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JASON REBLANDO
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Education
2010     MFA Photography Columbia College Chicago
1995     BA Sociology Boston College

Grants, Awards, and Fellowships
2010     Philadelphia Museum of Art Photography Portfolio Competition, juried by Tina Barney, Melissa Harris, and Peter Barberie
             Nominee, New Insight, Art Chicago
2009     Honorable Mention, Silver Eye Center for Photography Fellowship, juried by Andy Adams
             Nominee, John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award
             Graduate Opportunity Award, Columbia College Chicago
             John Mulvany Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago
             Travel Scholarship Award, Midwest Society for Photographic Education
             Billboard Art Project, Center for Civil and Human Rights
2008     Graduate Opportunity Award, Columbia College Chicago
             Albert P. Weisman Award, Columbia College Chicago
             Social Justice Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago
             Diversity Scholarship Award, Columbia College Chicago
             Nominee, Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism for Magazine Photography
             Nominee, New York Photo Awards, Student Fine Art Series
2007     Dwight D. Follett Fellowship First-Year Full Tuition Award, Columbia College Chicago
             Participating Spaces Finalist, FotoFest2008, Houston, Texas
             Honorable Mention, Hey, Hot Shot website, Winter 07 edition
2006     Juror's Award, Eye Candy, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
2005     Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award in Photography, juried by Susan Carr, Terry Boddie, and Celeste Nelms

Exhibitions
2010     Human: Nature, Singapore International Photography Festival
             Daydream Nation, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, juried by Jock Reynolds and Joshua Chuang
             84th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, juried by Ingrid Schaffner
             33rd Harper College National Juried Art Exhibition, Palatine, Illinois, juried by Douglas Stapleton
             Hard Times: Yesterday and Today, Harold Washington College, Chicago
             PhotoSpiva 2010, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri, juried by Deborah Klochko
             New Romantics, East Bank Records, Chicago, Illinois, curated by Mike Reinders
2009     Lathrop Homes: Public Housing's Garden City, Rotunda Gallery, Roosevelt University (solo show)
             TPS 18: The International Competition, Texas Photographic Society, juried by Cig Harvey
             27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, juried by Katherine Ware
             National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, Illinois
             Onward '09, Project Basho, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, juried by Peter Barberie (finalist)
             A Portrait of Public Housing, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee (solo show)
2008     Learn Promote Defend, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia
             Art at the X 2008, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, juried by Dr. Eric Lee
             Emerging Photographer, The Darkroom, New Orleans, Louisiana
             Albert P. Weisman Award Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago
             ArtXposium 2008, West Chicago, Illinois, curated by Anni Holm
             Juried Exhibition in honor of James Van Der Zee, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, California, juried by Steven Wirtz
             First Juried Annuale, The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina, juried by Julian Cox
             RayKo Gallery, San Francisco, California (two-person show with Heidi Schumann)
2007     Bridge Art Fair, Orleans Street Gallery, Miami
             ArtXposium 2007, West Chicago, Illinois, curated by Anni Holm
             Identity: Contemporary Photographic Portraiture, New Orleans Photo Alliance, juried by Deborah Luster
             Coalition of Photographic Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, juried by Brian Ulrich
             ChicagoLANDscape, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, Illinois
             The Photo Review International Competition Issue, juried by Toby Jurovics
             Boys and Girls, City Gallery of Photography at the Historic Water Tower, Chicago, Illinois
             Interactions, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, juried by Alison Nordström
             Photocentric 2007, Minnesota Center for Photography, juried by Lisa Hostetler
             New Works Gallery Online, Silver Eye Center for Photography website
2006     Youth Boxers of the Chicago Park District, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (solo show)
             Eye Candy, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee, juried by Ron Platt
             Foto-Work 2006, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, Illinois, juried by Whitney Bradshaw
             The Photo Review International Competition Issue, juried by Phillip Brookman
             18th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial 2006, Evanston, Illinois, juried by Michael Workman and Annette Ferrara
             New Trends in Chicago Photography for Version Kunsthalle, curated by Brian Ulrich and Greg Stimac
             Chicago Community Trust Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2005      Daily Meaning: Life Inside America’s Service Industries, photo and audio exhibit, The Peace Museum in Garfield Park, Chicago, Illinois
2004      Voices in Time: Lives in Limbo (in collaboration with Beyondmedia Education and Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers), Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
              Chicago Student Exhibit, Mexican Institute of Art and Education, Chicago, Illinois

Conference Presentations
2009     Graduate Student Presentation, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Dallas, Texas
             Midwest Society for Photographic Education Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Milwaukee Art Museum
Midwest Photographers Project at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois
Union League Club of Chicago
Harold Washington College

Publications
About Him, 6x6 Columbia College Chicago photography book series
South Loop Review

Bibliography
PDNedu Storytellers feature, Vol. 9, Issue 1, Spring 2010
Chicago Tribune, "Good visual art everywhere in 2009," December 11, 2009
Afterimage Issue 35.6

Juror
2006-07  City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Community Arts Assistance Program Photography Panelist

Radio Experience
2006      Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism for Best Radio Feature "Follow the Money" (co-recipient with Linda Paul and Cate Cahan)
              "Bridging the Digital Divide" radio story for Eight Forty-Eight, Chicago Public Radio
2005      Assistant Producer and Principal Photographer, Chicago Matters, Chicago Public Radio
2004      Intern, Eight Forty-Eight, Chicago Public Radio
2003      "The Outsider" radio essay for Eight Forty-Eight, Chicago Public Radio series, "Continuing the Conversation About Race"

Freelance Photography Clients
The McCormick Foundation
The Chicago Reporter
Catalyst-Chicago
Community Renewal Society
Journal of Ordinary Thought
Crain's Chicago Business
Chicago Public Radio
Chicago Matters
AREA-Chicago
University of Chicago Law School
Northwestern Magazine, Northwestern University
MacArthur Justice Center, Northwestern University School of Law
University of Illinois-Chicago
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Chicago Community Trust
Snow City Arts Foundation
Tufts University