smile, Web. Juried.
Intersection of Memory and Conjecture, Northlight Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Intimately Unfamiliar, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY (catalogue)
2016 By the Book: New Photography Publications, Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2015 A Many-Splintered Thing, VOID gallery, Derry, UK (catalogue)
2014 Annual Faculty Exhibit, Firehouse Gallery, NCC, Garden City, NY
2013 La Lumière Fantastique, Sheila Riggs and Leidy galleries, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Fourth Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, PA
Photolucida Critical Mass exhibit, Southeast Museum of Photography, FL
Photolucida Critical Mass exhibit, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta GA
2012 Portfolio Prize Exhibit, Philadelphia Art Museum, PA
You are my Mirror, Ariadne Gallery, Athens Photo Festival, Greece
DIY: Photographers and Books, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Brittany Summer Residency Exhibit, Léhon, France
Photography 12, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
JEG Exhibition 2012, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2011 Urban Views Rural Sights, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN
2010 The Sixteenth Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA
An Equation of the Fanciful and Bizarre, Northlight Gallery, Tempe AZ
2009 Phoenix Transect, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Crossings 2009, Harwood Center, Albuquerque, NM
Onward 2009, Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Potluck Slideshow XI, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
Circling the Globe through Women’s Lives, Mills House Gallery, St. James, NY
Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition, Organization of Independent Artists, NYC
New Directions, Wall Space Seattle, Seattle, WA
2007 Diversity of Devotion Traveling Group Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
Annual National Juried Photo Competition, SOHO Photo, New York, NY
Small Works Show, B.A.G. Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2006 Hey Hot Shot, jen bekman Gallery, New York NY
(C) Publications
Nadia Sablin Aunties (CDS/Duke University Press, 2015) Monograph
Family Photography Now, Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren (Thames and Hudson, 2016) Chapter
The Other Hundred (One World Publications, 2013) Chapter
Flash Forward (Magenta Foundation, 2011) Chapter
VI Selected Interviews/Other publications
2022 The Immanent Frame, Social Science Research Council, Web
Washington Post, Web
Honest Ulsterman, Northern Ireland, Print and Web
Belfast Photo Festival Instagram Takeover, Web
2021 Washington Post, Print and Web
2019 Voice of America (Russian Edition) Love and Summer: Photographs by Nadia Sablin, Web
Chronogram The Photos of Nadia Sablin: interview and images, Regional
Focal Plane, Three full articles on practice and teaching, photographs, National
2018 Humble Arts Foundation Newsletter, interview and images, Web
Moscow Times, interview and images, Russia
Aye Mag FotoMonday: Together and Alone by Nadia Sablin, Web
2017 Abridged Magazine, cover and three full page payouts, North Ireland
It’s Nice That, interview and images, Web
LensCulture, interview and images, Web
Don’t Take Pictures, Photo of the day, Web
Booooooom.com, Web
2016 i-D Magazine, interview and images, Web
Books Magazine, book review, France
De Volksrant, 2 page photo layout, Netherlands
WIR magazine, interview and images, Germany
DUMMY magazine, interview and images, Germany
Foto Issue 26 cover, Czech republic
2015 The Guardian, England
PDN Exposures, Web
De Standaard, Belgium
Abridged issue 47, Ireland
Calvert Journal, web
Financial Times, web
New Yorker, web
Civilizations, China
Landscape Stories, web
2014 NIDO magazine, Germany
The Moscow Times, Russia
American Photo 30, US
The Guardian, England
Slate, web
VII Public Lectures, Professional Presentations
2023 Scheduled: Years Like Water Imagemaker Presentation SPE National Conference
2022 all the artist lectures from 2020 to 2022 were done remotely
Arizona State University
Ringling College of Art and Design
Emerson College
2021 Social Documentary Network: View from Russia
Vassar College “The Ethics of Photography”
New Paltz Photo Club “Grant writing”
Loyola University Artist Lecture
California State University Long Beach
The Art Effect “Road to Scholarships”
2020 Emerson College Artist Lecture
The Athenian School Fine Arts Department
Mass Art Photography Lecture Series
University of New Hampshire Artist Lecture
Arizona State University Grad Artist Lecture
Arkansas University Artist Lecture
Parsons Artist Lecture
SUNY New Paltz Artist Lecture in colleague’s class
2019 SUNY New Paltz Guggenheim Year presentation
Years Like Water" PHOCUS, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie
Artist Lecture, "Years Like Water" New York Film Academy
2018 Artist Lecture, FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic
Artist Lecture, Fotografika School of Photography, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Artist Lecture, "The Village," Half King Photography Series, New York, NY
Artist Lecture 54th Annual SPE National Conference, "At the Edge of the World,"
Society for Photographic Education, Philadelphia.
Visiting Artist Lecture, "At the Edge of the World," PHOCUS, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie,
2017 Is Photography Enough? Interdisciplinary Approaches Beyond the Still Image, "The Village,"
Society for Photographic Education, Brattleboro, Vermont.
NYFA Fellows Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition at Dorsky and related programs,
"Celebrating Three Decades of NYFA: SUNY New Paltz Faculty," Dorsky Museum
Visiting Artist Lecture SVA, New York, NY.
Visiting Artist Lecture, DOCDOCDOC Photography School, Saint Petersburg, Russia
In conjunction with Intimately Unfamiliar faculty exhibit, "Gallery Talk: Artists Books," Dorsky Museum.
2016 From Russia with Love: Panel Discussion on Aspects of Contemporary Russian Photography
Nadia Sablin and Sasha Rudensky. Soho Photo, New York, NY.
VIII Public Service
2019 - current Graduate Coordinator, Photography and Related Media program
2016 - current Admissions Committee member, Art Department
2019 - current GCA Committee member, Art Department
2021 - 2022 The Scholar's Mentorship Program, Mentor
2020 - 2021 College Educational Technology Campus Committee, member
DEI Ad Hoc Committee, member, Art Department
DEI Campus, Fellow
2019 Printmaking Faculty Search Committee, Art Department
2017 - 2018 Curriculum Committee member, Art Department
2017 - 2018 Planning, Developing, Recruiting for New Graduate Track in Photography Task Force Member
2017- 2018 Scholarship Selection Panel, Member, Art Department
2016 Scholarships and Exhibits Committee member, Art Department
IX Work in Progress
Freelance Photographer for the Washington Post
Photographic essays published November 2021, December 2021, July 2022
“Soyuzivka” (On-Going)
Photographic project documenting Ukrainian diaspora in the Catskill region. Began in the summer of 2022.
"Years Like Water" (Complete, Slated for Publication in 2023).
Ongoing photographic project documenting life in a small village in Northeastern Russia. One year stay, while on leave, to complete the project during 2018/2019.
"Arctic: Native Migrant Reindeer Herders in Russia (On-Going).
Ongoing photographic project documenting a family of migrant reindeer herders in the Komi Republic of Russia. Two-week stay during May of 2016, a month in June 2017, two weeks in 2018 and two in 2019.
"Katie and Emma" (On-Going).
An ongoing photographic project, creating portraits in collaboration with two young women in New Jersey from their childhood into adulthood.