DANIELLE C. HEAD
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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. 
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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.


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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
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