Experience

Lecturer in Photography, University of Ulster, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jan. 2010 to present.

Adjunct Faculty, Photography, Dept. of Art and Art History, University of New Mexico, spring semester 2006 and fall semester 2005. "New Documentary" and "Advanced Photography."

Adjunct Faculty, Photography, Cuyahoga Community College, spring semester 2004, spring semester 2003, fall semester 2002. "Documentary Photography" and "Photojournalism."

Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Art, Continuing Education Department, Jan. 2003 - Mar. 2003. "Photographic Diaries."  

Visiting Lecturer, Documentary Photography, Feb. - June 2002, and Feb. - June 2001, School of Art, Media and Design, University of Wales, Newport.

Photography Teacher, Social Services project, Blackwood, Wales, Jan. - Apr. 2000.  

Staff Photographer, The Albuquerque Tribune, Sep. 1990 - Aug. 1999.

Residencies

Artist in Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, New York, Nov. 2 - Dec. 17, 2006.

Education  

PhD in Photography, University of Wales, Newport, 2009.  

MA with Distinction in Documentary Photography, University of Wales, Newport, 2001.  

BA in Journalism, University of New Mexico, 1989.

Publications  

Monograph:

The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings, KayLynn Deveney and Albert Hastings, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, NY, August 2007.  

Collections / Catalogs:

The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photography, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 2009.  

Blue Sky Yearbook 07/08, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, 2009.

Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual 2007, Light Work, Syracuse, New York.

Solo Exhibitions  

The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings, Getxophoto Festival, Sep. 1 - 30, 2011, Bilbao, Spain.  

The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings, Darmstadter Tage der Fotografie, April 23 - 25, 2010, Darmstadt, Germany.

The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings, Blue Sky Gallery, June 5 - 29, 2008, Portland, Oregon.

Dialog:  The Day-to-Day Life of Albert Hastings, Hereford Photography Festival, Oct. 1- 30, 2004, Hereford, England.

Edith and Len, Open Eye Gallery, Sep. 1 - Oct. 6, 2001, Liverpool, England.

Edith and Len, Hereford Photography Festival, Oct. 20 - Nov. 18, 2000, Hereford, England.

Pie Town, University of New Mexico Fine Arts Museum, Sep. - Dec. 1996, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Group Exhibitions

Rarefied Light, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, Oct. 7, 2011-Oct. 30, 2011

*20, Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, Oct. 22nd - Nov. 27, 2010, Hereford, UK  

Different Dimension: The Novosibirsk International Festival of Contemporary Photography, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia, June 6 - Aug. 10, 2010.

Visionaris’10, Closer, a cycle of projections at the Fundacion Pilar y Joan Miro, May 27 - June 18, 2010, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Prime Years, Nov. 13, 2009 - Jan. 10, 2010, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas, and also April 30 - May 29, 2011, Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland.

The Art of Caring: A Look at Life through Photographs, May 16 - Oct. 11, 2009, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana. Touring on to the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, July 9 - Sep. 19, 2010, Cincinnati, Ohio and the Museum of Art|Fort Lauderdale, June 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011.

Relative Closeness: Portraits of Family and Friends, June 15 - Aug. 4, 2007, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois.

Observation: Photographic Inquiry and Notation, Oct. 31 - Nov. 15, 2004, The School of Art Gallery at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.

So It Is: Photographs from Ireland, Mar. 15 - Apr. 12, 2003, Kelly Randall Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio.

Awards

Recipient of an artist grant from the Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation, 2008.

Chosen as an official selection for the Arles Contemporary Book Prize, 2008.

Selected by PhotoEspana to shown in The Best Photography Books exhibition held at the National Library of Madrid, June - July, 2008.

Chosen as one of 20 nominees for the New York Photo Awards "Best Photography Book" award, 2008.

Honorable mentions in the International Photography Awards in the book categories for documentary, fine art and people, 2008.

Finalist, Critical Mass Book Awards, 2006.

Finalist, Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Award, 2004.

Finalist, Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Award, 2002.

Scripps Howard Special Award for Return to Pie Town series, 1996.

Society of Newspaper Design, photography portfolio, award of excellence, 1993.

Permanent Collections

The Portland Museum of Art, Oregon.

The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois.

Light Work, Syracuse, New York.

The Witliff Gallery, Texas State University - San Marcos.