Resume

MARITA GOOTEE

Education
1985 Indiana State University
Master of Fine Arts
Area of Specialization: Photography

1981 College of Mount Saint Joseph on the Ohio
Bachelor of Arts
Area of Specialization: Photography

Publications
Interview with artist Marita Gootee :: Noenga Art Magazine, Global art platform November 17th 2009
Art In America, 2009 November Issue, Article by Peter Plagens, pages 99 and 108.
2009 Mississippi Invitational. Mississippi Museum of Art; Exhibition catalo ISBN 978-1-887422-18-5 (pages 10, 22-24).
MORE Magazine, 2008 September Issue, Page 34.
2005 Mississippi Invitational. Mississippi Museum of Art; Exhibition catalog ISBN 1-887422-10-2 (pages 24 -26).
2003 Pinhole Journal, Pinhole Resource, Vol. 19 #2, ISBN#0885-1476 (pages 9-11).
2003 Mississippi Invitational. Mississippi Museum of Art; Exhibition catalog ISBN 1-887422-08-0 (pages 32 -33).

Presentations
2009 Promotion and Tenure: Same Game but No Rules. 2009 Annual SECAC Conference, Mobile, AL October 22-24.
2009 The Art of Hand Tinting, 2009 PIEA Education
Conference 3/1-4, 2009 Las Vegas, NV.
2008 “The Journey of Sand and Water”, South Eastern Regional Conference for the Society for Photographic Education.
2008 POOLSIDE: Artist Presentation and Polaroid Workshop, Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana.
2007 “THE JOURNEY”; 2007 Annual SECAC Conference, Charleston, West
Virginia, October 17-20, 2007
2005 “Sand Shadows: Hand Tinted Pinhole Photographs”; 2005 PIEA Education Conference 2/17-21, 2005 Orlando Florida.
2003 “Sand Shadows and Shifting Landscapes” The South Central Regional Conference for the Society for Photographic Education at University of Alabama
at Birmingham, October 2003

Selected Exhibitions
2010 Family, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Honorable Mention, Jurors: Brenna Britton, Deputy Photo Editor of PEOPLE magazine; Julie Blackmon, Photographer; Athony Bannon, Director of the George Eastman House; ReidCallanan, Director of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops. Total of 50 images selected from the entries: 24 countries, 702 photographers, 2544 images2010 Low Tech, The Center for fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, 10/01-30, Juror: Crista Dix, Founder and Director of wall space gallery in Seattle and Santa Barbara2010 ARTPRIZE: International Exhibition, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids. 9/22-10/142010 Strange Beauty, The Center for fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, July 30- August 21, Jurors: Darren Ching and Debra Klomp Ching, co-owns of Klompching Gallery, NYC.2010 PhotoSpiva 2010, 34th Annual National Photographic Exhibition, March 6- April 25, Juror: Deborah Klochko, Director of the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego, CA.
2009 “Best of 2009” Marxiart Internationale Galerie, Malschule and Studio, Hamburg, Germany
2009 Alumni Excellence Exhibition, College of Mount Saint Joseph, Cincinnati Ohio 6/1 – 7/31 2009 [Received the John Nartker Award in Art]
2009 Mississippi Invitational; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi. Peter Plagens, curator. 8/1 – 11/29
2009 Mississippi Art Faculty: Juried Exhibition, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art 2/20-4/1 2009 - Juror: Joseph W. Lampo, Deputy Director of Programing, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR.
2009 PIEA International Student-Teacher Photo Exhibition; PMA Convention; Las Vegas, NV - Traveling Exhibition USA and Australia Received Second Place in Faculty Single Images. Jurors: Cheryl Younger, David Leeson and Vicki Goldberg, writer and critic.
2008 PaulaBarr Chelsea International Juried Art Exhibition; PAULABARR CHELSEA, New York, October 16-25
2008 Art at the X. National Juried Exhibition. Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. September 26-November 7 Juror: Dr. Eric Lee.
2008 “Women to Watch” Invitational, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. March 14 – June 15 [One of 11 women from 5 countries]
2008 “Big Food Pictures”: Invitational, Bowman Gallery, Allegheny College,Meadville, PA, January 2 – March 4th.
2006 "Rooted in Nature: Marita Gootee, Julie Johnson, Susan Moore and Cole Thompson" Lincoln Center Galleries, Fort Collins, CO August 2-Sept. 6, 2006
2006 Photography Now; South shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Juror: Henry Horenstein
2006 Refresh Print Biennial 2: 2006 Exhibition and National Touring Exhibition
2007-2008; University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin
2006 PhotoSpiva '06; George A. Spiva Center For the Arts, Joplin, Missouri Juror: Keith Carter
2005 10th Annual Focused Photographic Competition and Exhibition;Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington. Juror: Mary Virginia Swanson
2005 Mississippi Invitational; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi. Elizabeth Ferrer, curator.
2005 4th Photography Image Biennial Exhibition; Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery,East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
2005 Photography 2005; The Tennessee Valley Art Association, Tuscumbia, Alabama. [received Award of Excellence]
2004 Refresh Print Biennial 1: National Touring Exhibition 2004-2006;University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin
2004 PhotoSpiva '04; George A. Spiva Center For the Arts, Joplin, Missouri.
2003 Mississippi Invitational; Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi. Lilly Wei, curator.

Solo Exhibitions
2009 Shifting Landscapes / Sand Shadows Marita Gootee; Benedicta Art Center, College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, August 17 – October 17th, 2009
2009 Poolside and Sand Shadows: Photography by Marita Gootee; Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI, January 18- February 13, 2009
2008 The Journey with Sand and Water : Recent Imagery by Marita Gootee, Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL, August 15 – September 15, 2008
2008 “PoolSide – Polaroid Images by Marita Gootee” ,Hanover College Art Gallery, Hanover College, Indiana, February 8 – March 7.
2008 “The Journey - A photographic reflection of time by Marita Gootee”; Berry College, Georgia, January 21 – February 15.
2007 Memories Adrift- Polaroid Poolside Series by Marita Gootee; Wilson Art Center, Ohio Northern University, November 1 – 30 2007
2007 Sand and Shadows: Photography by Marita Gootee; Coe College, Ceder Rapids, Iowa, October 10 – November 11 2007
2007 Sand Shadows and Shifting Landscapes: Photography by Marita Gootee; Sims Gallery, Southeastern Louisiana University, Oct 12-Nov.9, 2007
2007 Marita Gootee: Solo Focus; Greater Reston Arts Center,12001 Market Street, Suite 103, Reston. VA 20190
2007 “Shifting Landscapes” Marita Gootee, Seminole Community College Fine Arts Gallery Seminole Community College, Fine and Performing Arts 4,100
Weldon Boulevard, Sanford, Florida

Recent Honors/Grants2010 ORED Quick Grant, Mississippi State University for Exhibit at Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, MI as part of an International Competition.2010 Mississippi Arts Commission Artist Fellowship Grant2009 ORED Grant to travel to New York to work with John Reuter and the 20x24 Studio. [large format Polaroid Camera]2009 Alumni Excellence Invitational, College of Mount Saint Joseph, Cincinnati Ohio 6/1 – 7/31 2009 One alumni was selected from each decade who represent excellence in the visual arts. [not stating which decade I represented]2009 John Nartker Award in Art, presented to me by the Department of Art at the College of Mount Saint Joseph, Cincinnati Ohio for creative achievement in the Fine Arts.2009 MSU Public Art Incentive Program Collaboration Unit: Sanderson Center

CollectionsThe Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Indiana.Saint Mary’s -of-the-Woods, Indiana.Aaron Siskind Foundation, Rhode Island.Oraien Catledge, Georgia.Beaumont Art League Permanent Collection, Texas.Jerry Uelsmann, Florida.William Wegman, NYCUniversity of Perugia, Italy.William Clinton Memorial Library, ArkansasMississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS