2015 M.F.A. University of California, Irvine
2007 B.F.A. California Institute of the Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Big Sur, Elephant Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Moab, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Craters, SPARC Gallery, South Pasadena, CA curated by Claudia Bohn-Spector
2016 The Great Divide, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Infinite Regress with Ian James, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA *
2015 A Subtle Kind of Beyond, Gallery 295, Vancouver, BC
2015 A Subtle Kind of Beyond, MFA Thesis Show, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
2010 Portraits, Spring Arts Tower, Los Angeles, CA
2009 A(part)/Together, Azucar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Old World Charm, BFA Thesis Show, Mint Gallery, CalArts, Valencia, CA
* two person exhibition
Group Exhibitions
2023 Colors Gone Wild, Aurelia Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2023 2023 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA juried by Shand Lopes (online)
2023 Vivid, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 S(light)of Hand, The Photographers Eye Collective, Escondido, CA
2023 I’m Looking Through You, La Loma Projects Annex, Los Angeles, CA
2023 In Sight, O’Hanlon Center For the Arts, curated by Shana Lopes (Online)
2023 Winter Salon, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 In This World, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, curated by Virginia Arce
2022 FRESH, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2022 LA/LB 2, Long Beach, CA Organized by Evan Trine
2022 Home and Away, Vesta, Curated by Amy Russell, Council St., Los Angeles, CA
2021 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA Juried by Debra Klomp Ching and Darren Ching
2021 The Artist Intervenes, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Curated by Aline Smithson
2021 Four Degrees: Eco Anxiety and Climate Change (part 1), presented by Strange Fire Collective and Humble Arts Foundation
2021 Fresh StART, Online, curated by Paul Kopeikin
2021 Windows Into the Virtual, Loosenart Gallery, Rome, Italy
2020 Future Timelike Infinity, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR curated by Michael Endo
2019 The Vision Board, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA curated by Elizabeth Valdez
2019 From The Outside In, Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA curated by Sam Hopple
2018 Super Radiance, The Nook Gallery, Inglewood, CA, curated by Laura Darlington and Selwa Sweidan
2018 Screenings, Laemmle Theatre's "Art in the Arthouse", curated by Conor Thompson
2018 New Psychedelics, Humble Arts Foundation, curated by Roula Seikaly and Jon Feinstein
2018 Selected Affinities, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA curated by Stacie Martinez
2018 Make the Wave print sale for Swing Left, organized by Kim Schoen and Betsy Lin Seder
2018 Fresh StART, Arena 1 Gallery at the Santa Monica Art Studios, curated by Paul Kopeikin
2017 More Light, Joan, Los Angeles, CA Curated by Gladys-Katherina Hernando
2017 SoCal Teachers’ Exhibition, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Transporter, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles (co-curator with Sean Higgins)
2017 10,020,000, Sam Francis Gallery at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, CA
2017 Amplify Compassion!, 356 Mission Road, ACLU Benefit, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Significant Otherness, Angeles Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA curated by Keith Rocka Knittel
2016 Land of the Smokes:Landscapes and Los Angeles, Last Projects, Los Angeles, CA curated by Mario Vasquez
2016 Resident Artists, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
2016 Photography is Magic, Aperture Gallery, New York City, NY curated by Charlotte Cotton
2016 In Chambers, Ms. Barbers, Los Angeles, CA curated by Greg Curtis
2016 Cohen Gallery: The Last Four Years..., Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Fresh Start, Arena 1 Gallery at the Santa Monica Art Studios, curated by Cris McCall
2015 Peak Experiences, Joshua Tree, CA curated by Short House
2015 GLAMFA 2015, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach CA
2014 The Shape of Things, L’Art Projects, Los Angeles, CA curated by Jennifer S. Li
2014 Tierney University House, Chancellors house at UC Irvine, Irvine, CA curated by Robert Plogman
2014 Annual Juried Photography Competition, CCNY, Foley Gallery, NY juried by Charlotte Cotton
2014 The Mountain Show, Office Hours, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Brody Albert
2014 GLAMFA 2014, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach CA
2014 24/7 (still life), Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA curated by Claudia Bartlett
2014 Eternal Om, Metro Pcs, Los Angeles, CA curated by Ian James
2014 UCI MFA 2nd Year Show, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA
2014 Deviled Eggs: New Photographic Strategies, photoLA, Los Angeles, CA curated by Jeff McLane
2013 Summer Magic, Aran Cravey, Venice, CA curated by Shelley de Soto
2013 Tierney University House, Chancellors house at UC Irvine, Irvine, CA curated by Robert Plogman
2012 Between a Run and a Cascade: Constraint, Desperation, and Optimism in Water, CA Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA curated by Irene Tsatsos (catalogue)
2012 Roadside Attraction, 733 North Fair Oaks Boulevard, Pasadena, CA curated by Sinead Finnerty-Pyne
2012 Personal Portraits, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT curated by Frank H. Goodyear III
2012 Looking at Ourselves: Portraits featured on Lenscratch Guate Photo Festival,
Guatamala City, Guatamala curated by Aline Smithson
2012 Pro’jekt LA (Part I): Progress & Regress, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, CA
2012 In Proximity, Ann 330 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA curated by Miles Coolidge
2012 Photography Now 2012, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY curated by Natasha Egan
2011 Aldea Arts Program, San Francisco, CA, curated by Deric Carner
2011 The Art of Photography, Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, CA Curated by Anne Lyden
2011 MOPLA Group Show, Smashbox Studios, Culver City, CA Curated by Hossein Farmani
2011 Moments of Being, New Directions 2011, Angle Gallery, Seattle, WA Curated by David Bram
2011 Moments of Being, New Directions 2011, Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2010 Sea Change, Maxon Mills, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY Curated by Alison Zavos
2010 Mobile Uploads Project, Sloane NYC, New York, NY
2010 This Ain’t a Happenin’: Transient Acts & Documents, Beauborg 268, San Francisco, CA
2010 MOPLA Group Show, Smashbox Studios, Culver City, CA Curated by Hossein Farmani
2009 Between the Surface, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Alexis Hudgins
2009 From Here to There presents From Here to There, Synchronicity, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Works of Man, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO Curated by Chris Jordan
2009 Projection, Bar du Matin, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 New Works, Bandit Gallery, Echo Park, CA
2009 From Here to There: A Polaroid Show, Zephyr, Pasadena, CA
2009 Rearrange, Lawson Fenning, Silver Lake, CA
2008 Orchard, 3387 Isabel Drive, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Fabricated Artifictions and Other Costume-Based Works, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA
2008 Artbang, .CHB, Berlin, Germany
2008 Coastal States, Monte Vista Projects, Highland Park, CA
2008 Spectrum, Azucar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 There Goes the Neighborhood, OneLeaf Fine Arts, Pomona, CA (co-curator)
2006 Performing Motherhood, OneLeaf Fine Arts, Pomona, CA
2005 Boroughs of Los Angeles, William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
Collections
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art Library, Fort Worth, TX
Grants/Awards/Residencies/Talks
2023 Critical Mass Finalist
2023 Finalist for the LensCulture Art Photography Awards
2022 Critcal Mass Finalist
2022 FRESH photography competition for Klompching Gallery
2021 Artist Talk, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2021 Winner of the first annual Paula Riff award
2021 Honorable mention in first Foto Forum Santa Fe Award
2021 Artist talk at CalArts, Valencia, CA
2018 Bullseye Glass Artist in Residence
2016 Artist talk at Cal State Long Beach for GLAMFA
2016 Artist talk at Kopeikin Gallery, Photo Arts Council
2015 Artist talk at Otis College of Art and Design
2015 Banff Centre Artist in Residence (BAiR) Fall
2015 Travel/Research Grant, University of California, Irvine
2014 Artist talk at UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
2014 Travel/Research Grant, University of California, Irvine
2011 Artist talk at Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
2007 Deans Project Grant, California Institute of the Arts
Commisions
Sofi Stadium, Inglewood CA: artwork for the 8 VIP elevators
Fairs
2020 Intersect Chicago (SOFA Chicago)
2020 Intersect Aspen (Art Aspen)
2019 PhotoLA
2017 AIPAD New York
2014 PhotoLA
Publications
The Museum of Americana, issue 29
Shapiro, Katie “Big Sur”, artist made book October 2022
The Hand Magazine, Issue 36, Artist Feature and Interview, April 2022
The Constructed Image, F-Stop Magazine, Issue #105 2021
Ain’t Bad Issue #15, 2021
Boemio, Camilla, “As Brilliant as the Sun”, 2019
AfterImage, cover image, Vol 45, 2018
Interleaves, Oranbeg Press, 2014
LPV Magazine, issue #2 cover and interview, 2011
piK Magazine, 2012 issue #02, cover and feature
“35 Years”, Esquire Russia, 2011
Celine Lookbook, 2011
“Unpublished Magazine”, Issue #1, Cover and feature, 2011
Webb, Jeremy, “Design Principles For Photography”, 2010
Resource Magazine, 10 Best 10 photographers, Fall 2009
Shapiro, Katie “Old World Charm”, artist made book 2007
Bibliography
Musee Magazine, Woman Crush Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 (interview)
Canvas Rebel, Meet Katie Shapiro, September 28th, 2023
The Luppe, 57 Photobooks That Made Us See Differently in 2022, December, 2022
Smithson, Aline, The 2021 Paul Riff Award: Katie Shapiro, Lenscratch July 23, 2021 (interview)
ShoutoutLA, “Meet Katie Shapiro/Photographer”, August 24, 2020 (interview)
LVL3, “Artist of the Week, Katie Shapiro”, March 5, 2019 (interview)
Zellen, Jody, “Selected Affinities”, AfterImage, Vol 45. No. , 2018
Voyage LA, Meet Katie Shapiro of Jefferson Park, Sept. 11 2018(interview)
Feinstein, Jon, “New Exhibition Uses a Science Fiction Failure as a Lens to an Optimistic Future”, Humble Arts Foundation Blog, May 23, 2017 (interview)
Ollman, Leah, "Seeing the world through an artist's mint-colored glasses", L.A. Times, October 4, 2016
Furman, Anna, "Pushing the Outer Limits of Photography", New York Magazine, The Cut, July 25, 2016
Smithson, Aline, “The Great Divide”, Lenscratch, April 12th, 2016
Mott, Avalon, "Put a dot on it, Katie Shapiro's images", Scout Magazine, October 5, 2015
Cado, Steve, “Critic's Pick, Eternal Om”, Artforum, May 21, 2014
Preston Zappas, Lindsay, “The Mountain Show”, Carets and Sticks, July, 2014
Aint-Bad, “Katie Shapiro”, Aint-Bad, January 6, 2014 (interview)
Katie Shapiro, artist feature, Dazed, June 19th, 2012
Smithson, Aline, “Katie Shapiro”, Lenscratch, April 5th, 2012
“Photographs from the gut”, The Art of Creative Photography, (interview), 2011
30 under 30 Women Photographers, ARTPIL 2010
Katie Shapiro, artist feature, BOOOOOOOOM, June 16th, 2010
Smithson, Aline, “Katie Shapiro”, Lenscratch, May 29th, 2009
Teaching Experience
Oakwood Secondary School 2015-present
Santa Ana Community College 2016-1017
CSSSA (California State Summer School for the Arts(at CalArts) 2015
UC Irvine Teaching Associate 2013-2015