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