EDUCATION
MFA, Photography Columbia College Chicago, 2004
BFA, Photography University of Akron, 1996
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Centurion, Casper College, Casper, WY
2018
Magic Lanterns, Clark University, Worcester, MA
2017
Charge! Kentucky College of Art and Design, Louisville, KY
2016
The Centurion Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
The Centurion George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
Copia Quinzaine Photographique Nantaise Festival, Nantes, France
2014
Brian Ulrich: Copia-Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores, 2001–11 Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2013
Brian Ulrich: Copia-Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores, 2001–11 North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Close Out—Retail Relics and Ephemera Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Brian Ulrich: Copia-Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores 2001–11 Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Dark Stores Carl-Schurz-Haus, Freiburg, Germany
2012
Is This Place Great or What, Artifacts and Photographs Julie Saul Gallery
2011
Brian Ulrich: Copia-Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores 2001–11 Cleveland Museum of Art/ Cleveland, OH
2010
Dark Stores, Ghostboxes, Dead Malls Galerie f5, 6 / Munich, Germany
2009
Dark Stores, Ghostboxes, Dead Malls Robert Koch Gallery / San Francisco, CA
Thrift and Dark Stores Julie Saul Gallery / New York, NY
Retail and Dark Stores CEPA Gallery / Buffalo, NY
2008
Copia Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art / Overland Park, KS
Thrift Quality Pictures / Portland, OR
2007
notifbutwhen Mississippi State University / Mississippi State, MS
Melodramas of Consumption University of Illinois / Champaign, IL
Copia Julie Saul Gallery / New York, NY
2006
Copia Museum of Contemporary Art / San Diego, CA
Thrift Rhona Hoffman Gallery / Chicago, IL
Copia Robert Koch Gallery / San Francisco, CA
2005
"Shoppers /12×12: New Artists/New Work" Museum of Contemporary Art / Chicago, IL
Contact
Gallery Representation
Robert Koch Gallery
49 Geary Street, 5th floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
t / 415 421-0122
[email protected]
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
50th Anniversary: Selections from Light Work Collection, Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
Viewfind 11: Volume 2, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2022
In Focus: Photographs from the O’Neil Collection, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Musei San Domenico, Forlì, Italy
2021
Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Musee Des Civilisations De L'europe, Marseille, France
2020
Ausweitung der Marktzone, Kallman Museum, Ismaning, Germany
Keeper of the Hearth, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
What Does Democracy Look Like, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
The Big Picture, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2019
Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Civilization: The Way We Live Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2018
This Land Pier 24, San Francisco, CA
Civilization: The Way We Live Now National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
The Body Politic, AREA Gallery, Boston, MA
Unexpected Affinities, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Shop It!, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
Be Strong And Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections From The Light Work Collection, Syracuse, NY
Boundaries, Edges, Light & Frame, Cazenovia College Art Gallery, Cazenovia, NY
2017
American Surfaces and the Photobook Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
Collective Thinking For Freedoms Piece of Cake Collective, Aperture Foundation, New York NY
Aperture Summer Open, Aperture Foundation, New York NY
2016
A Great Sum (in Parts), Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Stump Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Made in China Weeks Gallery, Jamestown, NY
2015
New Arrivals: Photographs from the O’Neil Collection Baltimore Museum of Art
Emerging Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
Sitter Columbus College of Art Design, OH
Words Matter Robert Koch Gallery
AIPAD Galerie f5,6
2014
Public Eye: 175 Years of Sharing Photography New York Public Library, NY
Country Living Samek Art Museum, Lewisburg, PA
Konstellationen Galerie f5,6, Munich
ViewFind Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2013
Shades of Darkness C33 Gallery, Chicago, IL
Behold America! San Diego Museum of Art / MCA San Diego
Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles Ulrich Museum of Art, Witchita, KS
40 Artists / 40 Years: Selections from the Lightwork Collection Lightwork Gallery
Suburban Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2012
99 Days Philadelphia Photographic Arts Center
Oh, My Complex: On Unease at Beholding the City, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
Inside/Outside Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
View Find Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011
Presence/ Absence North Carolina Museum of Art / Raleigh, NC
American Psyche Religare Arts Initiative Gallery, New Delhi, India
2010
John Gossage & Brian Ulrich The Solo Project / Basel, Switzerland
Road to Nowhere, Fotofest Biennial, Houston, TX
Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 Museum of Fine Arts / Houston, TX
Pingyao International Photography Festival Pingyao, China
Made in Chicago, the Bank of America Collection Mona Bismarck Foundation / Paris, France
Open Season Flanders Gallery / Raleigh, NC
Instruments of Empire, Brian Ulrich and Amy Stein Caption Gallery / Brooklyn, NY
Versus Hous Projects / New York, NY
2009
Grit and Grime, Photographs of Times Square Yancey Richardson Gallery / New York, NY
Contemporary American Portraits Cleveland Museum of Art / Cleveland, OH
MP3 II Museum of Contemporary Photography / Chicago, IL
Dystopia Robert Koch Gallery / San Francisco, CA
Summer Reading Jen Bekman Gallery / New York, NY
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes Yale School of Architecture / New Haven, CT
2008
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes Carnegie Museum of Art / Pittsburgh, PA
Variable Capital Bluecoats Arts Centre / Liverpool, UK
Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes Walker Art Center / Minneapolis, MN
Made in Chicago /photographs from the LaSalle Bank Collection Chicago Cultural Center / Chicago, IL
Lost in the Supermarket Armand Bartos Gallery / New York, NY
Revisiting America Bond St. Gallery / Brooklyn, NY
Signs Mt Tremper Arts Festival / Mt. Tremper, NY
About Art: Jason Lazarus and Brian Ulrich City Gallery / Chicago, IL
Branded and On Display Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art / Scottsdale, AZ
Branded and On Display Tufts University Art Gallery / Medford, MA
Cornucopia: Documenting the Land of Plenty Montserrat College of Art Gallery / MA
Ad | Agency Photographic Resource Center / Boston, MA
2007
Chicagraphy Galerie f5.6 / Munich, Germany
Stalking Surburbia Westport Arts Center / CT
The New American Portrait Jen Bekman Gallery / New York, NY
Photocentric, Minnesota Center for Photography / Minneapolis, MN
Branded and On Display Krannert Art Museum / Champaign, IL
People Buildings and Cars Vermont Center for Photography / Brattleboro, VT
The Field Jamaica Center for Arts / Jamaica, NY
On Death and Dying Galberg Gallery / College of DuPage, IL
2006
On the Scene: Jessica Rowe, Jason Salavon, and Brian Ulrich Art Institute of Chicago / Chicago, IL
MP3, Kelli Connell, Justin Newhall, and Brian Ulrich Museum of Contemporary Photography / Chicago, IL
The Armory Show Rhona Hoffman Gallery / New York, NY
Four Freedoms Muhlenberg College / Allentown, PA
Point of Purchase Dumbo Arts Center / Brooklyn, NY
tinyvices Spencer Brownstone Gallery / New York, NY
Marcia Wood Gallery Palm Beach 3 Contemporary Art Fair / West Palm Beach, FL
Aus Amerika Galerie Lichtblick / Cologne, Germany
2005
Manufactured Self Museum of Contemporary Photography / Chicago, IL
Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie Festival d’Arles / Arles, France
The New Chicagoans (Select Media Festival) Iron Studios / Chicago, IL
Photography 2005: Double Exposure The Renaissance Society / Chicago, IL
Contemporary American Photography Mannheim–Ludwigshafen / Cologne, Germany
Skinless Capital: Neoliberalism & Resistance Opensource Art Gallery / Urbana–Champaign, IL
Other America Exit Art / New York, NY
GRANTS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
2021, 2020, 2019, 2017 Professional Development Fund Rhode Island School of Design
2017 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Merit Recipient
2016 Imagemaker Award, Society for Photographic Education
2010 Artist–In–Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
2009 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
2009 Honorable Mention, Project Competition, Center Santa Fe
2007 Wright Auction House Commission, Chicago, IL
2007 Photo District News 30 Emerging Photographers, nomination by Martin Parr
2007 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship, Chicago, IL
2005 Finalist, Critical Mass 2005
2005 City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Community Arts Assistance Grant
2003 Stuart and Iris Baum Grant, Chicago, IL
COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Akron Art Museum, OH
Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Fred and Laura Bidwell Collection, Peninsula, OH
Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
J. Paul Getty Museum, CA
Larry Fields Collection, Chicago, IL
LaSalle Bank / Bank of America, Chicago, IL
Lightwork, Syracuse, NY
Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, KS
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
New York Public Library, New York, NY
North Carolina Museum of Art, NC
Pilara Foundation Collection, San Francisco, CA
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
MONOGRAPHS
Ulrich, Brian. The Centurion. FW: Books, 2023
Ulrich, Brian. Closeout: Retail Relics and Ephemera. Anderson Gallery, 2013
Ulrich, Brian. Is This Place Great or What, Aperture Foundation, Cleveland Museum of Art. 2011
Ulrich, Brian. MP3: Midwest Photographers Project, “Copia”,Aperture, Museum of Contemporary Photography. 2006
PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS, CATALOGUES)
Outs, Skylark Editions, 2021
Fulford, Jason, Photo No Nos, Meditations on What Not to Photograph, Aperture 2021
England, Odette, Keeper of the Hearth: Picturing Roland Barthes’ Unseen Photograph. Schilt. 2020
Haeusslein, Allie. Ulrich, Brian. Photographers Looking at Photographs. Pier 24 Photography. 2019. pg 82-83
Bey Dawoud. Ulrich, Brian. Dawoud Bey on Photographing People and Communities. Aperture. 2019.
Ewing, William. Civilization: The Way We Live Now. Thames & Hudson. 2018
This Land. Pier 24 Photography. 2018
Horenstein, Henry. Make Better Pictures. Little, Brown/Hachette. 2018
Duggan, Ginger G. Fox, Judith Hoos. Baggage Claims. ‘Reclaim’. Orlando Museum of Art. 2017. pg. 15-26
Abramson, Daniel M. Obsolescence: An Architectural History. University of Chicago Press. 2016. Cover
Little, Myles. 1% Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality.Hatje Cantz 2015
Michaels, Walter Benn. The Beauty of a Social Problem. University of Chicago Press. 2015
Ulrich, Brian. Interleaves, Oranbeg Press, Boston, MA 2014
Fulford, Jason. Halpern, Gregory. The Photographer’s Playbook, Aperture Foundation. New York 2014. pg. 351
Badger, Gerry. Parr, Martin. The Photobook: A History Volume 3 London: Phaidon 2014. pg. 128
Galpin, Amy. Behold America! San Diego Museum of Art. 2013. pg. 84-95
Stamey, Emily. Stocked:Contemporary Art From the Grocery Aisle. University of Washington Press. 2013 pg. 38-42
Steacy, Will. Photographs Not Taken. Daylight Publishing. 2012. pg. 187-188
London, Barbara. Stone, Jim. Upton, John. Photography.Prentice Hall. 10thEd. New Jersey. 2011. pg. 32
Yochelson, Bonnie. 25 Years, 25 Artists. Julie Saul Gallery. New York. 2011. pg. 89
Hales, Peter Bacon. Contact Sheet, No. 162, ‘Light Work Annual 2011’, pg. 16–21. 2011
Hirsch, Robert. Exploring Color Photography.Focal Point Press. Oxford. 2011. pg. xii, 44, 87, 111
Colberg, Joerg. Conversations with Photographers.Silverrocket Press. 2011
Cotton, Charlotte. Egan, Natasha. Contemporary US Photography, Vol. 1. Fotofest, Houston. 2010. pg. 131-132, 140-143
Barber, Stephen. Benson, Michael. Growth. Prix Pictet / TeNeues. Germany. December 2010
London, Barbara. Stone, Jim. A Short Course in DigitalPhotography. Prentice Hall. New Jersey. 2011. pg. 211
Ulrich, Brian. Myths and Realities, Photography Moves into the 21stCentury. Exposure Project. 2009. pg. 3-5
Blauvelt, Andrew. Worlds Away New Suburban Landscapes.Walker Art Center. 2008. Pg 22-23, 232-234, 316, 322-323
Dempsey, Kate. Presumed Innocence, Photographic Perspectives of Children,Decordova Museum. New York. 2008. Pg 60
Campbell, David. Durden, Mark. Variable Capital. Bluecoats Art Center. Liverpool. 2007. Pg 104-113, 145
Melis, Wim. Act of Faith. Noorderlicht. 2007 pg. 126
Hirsch, Robert. Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age. Focal Point Press. September, 2007. pg. 300, 3003
Fox, Judith Hoos. Branded and On Display, Krannert Art Museum. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2007
McQuade, Christine.McQuade, Donald. Seeing & Writing 2. Bedford St. Martins. New York. 2006. pg. 191
Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye,Museum of Contemporary Art, exhibition catalogue, 2005
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2016 The Public Image: Reimagining Civic Spectatorship,Symposium, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2016 Artist Presentation, “The Centurion: Rendering Reality from Wealth, Luxury and Mythology”, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2015 Panel Discussion, Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA
2014 Keynote Speaker, ‘Is This Place Great or What Symposium’, Academy of Art in Antwerp
2013 Keynote Speaker, Society for Photographic Education West Conference, Arcata, CA
2012 Artist Presentation, Festival of the Image, Vevey, Switzerland
2012 Panelist, Piece of Cake Collective, College Art Association National Conference, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Panel Discussion, Piece of Cake Collective, Griffin Museum of Photography
2012 Portfolio Reviewer, Atlanta Celebrates Photography Festival, Atlanta, GA
2011 Panelist, Piece of Cake Collective, Society for Photographic Education National Conference,
Atlanta, GA
2011 Panelist w/Michael Shaw, Jim Johnson, Guest Critic, Northwestern University, Photojournalism and Public Commentary, Workshop
2010 Panelist w/Michael Shaw, Robert Hariman, Chicago Humanities Festival, Art Institute of Chicago, ‘No Caption Needed’
2010 Panelist, Imag(in)ing the Future of Photography: The Photographic and the Digital, Society for Photographic Education Midwest Conference, Kalamazoo, MI
2008 Lecture, Society for Photographic Education Midwest Conference, Cleveland, OH
2007 Panelist, MP3 Midwest Photographers Project w/ Kelli Connell and Justin Newhall, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Miami, FL
2006 Panelist, ‘Chicagraphy’ w/ Jon Gitelson and Matthew Siber, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Chicago, IL
PANELIST, GUEST SPEAKER AND GALLERY LECTURES
2023 Visiting Artist Lecture, Casper College, Casper, WY
2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2021 Visiting Artist Lecture, Los Angeles Center of Photography
2020 Visiting Artist, Columbia College Chicago
2020 Visiting Artist Lecture, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2019 Visiting Artist Lecture, Clark University, Worcester, MA
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of California at Santa Cruz, CA
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2018 Visiting Artist Lecture, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, Kentucky College of Art and Design, Louisville, KY
2017 Panelist, Collective Opposition: Artists Creating Community, Bard College / International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2017 Panelist, The Architecture of Consumption: Airspace, Abandoned Retail, and McMansion Hell, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2017 Panelist, Critic, Collective Thinking, For Freedoms, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
2017 Visiting Artist Lecture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2016 Speaker,Don't Blink Robert Frank Screening, The Providence Art and Design Film Festival, Providence, RI
2015 Panelist, “Art, Communication, and Consumerism”, w/Corey Postiglione and Kim Erwin. Depaul Museum, Chicago, IL
2015 Gallery Talk, “The Centurion”, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
2015 Panelist, Piece of Cake Collective w/Kelli Connell, Matthew Gamber and Jonathan Gitelson,Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA
2015 Visiting Artist Talk,Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
2015 Gallery Talk for Exhibition w/Anna Shteynshleyger, Columbus College of Art and Design
2015 Panelist, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, Columbus College of Art and Design
2015 Artist Lecture,Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Photography, Providence, RI
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture ,California College of the Arts, Department of Photography, Oakland, CA
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, Keene State College,Department of Art,Keene, NH
2014 Gallery Talk w/Cynthia Henebry, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture / Guest Critic, Studio Visits, University of Iowa, Department of Photography, Iowa City, IO
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2014 Visiting Artist Lecture / Gallery Talks, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture / Guest Critic, Studio Visits, Antwerp Museum of Photography, Antwerp, BE
2013 Panelist w/ Reinier Gerritsen, PhotoQ Bookstore, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Gallery Talk for Exhibition, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture for Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Gallery Talk for Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture for Exhibition, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture, Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, IL
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Atlanta, GA
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture / Guest Critic, Workshop, Stevenson University, Baltimore, MD
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture / Guest Critic, Studio Visits, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture / Workshop, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
2012 Gallery Talk for Exhibition w/Penelope Umbrico, Julie Saul Gallery/Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
2012 Panelist, Piece of Cake Collective, Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston, MA
2011 Artist Lecture w/ Penelope Umbrico, Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL
2011 Gallery Talk for Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
2011 Panelist, Piece of Cake Collective, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center,
Philadelphia, PA
2010 Panelist w/Candida Alvarez, Scott Speh, Faheem Majeed, ‘The Value of An MFA’, Hyde Park Art Center
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Herron School of Art and Design Indianapolis, IN
2010 Panelist w/Hank Willis Thomas and Will Steacy, New York Photo Festival, Aperture Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Panelist w/Lesley Martin, Curtis Mann and Karen Irvine, ArtChicago, Aperture Foundation, Chicago, IL
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
2010 Gallery Talk for Exhibition, Hous Projects, New York, NY
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, University of Illinois at Chicago
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Minnesota, New York, NY
2009 Panelist w/ Cara Phillips, Laurel Ptak, Jorg Colberg and Andrew Hetherington, New York Photo Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, Bowling Green State University, Toledo, OH
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
2008 Gallery Talk for Exhibition, Nerman Museum of Art, Overland Park, KS
2008 Panelist w/ Tom Bamberger, Lisa Hostetler and Karen Irvine, Haggerty Museum of Art, Panel Discussion, Milwaukee, WI
2008 Panelist w/Amani Olu, Ruben San Miguel Natal and Kellie McLaughlin, Aperture Foundation, NY
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture for Exhibition, Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2007 Panelist w/Ben Gest, Michael Newman and Melanie Shiff, ‘Photography in the Digital Age’, The Art Institute of Chicago
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, Photoshelter Tour, Chicago, IL
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, Juror, Coalition of Photographic Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Studio Visits, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture for Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic for Exhibition, Mississippi State University
2007 Panelist, MP3 Midwest Photographers Project w/ Kelli Connell and Justin Newhall, Youngstown State University, OH
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture, Parsons the New School of Design, Aperture Foundation, NY
2007 Gallery Talk for Exhibition and Residency, University of Illinois in Urbana–Champaign, IL
2006 Panelist, Chicagraphy w/ Jon Gitelson and Matthew Siber, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture w/Bill Owens, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2006 Panelist, MP3 Midwest Photographers Project w/ Kelli Connell, Justin Newhall and Rod Slemmons, Aperture Foundation, NYC
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, School of the International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2006 Gallery Talk, Minneapolis Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Visiting Artist Lecture, Guest Critic, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2005 Visiting Artist Lecture for Exhibition, ‘Brian Ulrich connects with Gustave Caillebotte’, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2005 Gallery Talk for Exhibition, Domestic Disturbance, Evanston, IL
2005 Panelist w/Jim Coudal, Elizabeth Cline, Naz Hamid and Andrew Huff, Influence: Art + Design, Sonotheque, Chicago, IL
2005 Gallery Talk, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2005 Visiting Artist Lecture, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2005 Gallery Talk, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL