AURORA BERGER
Education
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2019 MFA, Visual Arts
2020 Certificate in Teaching for Higher Education
Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona
2017 BFA, Visual Arts
2017 BA, Art Education
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Autopathography, East Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2017 Life on the Line, Sam Hill Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
Group Exhibitions
2022 Wanted: A World for One Billion, United Nations Visitors Centers, New York, NY
2022 Masked, Inclusive Arts VT, Touring Exhibition
2021 In The Realm of the Senses, Highways Performance Space / Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Virtual exhibition through Film Maudit 2.0
2021 The Breaking Point Project, Contributing Artist, thebreakingpointproject.com (Live by Feb. 1)
2020 ANEW, Inclusive Arts VT, Touring Exhibition
2020 The Full Light of Day, VAE Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
2019 Connected, Department of VSA and Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C.
Touring Exhibition: Rayburn House, Washington DC, Volkswagen Corporate Headquarters, Herndon, VA, Demuth Museum, Lancaster, PA, Access Gallery, Denver, CO, Kennedy Center
Hall of Nations, Washington, DC, VAE Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, VSA Massachusetts, Boston, MA
2019 Opulent Mobility 2019, Dora Stern Gallery, Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ
2019 Reflections, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2018 Make Space, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2018 Fresh Take, Claremont City Hall, Claremont, California
2018 Chroma, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2018 Nude Art LA, Artshare LA, Los Angeles, California
2018 Come As You Are, St. Georg, Berlin, Germany
2018 SoCal MFA Juried Exhibition, Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona, California
2018 4th MFA Biennial Exhibition, Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California
2017 Daybreak, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2017 Entities, Claremont City Hall, Claremont, California
2017 Twelve, East & Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
2017 Juried Student Show, Sam Hill Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
2016 Fusion Art Best in Show Exhibition, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, California
2016 Up Close and Personal Juried Show, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
2016 Photography Invitational, Sam Hill Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
2016 Emerge Juried Show, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona
2016 Oso Bay XIX Juried Exhibition, Weil Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas
2016 Scholarship Exhibition, Mountain Artists Guild Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
2016 Arizona Governor's Art Awards, Program and Formal Invitation Artwork, Phoenix, Arizona
2016 Late for the Train, Flagstaff, Arizona
2015 Juried Student Show, Sam Hill Gallery, Prescott, Arizona
2015 Milagro Arts Center, Prescott, Arizona
2015 Elemental, Fusion Art, Fusion Art, Online Exhibition
2014 Cafe 232, South Strafford, Vermont
Grants and Awards
2020 Wynn Newhouse Award
Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, New York, NY
2019 Award of Excellence - VSA Emerging Young Artists Program
Department of VSA and Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C.
2019 Joseph Sonneman Photography Prize
School of Arts, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2019 Alfred B. Friedman Grant
School of Arts & Humanities, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Art Publications
2019 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Connected Catalogue
2019 Catalogue Essay: A Shared Humanity: Photography and Institutionalization in the 20th Century
Ryan Herz. The Children of Edgewood. Drkrm Editions: Los Angeles, CA
2019 Exhibition Catalogue: Autopathography
2018 Foothill Journal Volume 8 - Featured Artist
2017 Albion Review - Photographs: Elemental & Rural Life XV
2017 Gambling the Aisle, Issue #12: Life on the Line + Nonfiction: The Art of the Photograph
Curatorial
2016 Prescott College 50th Anniversary Alumni Art Retrospective, Sam Hill Gallery, Prescott, AZ
Academic Presentations and Publications
2022 Disability Aesthetics: A Crip Artistry Manifesto
In Redefining Disability. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004512702_007
2021 Session: Dreaming Crip Futurity
Common Field Convening
in collaboration with Megan Bent and Jillian Crochet
2020 Catalog Essay: A Shared Humanity: Photography and Institutionalization in the 20th Century
The Children of Edgewood by Ryan Herz
Drkrm Editions: Los Angeles, CA
2020 Returning the Gaze: Enfreakment in Disability Photography
College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
2020 Chapter: Elevating Creative Thinking
National Institute for Learning Outcomes and Assessments Publication
Understanding Student Experiences in Higher Education. Peter Lang: New York, NY
2019 Bridging Narratives Conference: Critical Disability Studies Student Association
Mobilizing the Self-Portrait as an Act of Defiance in Disability Art
York University, Toronto, Canada
2017 American Association of Colleges and Universities Conference Presentation
Creativity and Divergent Thinking: The Importance of the Arts in a Liberal Arts Education
Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ
Artist Talks
2020 Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital Interpersonal Grand Rounds - The Art of Being Human
2020 Guest Lecture for photography classes at Scripps College, Claremont, CA
2020 Anew Artist Talk, Inclusive Arts Vermont
Residencies
2020 Art + Disability Residency, Art Beyond Sight, NY - virtual
2020 Slant Projects - virtual