Terri Bright, Photography and drawing
Education
1999, M.F.A., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1994-96, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1988, B.A., Connecticut College, New London, CT
Solo Exhibitions
2011, Leave of Absence,Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
Untitled Photographs: 3x, Anderson College, Anderson, SC.
2010, Untitled Stills, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC.
2009, Illuminations, The Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC
2007
Between Time: Portraits from the Staten Island Ferry, Culpeper Gallery, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY; Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
Untitled Stills, Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, TX
Sabbatical Work, Furman University, Greenville, SC
2006
Inner Order, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
Evidentiary, Exit Gallery, University of Nevada at Reno.
2003
Subjunctive Spaces, University Center Art Gallery, The University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL.
New Work, Lipscomb Gallery, South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts, Greenville, SC.
2002, Untitled Photographs, Weitman Gallery, Washington University School of Art, St. Louis, MO.
2001, hidden stretches/certain facts, The Galleria, The University of California, Berkeley Extension, San Francisco, CA.
1998, Recent Photographs, The Performing Arts Center, The University of Texas, Austin, TX.
1997, Storefront Church Series, The Gallery at the Kent School, Kent, CT
Group Exhibitions
2012
Road, Castell Gallery, Asheville, NC (juror: W.M. Hunt, curator/author)
Peducah Photo 2012, Yeiser Art Center, Peducah, KY (juror: Ellen Simak, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN).
Photowork 2012, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (juror: Susan Thompson, Guggenheim Museum).
33rd S.C. Artists Competition, Pickens Museum of Art, Pickens, SC (juror: Marcia Wood, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta).
2011
Family Dynamics,Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA (Juror: Henry Horenstein).
Street Stories, Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA (Juror: Debbie Hagan).
Light-Struck, PhotoStop Gallery, White River Junction, VT.
In Your Dreams, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA (Juror: Jerry Cullum, curator/critic).
Simplicity, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX.
2010
5x5 Exposed, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA (juror: Kathleen Ewing).
Scholastic Invitational, Greenwood Museum, Greenwood, SC.
Domicile, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX (juror: Susan Kirchman).
Beyond the Lens: 5 Photographic Artists/5 Interpretations, Village Studios/Gallery, Greenville, SC.
2009, Far From Home, Vermont Photography Workplace, Middlebury, VT
2008
Found Objects: Terri Bright and Kim Sholly, Centre Stage, Greenville, SC
On the Subject of Scale: 5 Photographic Artists, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2007, Wall Space: Terri Bright and Pamela Pecchio, Elon University, Elon, NC
2006
80th Photo International, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA (juror: Stephen Pinson, Curator of Photography Collection, New York Public Library).
All Together Now, Creative Research Lab, Austin, TX
Cul-de-sac: Art From a Suburban Nation, Radford Museum of Art, Radford University, Radford, VA.
2005
Texas Vernacular, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX [3-person exhibition].
Proof, Fine Arts Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (juror: Chan Chao).
National Prize Exhibition, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA (juror: Joseph Thompson, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art).
Terri Bright: Untitled Portfolio, Members' Gallery Online, Silver Eye Center for Photography,Pittsburgh, PA.
Photo National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA (juror: Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography at the Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Illuminance, The Fine Arts Gallery at the Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX
(juror: Keith Carter).
4 x 4, Thompson Gallery, Furman University, Greenville, SC.
Photography : Painting :: Terri Bright : Michael Brodeur, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC. [2-person exhibition]
RiverRun, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, SC.
2004
PhotoAustin V, IDEA Gallery, Austin, TX (juror: Debra Sugerman).
Photography Now, The South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
Magic Silver Photography Exhibition, Clara Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY.
Furman Faculty Exhibition, The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, Greenville, SC
2003
5x7, ArtHouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX (and traveling to Dunn and Brown Contemporary in Dallas, Mixture Contemporary Art in Houston, and The Bower in San Antonio, TX).
School's Out: Emerging Artists of the Southeast, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC.
Twenty Years of Graduate Photography, Creative Research Lab, Austin, TX (curator: Mark Goodman).
2002
Emrys Photography Exhibition, Gallery 291, Greenville, SC.
New American Talent 17, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX (juror: Kathryn Kanjo, ArtPace, San Antonio).
Juried Exhibition, The Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX (juror: Anne Wilkes Tucker, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Personal Viewpoints, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA (juror: Michael Kenna).
2001
Southern Visions, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC and the Museum of York County, Rock Hill.
The Light Factory 2001, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC (juror: Paul Roth, Corcoran Gallery of Art).
This American Lawn, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ (juror: Lennee Eller).
Second International Photography and Digital Image Biennial Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery, Jenkins Fine Art Center, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (juror: Evon Streetman).
Illuminance, The Fine Arts Gallery at the Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX (juror: Rod Slemmons, Seattle Art Museum).
2000
Juried Members Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX (Ellen Handy, International Center for Photography).
The Art of Photography, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL (juror: Arnold Drapkin, Time Magazine).
The Light Factory 2000, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC.
Midwest Photography Invitational XI, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI (traveling to University of Cincinnati, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Purdue University, Hope College, and the Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences).
1999
Four Walls, Three Years, The Blanton Art Museum, Austin, TX.
Photowork 1999, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (Howard Greenberg, Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY).
Photography 1999, Nexus Gallery, New York, NY (juror: John McIntyre, International Center for Photography).
In Progress 1999, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (curator: Joe Deal).
Human Landscape, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY (juror: Evan Kriss, The New York TimesSunday Magazine).
1998
Texas Photographic Society: 7th Annual Exhibition, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX (juror: Steven Yates, Museum of New Mexico).
National Photography Competition, Visual Arts Program, St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, New York, NY (juror: Ellen Handy, International Center for Photography).
Altered Realities, MooBoo Gallery, Oakland, CA (juror: Clarence Towers, San Francisco Photography Center).
1997, The Magic Silver Show 1997, Gallery of Art, The University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA (juror: Linda Connor).
Grants and Awards
• C.A.P. Sabbatical Grant, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 2005-06.
• Artistic Development Grant, Metropolitan Arts Council of Greenville, 2004.
• Research and Professional Growth Grant, Furman University, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006.
• Faculty Development Grant, Furman University, 2002, 2005.
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers nomination, 2000, 2004, 2005.
• International Faculty Seminar to Cuba, Furman University, 2001.
• Marshall F. Wells Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 1998.
• College of Fine Arts Travel Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin, 1997.
Collections
Edward Albee, New York, NY
Nicolas Bragg, Winston-Salem, NC
Martha and David Dolge, Greenville, SC
Dr. Evan Gatti and Todd Nicolet, Durham, NC
Grace Harlow-Klein, Rochester, NY
Robert Milam, Durham, NC
Dr. Marie Watkins, Greenville, SC
Robert Wilson, New York, NY