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Sea Krob
Living on occupied Kizh Land
seakrob@gmail.com


Education:

2022-2025 M.F.A. in Photography, California State University, Long Beach (pending)
2017-2019 B.A. in Art, University of California, Los Angeles
2013-2015 A.A. in University Studies, Chaffey College
2009-2011 Studied Photography, Mesa Community College

Professional Experience:

2022-Present Photography Lab Technician, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2023 In Field Photo Lab Assistant for Julie Shafer, Chapman University, CA
2022 Film Scanning & Editing, Freelance, Los Angeles, CA
2018-2019 Photography Lab Technician, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Film Scanning Technician, Digital Fusion, Culver City, CA
2015 Museum Artist Collaborator, Wignall Museum, Chaffey College, CA
2014-2015 Photography Lab Technician, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2012-2018 Assistant & Second Shooter, Photeo.net, Tempe, AZ
2011-2014 Freelance Photographer, Chelsea Krob Photography, Tempe, AZ
2010 Photographer, Portrait Innovations, Chandler, AZ

Teaching Experience

2024 Teaching Intern, CSULB, Long Beach, CA (Art 444 - Advanced Printmaking : Photo Digital)
2024 Teaching Assistant, CSULB, Long Beach, CA (AH 11C - Foundation Art History - Latin America Arts & Architecture)
2024 Teaching Intern, CSULB, Long Beach, CA (Art 243 - Introductory Photo)
2023 Teaching Intern, CSULB, Long Beach, CA (Art 444 - Advance Photo)
2023 Teaching Intern, CSULB, Long Beach, CA (Art 340 - Intermediate Photo)
2023 Teaching Intern, CSULB, Long Beach, CA (AH 101 - Intro Art History)
2023 Teaching Artist, Long Beach YMCA, Long Beach, CA
2023 Art Facilitator (virtually), PKD Foundation, Kansas City, MO
2021 Community Educator, Los Angeles College Prep Academy, CA
2020 Darkroom Photography Instructor, Freelance, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Teaching Artist, Brockton Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Museum Dialogue Facilitator, Wignall Museum, Chaffey College, CA
2011-2013 Photography & Art Tutor James Madison Prep, Tempe, AZ

Awards:

2023 2022-2023 Graduate Equity Fellowship, California State University, Long Beach
2022 2021 Needle Mover, Advocacy Champion’s Network from PKD Foundation
2015 Chaffey College Spring Photo Show, First Place, Portfolio Category
2014 Chaffey College Fall Photo Show, First Place, Advanced Category
2014 Chaffey College Spring Photo Show, Second Place, Portfolio Category
2010 Mesa Community College Student Art Show, Juror’s Choice, Digital Art Category

Group Exhibitions:

2024 Insights 2023-2024, Gatov Gallery, CSULB
2024 Anchors, Dutzi Gallery, CSULB
2024 GLAMFA 2024, School of Arts Gallery Complex, CSULB
2023 Ink 25, Dutzi Gallery, CSULB
2023 Grad Crit Week, Werby Gallery, CSULB
2023 Collision, Merlino Gallery, CSULB
2023 Time Poverty, Gatov Gallery, CSULB
2023 Insights 2022-2023, Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, CSULB
2022 Grad Crit Week, Gatov Gallery, CSULB
2019 Senior Exhibition, One Hundred, New Wright Gallery, UCLA
2019 Bruin Genome Project, Juried Show, Powell Library, UCLA
2019 The Creative Process In-Between Death & Grief, Little Gallery, UCLA
2018 Women’s Art Collective Group Art Show, Little Gallery, UCLA
2015 Student Invitational Exhibition, Juried Honors Exhibition, Wignall Museum
2015 Chaffey College Spring Student Photo Show, Montclair Mall, Montclair, CA
2014 Fine Art Photo Show, N7 Creamery, Victoria Gardens, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2014 Chaffey College Fall Student Photo Show, Chaffey College
2014 Chaffey College Summer Student Expo, Wignall Museum
2014 Chaffey College Spring Student Photo Show, Montclair Mall, Montclair, CA
2010 Mesa Community College Student Art Exposition, Mesa Community College

Solo Exhibitions:

2024 Don’t want your damn sorrys, Gatov East Gallery, CSULB
2023 trans, iteration #1, Merlino Gallery, CSULB
2023 The Kidney of the Issue, Merlino Gallery, CSULB
2022 COVID documentation, virtual, galerie asterisk*
2021 PAC collective, virtual, galerie asterisk*
2020 life bed, virtual, galerie asterisk*
2016 reflective contemplation, virtual, galerie asterisk*

Publications:

2024 My PKD Life : Communicating Through Art. Leslie Pepper. PKD Life, Winter/Spring 2024.
2024 GLAMFA 2024: Hot for the Apocalypse. Fine Arts Roundtable. May 2024.
2024 Meet sea Krob - artist. Shoutout LA, May 13. 2024.
2024 Student-led photo gallery “Let it Linger” opens with evocative pieces. Luis Castilla. Daily 49er, February 19, 2024.
2024 GLAMFA 2024. Eric Minh Swenson. YouTube, February 8, 2024.
2023 Experience art through the eyes of creators at MFA Open Studios. Christal Gaines-Emory. Daily 49er, December 5, 2023.
2023 Salome Magazine Issue 1 Fall/Winter 2023. Evelyn Salome Goroza. Salome Magazine, November 26, 2023.
2023 Artist Banter S3E5: Identity through the lens of sea Krob. Julia Goldman and El Nicklin. Daily 49er Podcast, October 28, 2023.
2023 Artist sea Krob blends social advocacy and art. Samantha Cortes.Daily 49er, October 9, 2023.
2023 Rising Stars: Meet Sea Krob. VoyageLA, August 14, 2023.
2023 How frustrated parents of Los Angeles students are getting creative managing their children while school is out. Christina Zdanowicz. CNN, March 22, 2023.
2015 Like A Girl; Perspectives on the Feminine Identity. Nancy Lynée Woo, Sarah Thursday, and Terry Ann Wright, editors. Lucid Moose Lit, p 30, 50, 150.
2015 Student Invitational 2015. The Baseline Magazine. Vol. 2, Issue 2. Spring 2015. p 15-16.
2015 Student Invitational Art Exhibit. Jullian Aiden Bravo. The Breeze. Vol. 25, Issue 13. April 20, 2015. p 8.

Curation:

2024 Let it Linger, Gatov and Merlino Gallery, CSULB
2023 Time Poverty, Gatov Gallery, CSULB
2016 Women's Art Collective Group Art Show, Little Gallery, UCLA

Panel Discussions:

2024 GLAMFA 2024 Artist Walk through, Dutzi Gallery, CSULB
2023 Time Poverty Artist Panel Moderator, (as part of Art 101), University Theather, CSULB
2021 HCA.LA 4th Monday Speaker Series, Facebook Live.
2021 LGBTQI+ and AB1400 CalCare – Health Care for US (HC4US), YouTube.
2015 Student Invitational Artist Panel Discussion, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
2015 Student Invitational VIP Walk Through, Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Collaborations:

2024 Anchors. Collaboration with Emily Berl to show our creative practices. Dutzi Gallery.
2024 Let it Linger. Collaborative curation with Magdalena Oliveros, Raylene De La Torre, Syan Shih, and Helen Torres to curate a photo show building photo community in SoCal. Gatov Gallery, Merlino Gallery.
2023 Collision. Collaboration with Jo Caldinos to show the gray space between photo/printmaking. Merlino Gallery.
2023 Hand-print collaboration. Asking participants at the 2023 Sacramento, San Diego, Los Angeles Walks for PKD and the 2023 SoCal NKF Walk to add their hand-print to a collective collage.
2022 Time Poverty. Collaborative art curation with Bobi Bosson about being a parenting student artist and what can be done for caregivers. Gatov Gallery.
2022 Hand-print collaboration. Asking participants at the 2022 Sacramento, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Phoenix Walks for PKD to add their hand-print to a collective collage.
2019 Hand-print collaboration. Asking capstone class to add their hand-print to a collective collage.
2019 Hand-print collaboration. Asking visitors to add their hand-print to a collective collage.
2018 Women’s Art Collective Zine. Volume 1. A collaboration with members of the show.
2015 Music & Art: A Project. A collaboration with music students at Chaffey College, Wignall Museum. Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
2015 Ask Art: Using the Museum to Make Curriculum. Collaboration with the education staff at the museum. Wignall Museum. Rancho Cucamonga, CA.



as of May 15th, 2024