ZUZANNA AUDETTE

ABOUT

Zuzanna Audette is a conceptual fine art photographer specializing in fashion, beauty, portrait, and still life photography. Zuzanna has been accepting commercial commissions since 2008 and is available for advertising, editorial, product photography, look-books, and model portfolios.

BIO

Zuzanna Audette was born in Warsaw, Poland and came to the United States, specifically Boulder, Colorado in 1981. In 1998 she moved to Brooklyn, NY to attend Pratt Institute of Art where she received a BFA in Photography. Wanting to move back out west, Zuzanna relocated to Salt Lake City, UT in August of 2005 to attend the University of Utah where she completed a MFA in Photography in 2007. Zuzanna is currently a full-time Associate Instructor at the University of Utah and regularly exhibits her personal work both nationally and internationally at various galleries. Zuzanna has had solo exhibitions in New York City and Salt Lake City.

Clients
Aerolab Salon-AG Financial-Anna May Vintage-Aperture Marketing-Casting Crown Productions-Elevation Interior Design-Girl Scouts of Utah-KMO Collection-Katie Waltman Jewelry-Lily Bride Designs-Lunatic Fringe-McCarty Talent Agency-Park City School of Wine-Q Clothing-RJ Designs-Scruples-Sigerson Morrison-Sycamore Street Press-Taylor Andrews Academy-The Art of Wine-Urban Talent-Vehix

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Education

MFA 2007 - Photography - University of Utah - Salt Lake City UT
BFA 2004 - Photography - Pratt Institute - Brooklyn NY


Professional Experience

University of Utah - Art & Art History - Associate Instructor
January 2008 - current
• Photographic Studio
• Non Major Digital Photography
• Non Major Digital Photography Online-(Author-TACC Course Development Grant 2009)
• Non Major Advanced Digital Photography (Author)

University of Utah - AOCE - Associate Instructor
January 2008 - current
• Non Major Digital Photography
• Non Major Advanced Digital Photography (Author)

University of Utah - Teaching Assistant
January 2006 - December 2007
• Photo Studies II (instructor of record)
• Non Major Digital Photography (instructor of record)
• Non Major B&W Photography (instructor of record)
• Basic Design (instructor of record)

University of Utah - Lifelong Learning - Instructor
January 2006 - current
• Darkroom Photography
• Advanced Darkroom Photography
• Fundamentals of Photography
• Natural Light Portraiture
• Polaroid Lifts & Transfers

Zuzanna Audette Photographer
May 2008 - current
• Freelance commercial and fine art photographer specializing in Portraits and Fashion

Sigerson Morrison - Web Product Photographer
May 2002 - August 2005
• Photography of merchandise for eCommerce site
• Digital image touchup and manipulations

Assistant to Commercial Fashion Photographer
May 2004 - August 2005
• Assisted with all aspects of commercial fashion shoots
• Hand printed color and B&W images for magazine publications


Bibliography

• 2011 - Framed Show March 2011 - Episode 5: [Zuzanna Audette]Film & Digital Vintage Pin-Ups
http://www.framedshow.com
• 2011 - Stated Magazine February 2011 edition - Image publication
http://www.statedmag.com/articles/alejandra-deheza.html
• 2011 - In Magazine February 17 2011 edition - Image publication
http://www.pageturnpro.com/MediaNews-Group/20249-IN-21711/index.html#24
• 2009 - City Weekly August 2009 edition - Review of group exhibition by proposal Women Who Shoot http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/article-8771-women-who-shoot.html
• 2007 - 15bytes.org Artists of Utah E-zine October 2007 edition - Review of solo exhibition A Woman’s Place http://www.artistsofutah.org/15bytes/07oct/page4.html
• 2007 - 15bytes.org Artists of Utah E-zine June 2007 edition - Review exhibition I am You http://www.artistsofutah.org/15bytes/07june/page1.html
• 2006 University of Utah Calendar, July, Featured work and portrait of artist


Grants/Fellowships/Awards

• 2009 - University of Utah TACC Course Development Grant
• 2007 - Ethel Armstrong Rolapp Award Nominee
• 2006/2007 - University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship
• 2006 - University of Utah Graduate Student Travel Grant
• 2005 - 2007 Graduate Student Teaching Assistantship
• 2005 - University of Utah Departmental Scholarship
• 1998 - Pratt Institute Artistic Achievement Scholarship


Selected Exhibition Record

Solo Exhibitions

• 2011- Reflections on Venus - SLC Photo Collective, Salt Lake City UT
• 2007 - A Woman’s Place? - MFA Thesis Exhibition, Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2003 - Red Riding Hood & Other Tails - BFA Thesis Exhibition, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY

Group Exhibitions
• 2011 - AMF's Deconstructing Venus - Invitational Exhibition - AMF 2011 Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2010 - The “Modern” show - Juried Exhibition - SAANS Downtown Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2009 - Women Who Shoot - Group Exhibition by Proposal - Utah Arts Alliance Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2009 - Locals First - Invitational Exhibition - SAANS Downtown Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2009 - For the Love of Polaroid - Juried Exhibition - SAANS Downtown Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2008 - Winter Bouquet - Invitational Exhibition - Women’s Art Center, Salt Lake City UT
• 2007 - Reflections in the Year of the Dog - Group Exhibition by Proposal - Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2007 - I am You - Three Artist Exhibition by Proposal - Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2007 - Interactions - Juried Exhibition - The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO
• 2007 - SGC Exchange Portfolio Exhibition - Crown Hyatt, Kansas City MO
• 2007 - TR1SKAID3KAPHOBIA - MFA Group Exhibition - Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2006 - Chairman’s Choice - Invitational Exhibition - Bountiful/Davis Art Center, Bountiful UT
• 2006 - Prints from SGC Annual Exchange Portfolio - Invitational Exhibition - Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2006 - Student & Faculty Prints from the U of Utah - Invitational Exhibition - Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2006 - 82nd Annual Spring Salon - Juried Exhibition - Springville Museum of Art, Springville UT
• 2006 - SGC Exchange Portfolio Exhibition - UW Humanities Building, Madison WI
• 2006 - 10 : MFA Graduate Exhibition - Gittins Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2006 - Local Female Artists - Invitational Exhibition - Nostalgia Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
• 2004 - Local Artists Showcase - Invitational Exhibition - Tillie’s of Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
• 2003 - Pratt Institute Senior Group Show - Hammerstein Ballroom, New York NY
• 2003 - Pratt Institute’s Media Arts League Annual Exhibitions - Pratt Institute - Brooklyn NY
• 2002 - Pratt Institute’s Media Arts League Annual Exhibitions - Pratt Institute - Brooklyn NY
• 2000 - Pratt Institute’s Media Arts League Annual Exhibitions - Pratt Institute - Brooklyn NY
• 1997 - Creative Expressions - Juried Exhibition - Museum of Contemporary Art - Boulder CO


Technical Abilities
• Photography: fine art and commercial using large and medium format, 35mm, digital media, and toy cameras
• Studio and location lighting using strobes, reflectors, flash, and natural lighting
• Black & white traditional photo printing and film development
• Color photography drum and flatbed printing
• Alternative photography printing
• Adobe Photoshop/Adobe Camera RAW/Adobe Lightroom/Adobe Bridge/Photomatix
• Screen printing and Letterpress