BELLE CARLSON                                            

beldencarlson@gmail.com  www.beldencarlson.com



EDUCATION

2019  BA in Fine-Arts & Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA   

EXHIBITIONS

2019 Before We Go, Group Exhibition, Philadelphia PA

2018 Color Vision, Group Exhibition, Color Space Labs, Philadelphia, PA

2018 Havana, Group Exhibition, Dean's Alley, Philadelphia, PA

2017 International Summer Exhibition,Haihatus Gallery, Joutsa, Finland

2017  Youth Series, Solo Exhibition, Greenline Café, Philadelphia, PA

2017  Cuba, Group Exhibition, Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2016 Connect, National Photography Contest & Group Exhibition, Woody Gaddis Photo Arts Gallery

2016 (Relationships of) Resemblance &Rejection, Solo Exhibition, Philomathean Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2015 Uncover: Fall Group Show, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2015 T.A. Gallery, NY, NY

2015 MOMA PS1, NY, NY

2014 The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Public Library, NY, NY

2013 Berkeley High School Art Murmur, Berkeley, CA

2013 Young Artist Work Space Art Up Show, Local 123 Café, Berkeley, CA

2013 Art In Action, YMCA Teen Centre, Berkeley, CA

2013 The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Public Library, NY, NY

2012  Young Artist Workspace Berkeley Group Teen Show, Local 123 Café, Berkeley, CA

2012  The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Public Library, NY, NY

2009 Young Artists Portraits, Cheeseboard Pizza, Berkeley, CA

AWARDS & 

RECOGNITIONS

2017  Silverstein Photography Studio Abroad: Havana, Cuba

2017 UScholars Grant (for Independent Photo-Ethnographic Research)

2017  OhSnap! Photo Contest Winner

2015 National YoungArts Foundation Winner in Photography

2015  BHS Best Photographer Winner

PUBLICATIONS 

2017-2021

Plain Magazine Feature, Trendland Magazine Feature, 34th Street Magazine, Havana Publication, YA Alumni Publication, FishFactory Magazine Publication, The Walk Fashion Magazine, Patos Shoes Website, Impact Magazine, F-WordMagazine, Texploit Magazine, Feature Shoot Group Show, Inklette Magazine, Walk Fashion, Stylus Journal

2013-2016

Palgrave Macmillan Book Cover of "Queer Youth and Media Cultures: Critical Essays" by Christopher Pullen, The Gulls Album Cover of “Nude Beach,” Tigress Magazine: Artist Feature and Interview, Thistle Magazine, The Adroit Journal,LenScratch, F-Stop Magazine, Parallel Ink, SMBH Magazine, The Best of Flickr Feature, Phlearn Online,Paragraph iPad Magazine, Brick Rhetoric, Lost Freedom Magazine, Golden Age Magazine