Cassandra Klos (b. 1991) is a fine art photographer currently living between Durham, North Carolina and Boston, Massachusetts. Her projects focus on challenging the validity of photography and creating dual realities that breathe life into situations where visual manifestations may not be available.
Born and raised in New Hampshire, she earned her BFA in 2014 from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at Tufts University. She has exhibited both within the United States, including solo exhibitions at the Griffin Museum for Photography and the Boston Public Library, as well as internationally in festivals such as the Bienne Festival of Photography and the Lagos Photo Festival.
From 2015 to 2017, she was the artist-in-residence of the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah and led the first mission of compiled of artists as Commander of Crew 181. She is a Critical Mass finalist, the recipient of the Yousuf Karsh Prize in Photography, a United States Emerging Photographer Award from the Magenta Foundation, as well as a Traveling Fellowship Grant from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her work has been seen in TIME, National Geographic, Wired, The Atlantic, and Bloomberg Businessweek, among others. She is currently a MFA candidate in Duke University's Experimental and Documentary Arts program.
CONTACT cassandra@klos.com
EDUCATION
2020 MFA Candidate, Experimental and Documentary Arts, Duke University
2014 BFA double-major in Fine Arts & Psychology
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA) / Tufts University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 By No Other Name, Cassilhaus Collection & Gallery, Chapel Hill NC
2018 Mars on Earth, Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library, Boston MA
2016 The Abductees, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA
2014 The Abductees, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Existence on the Periphery, Kenan-Keohane Gallery, Duke University, Durham NC
2019 Americans, Rankin Arts Photography Center, Columbus State University, Columbus GA
Time After Time, QUAID Gallery, Tampa FL
Deep Space Laundry, Washer Dryer Projects, Salt Lake City UT
Portraits of North Carolina's Millennial Artists, Rubenstein Art Center, Durham NC
Still Here Tomorrow to High-Five You Yesterday, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
Terrestrial Portals, Children’s Museum of New Hampshire, Dover NH
2018 Tipping Points, SPE Northeast, Palmer Gallery of Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY
Time Has Gone, Lagos Photography Festival, Lagos Nigeria
The Fence, Southie Plaza, SoWa Arts District, Boston MA
A Spectacle and Nothing Strange, Rubenstein Arts Center, Duke University, Durham NC
Quién? Qué? Dónde?, Lafayette City Center, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston MA
Journeés Photographiques de Bienne, Nouveau Museé Haus Schwab, Bienne Switzerland
Photolucida Silent Auction & Print Raffle, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland OR
2017 Manufactured Untruth, 5&J Gallery, Lubbock TX
Atomic STEaM, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, Albuquerque NM
Developed Work, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita KS
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, Indy 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 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
2019 Graduate Arts Fellowship, Kenan Institute of Ethics, Duke University
Folklife Program Photography Fellowship, North Carolina Art Council
2018 David and Elizabeth Roderick Scholarship, Duke University
Flash Forward United States Emerging Photographer Award, Magenta Foundation
2017 Critical Mass Finalist, Photolucida, Portland OR
2nd Place, Isolation, Hawai'i MoCA, Hilo HI, awarded by juror Linda Connor
Traveling Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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 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