Educational Background

• Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Rhode Island School of Design

Area of Expertise/Research

• Photography

Publications

• Selected Exhibitions 

  2020- 

  CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART, Pittsburgh, PA. Counterpressures. Curated by Hannah Turpin. 
  
  FOTONOSTRUM GALLERY, Barcelona, Spain - 14th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Exhibition. Juried by Elizabeth Avedon, Rebecca Robertson and Analy Werbin. *Winner Abstract Photography
  
  MIDWEST CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, Wichita, KS - Walkabout.

• 2019- 

  MILLEPIANI EXHBITION SPACE, Rome, Italy -Environment Documenta
  
  SPACE, Pittsburgh, PA - _ _ _ _ _ _. Curated by Brett Yasko 
  
  DEMUTH MUSEUM, Lancaster, PA - Photography Practices in The MidAtlantic Region.  

• 2018- 

  
  
  THE WESTMORELAND MUSUEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Greensburg, PA – Artists Who Teach. Curator Barbara Jones   
  
  ASSOCIATED ARTISTS OF PITTSBURGH, Pittsburgh, PA – Sight Line. Curator Eowyn Mays
  
  UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, Phildelphia, PA - Uncertain Times: Borders, Refuge, Community, Nationhood. Juror Deborah Willis

• 2017 - 

  SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, Pittsburgh, PA - Past Present Future: Western Pennsylvania's Places and People.Curator David Oresick 
  
  SPACE, Pittsburgh, PA - The Domesticity of Abandonment. Curator Carolina Loyola-Garcia
  
  UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, Pittsburgh, PA – Shifting Ground. Curator Isabelle Chartier  
  
  MEDIA ARTS GALLERY, ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA - Start with Art Pittsburgh: A Retrospective. Curator Matthew Conboy

• 2016- 

  RE:NEW FESTIVAL, Pittsburgh PA - Juried Exhibition, Jurors Eric Crosby, DS Kinsel and Kilolo Luckett
  
  THREE RIVERS ART FESTIVAL, Pittsburgh, PA – Juried Visual Art Exhibition
  
  SPACE, Pittsburgh, PA - John Riegert, Curated by Brett Yasko 
  
  4TH INTERNATIONAL COMBINED CAUCUS EXHIBITION. Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Juror Aline Smithson

• 2015-

  PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCE CENTER, Boston, MA - Evidence + Advocacy
  
  MANIFEST GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH - Monolithic 
  
  THE FENCE AT PHOTOVILLE, Brooklyn, NY
  
  ATLANTA CELEBRATES PHOTOGRAPHY, Atlanta, GA - The Fence
  
  HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGARPHY, Houston, TX - The Fence
  
  CAMERA ARTS CREATIVE, Pittsburgh, PA – PITTSBURGH: A Personal Vision
  

• SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  _ _ _ _ _ _.  by Brett Yasko. 2019 
  
  Past Present Future: Western Pennsylvania's People and Places. Silver Eye Center for Photography. 2017

  International Photography Annual 5. Manifest Press. 2017 

  John Riegert. by Eric Lidji, Brett Yasko and John Riegert. 2017  
  
  RICH COMMUNITY: An Anthology of Appalachian Photographers. Edited by David Underwood. Sapling Grove Press. 2015
  
  LENSCRATCH. Christine Holtz and Lauren S. Zadikow: 50 Greenspace Dumpsites. By Daniel George. 2018
  
  The Pitt News. Shifting Ground and A Part from Nature. By Prachi Patel. 2017
  
  City Paper (Pittsburgh). Past Present Future: Western Pennsylvania’s People and Places at Silver Eye Center. By Bill O'Driscoll. 2017
  
  City Paper (Pittsburgh). The Domesticity of Abandonment explores dispossessed people and objects. By Bill O'Driscoll. 2017  
  
  CRITIC’S PIC. Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA – Invited by Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director
  
  LANDESCAPE. Dario Rutigliano, Interview with Christine Holtz and Lauren S. Zadikow. January 2015
• SLATE.COM – David Rosenberg, Are You Enjoying a Picnic on a Dumpsite? October 2, 2014
  
  PITTBURGH POST GAZETTE, Pittsburgh, PA – Mary Thomas, Arts Festival Juried Visual Art Exhibition Revels Rich Local Scene, June 13, 2014, Home and Garden B

Presentations

• 2018 - POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE, Indianapolis, IN, 50 Greenspace Dumpsites
• 2017 - MID-ATLANTIC POPULAR AND AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, Philadelphia, PA - PANEL MEMBER - Poison in he Garden: Politics, Industry and Health
• 2015 - SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION, National Conference, New Orleans, LA - IMAGEMAKER PRESENTATION with Lauren S. Zadikow - 50 Greenspace Dumpsites
• 2015 - SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION, Mid-Atlantic Conference, Pittsburgh, PA - PANEL MEMBER - Compromised Landscape
• 2014 - PECHAKUCHA NIGHT VOLUME 17, Pittsburgh, PA - ARTIST PRESENTATION - 50 Greenspace Dumpsites
• 2013 - SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION, Midwest Conference, Lincoln, NE - LECTURE - PGH Dumpsites
• 2012 - PITTSBURGH OPEN SHOW, Pittsburgh, PA - ARTIST LECTURE - PGH Dumpsites
• 2011 - POINT PARK UNIVERSITY, Pittsburgh, PA - ARTIST LECTURE - Speaking Light Photographic Arts Lecture Series
• 2006 - SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION, Midwest Conference, Omaha, NE - LECTURE - The Power of Place: Americans on Vacation
• 2006 - THE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT MADISON, Madison, WI - ARTIST LECTURE - Meeting Places
• 2006 - JAMES WATROUS GALLERY, Madison, WI - GALLERY TALK - Meeting Places
• 2006 - DE RICCI GALLERY, Edgewood College, Madison, WI - GALLERY TALK - Meeting Places
• 2006 - Edgewood College, Art Department Madison, WI - VISITING ARTIST
• 2003 - GALLERY KATZ, Boston, MA - Gallery Talk - Meeting Places
• 2002 - SOCIETY FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION, National Conference, Las Vegas, NV - panel Member - The Next Landscape
• 2002 - SPAS GALLERY, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY - Gallery Talk - Meeting Places