EDUCATION
2026 (expected) MFA, Photography, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2014 Certificate, Photography, Boston University, Waltham, MA
2004 BA, Linguistics, Tula State University, Tula, Russia
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2025 Cambridge Art Association Artist of the Year Award
2024 PRC Exposure Juror’s Choice Award
Cambridge Art Association Emergency Fund Grant
2023 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Winner, Self-portrait Series category
2022 Griffin Award, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Critical Mass Top 200
EXHIBITIONS
2025 First Look, A Second Glance. Juried by Alexa Cushing and Connor Noll. Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
Cambridge Art Association, Member Prize Show, Juried by Shana Dumont Garr
2024 Photographic Resource Center: Exposure 2024. Curated by Samanta Johnston. VanDernoot
Gallery at Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
30th Annual Juried Member Show. Juried by Mazzie M. Harries. Griffin Museum of
Photography, Winchester, MA.
2024 Open Juried Exhibition. Juried by Crista Dix. Vermont Center of Photography,
Brattleboro, VT
Curated Fridge Spring 2024. Curated by Alexa Cushing and Connor Noll. Panopticon Gallery,
Boston, MA
First Look (Online). Juried by Alexa Cushing and Connor Noll. Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
2023 Blue. Juried by Abigail Oglivy. Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Center Forward 2023. Juried by Hamidah Glasgow and Charles Guice. Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Soho Photo Gallery National Competition. Juried by Elizabeth Ellenwwood. New York, NY
Curated Fridge Summer 2023. Juriedd by Orestes Gonzalez. Culture Labs, New York, NY
2022 Telling Tales. Juried by Blue Mitchell. SE Center for Photography, NC
Color. Juried by Jeff Curto. Photoplace Gallery, VT
Curated Fridge Fall 2022. Juried by Donna Garcia.
Curated Fridge Summer 2022. Juried by Aline Smithson.
28th Annual Juried Member Show, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Curated Fridge Winter 2022. Juried by Julie Grahame.
2021 Curated Fridge Fall 2021. Juried by Crista Dix.
BOOKS
2023 “Eye Mama: Poetic Truths of Home and Motherhood”, Karni Arieli, teNeues Verlag
LECTURES
2024 PRC Nights Artist Talk, Vandenoot Gallery, Cambridge MA
2022 On Seeing Artist talk, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
PRESS
2024 Anastasia Sierra and Carrie Usmar: Talking Motherhood, Lenscratch
2024 Exposure 2024, What Will You Remember
2022 Rhapsodic Figures, What Will You Remember
TEACHING
2023 - 2025 Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA. Courses taught: Portraiture,
Exploring Creative Photography.
2023-2024 Arlington Center for Adult Education, Arlington, MA. Courses taught: Portraiture,
Making a Strong Image, Developing Your Personal Vision.
2024 Teaching Assistant for Joanna Tam, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
SELECT CLIENTS:
Dartmouth College, Simmons College, Stanford University, Boston University, Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, Amtrak, HubSpot