SAMANTHA NIETO
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EDUCATION
2018   Masters of Fine Arts in Photography & Integrated Media, College of Art and Design, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA

2016   Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

EXPERIENCE
2018   Current, Photography Instructor, Commonwealth School, Boston, MA 
2019   Photography Instructor, Dive In Commonwealth-Summer Program, Commonwealth School, Boston, MA 
2018   Adjunct Faculty, Teaching Fellowship, Introduction to Black & White Photography, Lesley University, 
Cambridge, MA
2018   Editor, MFA Photography & Integrated Media Thesis Exhibition Catalogue, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2017   Teaching Assistant, Advanced Alternative Process, Lesley University College of Art and Design , Cambridge, MA
2017    Intern, MFA Photography & Integrated Media Thesis Exhibition Catalogue, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA


​ARTIST RESIDENCIES & WORKSHOPS
2019     Discovering Medellin: Easter Week, Photography Workshop, Medellin, Colombia
2018     Documenting Village Life, Photography Workshop, Oaxaca, Mexico 
2017     Photography Production: Self-Directed Artist Residency, Arquetopia, Puebla, Mexico
2017     Gold Leafing & Estofado Instructional Artist Residency, Arquetopia, Puebla, Mexico


GRANTS
2019    Hughes Faculty Projects, Commonwealth School, Boston, MA

AWARDS
2018    Second Place, Trinity Art Show, Sacramento, CA
2016    Student Award, The Art of Book, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2008    Merit Award, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA


EXHIBITIONS
2022    Permanent Collection, Parnassiene au Chocolate, Christopher's at The Wrigley, Phoenix, AZ
2019    Group Exhibition, The Handmade Photograph: Contemporary Photographers-Historic Processes, El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe, NM
2018    Group Exhibition, Who Is My Neighbor?, Trinity Art Show, Mercy Hospital, Sacramento, CA 
2018    Group Exhibition, Taking In: 2018, VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2018    Group Exhibition, MFA Photography and Integrated Media Thesis, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA
2018    Group Exhibition, Documenting Village Life 2018, Centro Fotográfico Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Mexico, MX
2017    Group Exhibition, Really, Matter and Light Gallery, Boston, MA
2016    Group Exhibition, Self: The Realization Of Autonomy, The Liquor Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2016    Group Exhibition, The Art of Book, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2016    Group Exhibition, On The Wall, Gallery 100, Tempe, AZ   
2016    Group Exhibition, Epilogue-A Contemporary Literary Art Show, Firehouse Gallery, Phoenix, AZ


ARTIST TALKS
2019   Visual Arts Department Assembly, Commonwealth School, Boston, MA

PUBLICATION
2022     Iconic Life Magazine, Winter 2022
2020     Maine Media Catalog, Maine Media Workshops

2018     Taking In: 2018, Lesley University
2018     Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid, Graduation Time Means Thesis Shows, April 29

2016     Femme Fotale Vol. III
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PRESS
2019   Bostick & Sullivan, The Handmade Photograph: Contemporary Photographers-Historic Processes, Online Gallery, March
www.photo-historica.com/finalselections
​2018    Cate McQuaid, Meet Six talented Art-School Grads, Boston Globe, April 27
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/04/26/meet-six-talented-art-school-grads/zqAPYuMday4AQ3nWRcQBUP/story.html
2018    Lesley University, When Pop Culture Idols and Religious Icons Collide, Lesley University, April 27 
https://lesley.edu/stories/samantha-nieto-vargas
2018    Brittney Callahan, MFA Artist Feature, LUCAD MFA Photo & Integrated Media, February 
2016    Celina Jimenez, "Senior photography show “On The Wall” will challenge norms, provoke thought”, The State Press,  April 13 
http://www.statepress.com/article/2016/04/asu-on-the-wall-photography-exhibit
2015    Azalea Rodriguez, Samantha Nieto-Artist Interview, Arizona State University School of Art Video, November

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRR2QOL852U
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