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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