Cassandra Klos (b. 1991) is a Boston-based artist. Born and raised in New Hampshire, she holds a BFA in fine arts and psychology from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at Tufts University.
Her photographs have been featured in group exhibitions across the United States and in solo exhibitions at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, Massachusetts and the Piano Craft Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts. Her work has been published in the The Atlantic and Boston Globe and her photojournalism reporting has been published in TIME Magazine. She has received a Yousuf Karsh Prize in Photography and an United States Emerging Photographer Award from the Magenta Foundation. As of 2015, Klos is the current artist-in-residence at the Mars Desert Research Station.
CONTACT
cassandra@klos.com
EDUCATION
2014 BFA double-major in Fine Arts & Psychology
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) / Tufts University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 The Abductees, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA
2014 The Abductees, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Isolation, Hawai'i Museum of Contemporary Art, Hilo HI
She Inspires, Untitled Space, New York City NY
Planes in the Sky, Fort Point Art Community, Boston MA
Image of the Savage, Millepiani Space, Rome, Italy
Future Isms, Glass Box Gallery, Seattle WA
The Museum of the Real and Odd, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis IN
SMFA at Tufts Staff Show, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2016 Impending Future, Lycoming College Downtown Art Gallery, Williamsport, PA
Postage Required, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro VT
Outta This World, Sulfur Studios, Savannah GA
Curated Fridge: July/August Edition, The Open Aperture Art Gallery, Newport RI
Curated Fridge: July/August Edition, Somerville MA
Imagined Realities, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury VT
Framework, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown MA
Art + Science, Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, Richmond IN
Of Memory, Bone, and Myth, Colonel Eugene Myers Gallery, Grand Forks ND
2015 2015 Biennial, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH
Reclamation: Emerging Female Artists, Nave Gallery, Somerville MA
Other Wordly, Exeter Town Hall Gallery, Exeter NH
New New England, Gallery 263, Cambridge MA
80th Regional Exhibition, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg MA
Open Call: 1st International Show, Peter Miller Fine Art Gallery, Providence RI
The Fence, Flash Forward Festival 2015, Rose F. Kennedy Greenway, Boston MA
Allegany National Photographic Exhibition, Saville Gallery, Cumberland MD
30 Under 30, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro VT
2014 Photographic Resource Center Student Exhibition, PRC, Boston University, Boston MA
Undergraduate Photography Now (Part 2) @ the Flash Forward Festival, Boston MA
Graduating Students and Award Recipient Exhibition, Grossman Gallery, SMFA
Art in April, Dowling Hall, Tufts University
SMFA Student Photo Annual Spring 2014, SMFA, Boston MA
Inner and Outer Space, Weil & Beard Galleries, Wheaton College
2013 Selections from Carousel IV, Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain MA
Genetic Material: A Portrait Photography Exhibition, SMFA, Boston MA
Carousel IV, Aviary Gallery, Jamaica Plain MA
Transitions: Benefit Show for One Fund Boston, Pop-Up Show, Brighton MA
Undergraduate Photography Now @ the Flash Forward Festival, Boston MA
Colorful Textures: Synaethesia in Art, Boston University, Boston MA
BACKLOT: An Exhibition, Cambridge MA
2012 Annual SMFA Fall Photography Show, SMFA, Boston MA
Persistence of Vision: Photography at the SMFA, SMFA, Boston MA
2009 Highschool Student Competition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester NH
Manchester High School West Senior Art Show, Manchester NH
AWARDS
2016 Finalist, CDS Documentary Essay Prize in Photography
Honorable Mention, Colonel Eugene Myers Gallery, awarded by juror Stephen Perloff
2015 Stephen Jareckie Photography Award, Stephen Jareckie and the Fitchburg Art Museum
Flash Forward 2015 United States Emerging Photographer Award, Magenta Foundation
2014 Yousuf Karsh Prize in Photography, First Prize, Estrellita Karsh and the SMFA
2013 President's Research Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2008 Student Achievement Award, New Hampshire Institute of Art Award (x2)
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