About
Kristine Potter (1977) is an artist based in Nashville, Tennessee, whose work explores masculine archetypes, the American landscape, and cultural tendencies toward mythologizing the past. Her first monograph Manifest was published by TBW Books in 2018. Potter was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2018 and was awarded the Grand Prix Image Vevey for 2019-2020. Potter’s work is in numerous public and private collections including that of: The Georgia Museum of Art, 601 Artspace, Swiss Camera Museum, and Foundation Vevey. Potter is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Middle Tennessee State University.
Biography
2001 University of Georgia, BA Art History
2001 University of Georgia, BFA Photography
2005 Yale University, MFA Photography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020. “Dark Waters” Festival Images Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland
2019 “Manifest” The Do Good Collection, Columbus GA
2018 “Manifest” Vanderbilt Space 204 Gallery , Nashville, TN
2017 “The Gray Line XL” Light Work Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2014 “Manifest” Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2012 “Camouflage” Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2010 “The Gray Line” Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2007 “The Hunters” Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 "The Laws of Nature" Gigantic Art Space, New York, NY
2005 "The Laws of Nature" Rocket Projects, Miami, Florida
2002 “Goddess Nomadic” L’Eclat du Verre, Paris, France
2001 “Ascension” Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 “Keeper of the Hearth” Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
2018 “Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul” Light Work Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2018 “Paper Journal” Webber Gallery, London, UK
2018 “Elevate” 21C Hotel, Nashville, TN
2018 “Photography Comes First, Language Follows” Currey Gallery, Nashville, TN
2018 “Intersection of Gazes” Equinom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 "Complimentary Voices" Leu Art Gallery, Nashville, TN
2017 “Post Election” SEPTEMBER Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016 “MTN” Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “12x12” Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “After 1965” curated by Steven Lam, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
2014 “E6” curated by Lynn Boland, The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
2012 “Summer Salon” Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2012 “Open::Closed” (Curated by David Howe) 601 Artspace, New York, NY
2011 “Re-Framing the Feminine” (Curated from the collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horovitz) Girls’ Club, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2010 “Open Season” Curated by Allen Thomas Jr. Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2010 “31Women” Curated by Charlotte Cotton, Affirmation Arts, NY, NY
2009 “Faculty Exhibition” Mass Gallery, Purchase, NY
2006 “Pulse” Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
2005 “Monstrously Tranquil” Chris Ingalls Gallery, Miami, Florida
2004 “Face” Lenox Square Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
“Fall” Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
2003 “First Years” Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
2002 “Eyes on Portraiture” Lenox Square Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2000 “Obscura 10” Lamar Dodd Gallery, Athens, GA
Publications
2018 Manifest, TBW Books
2017 Contact Sheet, Issue 190
2016 Oasis, Roman Nvmerials Vol. 22
2015 Orenburg Press, Interleaves
2015 Contact Sheet, Issue 182
Awards
2019 Grand Prix Images Vevey
2018 Guggenheim Fellow in Photography
2016 Shortlisted to the Kassel Book Prize
2016 Nominated to the MACK First Book Award
2014 Light Work Artist in Residence
2010 Forward Thinking Museum Photography Award, Winter 2010
2004 Larry Kramer Initiative Grant