About

I am a fine art photographer born and raised in Arizona. I received my BA in Women’s Studies from the University of Arizona in 1997. In my academic studies I focused on issues of identity and of how we makes sense of ourselves and others in the world. Many of these ideas have carried over into my photographic work exploring the realms of childhood and childhood spaces. I earned an MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2005. Since then, I have been teaching photography at Columbia College Chicago and Evanston Arts Center, creating images for editorial and commercial assignments as well as working on personal photographic projects.

Select images are available for editorial, advertising and book jacket usage.

For inquiries and availabilty of images, please contact me at: christy@christykarpinski.com

To inquire about assignment availability please contact me at: christy@christykarpinski.com
or call 773-252-8016

Nominee for the New York Photo Awards 2009.

Honorable Mention, Third Annual Juried Show, Morpho Gallery, 2008.

Honorable Mention-Best of Show, Onward ’09,  Juror Andrea Modica. Project Basho 2008.

Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award in Photography 2007.

Honorable Mention, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2007.

Award of Excellence, Cook County Treasurer, March 2007.

Onward ’10, Juried by Debbie Fleming Caffery,Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA 2010.

Faculty Exhibition 2009, Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL July 12 – August 9, 2009.

Critical Encounters: Human/Nature Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago, 2009

Third Annual Juried Photography Show, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL 2008

Onward ’09, Juried by Andrea Modica,Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA 2008.

Wondertime Magazine, various issues, Massachusetts, 2006-2008.

A Field Guide to North America: The Exhibition, Curated by the Humble Arts Foundation, Gallery Bar, New York, NY2007.

Exposure 2007, Mistlin Gallery, Modesto, CA Fall 2007.

“A Field Guide to the North American Family” by Garth Risk Hallberg, Mark Batty Publisher, August 2007.

1st Annual CoPA Juried Exhibit, Brian Ulrich-juror, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI July 27-August 31, 2007.

“C.O.P.A. Exhibition Catalog 2007″, Coalition of Photographice Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2007.

Boys and Girls, City Gallery of Photography at the Historic Water Tower, Chicago, IL May 17-August 4 2007.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas Honors Women’s History Month, County Building, Chicago, IL March-April 2007.

12th Juried Exhibition, Bonni Benrubi-juror, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA 2006.

New Trends in Chicago Photography, Version Kuntshalle, Chicago, IL April 2006.

Annual Women Photographers Competition, Dreambox Gallery, Chicago, IL March 2006.