DINA SANTOS
www.dinasantosphotography.com
Education
2022 Education Specialist Preliminary Credential Mild/Moderate. University of Massachusetts Global, Monterey, CA.
2008. Master of Fine Art: Photography. San Jose State University, San Jose, California
2004. Bachelor of Arts: Studio Art, Photography. California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California
2000 Associate of Arts. Riverside Community College, Riverside, California
Associate of Science: Mathematics and Sciences. Riverside Community College, Riverside, California
Experience
2023 Instructor, Digital Photography, The Lyceum of Monterey County, Monterey, CA
2022 Instructor, Digital Photography, The Lyceum of Monterey County, Monterey, CA
2021– Current. Inclusion Specialist, NEST Autism Program, Rio del Mar Elementary School, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Aptos, CA.
2019 – 2021 Resource Specialist, Watsonville Charter School of the Arts, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, Watsonville, CA.
2019 Instructor, Digital Photography, The Lyceum of Monterey County, Monterey, CA
Invited Guest Judge, Padres Trail Camera Club, Pictorial Still Life Competition, Monterey, CA
2014 – 2019 Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Photography (Photo1), Hartnell College, Salinas, CA
2012. Invited Guest Artist Lecture, Introduction to Video Art, Cabrillo Community College, Santa Cruz, CA
2011 – 2014 Photography Instructor, Beginning Digital Photography, Intermediate Photography: Portrait Photography, Introduction to Adobe
Lightroom, Landscape Photography, San Jose Learning Center, San Jose, CA
2012 Guest Artist Lecture, Introduction to Video Art, Cabrillo Community College, Santa Cruz, CA
2011 Guest Artist Lecture, Introduction to Digital Photography, Cabrillo Community College, Santa Cruz, CA
2008 Artist Panel Lecture, Framing an Identity, Society for Photographic Education-West Conference, San Francisco, CA
Organizing Assistant to Curator Naomi Talisman, “Show Starts on the Sidewalk- An Outdoor Screening Series, part of
Intervene!Interrupt! Rethinking Art as Social Practice”, University of Santa Cruz Art Intervention Conference, San Jose Event, San Jose,
California
Adjunct Instructor, Photo 40: Beginning Digital Photography, Spring 2008, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2007. Adjunct Instructor, Photo 40: Beginning Digital Photography, Fall 2007, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Teaching Assistant, Image and Idea with Valerie Mendoza, Spring 2007, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2006 Teaching Assistant, Color Photography with Reed Estabrook, Fall 2006, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Freelance Photographer, Skinnie Magazine, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Exhibitions
2023. You affect me. A collective image. In conjunction with Open Studios 2023, 17th Avenue Art Studios, Santa Cruz, CA
2022 All About Women 2022, curated by Carol Tarzier, Marin Society of Artists, Marin, CA
2022 Center for Photographic Art Members Juried Exhibition curated by Crista Dix, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA.
2021 A Woman's View, curated by Elinor Carucci, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina.
Home, A National Juried Exhibition, curated by Susan Aulik, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2020 In this Place, Russell Fine Arts Gallery, Arkadelphia, AK.
2019 Captured, Invited Guest Artist, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
2018 The Source Project, Miss Mae’s House of Beauty and Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA.
Artists as Teachers, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA.
2017 Color: Photography Now, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR.
2017 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA.
Nasty Woman, Gallery 3, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AK.
Nasty Woman, Russell Fine Arts Gallery, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AK.
2014 Hartnell Faculty Show, Hartnell College Gallery, Hartnell College, Salinas, CA.
2010 Women About Women: A Broad Introspective Retrospective, Blue Door Gallery,
Yonkers, New York.
2009 The Hot Dog Project (Street Performance), invited artist by San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, The 2nd Annual SubZero Art Festival,
San Jose, California.
Lift Off 2009, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California.
2008 What Nourishes Me Destroys Me, Gallery 2, San Jose State University, San Jose, California.
Inspiration: Multimedia Film Festival, Society for Photographic Education West Conference, Academy of Art University, San Francisco,CA
New Work Studio Reception, “Fine Art Video Shorts”, 2016 Sunset Photographic Art Studio, Pacific Grove, CA
Come Out and Play, “Supermasochist”, curated by Sheree Rose, Apexart Gallery, New York, New York
React, a Social Happening Around Performance, Art and The Hot Dog Project Community Interaction, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Company, Santa Cruz, CA
San Jose State Archival Lounge, Creative Lunch, University of Santa Cruz Art Intervention Conference, curated by Dore Bowen, Santa
Cruz, CA
Show Starts on the Sidewalk- An Outdoor Screening Series, part of Intervene! Interrupt! Rethinking Art as Social Practice, University of
Santa Cruz Art Intervention Conference, Santa Cruz, CA
Show Starts on the Sidewalk- An Outdoor Screening Series, part of Intervene! Interrupt! Rethinking Art as Social Practice, University of
Santa Cruz Art Intervention Conference, San Francisco, CA
A Series of Performance Videos, Black Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Best of ATA Film and Video Festival, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
2007 ATA Film and Video Festival 2007, Artist Television Access, San Francisco, CA
I Have a Friend Like Her, UCSC Women's Center, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
Skin Deep, Black Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Publications
2022. 2022 Center for Photographic Art Members Juried Exhibition, Exhibition Catalog, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2021. A Woman's View, exhibition juried by Elinor Carucci, Exhibition Catalog, SE Center for Photography, March 2021
Home, A National Juried Exhibition, curated by Susan Aulik, Exhibition Catalog, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 Artists as Teachers, Exhibition Catalog, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2016 Basket Case Magazine, Issue 2
2013 Show Class Magazine, Issue 21, Volume 4