Education:
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, M.F.A 2010
Hampshire College, B.A. 2006
Residencies/Fellowships:
Artist Residency at the Skowhegan School of Art , 2011
Gallery Representation:
Represented by the Robert Klein Gallery, Boston MA
Permanent Collections:
The Art Institute of Chicago
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Getty Museum
Harvard University
Smith College
The National Academy of Science
Books Published:
PHILIP LUSTERKO and the MEMORY MACHINE
Limited-edition artist’s book (and exhibition)
Published by Stinehour Wemys Editions, 2006
THE ALCHEMIST’S TREE
Self Published Limited-edition artist’s book, 2010
Solo Exhibitions:
October-December 2011 Art in a Liminal Space, The Robert Klein Gallery, Boston MA
September-October 2011 The Alchemist’s Tree, The Smoyer Gallery at Roanoke College, Salem VA
July 2010 The Alchemist’s Tree, Gallerie in der Kernstrasse, Nüremberg Germany
January-February 2010 Ancestral Garden, The Allan and Leah Rabinowitz Gallery at Yale University, New
Haven CT
January 2008 The Library, Exposure Gallery (Now The Jennifer Jane Gallery), New Haven CT
July-August 2007 The Library, ARS LIBRI, Boston MA
July-September 2006 Philip Lusterko and the Memory Machine, ARS LIBRI, Boston MA
Collaborative Exhibitions:
May-June 2011 bAk&4th, PMW Gallery, Stamford CT*
January-March 2011 Picturing Wall-drawings, ARS LIBRI, Boston MA*
* Collaborations with Sculptor Wilson Lawrence
Group Exhibitions:
November 2011, Art Miami, Miami FL
March 2011, AIPAD, New York NY
January-February 2011 Gods and Monsters, Daniel Cooney Fine Art (juried exhibition), New York NY
November 2010 Paris Photo 2010, Paris France
June 2010 New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Boston MA
April-May 2010 ADD inc. (juried exhibition), Boston MA.
April-May 2010 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Massachusetts College of art and Design, Boston MA
April 2010 Massart Art Auction (juried), Massachusetts College of art and Design, Boston MA
February-April 2010 PRC student exhibition (juried), Photographic Resource Center at Boston University,
Boston MA
April 2009 Massart Art Auction (juried), Massachusetts College of art and Design, Boston MA
September 2008 Faculty Show, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT
March 2008 Invitational, City Gallery, New Haven CT
October 2007 City Wide Open Studios (juried), ARTSPACE, New Haven CT
September 2007 Faculty Show, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT
August 2007 Off the Wall, The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, New Haven CT
October 2006 City Wide Open Studios (juried), ARTSPACE, New Haven CT
September 2006 Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt Germany
April 2006 Sparkling Fresh (juried), New York NY
Selected Reviews:
November 2011 Artscope, Gregory Vershbow: Art in a Liminal Space
March 16 2011 Boston Globe, Creative worlds within worlds
July 16 2010 Nord Bayern, (Bavarian Newspaper), Geheimnisse der Forschung und raffiniert inszenierte Fotos
June 30 2010 Boston Globe, Scenes of bearable brightness
January 22 2010 The Yale Herald, Botanical photographs prompt evaluation of naturality
November 3 2007 Connecticut Art Scene, East Neighborboods: Gregory Vershbow (blog)
August 2 2007 Boston Globe, Gregory Vershbow: “The Library”
July 2006 Boston Globe, Gregory Vershbow: “Philip Lusterko and the Memory Machine”
Teaching:
Maryland Institute College of Art
Spring 2011 Adjunct Professor, Digital Photography 1 (two sessions)
Spring 2011 Adjunct Professor, The Extended Portrait
Fall 2011 Adjunct Professor, Large Format Photography
Fall 2011 Adjunct Professor, Black and White Film Photography
Montgomery College Visual Arts Department
Fall 2011 Adjunct professor, Photographic Expression 1
Fall 2011 Adjunct professor, Photographic Expression 2
The Art League
Spring 2011 Instructor, Introduction to Darkroom Photography & Introduction to Digital Photography.
Winter 2011 Instructor, Introduction to Darkroom Photography, Introduction to Digital Photography & Intermediate Digital Photography.
Fall 2010 Instructor, Intermediate Photography
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Spring 2010 Student Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Digital Photography,
Fall 2009 Student Adjunct Professor, Alternative Camera and Photographic Processes,
Spring 2009 Teaching Assistant, Photography: Senior Projects for Professors, Abelardo Morell, Laura McPhee &
David Hilliard.
Fall 2008 Teaching Assistant, Alternative Camera and Photographic Processes, for Professor Lana Caplan.
Creative Arts Workshop
Winter/Spring 2008 Instructor, Macro Photography & The Photographic Narrative and The Photographic Portrait
Winter/Spring 2007 Instructor, Sun Prints from Digital Negatives & Digital Black and White Photography
Yale Child Study Center
Summer 2006 Instructor, art and photography programs,
Holyoke Care Center (High-school for young mothers)
Spring 2006 Instructor, Photography