Danielle C. Head is a photographer and conceptual artist whose work examines the dissonance between collective and phenomenological history through the documentation of material and spectral remnants of the past. She holds a BA in Film, Photography, and Video (2007) from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts; and an MFA in Photography (2011) from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. She is currently Associate Professor of Photography at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.
Her ongoing project, Within and Without, traces the pathways of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald; and was selected for inclusion in the Midwest Photographer’s Project at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, Illinois. Recent exhibitions of her work include: Within and Without (solo), Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS; Within and Without (solo), Fisch Haus Gallery, Wichita KS; Developing Spaces / Places, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria IL; Bending the Truth, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond OK; and American Collective: Contemporary Reflections of Landscape and Identity, Stitches and Pics, Sackets Harbor NY. |
EXHIBITION AND LECTURES
2018 A Fine Art, NOTO Arts Center, Topeka KS 8 Studio Practices, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka KS 2017 MWSPE Member’s Exhibition “Developing Spaces/Places”, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria IL Bending the Truth, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond OK “Within and Without” (solo) , Fisch Haus, Wichita KS “Within and Without” (solo), Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence KS Emerge 2017, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita KS 2016 "Within and Without" (portfolio), Museum of Contemporary Photography, Midwest Photographer's Project, Chicago IL 2015 Washburn University Faculty Exhibition, Mulvane Museum of Art, Topeka KS Alumni Exhibition of Recent MFA Photography Graduates, Jerome Liebling Center, Hampshire College, Amherst MA "World's Last Mysteries" and "Lester Kannon", Warehouse 414, Topeka, KS 2014 Lester Kannon, Box13 Artspace, Houston TX Faculty Exhibition, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington IN 2013 Just Visiting, Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington IN Visiting Artist, Winona State University, Winona MN Within and Without (solo), The Fuller Projects, Bloomington IN Visiting Artist, Murray State University, Murray KY 2012 Head and Tails Samenwerken (collaborative), Grunwald Gallery, Bloomington IN The Kaleidoscope Project, The Lodge, Bloomington IN Lester Kannon (screening), Boomtown Film and Music Festival, Beaumont TX Lester Kannon (screening), Iris Film Festival, Bloomington IN Lester Kannon (screening), Union Board Oscar Night Film Festival, Bloomington IN Lester Kannon (screening), Short Films Program, Indiana University Cinema, Bloomington IN Faculty Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN Artist Lecture, Department of Digital Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington IN Gender Expressions, The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington IN 2011 An Exhibition of Recent MFA Works, Perspective Gallery, Chicago IL How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Lester Kannon (solo), MFA Thesis Exhibition, SoFA Gallery, Bloomington IN 2010 Midwest SPE A Time for Light Juried Exhibition, Western Michigan University, Richmond Center for the Visual Arts, Kalamazoo MI Panel Speaker, Exploring the Future – Photography and the Internet, Society for Photographic Educators – Midwest “A Time for Light”, Kalamazoo MI 28th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition – Curator’s Commendation, Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX Photography, Printmaking, and Digital Art Area Exhibition, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN Photosynthesis, McCalla School, Indiana University, Bloomington IN 2009 Light Writing: A Collaboration with Graduates in Creative Writing, McCalla School, Indiana University, Bloomington IN Book Works by Graduates in Photography, Fine Arts Library Foyer Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN Photography and Digital Art Area Exhibition, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington IN 2007 Writing on Burned Paper: An Installation by Danielle C. Head, Hampshire College Main Gallery, Hampshire College Amherst MA COLLECTIONS Permanent Collection, Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington IN AWARDS 2012 Award for Best Narrative Film – Lester Kannon, Iris Film Festival, Indiana University Cinema, Bloomington IN Audience Choice Award for Best Film – Lester Kannon, Iris Film Festival, Indiana University Cinema, Bloomington IN Audience Choice Award for Best Film – Lester Kannon, Union Board Oscar Night Film Festival, Bloomington IN Selected Film – Lester Kannon, Boomtown Film and Music Festival, Beaumont TX 2010 Curator’s Commendation – 28th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Juror: Hannah Fresier of “Lightworks”, Houston Center for Photography, Houston TX BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PUBLICATIONS Nectar Magazine, “Most of Us Die”, 2012 Issue No. 2. Indiana University Cinema Podcast, Interview Guest, Episode 67 - Lester Kannon, January 2nd 2012, Indiana University, Bloomington IN http://podcast.iu.edu/Portal/SearchPage.aspx?q=lester+kannon&go.x=0&go.y=0&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=podcast.iu.edu&site=indiana&client=indiana&proxystylesheet=indiana&output=xml_no_dtd Indiana Public Media, “A Place for Film – Lester Kannon”, by Andy Hunsucker January 9th 2012. http://indianapublicmedia.org/arts/place-film-student-film-lester-kannon/ FecalFace.com Photo of the Day, April 14th 2011. http://fecalface.com/SF/index.php/component/tag/danielle-c-head KittenRocket.com, April 14th 2011 http://kittenrocket.blogspot.com/2011/04/danielle-headlester-kannon.html Canvas Creative Arts Magazine, Fall 2010 Volume 14 Issue 1, pp. 4 – 5. Spot Magazine, “Shaping the Image: 28th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition” by Hannah Freiser, Fall 2010 Volume 28 No. 2, pp 34 – 35. The Great God Pan is Dead, “The other big show at the Houston Center for Photography” by Robert Boyd, Friday July 16th 2010. http://thegreatgodpanisdead.blogspot.com/2010/07/other-big-show-at-houston-centerfor.html Indiana Daily Student, “SoFA Gallery Set for Student Shows” by Kelsey Finn, Interview, January 27th 2010. Canvas Creative Arts Magazine, Fall 2009 Volume 13 Issue 1, p. 87. Parallax8, “Photography and the Internet: An Interview with Joerg Colberg” by Danielle Head and Zach Dubuisson, July 23rd 2010. Parallax8, “Interview with Tom Chambers”, by Danielle Head and Zach Dubuisson, 27th August 2010. |
EDUCATION
2011 Master of Fine Art – Photography Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2007 Bachelor of Art – Concentration in Film, Photography, and Video Hampshire College, Amherst, MA TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2020 - Current Associate Professor of Art - Photography Washburn University, Topeka KS 2019 - Current Co-Director of The Center for Kansas Studies Washburn University, Topeka KS 2015 - 2019 Assistant Professor of Art - Photography Washburn University, Topeka KS 2014 Adjunct Faculty - School of Design Instructor: A104 Introduction to Digital Photography Mount Ida College, Newton MA 2011 – 2014 Visiting Assistant Professor in Photography Instructor: N198 Photography for Non-Majors, S291 The Fundamentals of Photography (Digital), S392 Intermediate Darkroom Photography, S491 Advanced Alternative Processes, S491 Advanced Photoshop, U450/U720 Independent Studio Projects Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2010 – 2011 Associate Instructor (instructor of record) Instructor: S291 The Fundamentals of Photography (Digital) Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2009 – 2010 Associate Instructor (instructor of record) Instructor: F102 – Studio Art Fundamentals 2D/Color Design Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN |