Colton Rothwell
crothwellphoto@gmail.com
Education
2022 - BFA in Studio Arts, The University of Montana, Magna Cum Laude
2018 - High School Diploma, Capital High School, Boise, ID
Related Professional Experience
Selected Workshop Participant - Ron Jude: Landscape in the 21st Century, FotoFilmic, Bowen Island, BC, August 2023 (Upcoming)
Visitor Engagement Security Officer - The Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana, 2022 to present
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
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
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
Publications
The Oval - Annual Literary and Arts Magazine, Missoula, Montana, 2022
Losing It: Social Pressures - Sunstroke Magazine, 2020
Milk 004 - Milk Biyearly Zine, Spring 2020
Surrender - #147 Edition of SHOTS Magazine, 2020,
2021 Classic Magazine Recurring Featured Artist - Classics Magazine, 2020, 2021
UM Students Address PandemicThrough Photography Classes - The Missoulian, 2020
Find Rangers #22 - Find Rangers Magazine, 2020
Valley Visions Art and Literary Magazine - Featured Artist, 2018
Honors/Awards
75th College Photographer of the Year Competition - Silver, Bronze, and Two Awards of Excellence, 2020
Grant Recipient - Alexa Rose Artist Foundation, 2017 and 2019
Art Odyssey Scholarship Recipient - University of Montana, 2021
Gilbert Millikan Scholarship Recipient - University of Montana, 2021
Jack Bennett Memorial Scholarship - University of Montana, 2020
President’s List - University of Montana, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards - “Gold Key” 2017, Two "Gold Keys", 2018
Photographer’s Forum Magazine Student Photo Contest - Honorable Mention, 2018
Boise Weekly Black and White Photo Contest - First Place “People,” 2017