Recent Published Work

• Hottest New Talent: our biggest photo contest ever, American Photo, November 2004, p.61.
• Portfolio, Photographer's Forum, September 2004, p.35
• Photography, CMYK, issue #24 p.47, issue #25 p.46, issue #26 p.48
• Photographer's Forum, Best of College Photography Annual, 2000-2004.
• Epson Contest Winners-First Place People category, Photo District News EDU, Vol. 3, issue 1, 2004, p.28.
• Peerless Portraiture, Perspectives, Spring, 2004, p.25.
• Finch Paper Calendar Competition, April Spread, 2004.
• Photo Life's Image International 2003 Photo Contest, Photo Life, Vol. 29, March 2004, p.33.

Solo Exhibitions

• 2004 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Gallery HQ, Carbondale
• 2003 Photographs by Polly Chandler, Mungo Jerry's Gallery, Murphysboro

Juried Exhibitions

• 2005 The 11th Juried Exhibition, Griffen Museum of Photography, Winchester. Juried by Andy Grundberg: critic, curator, author and arts administrator.
• 2004 High and Dry, A photographic exhibition of landscape & peoples of the world's dry lands, Texas Tech University. Juried by Patrick Nagatani: professor in the department of Art & Art History at the University of New Mexico.
• 2004 Spectra 04, National Photography Triennial, Silver Mine Guild Arts Center. Juried by Barbara Hitchcock: Curator and Cultural Affairs Director, Polaroid Corporation.
• 2004 TPS 13: The National Competition, Design Center of Austin, Austin. Juried bySue Brisk: the Editorial Director for North America with Magnum Photos.
• 2004 TPS: National Student Photography Competition, will travel to college and University Galleries for 2 years. Juried by Keith Carter: author and photographer.
• 2004 Viewpoint 2004, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton. Juried by Roy Flukinger: Senior Curator of Photography & Film at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin.

Group Exhibitions

• F-Thirty something, Art Alley, Carbondale
• 2003 25th Annual Student Purchase Awards, Art Alley, Carbondale, Purchased.

Education

• 2004 M.F.A. Mass Communications and Media Arts:
  Specialized in Photography, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
• 1997 B.A. Graphic Design, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Magna Cum Laude
• 1997 B.A. Art, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Magna Cum Laude