EDUCATION
2022 MFA, Photography, Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Teaching in Higher Education Certificate
2013 BFA, Photography, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2004 BA, Graphic Design, Bogota, Colombia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Todos los Fuegos el Fuego (All Fires the Fire)
Fleisher Art Memorial, Wind Challenge Exhibition Series
Philadelphia, PA July 1-July 31
2023 Mind of Winter, The Print Center,
Philadelphia, PA
2022 Marisma, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 UnBound 13 Exhibition, Candela Books + Gallery
The Annual Juried & Invitational Photography Exhibition
Richmond, VA
2023 Fitler Club’s Artist in Residence Program Collection 3.0
Philadelphia, PA
2022 Diálogo 365: New Rhizomes
The Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2022 The Woodmere Annual: 80th Exhibition,
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA,
Curated By Michelle Angela Ortiz and José Ortiz-Pagán
2022 Thankfully, a Clever Snare, Atelier Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021 The Curated Fridge Summer Show, Curated By Michael Behlen
2021 To Picture Oneself, Philadelphia, PA, Online Juried Show
2021 Assembly, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Next up, Lenscratch Student Prize top 25
2017 Waypoint, Goldilocks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA,
Curated by Jared Jackson and Darren Methlie
2017 Fotomerika, Bogota, Colombia, Curated show
2015 Marvelous Things: The Art of Still Life
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juried by Aline Smithson
2014 IV Convocatoria Nacional de Fotografía,
Casa Sin Fin, Bogota, Colombia, Juried Show
2014 Winter Classic, Now and Then,
Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI Juried Show
2014 Scarab Club Annual Photography Exhibition
Scarab Club, Detroit, MI.
Juried by Kyohei Abe, Honorable mention
2014 Detroit Emerging Artists show,
555 Gallery, Detroit, MI
2014 A Peculiar State, The Valade Family Gallery, Detroit, MI
AWARDS/GRANTS/ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant City of Philadelphia
Office of Art Culture and the Creative Economy
CEAP City Grant, Philadelphia, PA
2023 The Blake Bradford Fitler Club Artist in Residence Award,
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA.
2022 97th ANNUAL Finalists, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Juried by Makeda Best & Raven Holton
2021 Dean’s Grant Support for Student Research
Tyler School of Art and Architecture Philadelphia, PA
2021 Albert K. Murray Grant
2020 Lenscratch's Top 25 to Watch List
2016 Honorable Mention, IV Convocatoria Nacional de Fotografía,
Casa SinFin, Bogota, Colombia,
2014 Honorable Mention Scarab Club Gallery Detroit, MI
Annual Photography Exhibition
Juried by Kyohei Abe, Honorable mention
2010 Glassell School of Art Studio School
Audrey Jones Beck Memorial Grant, Houston, TX
ARTIST TALKS/LECTURES/ WORKSHOPS/ PORTFOLIO REVIEWER
2024 Exploring Everyday Artifacts, Workshop
Enrique Bostelmann, Apertures and Borders
Berman Museum, Collegeville, PA
2024 Speaker Series: Picturing the Border,
The Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art
Collegeville, PA. Nov, 21
2024 Artist Exchange Panel Discussion
Wind Challenge Exhibition Series,
Philadelphia, PA, July 12.
2024 Immigration Artist Exchange: Discussing Locality,
Collaborative Cataloging Japan,
Japan America Society, Philadelphia, PA, April 20,
2023 Portfolio Reviewer, University of the Arts,
Senior Professional Practice, Philadelphia, PA,
December 14.
2023 Artist Talk, Mind of Winter, The Print Center
Philadelphia, PA, March 23.
2023 Guest Artist Visit and Presentation,
The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA, Senior Photography Seminar
(Professor Julianna Foster) March 9.
2022 Artist Talk, Fleisher Art Memorial
Philadelphia, PA, August 27.
2021 Artist Talk, Tyler School of Art & Architecture
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, April.
COLLECTIONS
University of the Arts Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Charles Library, Special Collections, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE / WORSHOPS
2025- Adjunct Professor, Arcadia University
(Darkroom Photography)
2022 - Adjunct Instructor,
Tyler School of Art & Architecture,
Temple University
(courses taught: Senior Photography Seminar, Photo I,
Honors Digital Imaging: Seeing Photographically,
Art Photography,
Photography and Visual Literacy,
Darkroom Photography)
2022 Adjunct Photography Faculty,
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design
Lancaster, PA (courses taught: Intermediate Video)
PRINT AND ONLINE PUBLICATION / PRESS
2024 Tyler News: Four Tyler Alums Selected for 2024
Wind Challenge Exhibition Series
2023 Broad Street Review: The Print Center presents its
97th Annual International Competition
2022 Chestnut Hill Local: Migration as an act of movement
2021 Lenscratch: Photographers on Photographers:
Idalia Vasquez in Conversation with Ana Casas Broda,
2020 Lenscratch, NEXT Up: The 2020 Lenscratch Top 25 to Watch
2020 Don’t Take Pictures, In Photo of the Day
2017 Fotomeraki, Online publications. https://fotomeraki.com
2015 Photo Place Gallery, Marvelous Things: The Art of Still Life
Middlebury, VT, 2015. 27. Idalia Vasquez-Achury, La Mesa
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Fluent in Spanish