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 Me
sa


FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Fluent in Spanish