Almanas’s photographs and sewn work investigate destruction and healing within the body and the terrors and pleasures of embodiment, often drawing ideas from the medical world.
EDUCATION
2007 MFA Photography, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2003 BFA Photography, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2002 Study Abroad Program, Accademia di Belli Arte, Viterbo, Italy
EXHIBITIONS
2019 The Arts at Yale Health Exhibition, New Haven, CT
2019 100% Fun, Group Show No. 62, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
2019 Carrying, Dressing, Bandaging, Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhniy Tagil, Russia
2019 Carrying, Dressing, Bandaging, SPACE PLACE, Nizhniy Tagil, Russia
2018 CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2018 - ITSLIQUID International Art Show, THE ROOM, Venice, Italy
2017 Art on Paper, Yellow Peril Gallery, New York, NY
2016 The Intimate Collection, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI
2015 Faculty Exhibition, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
2015 The Delectable Body presented by DAU al SET, New York, NY
2014 Yale Photo Instagram, Sushi Bar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 SCOPE Art Fair, Yellow Peril Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Stories In the Social Landscape, International Center of Photograph, New York, NY
2013 SCOPE Art Fair, Yellow Peril Gallery, Miami, FL
2013 Governors Island Art Fair, 4heads, New York, NY
2013 Pre-Exisiting Condition, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI
2013 Work Harder, Yellow Peril Gallery at Light Space Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Strangely Human: Curated by Beena Azeem, Broad Street Gallery, Hartford, CT
2013 Parallax: Women's Photography Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2012 Come Together, Foto Week DC Festival, Washington, DC
2010 Try: Benefit Art Show, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Housed, Alice Austen House, Staten Island, NY
2009 Slide Slam, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
2008 25 Under 25 Up-and-Coming American Photographers, Gulf and Western Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Fresh: Emerging Artists Series, Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery: Chicago, IL
2007 Bridge Art Fair, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Miami, FL
2007 The Photo Review 2007 Competition Group Show, Gallery 1401, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Yale M.F.A Photography Show, Danziger Projects, New York, NY
2007 (photographs) Group Show, (photographs) Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Yale M.F.A Thesis Show, Green Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2007 Recent Work, Culpeper Gallery, Abrons Art Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
2006 Second-year M.F.A Exhibition, Green Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2006 Montserrat College of Art’s 20th Annual Artrageous Auction, Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA
2005 First-year MFA Exhibition, Green Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2004 Ladies’ Night Fall: A Convergence of Women, Art, and Fashion, Jose Hernandez Cultural Center, Boston, MA
2004 (photographs) Group Show, Worcester Artist Group Gallery, Worcester, MA
2003 Senior Photo Show, Tower Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2003 Transitions, A4 Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2002 Viterbo, Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
AWARDS
2012 The American Academy in Rome, nomination for application for the 2013 Rome Prize, New York, NY
2010 Aperture Portfolio Prize 2010 Runner-up, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
2009 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award, Nominee, New York, NY
2008 The Singular Image Color Competition, Center Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2007 Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship recipient, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2006 Schickle-Collingwood Prize, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 Arte Al Limite Magazine, Kathryn Parker Almanas: Bodies, Objects, and White in Harmony, p.14-21: Issue #86: September-October 2017
2017 E-Squared Magazine, p.29-34: Issue #3: Vernus
2016 Victoria’s secret- and sense of humor by Cate McQuaid: The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
2016 Editors’ Pick: The Intimate Collection at Yellow Peril Gallery, The Providence Daily Dose, Providence, RI
2016 The Intimate Collection at Yellow Peril Gallery, Law and Order Party, Providence, RI
2016 Critic’s Pick: The Intimate Collection at Yellow Peril Gallery, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
2016 EXIT Magazine, p.60-61, Issue #62: FEARS
2015 Poseurs, Issue 17, Pen/Pals
2014 In a Brooklyn Gallery, Yale Meets Instagram by Claire Voon, Hyperallergic
2013 The Raw and the Resplendent by Emily Macaux, The Daily Serving
2013 Examining Surgeries in a Gutsy Show: Viscera Reimagined with Edibles and Tights by Cate McQuaid: The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
2013 Editor’s Pick, Pre-Existing Condition at Yellow Peril Gallery, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA
2013 Editors’ Picks, Pre-Existing Condition at Yellow Peril Gallery, The Providence Phoenix, Providence, RI
2013 Schaufenster Die Presse, Weekend Feature: Gourmet Kostnitiz, Vienna, Austria
2012 TAR Magazine, Wangechi Mutu, cover image
2011 Delicate: New Food Culture, Gestalten, Pastry Anatomy series featured in book publication, p.147
2010 Critics’ Picks: Artforum: Housed at Alice Austen House, by Megan Heuer
2010 A Guided Tour, essay by Susan Bright in conjunction with the exhibition Housed, July
2010 Food In Contemporary Photography, Gastronomica Magazine, Winter
2009 PDN’s 30 2009, Photo District News Magazine, March
2009 Superbugged, Toronto Life Magazine: p.58-59, 61, 62, March
2009 The Collector’s Guide to Emerging Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, March
2008 Emerging Artists 2008, American Photo Magazine, October
2008 Between the Rivers, Waterstone Review, Volume 11, October
2008 A Dose of Reality, Metropolis Magazine, September
2008 25 Under 25- the World Through Their Eyes, O, The Oprah Magazine, September
2008 Wangechi Mutu: A Shady Promise, endpages
2008 25 Under 25 Up-and-Coming American Photographers Catalogue, Duke University Center for Documentary Studies, 2005 competition
2007 A Spice Odyssey, Culture+Travel Magazine, p.100-105, Winter
2007 Competition 2007, The Photo Review: October
2007 Graduate Photography 2007 at Yale Catalogue, GHP, West Haven, CT
2006 (photographs) Magazine, p. 3, 6, 16, No.5/ Winter
2004 CMYK Magazine, p.15, 45, Summer
2004 (photographs) Magazine, p.9-13, No.2/ Spring
LECTURES
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Photography, Maine College of Art: Portland, ME
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Photography, Princeton University: Princeton, NJ
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, PuntWG Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Photography, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2015 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Photography, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Photography, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture, Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Department: Semester in NYC, Hamilton College, New York, NY
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture, Held during the Course: "Art As A Source Of Healing," RISD/Brown, Providence, RI
2012 Discussion Panelist, Yale Photography MFA Alumni: Kathryn Parker Almanas, Daniel Gordon, and David Benjamin Sherry,Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Painting, Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Photography, Wesleyan College, Middleton, CT
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Photography, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Photography, Bard College: Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Photography, Rowan University, Glassboro, NY
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture, Undergraduate Photography, Yale University School of Art, New Haven,CT
TEACHING
2023-present Instructor, RISD Continuing Education, Providence, RI
2021-2022 Art Teacher, Blackstone Valley Prep High School, Cumberland, RI
2015 Adjunct Instructor in Visual Art, Brown University, Providence, RI
2015 Lecturer, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2011-2014 Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2008-2010 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY