riel Sturchio

SELECT EXHIBITIONS 

*denotes solo or two-person show

2025
*Afterimage (working title), Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Visual Arts Building, Iowa City, IA

2024
Selections from the Light Work Collection: Shadow/Figure, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
*Skin Prints, University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, IA

2023
*I See You See Me, curated by riel Sturchio and Bianca Sturchio for Begin Collective, Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Austin, TX
*Bodies, Places, Memories: Creative Engagement with Resilience, Visual Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Developing Story, curated by Frank Konhaus, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, NC
A Particular Kind of Heaven, curated by Ali Dipp, Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles, LA
Aftereffects, NOT REAL ART, curated by Kirsten Bengtson-Lykoudis, online
Homecoming, curated by Jess Dugan, Rotunda Gallery, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
Gaze, curated by Amanda Pfister, Mark Arts, Mary R Koch Arts center, Wichita, KS

2022
National Invitational, curated by Ariel Pate, Drewlowe Gallery, Visual Arts Building, University of Iowa, IA
Grant Recipients Exhibition, Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel-by-the-sea, CA

2021
UNBOUND, Manual Photo X Sailor Jerry, Native Hostel, Austin, TX
Hear & Now, TEDxUTAustin, San Antonio Parking Garage, Austin, TX

2020
Open-Air Digital Projections, Photo NOLA, New Orleans, LA
PhotoNola 2020 Virtual Reality, hosted by MetaCulture in partnership with Abdul Aziz, digital gallery
Work Project, Sunhouse Arts, digital gallery
14th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, Gallery FotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain

2019
From Tragedy to Light, 30 Years of The Alexia at Photoville NYC, New York, NY

2018
Proxemics, MASS Gallery, Austin, TX
Affordable Dream House, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX

2017

*Body is a Bridge (two-person show with Amber Shields), Center Space Gallery, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
Room Before, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX

2016

*Chasing Light, Francis Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Paraphrase, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
The Underworld, The Decay, New Fruit, Portland, ME
Nailed It, Treat Gallery, New York, NY
Seeing Through, PhoPa Gallery, Portland, ME

2015
Featured Shoot: A Group Photography Show, P3 Gallery, Portland, ME

SELECT GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

2024
QUEER | ART Robert Giard Grant
Iowa Arts Council, Project Grant
Michael P. Smith Award, New Orleans Photo Alliance, finalist
Light Work

2023
Gomma Grant, finalist

2022
Artist Catalyst Grant, Iowa Arts Council
Interchange Artist Grant and Fellow, Mid-America Arts Alliance
The Haven Foundation

2021
Artist Exhibition Grant, Center for Photographic Art
Robert Giard Grant, finalist
Austin Community Initiatives Grant
The Haven Foundation

2020
Scope Arts Grant
Austin Studio Tour, fellow
Austin Creative Alliance
Women Photograph
Michael P. Smith Award for Documentary Photography, New Orleans Photo Alliance
Artist Relief Fund
NYFA Rauschenberg Grant
West Collection
Artists’ Fellowship Inc.

2019
Professional Grant, The Alexia, shortlist
The Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund, Dallas Museum of Art
The Kindling Fund Project Grant, SPACE Gallery and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

2018
Post-graduate Fellowship, Michener Center for Writers & English Department, UT Austin

2017
Fine Arts Diversity Grant, UT Austin
John Kittredge Grant

2015
Project Grant, Maine Arts Commission

2012
Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission

SELECT AWARDS & HONORS

2024
Daylight Photo Award, Juror’s pick, David Johnson
Critical Mass, Photolucida, finalist, top 200

2023
Film Photo Award

2021
Lange-Taylor Prize, honorable mention
Artpace San Antonio, invite-only studio visit with Andy Campbell
Tito’s Prize, finalist
Film Photo Award, finalist
Spring Visionary Project Award, finalist
CatchLight, finalist
Critical Mass, Photolucida, finalist, top 200
Fine Art Photography Awards, Professional Photojournalism category, nominee
Leica Women Foto Project, Invite-only portfolio review
Spazio Labo, Tutorship in Visual Storytelling
Houston Center of Photography, Joan Hohlt and Roger Wich Emerging Artist Scholarship
Photoville X Visual Thinking Collective, portfolio review

2020
Bird in Flight Prize ‘20
Critical Mass, Photolucida, finalist, top 200
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Essay Prize in Photography, semifinalist
Big Medium Gallery, Artist’s Award
CENTER, Mentorship Program
CENTER, Santa Fe Portfolio Review
Julia Margaret Cameron Award
Portfolio Review, Charcoal Book Club, Chico Hot Springs, MO

2019
Gomma Grant, finalist
Neutral Density Photography Award, Honorable Mention
IPA Photo Awards
DDN Emerging Photographer Award
Lens Culture Emerging Photographer Award
The Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward Award
Professional Development Award, Maine College of Art & Design

2017
Student Award of Excellence, The Alexia
Lucie Foundation, Photo Taken Scholarship, finalist

2016
Best in Show, “Nailed It,” Treat Gallery, New York, NY
RISO Graduate Fellow, University of Texas at Austin

2015
Critical Mass, Photolucida, finalist, top 200

2012
Google Photography Prize