Colton Rothwell
crothwellphoto@gmail.com
Education
2022 - BFA in Studio Arts, The University of Montana, Magna Cum Laude, Minor in Journalism
Related Professional Experience
Selected Workshop Participant - Ron Jude: Landscape in the 21st Century, FotoFilmic, Bowen Island, BC, August 2023
Visitor Engagement Security Officer - The Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana, Oct. 2022 - May 2023
Studio Assistant - Sarah Jones Studio, Missoula, Montana, 2022
Gallery Assistant - UC Gallery, Missoula, Montana, 2022
Photography Manager -The Wilderness Institute, Missoula, Montana, 2021, 2022
Graphic Designer - Montana Kaimin, Missoula, Montana 2021
Staff Photographer - Montana Kaimin, Missoula, Montana, 2019
Student Evaluation Committee - University of Montana School of Visual and Media Arts, Missoula, Montana, Fall 2019
Photo Assistant - Ellen B. Hansen, Los Angeles, California, Nov. 2019
Residencies
Rewilding the Body Eclectic Led by Zachari Logan, The Banff Centre, Nov-Dec 2023
Selected Shows - Individual
The Blue of Distance - Love Child Gallery, Missoula, Montana, 2023
Masculinity and Other Landscapes - Eloise Knowles Gallery, The University of Montana, Missoula, 2022
Our Own Private Idaho, - Eloise Knowles Gallery , The University of Montana, Missoula, 2021
“Thoughts from the Desert,” - Catalyst Cafe and Lake Missoula Tea Company, Missoula, Montana, 2019
Selected Shows - Group
Allez Group Mural Show, Allez, Missoula, MT, 2023
Emerging Vision: Biennial Student Show, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado, 2022
De-Constructed, UC Gallery, Missoula, Montana, 2022
Androtrauma, UC Gallery, Missoula, Montana, 2022
THREAD, Manifest Gallery, Cincinatti, Ohio, 2022
The University of Montana's Annual BFA Exhibition, Missoula, Montana, 2022
Texas Photographic Society's #NewVisions2022 Student Competition - Houston, Texas, 2022
Not The World We Used to Know, UC Gallery, Missoula, Montana, 2022
26th and 25th Annual Student Juried Exhibition - The University of Montana Gallery ofVisual Arts, Missoula, 2020, 2021
“Downtown” Group Exhibition - The Frontier Space, Missoula, Montana, 2020
“Visibly Invisible” Group Exhibition - UC Gallery, Missoula, Montana, 2019
“Emerging Artist’s Collection” Group Show - 1st Place Photography, ArtSource Gallery, Boise, Idaho, 2018
Collections
Montana Museum of Art and Culture, Missoula, Montana
Selected Publications
Pictures & Songs, Booooooom, 2023
“Elegy” by Photographer Colton Rothwell, Booooooom, 2023
JRNL 18 - Fotofilmic, Fall 2023
Milk 004 - Milk Biyearly Zine, Spring 2020
Surrender - #147 Edition of SHOTS Magazine, 2020
Selected Honors/Awards/ Prizes
Grant Recipient - Aperture and Google's Creator Labs Photo Fund, 2023
Finalist - The Hopper Prize, Spring 2023
75th College Photographer of the Year Competition - Silver, Bronze, and Two Awards of Excellence, 2020
Grant Recipient - Alexa Rose Artist Foundation, 2017 and 2019