Education:
2014 MFA, Photography, San Francisco Art Institute
2009 BA, Art, University of California, Santa Cruz
Exhibitions
2024 Size Matters: Medium Festival of Photography, Athenaeum Art Center, San Diego, CA
New Realities: SPE Member’s Exhibition, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
2023 Other Rooms, Other Skies, LunaRoze Gallery, San Diego, CA (two-person)
The Last Group Show, Bread and Salt, San Diego, CA
Faculty Show, Luxe Gallery, San Diego, CA
Del Mar Fair Exhibition of Photographs, San Diego, CA
Pinhole Show, Unique Photo, Philadelphia, PA
2022 Pride and Protest, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
Faculty Show, Luxe Gallery, San Diego, CA
Connecting the Dots, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
Witness II, The Neon Heater, Findlay, Ohio
2021 Witness, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Art in the Plague Year, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA (virtual)
2020 Six Feet Photography Project, Ashland, NC (virtual)
Open Show San Diego, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA (virtual)
Running to the Edge of the World, Cumulus Photo (virtual)
Women in Light, Luxe Gallery, San Diego, CA (Covid-19)
2019 Faculty Show, Luxe Gallery, San Diego, CA
2018 C-Note, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
A Nightmare on 16th St., Space4Art, San Diego, CA
Convergence, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
Special Topics, Visual Shop, San Diego, CA
Is this a reality show?, Weird Hues, San Diego, CA
Terra Infirma, Space4Art Build Site, San Diego, CA
2017 Makers Fair at the Brown Building, San Diego, CA
Women in Light, Luxe Gallery, San Diego, CA
2016 Clash, SnappedAway Fine Art Photography Blog
Wish You Could Have Seen This, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
Faculty Show, Art Institute of California, San Diego
Women in Light, Luxe Gallery, San Diego, CA
2015 Battlewear for the Everyday Womyn, Pehrspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Glitterbomb: Connections 2015, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
Oakland International Women's Day Photography Show, Betti Ono Gallery, Oakland, CA
Everybody's Ocean, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
Out of Storage, Studio 110 Projects, Sausalito, CA
Pancakes and Booze, Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Snow Show, Artescape, Sonoma, CA
2014 COH Art Auction, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
LGBTQ Art Show, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
Water, Elemental and Fundamental, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Longshot 2014, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Principal: MFA Thesis Exhibition, San Francisco Mint, San Francisco, CA
Space for Rent, Castro and Market St. pop-up show, San Francisco, CA
Inside Out, ph21 Gallery at the Szkéné Theatre, Budapest, Hungary
Landscape: Looking at Photography (online annex), Blackbox Gallery, Portland, Or
2013 The Instagram Show, Melrose Lightspace, Los Angeles, CA (catalogued)
Pinhole Show, Paul Sack Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
Colorblind, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Jct., VT (catalogued)
4th Biennial Pinhole Show, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
The Place is Haunted, The Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA (two-person)
Photo Technology Timeline II, Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Portrait: Image and Identity, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR, Juror: Alice Shaw
Art of Instagram, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Andrew Overtoom (catalogued)
2012 Photo Technology Timeline I, Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Then and Now, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art of Photography Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, Juror: Julian Cox (catalogued)
this place: devoid, Subrosa Infoshop, Santa Cruz, CA (two-person)
Sweet Spot, Gallery del Grotto at Sports Basement, San Francisco, CA
American Landscapes, MFA Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD, Juror: Susan Behrends-Frank
2011 Lotte Art Sale, 518 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Conversations with the Facade, Cafe Delmarette, Santa Cruz, CA (solo)
Voyages, The Davenport Gallery, Davenport, CA
Compulsive Habits and Repetitive Tendencies, Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios, Santa Cruz, CA
KNFC Community Art Show, Kresge Food Co-op, Santa Cruz, CA
2010 Safe, Empowered, X-Traordinary Youth Conference, Santa Cruz, CA
2009 Untitled: Slice of a Continuum, Paul Sweet House, Santa Cruz, CA (solo)
2008 Subversive Complicity: The Refinders, The Lab Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Publications and Media Coverage:
City Works Journal, 2024
New Realities: SPE Member’s Exhibition Catalogue, 2024
Art of Pride Magazine, 2023
Luxe Volume 1, 2023
Analog Forever Magazine, 2022
Private View Blog Interview, 2021
Witness, Edition of 200, Kopa Printing, 2021
Interview, Rising Arts Leaders of San Diego, 2021
Calm Cool Collective Magazine, Vol 1, 2021Situated Magazine, 2021
Perennial Press, 2021
Shoutout Socal: Local Stories, 2020
Color Tag Magazine, 2020
We Magazine, 2020
Murze Magazine, Issue 11, 2020
“Transgender Athlete Classification in Competitive Sports,” Infgay, October 2019
Shots Magazine, October 2019 Artist Profile, San Diego Voyager, 2019
Featured Artist, Loud and Queer Zine, 2019
Blue Ridge Public Radio, Artist Portrait of Susan Patrice, 2018
Print Swap via Feature Shoot Magazine, January 2018
New York Times, “As Rains Ease in the West, Cactuses Shine Brighter Than Ever,” April 2017
“Behind the lens with photographer Caity Fares,” UCSD Extension, May 2016
Featured Artist, SnappedAway Fine Art Photography, June 2016
Fljotstunga Report, Issuu, 2015
Featured Artist, 365Artists365Days, March 2015
The Lucky Jotter, December 2014
Featured Artist, Infinity’s Kitchen, Issue #7, September 2014
Featured Artist, Creative Quarterly, Issue #35, June 2014
Featured Artist, Blur Magazine, Issue #37, June 2014
Featured Artist, F-Stop Magazine, Issue #61 "Cities," October 2013
Los Angeles Times, "Gettysburg," September 2013
Coast Magazine, “The Complexities of Carmel," April 2010
Artist Talks/Workshops/Panels:
Creating an Intersectional Learning Space in Your Photography Classroom: SPE Conference, St. Louis, MO 2024
Artist Talk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, 2022
Experimental Photo Festival, Barcelona, Spain (virtual), 2020
Panelist, Rising Arts Leaders of San Diego, Quartyard, San Diego, CA 2018
Altered Visions; CoLED Ethnography and Design Conference, UCSD, San Diego, CA 2016
Judge, Adobe Creative Jam, San Diego, CA, February 2016
Cyanotype Workshop, AjA Project, San Diego, CA 2016
Women and Representation in Photography, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA, February 2016
Pinhole Camera Workshop for Artists, Fljotstunga Travel Farm, Iceland, 2015
Cyanotype Workshop for Teens, ARTescape, Sonoma, CA, May 2015
Visiting Artist and Workshop Demo, Photo Technology Timeline, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, January 2015
Bay Area Artists Panel, Youth Art Exchange, San Francisco, CA, July 2014
MFA Now Artist Talk, Root Division, San Francisco, CA, February 2014
Photo Technology Timeline Artist Talk/Pinhole Workshop, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, January 2014
Photo Technology Timeline Matchbox Pinhole Workshop, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, September 2013
Artist Talk, Introduction to Photography, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, May 2012
Artist Talk, Introduction to Photography, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, October 2012
Artist Talk, Introduction to Photography, UC Santa Cruz , Santa Cruz, CA, May 2011
Awards/Residencies:
Fourth Place, Del Mar Fair Exhibition of Photographs, San Diego, CA
Artist-In-Residence, Makers Circle, Asheville, North Carolina, 2018
Artist-In-Residence, Space4Art, San Diego, CA, 2018
Artist-In-Residence, Fljotstunga Travel Farm, Iceland, 2015
Selected Participant, Photo Alliance World Portfolio Review, 2014
Runner-Up in Photography, Creative Quarterly Magazine, 2014
Consignment:
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Artists Gallery, 5 pieces, 2017
Related Professional Experience:
Freelance Photographer, New York Times, 2017
Location Scout, Anthology Productions/Nautica Marketing, March 2014
Assistant Photographer, Gettysburg National Park, June 2013
Photographer, Queer Youth Leadership Awards, May 2012
Certifications and Curriculum Development:
Curriculum Development Committee, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA 2020
Teaching Men of Color in the Community College System, San Diego, CA 2019
SOGIE Trainer (sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression), Fred Finch Youth Center, 2018
Mental Health First Aid Responder, Mental Health America, 2016
Canvas and Blackboard Certified Instructor
Teaching Experience:
Assistant Professor, Photography, January 2022 - Present
San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
Instructor, Photography, January 2017 - Present
UCSD Extension, San Diego, CA
Adjunct Faculty, Photography, January 2016 - December 2021
San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
Adjunct Faculty, Photography, January 2016 - March 2019
The Art Institute of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
Instructor, Art and Science Afterschool Program, March 2014 - May 2014
Friends School, San Francisco, CA
Intructor, Black and White Photography, July 2014 - August 2014
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Assistant, New Genres I, January 2014 - May 2014
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Assistant, Photo Technology Timeline, August 2013 - December 2013
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Teaching Assistant/Section Leader, Introduction to Photography: History and Practice, January 2011 - June 2011
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Teaching Assistant/Section Leader, Introduction to Photography: History and Practice, September 2011 - December 2011
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Course Assistant, Introduction to Darkroom Photography, September 2010 - December 2010
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Course Assistant, Introduction to Darkroom Photography, June 2008 - December 2008
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA