kzheng@meca.edu
Born: Vernon, Connecticut
Visiting Artist Talks
2023 Queer Environments, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Remember That I Am Thy Creature, MARY, Portland ME
Group Exhibitions
2023 Daybreak, 82Parris, Portland ME
Dear Queer, Stories Through Portraiture, Portland ME
Happy Birthday Weirdo!, The Apohadion, Portland ME
2022 Bite Night, Maine Studio Works, Portland ME
Dear Queer, Queer Stories Through Portraiture, Mechanics Hall, Portland ME
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
MaineTransNet Annual Trans Talent Takeover and Art Auction, Portland ME
2021 Open & Shut, Arts Center East, Vernon CT
Almost Free, Almost Gallery, Portland ME
BFA Show, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
Pop-Up Exhibition, Maine Community Real Estate, Portland ME
Framework, Gallery South, Lesley University MA
Merit Show, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
Don’t Look At Me, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
Developing a Culture, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
2019 Micropublishing Exhibition, Friedman Gallery, Portland ME
2018 BFA Show, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
Where The Wild Things Are, International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland, ME
Awards
2023 reFocus Awards, World Photo Annual, Bronze Portrait
2021 Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME; BFA Exhibition, Best in Show
Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME; Merit Show, Best in Show
Lenscratch.com, 26 to Watch, Lenscratch Student Prize, Juried: Aline Smithson
Life-Framer.com, Colors, Honorable Mention, Juried: Neil Krug
MECA Presidential Scholarship
Online Journals & Publications
2021 The 2021 Lenscratch Student Prize: 26 to Watch, Curator: Aline Smithson
The Antidote, March 2021, Maine Museum of Photographic Arts
Employment
2020-2022 Photography Technician Work Study, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland ME
Certifications
2021 Pharmacy Technician License, Maine Board of Pharmacy
Education
2018-2022 Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, Maine, Bachelor of Fine Art,
Concentration of Study: Photography
Skills
Digital and analog (35mm, medium format, large format) camera operation, film processing (black and white film, c-41), scanning film, darkroom and inkjet printing (Epson P6000/8000 printers), dry mounting, darkroom chemistry mixing, lighting (continuous/strobe), set design, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Google Suite, drawing, linocut, silkscreening.