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EDUCATION
2009
MFA Photography, Video & Related Media
School of Visual Arts, NY
2006
BFA Photography
The Art Institute of Boston, MA
EXHIBITIONS
2009
June 12-27
Thesis Exhibition
Visual Arts Gallery
601 West 25th Street, New York, NY
March 5- April 11
Fourselves
Gallery at University Hall, Cambridge, MA
2008
May 29-June 28
25 Under 25 Up-and Coming Photographers
Gulf and Western Gallery
Tisch School of Arts, New York, NY
March 14-June 15
Women to Watch
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washinton D.C.
January-February
Education
Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2007
New England Photography Biennial
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
Photographic Resource Center Benefit Show
808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2006
Taking In: AIB Photography Annual
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, MA
Photographic Resource Center Benefit Show
808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
Private Education: BFA Thesis Exhibition
601 Newbury Street Gallery, Boston, MA
Northeast Exposure: Private Education
The Photographic Resource Center
Online solo exhibition selected by curator Leslie Brown
New England Regional BFA
Exhibition for CAA
808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2005
PRC Student Show
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS
25 Under 25 Up-and-Coming American Photographers
Published by powerHouse Books and CDS
Selected and with an introduction by Sylvia Plachy; edited by Iris Tillman Hill; afterword by Tom Rankin
Artscope Magazine Jan/Feb 2008
Laferriere, Catherine. Lissa Rivera:Education
Art New England Oct/Nov 2007
Hill, Sean. Exterior Worlds, Interior Visions
Taking In: 2006 AIB Photography
AIB Juried Annual
In The Loupe Mar/Apr 2006
The Photographic Resource Center Publication
Taking In: 2005 AIB Photography
AIB Juried Annual
HONORS AND GRANTS
2008
-25 Under 25 Up-And-Coming American Photographers
-Aaron Siskind Award
-Members Print Program Contributor
Photographic Resource Center, Invitational
2007
-Danforth Museum Purchase Award
-Woman To Watch of Massachusetts
National Mueum of Women in the Arts
2006
-Honorable Mention, Hey Hot Shot
Jen Bekman Gallery
-Love During Wartime Grant
2005
-Art Institute of Boston Portfolio Award
Best of Photography Department
-Experiential Learning Fund Grant
For Internship at Magnum Photos
COLLECTIONS
Arlette and Gus Kayafas
Danforth Museum of Art
Framingham, MA
WORK EXPERIENCE
Kidder Smith Gallery, Boston MA
Internship
Marketing Assistant
Photographer Vaughn Sills, Cambridge, MA
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
Internship
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
Teaching Assistant, Professor Cig Harvey
MAGNUM Photos, NYC
Personal Assistant to Photographer Burt Glinn