contact and cv

aryn@arynkresol.com
PO Box 19 
Milwaukee WI USA
53201-0019


Education

2011   BFA Photography, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), Milwaukee WI
2008   AA Liberal Arts, Rock Valley College, Rockford IL


Selected Professional Work & Community Outreach
2009–Present   Independent Curator
2023–Present   Executive Director, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA
2021–2023   Arts Residency Programs Coordinator, University of Wisconsin–Madison Division of the Arts
2017–Present   Adjunct Faculty in New Studio Practice, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
2016–2021   Curatorial Assistant, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI
2019   Conference Planning Committee, Society for Photographic Education Midwest Chapter Conference, Milwaukee WI
2018–2019   MARNMentor, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN), Milwaukee WI
2015–2017   Co-Founder/Editor, Generous Magazine (see Publications)
2016–2017   MARNmentor, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN), Milwaukee, WI
2014–2016   Programming Coordinator, The Pitch Project Gallery & Artist Studios, Milwaukee WI
2014–2016   Interim Registrar, Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, Milwaukee WI  
2014–2014   Exhibitions Manager, RedLine Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
2013–2013   Project & Research Assistant, Melissa McGill Artist Studio, Beacon NY
2012–2013   Gallery Attendant, Dia:Beacon, Beacon NY
2010–2012   Assistant Registrar, Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, Milwaukee WI
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Curatorial Projects

2022 
Le'Andra LeSeur: As Night Comes Again, Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts & Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside. Racine, WI

2019   
MARNmentors Exhibition, RedLine Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI (Collaborative with MARNmentee, Madeline Stocking)

2018
West, galerie Kenilworth. Milwaukee, WI

2017
MARNmentors ExhibitionVar Gallery & Studios. Milwaukee, WI (Collaborative with MARNmentee, Sarah Sutterfield)

2016
Swim Team: Making Public, Apt. Milwaukee, WI (Collaborative with MIAD's Swim Team)

2014
Experiencing Cuba: Artists Books of Ediciones Vigia and Photographs by Joseph Mougel, RedLine Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI (Collaborative with Kimberly Nochi)

2013   
It Is What It Is: a group show of artists working at Dia, 331 Main Gallery. Beacon, NY (Collaborative with Joanna Ferrin)

2012   
Works in Progress, Prairie Street Gallery, Rockford IL (Collaborative with Ted Simmering)
Liminal: Paintings by Aneesha Baldeosingh, Social Urban Bar and Restaurant. Rockford, IL 

2011
Fairytales, Prairie Street Gallery. Rockford, IL (Collaborative with Ted Simmering)
Teen Exhibition & Reception, Rockford Public Library. Rockford, IL (Collaborative with Amber Kresol)
Words, Prairie Street Gallery. Rockford, IL (Collaborative with Ted Simmering)
Brief Encounters: Photographs by Marta Shumylo, Social Urban Bar and Restaurant. Rockford, IL 
MIAD photography silent auction, 710 Milwaukee Street Gallery. Milwaukee, WI (Collaborative)
Incomplete Impermanent Imperfect: Photographs by Marta Shumylo, Brio Bar and Restaurant. Rockford, IL
Fabricated Truths: Zachary Seib Photography, Brio Bar and Restaurant. Rockford, IL

2010
3 Cities: a collective exhibition of artists from Chicago, Milwaukee, and Rockford, Brio Bar and Restaurant. Rockford, IL
O: photographs by aryn kresol, Annie Rudolph, and Matthew Schwerin, Vixen Production Studios. Rockford, IL (Collaborative)

2009
Chris French Presents: Annie Rudolph, aryn kresol, and Carrie Allen, Vixen Production Studios. Rockford, IL (Collaborative)


Solo Exhibitions

2015   
n o w  h e r e, 10th Street Gallery, Milwaukee WI 


Group Exhibitions

2019
Never Gonna Give You Up: 10 years of MIAD Photo Alumni, Var Gallery & Studios, Milwaukee WI

2016
30x30x30, Var Gallery & Studios, Milwaukee WI
femTALK Open House, Plum Dragon, Milwaukee WI

2014   
Take Me With You, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI

2013   
It Is What It Is: a group show of artists working at Dia, 331 Main Gallery, Beacon NY

2012   
Water, Gallery 224, Port Washington, WI
Works in Progress, Rockford ArtScene, Prairie Street Gallery, Rockford IL

2011
Dust Settled, Lindsay Lochman Studio, Milwaukee WI 
Inter:Act, Prairie Street Gallery, Rockford IL 
Fairytales, Prairie Street Gallery, Rockford IL 
Hidden River Art Festival, Emerging Artist Gallery, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield WI
Sexifyed, part deux, Pearl, Rockford IL
Best of the Best, The Emerging Visual Artists Project, Kryptonite Music Lounge, Rockford IL
MIAD 2011 Senior Exhibition, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI

2010
Friday Night Terrors (A Halloween Exhibition), 3511 W Belmont Studio, Chicago IL
Art for Art's Sake, The Emerging Visual Artists Project (Best of Show), Kryptonite Music Lounge, Rockford IL
O: photographs by aryn kresol, Annie Rudolph, and Matthew Schwerin, Vixen Production Studios, Rockford IL

2009
Chris French presents: Annie Rudolph, aryn kresol, and Carrie Allen, Vixen Production Studios, Rockford IL
New Eyes in Photography, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI


Teaching & Lecturing


2022
Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management Capstone, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI

2021
Adjunct Faculty, Sophomore Seminar, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
Adjunct Faculty, Junior Seminar, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Arts Management, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management Capstone, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI

2020
Adjunct Faculty, Sophomore Seminar, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Arts Management, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management Capstone, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI

2019
Adjunct Faculty, Sophomore Seminar, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Arts Management, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
Adjunct Faculty, Arts Management Capstone, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI

2018
Adjunct Faculty, Sophomore Seminar, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Arts Management, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI

2017
Adjunct Faculty, Sophomore Seminar, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee WI
Reviewer, Portfolio Review, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
Guest critiquer, Senior Photographic Thesis - BFA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI

2016
Guest Speaker, Senior Seminar, Milwaukee Institute of Art  & Design, Milwaukee WI
Guest Speaker, Sophomore Seminar, Milwaukee Institute of Art  & Design, Milwaukee WI
Reviewer, Sophomore e-Portfolio Review, Milwaukee Institute of Art  & Design, Milwaukee WI
Guest critiquer, Senior Photographic Thesis - BFA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI

2015   
Guest Speaker, now here, Professional Practices in Photography, Milwaukee Institute of Art  & Design, Milwaukee WI
Guest critiquer, Senior Photographic Thesis - BFA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
Guest Speaker, now here, Honors Program (HOPR), Marquette University, Milwaukee WI
Moderator, State of Abstraction Panel Discussion, The Pitch Project, Milwaukee WI

2014   
Moderator, Bathed in A Pink Glow: LIT UP Panel Discussion, The Pitch Project, Milwaukee WI
Instructor, Photography for Teens, Rockford Public Library, Rockford IL

2012
Instructor, Photography for Teens, Rockford Public Library, Rockford IL

2011
Instructor, Photo Blogging, Rockford Public Library, Rockford IL
Guest Speaker, On Exhibitions, Senior Photographic Project, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI
Instructor, Techniques in Photoshop, Stillman Valley High School, Stillman Valley IL
Instructor, Photography for Teens, Rockford Public Library, Rockford IL
Guest Speaker, Art vs. Obsession: The Catalogue, Elements of Digital Photography, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI

2010
Guest Speaker, the absence of the sea, Historical Perspectives in Photography, Milwaukee
Institute of Art  & Design, Milwaukee WI
Instructor, Photography for Teens, Rockford Public Library, Rockford IL
TA to Paul Calhoun, The Humanity of the Moment, Milwaukee Institute of Art  & Design, Milwaukee WI

2008   
Instructor, Photography for Teens, Rockford Public Library, Rockford IL

2007   
TA to Randy Paul-Petersen, Basic Photography, Rock Valley College, Rockford IL
Instructor, Photography for Teens, Rockford Public Library, Rockford IL


Publications & Reviews

2017
Strange Fire Collective, Q&A: aryn kresol
Generous 02co-founder/editor

2016
Generous 01, co-founder/editor

2013   
Milwaukee NY, self-published artist book

2011   
we were here all at once, MIAD Senior photography publication p36-37
Review: MIAD Senior Thesis Exhibit by Lonnie Turner, Art City contributor, Journal Sentinel
Q&A: Brooke Maroldi, Shepherd Express

2010
Sock Monkey Sound, The Danger Zone: Art Scene II: The Squeakuel
My Midwest Magazine, "The Milwaukee Arts Scene: 10 to Watch in the '10s" Portraits by photography majors at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

2009
MIAD fa382, Professional Practices in Photography student publication p14-15
Q&A: Aline Smithson, MIAD fa382 blog
Sock Monkey Sound, Art Scene: Annie Rudolph, Aryn Kresol, and Carrie Allen

2007
Voices, Rock Valley College student publication p31-32