about me.

Gillian Alexandra Kalisky is a photographer located in the San Fernando Valley, California. Gigi works on personal projects as well as for commercial clients and human people.

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Exhibitions:

Heaven to Earth • October 2012 • Bongsan Cultural Centre, Daegu Photo Bienale • Daegu, South Korea

In Our Nature • October 2012 • Ffotogallery • Cardiff, Wales

a_social_landscape • November 2011 • Hereford Photography Festival • Hereford, England

Unexpected / Group 2 Collective • October 2010 •  Brighton Photo Biennial Fringe Festival • Brighton Media Centre • Brighton, England

Higher Pitch • September 2010 • Phonica Records • London, England

Photography 2010 • June 2010 • Central Saint Martins College of Art • London, England

Publications:

Golden West Service: Self-Published • 2013

Heaven to Earth: International Emerging Photographers from the Daegu Photo Bienale • October 2012

PDN Photo District News Photobook Cali • October 2011 

Letter To Jane Magazine issue 03 Moral Tales • Valley. May 2011

Landscape Stories 02 Snow Blind • January 2011

i could go on forever listing things i love : Self Published • 2010

Awards:

2011/12 • The Photographic Angle Bursary • Recipient

2010 • Selected for the University of the Arts London Emerging Artists Programme 

Education:

MFA Documentary Photography • University of Wales Newport • 2013

MA Documentary Photography • University of Wales Newport • 2012

Postgraduate Certificate Professional Practice Photography • Central Saint Martins College of Art • 2010

BA Photography and Imaging and Romance Languages • New York University • 2002

Lectures & Talks:

Talk: “Outsider Photographic Practice Through Marwencol” • Axis Gallery • Sacramento, CA • 2015

Talk: “American Road Photography and Today’s Visual Culture” • The Assembly Agency • Shoreditch, London • 2012

Photography Instructor • Summer Study at the American University of Paris • 2003

Private Photography Tutor • New York, Paris, London & Northern California • 2002-present