Adrienne Azhderian-Kelly
photography
Curriculum Vitae
Education
M. Ed. 2023
Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia
M.F.A. Photography 1997
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
B. A. Photography, Business, English 1991
Virginia Intermont College
Bristol, Virginia
Professional Experience
Adjunct Professor of Photography, Art Department
August 1998 - July 2014
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Adjunct Professor of Photography, Photography Department
January 1997 -December 2005
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Proprietor
June 1997 - Present
Azhderian-Kelly Photography
Richmond, Virginia
Proprietor
May 1993 - September 1996
Azhderian Studio
Administrative Assistant and Grant Writer
October 1992 - October 1993
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts
(Affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Congressional Photo Lab Assistant
June 1986 - August 1986
United States House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Accomplishments
1997 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, (Lifetime Member)
1996-1997 Full Graduate Tuition Scholarship
Virginia Commonwealth University
1995-1996 Partial Graduate Tuition Scholarship
Virginia Commonwealth University
Publications
2003 “Tranquil Consumption”
Library of Congress control number: 2003090543
ISBN 0-9728488-0-0 copyright 2003
Self-published book (available at O’Virginia, 3315 W. Cary St.)
1993 City Limits Magazine, staff photographer, Fredericksburg, Va.
1992 The Tidewater Newspaper,
staff photographer, Fredericksburg, Va.
Exhibitions and Group Shows
March 2025
SPE- Pin -Up Group Show
Reno, Nevada
June 2013 Artisphere
Photo/Video 13
Jurors: Frank Goodyear, Curator of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, and
Kaitlin Booher, Assistant Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art
Review: The Washington Post, July 21, 2013 “museums” section, by Mark Jenkins
Oct. 2012 O’Virginia, gallery representation
Richmond, Va.
Feb 2005 Capital One
University of Richmond Faculty, group exhibition, Richmond, Va.
July 2004 Outré Gallery, solo exhibition
Richmond, Va.
Feb. 2003 Marsh Art Gallery, solo exhibition
University of Richmond Museums
Modlin Center for the Arts, Richmond, Va.
May 2000 The Puck Building, group exhibition, New York, N.Y.
Dec. 1999 Anderson Center for the Arts, group exhibition, Redwing, Minnesota
Nov. 1999 Anderson Gallery, Faculty Focus exhibition, Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Va.
May 1997 Anderson Gallery, M.F.A. Thesis exhibition, Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Va.
April 1996 Anderson Gallery, student fine arts exhibition, Richmond Va.
Jurors: Andrea Pollan and Barbara MacCallun
Juror’s Choice Award
Oct. 1995 Shockoe Bottom Arts Center, The Raven Show, Richmond, Va.
Juror: Jill Howard Wood
Juror’s Choice Merit Award
Nov. 1994 Merrimans’s Restaurant, solo exhibition, “Altered Aspects of Reality”
Review: “One Woman Show Blurs Line Between Photography, Painting,”
By Kathryn Willis, The Free-Lance Star, Friday Nov. 25, 1994, Section D, pages D1 & D3., Fredericksburg, Va.
April 1994 King George Virginia, mixed media juried exhibition, Juror’s Choice Merit Award
Nov. 1993 Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, (affiliate of the VMFA)
Three Artist Exhibition, titled, “More Than Just Pictures”
Review: “Three Artists Explore the Potential of Photography” By Kathryn Willis, The Free-Lance Star, Friday Nov. 10, 1993, Fredericksburg, Va