2022 MFA in Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2016 MA in Arts Administration, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2012 BFA in Photography (High Honors), College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
LQ95 K12 Visual Arts Teaching Certificate, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2008 AAS in Photographic Technology (High Honors), Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, MI
EXPERIENCE
2024- Adjunct Faculty, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI (Course Taught: DPH 351 Advanced Studio: Art & Commerce)
2023- Co-Executive Director, Co-Founder, NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival, Detroit, MI
2023- Owner, Designer, Starling Common Press, Detroit, MI
2020- Digital Photography & Media Instructor, William D. Ford Career Technical Center, Westland, MI
2020- Founder, Curator, & Artist, Silver Water Collective, North America
2022 Precollege Summer Experience Instructor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI (Course Taught: PCS 152 Street Photography and Digital Film)
2021 Teaching Intern, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA (Course Taught: PHOT113 Camera Exploration and Technique, Winter 2021)
2017-20 High School Photography Teacher, University Prep Art & Design High School (formerly Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies), Detroit, MI
2016-19 Summer Design Thinking Coach, Henry Ford Learning Institute, Detroit, MI
2015 Museum Administration and Marketing Intern, Arthur Secunda Museum at Cleary University, Howell, MI
2014-17 8th Grade Art & Design Teacher, University Prep Art & Design High School (formerly Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies), Detroit, MI
2013 Precollege Summer Experience – Photography Instructor, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2012-14 7-12th Grade Art Teacher, Kensington Woods High School, Howell, MI
2011-14 Specialist, Apple, Novi, MI
2011-13 State Coordinator: Michigan, One Million Bones Project, Albuquerque, NM
2011-12 Precollege Summer Experience – Photography Teaching Assistant, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2009-11 Work Study, Photography Lab & Studios, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2007-8 Assistant Manager & Photographer, CL!X Portrait Studios, Canton, MI
MONOGRAPHS
2024The Untended Garden | Starling Common Press
2012Love for the Loveless Like Me | Handmade Book
2011The Birthday Party | Handmade Book
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022 Short List, Ann Lesley BarTur Photo Award in partnership with LEICA Fotographie International
Critical Mass Finalist, Photo Lucida, Portland, OR
Juror’s Selection Award, Juror Darren Ching, New York Center for Photographic Art, New York, NY
Honorable Mention, Feminine / Masculine Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2021 Microgrant, Red Bull Arts, Detroit, MI
2020 Residency, The Siren Hotel, Detroit, MI
2019 Inspiring Educator Award, Southeastern Michigan Regional Scholastic Art Awards, Detroit, MI
2019 Live Coal Collective Selection, Live Coal Gallery, Detroit, MI
2018 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Semifinalist, Detroit, MI
MAPSA Charter School Teacher of the Year Top 15 Semifinalist, Lansing, MI
2012 Artistic Achievement Award, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024The Distant Swell of the Open Ocean, Patch & Remington, Marcellus, MI
The Untended Garden | Capsule Exhibition + Book Launch, Ferndale Area District Library Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2023Love Letters to Her: Olivia Ezinga and Mara Magyarosi-Laytner, Patch & Remington, Marcellus, MI
From NYC To Marcellus: Mara Magyarosi-Laytner and Martyna Alexander, Patch & Remington, Marcellus, MI
2022SCAD Atlanta Digital Screens - Public Art on 1600 Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA
The Untended Garden MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cedar House Gallery, Savannah, GA
2021A Siren’s Call, Patch & Remington, Marcellus, MI
2019Hyperstimulation, Live Coal Gallery, Detroit, MI
2018Hyperstimulation, Ferndale Area District Library Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Axle Artist Series, Axle Brewing Company – Livernois Tap, Ferndale, MI
2017Hyperstimulation, Our/Detroit, Detroit, MI
2016The Transition, Mara Magyarosi and Andrew Langlois, Arthur Secunda Museum at Cleary University, Howell, MI
2014Memoria, Woods Gallery, Huntington Woods, MI
2011This City Breathes the Plague of Loving Things, Gallery Lemon Grove, Youngstown, OH
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Art of BasBlue, BasBlue, Detroit, MI
Ways of Seeing, NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival, Someday, Detroit, MI
53rd Scarab Club Annual of Contemporary Photography, Juror Danielle Eliska, NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
14th Annual Photobook Exhibition, Curators Karen Davis and Crista Dix, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Words and Pictures: Online Exhibition, Juror Aline Smithson, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
“Detroit’s Own” Photography Installation XL Projection Gallery, Drinks X Design, Cadieux Stage, Detroit, MI
Open Theme, Juror Aline Smithson, Praxis Gallery and Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2023Homecoming Biennial, Curators Alanna Airitam, Dana Stirling, Eric Kunsman, Michael Chovan-Dalton, and Yoav Friedlander, RIT City Art Space, Rochester, NY
Center Forward 2023: Online Exhibition, Jurors Hamidah Glasgow and Charles Guice, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
The Prelude, NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival, Curators Mara Magyarosi-Laytner and Raymar, Detroit Month of Design, The Congregation, Detroit, MI
52nd Scarab Club Annual of Contemporary Photography, Juror Shanna Merola, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Re/VIEW: The CCS Alumni Exhibition, Juror Sabrina Nelson, Valade Family Gallery, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
Affordable Art Fair, Curator Sarah Ayers with Arbor3 Arts, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
Conceptual Photography, Curator Mark Sink, D’Art Gallery, Denver Month of Photography, Denver, CO
The Big Picture, Curator Mark Sink, Denver Month of Photography, Denver, CO
Image As Object: Alternatives 2023 Biennial, Curator Deborah Orloff, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, OH
2022-3 CCS @ BasBlue Collection, Curator Alison Wong with Wasserman Projects, BasBlue, Detroit, MI
Your Body Belongs To You, ShutterHub, St Gilles Croix de Vie, France
Art in the Office, Kresge Foundation, Troy, MI
2022Searching For Life: Regrowth & Display, WE The Women’s Caucus Exhibition, Society of Photographic Education, FotoFocus Biennial Festival, Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Light Conversation: Vol. 3, Small Talk Collective, Oregon Contemporary, Portland, OR
Silver Water Collective: Sterling Presence Redux, Patch & Remington, Marcellus, MI
Photographic Visions – Summer 2022, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
SPE 10th Annual Combined Caucus Exhibition, Society of Photographic Education, International Virtual Exhibition
Auto Focus. A Portrait of the Self, LoosenArt Gallery, Rome, Italy
Dorothy Hernandez, “This North End studio complex is giving artists a home base – and neighbors a taste of the arts,” Model D, Detroit, MI, April 30, 2019
2024 Artist Talk, 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Panel Discussion, Future Focus | The NOVA24 Board, NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival, Detroit Public Library Main Branch, Detroit, MI
Moderator, Projection Gallery | Artist Talk, NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival, Detroit Public Library Main Branch, Detroit, MI
Lecture/Presentation, Getting Your Work Out There, NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Artist Talk, The Untended Garden | Capsule Exhibition + Book Launch, Ferndale Area Public Library, Ferndale, MI
2023 Artist Talk, Focus Photography Group, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Panel Discussion, The Prelude, NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival, Detroit Month of Design, The Congregation, Detroit, MI
2022 Panel Discussion, WE, The Women’s Caucus Exhibition Presents Searching For Life: Regrowth & Display, Society of Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Conference, Cincinnati, OH
Lecture/Presentation, In Conversation: Rural Gallery | Urban Artists with Curator Sarah Ayers, Society of Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Conference, Cincinnati, OH
Virtual Panel Discussion, Women in Photography with Lux et Libera, 20/20 Photo Festival, Philadelphia, PA
