Serena Beggs Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Marymount California University - AA in Media Arts 2014-2016

ArtCenter College of Design - BFA in Photography & Imaging 2016-2019

School of the Art Institute of Chicago - MFA in Photography 2024-2026

Teaching and Related Experience

• Fashion Photography (TA) - ACCD 2018 & 2019

• Medium Format (TA) - SAIC 2024

• Color Concepts (TA) - SAIC 2025

• Lighting Fundamentals (TA) - SAIC 2025

• Medium Format (TA) - SAIC 2026

Awards / Grants / Residencies

• -The Barbara De Genevieve Grad Merit Scholarship 

• -  2024 The Burren College of Art Summer Residency - 2025

•  The J. Field/R. Field Family Travel Scholarship - 2025

  Lectures / Workshops

• Artist Talk “Experiences of the Body” - SAIC 2024

• Artist Talk “The Public/Private Body”- SAIC 2025

Publications

• Bodies & Borders: Ecologies of Consent WEAD exhibition catalogue 2025

• Generating Places, Placing Generations SAIC MFA Photography Catalogue 2025

• ‍ ‍Variety Magazine (online) 2022

Selected Exhibitions

- The Klaus Center for the Arts group show 2016

- Art Center College of Design, group show 2018

- Art Center College of Design, group show 2019

- Human Tides, group show 2025

-  Flesh is The Vessel, group show 2025

-  OKLAHOMO: Space Heavy, group show 2025

-  HOOK SPACE: Tinder Map, group show 2025

-  The 109 Gallery & WEAD - Bodies & Borders: Ecologies of Consent group show //online at Kunstmatrix (virtual exhibition) 2025

-  The Chicago Cultural Center in the Yates Gallery, Encounters with the Past, group show 2026

Performances

- Performing Grapefruit, Yoko Ono Music of The Mind Exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 2026