Caroline Tompkins
Lives and works in New York City
513-240-9323 | tompkins.caroline@gmail.com
Education
2014
BFA Honors Photography, School of Visual Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Bedfellow, Châteauvallon-Liberté, Toulon, France
2023
Bedfellow, These Days, Los Angeles, USA
2022
Bedfellow, 10 14 Gallery, London, England
2022
Bedfellow, Miejsce Przy Miejscu 14, Wrocław, Poland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Photo London, Somerset House, London, England
2021
State of Exception, Studio Gallery BWA, Wrocław, Poland
2019
Playing for Keeps, Micamera, Milan
2018
Eye Witness, RVCA, Australia
2017
Dinster, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2016
Mental Health Club, Mandarin Plaza, Los Angeles, NYC
2016
Mossless 4, Public/Private/Portrait, Deli Gallery, NYC
2016
Common Sense(s), Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
2016
PhotoLA, The Reef/LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2015
What’s a Man’s Paris?, General Public Collective, Indianapolis, IN
2015
7 on Main Street, Combustion Espontanea, Madrid, Spain
Teaching and Work Experience
2019
School of Visual Arts, Professor (2019-2023)
2021
Senior Photo Editor, Vice (2020-2021)
2014
Bloomberg Businessweek, Photo Editor (2014 – 2019)
Publications
2022
Bedfellow, Palm* Studios
2020
Under a Blanket of Stars, Pomegranate Press
2019
Far From All That Allows, featuring Zak Krevitt, Molly Matalon, Corey Olsen, Pat O’Malley, Tim Schutsky, and Caroline Tompkins, Convoke
2017
Big Sky, Self Published
2016
Public/Private/Portrait, Mossless
Selected Press
2022
Fear and Desire, Aperture
2022
Bedfellow, British Journal of Photography
2022
Bedfellow, True Journal
2020
British Journal of Photography "Caroline Tompkins on the subject of the body"
2020
Elephant Magazine, "Caroline Tompkins Captures the Wild Heat of Rural America"
2020
C41 Magazine, "Caroline Tompkins on C41 Magazine issue 9 Eros: Fantasy Bond"
2019
i-D, "Oltre il female gaze: intervista a Molly Matalon e Caroline Tompkins"
2019
Dazed, "These photographs offer a romanticised, female-lensed viewpoint of America"
2019
Vogue, Interview with Molly Matalon for exhibition "Playing for Keeps" at Micamera in Milan
2017
Metal Magazine, "Caroline Tompkins - The American and the Outsider"
2016
It's Nice That, "Caroline Tompkins deftly captures goggle marks, swim caps and foam floats"
2016
Ignant, "A Life In Glimpses By Caroline Tompkins"
2015
Dazed, "Generation Y and the ‘American Dream’"
2015
Juxtapoz, "Caroline Tompkins' 'Hey Baby'"
2014
Huffington Post, Why One Woman Is Photographing Her Catcallers
Awards
2024
Nikon Emerging Photographer Award – Shortlist
2024
Saltzman Prize | CPW – Shortlist
2023
Nobuyoshi Araki MA-g Award, "Bedfellow"
2023
Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize "Bedfellow"
2020
The 30: New and Emerging Photographers
2010
Silas Rhodes Scholarship
Speaking Engagements
2024
Artist Lecture, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
2024
Charlotte Jansen Presents "Bedfellow", Photo London, Somerset House, London, England
2023
"Bedfellow", Picturehouse + The Small Darkroom, New York City, USA
2022
"Bedfellow", 10 14 Gallery, London, England
2022
"Bedfellow", Gallery BWA Dizajn, Wroclaw, Poland
2022
"Bedfellow", Krakow Photomonth Festival, Museum of Photography in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Television & Radio
2024
A Shot Podcast, Episode #26
2019
C41 Podcast #02 Molly Matalon, Caroline Tompkins, Jamie Allen Shaw
2016
The LPV Show - Interview
2014
W Radio - Interview, Colombia
2014
BBC TV, 100 Women: Do we need to talk about sexism?
2014
PIX11 TV, ‘Cat Call City’: Why do men do it?
2014
Al Jazeera America TV, ‘Hey, baby!’: Anti-catcalling crusade gains ground in New York City
Panelist History
2020
The 30: New and Emerging Photographers. "How to Pitch Stories for the Editorial Market"
2019
Alumni Conversation with Zak Krevitt, Molly Matalon, Corey Olsen, Pat O’Malley, Tim Schutsky, and Caroline Tompkins, SVA Theatre
2019
Conversation with Molly Matalon, Red Hook Labs, NYC
2016
The Blow Up presented by Feature Shoot, Going Viral, Root Studios, NYC
2015
NYC No Parents, Istituto Europeo di Design, Madrid, Spain
2013
A Return to the Desert: In search of a language for image-based art, SVA Theater, NYC