EDUCATION
2024 MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA
2020 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 Photography/Photo Archivist Intern, GBH, Boston, MA
2021 Assistant Photo Editor, Melanie Casey Fine Jewelry, Remote
2018-2020 Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Fellow, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2018 Studio Assistant/Archivist, Henry Horenstein Studios, Boston, MA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2024 Teaching Assistant, Senior Thesis, SMFA, Boston, MA
2023 Teaching Assistant, Large Format Photography, SMFA, Boston, MA
2023 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Darkroom, SMFA, Boston MA
2023 Teaching Assistant, Drawing Foundations, TUPIT Program at Tufts University, Concord, MA
2022 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Darkroom Photography, SMFA, Boston, MA
2019 Teaching Assistant, Design Foundations, RISD, Providence, RI
2018 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Darkroom Photography, RISD, Providence, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Dear Sally, Love Mom, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Emerging Artists, Leica Gallery, Boston, MA
2023 Haimaz, Heimr, Hjem, Heem, Hām, Home, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2023 PRC Student Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
2023 Photography Annual, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2019 Black: color, context, meaning, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2018 if but not when. Red Eye Gallery, Providence, RI
2017 RISD Photo Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Boston.com, February 16. “Tufts student Niko Krivanek’s mother has been incarcerated for 19 years. His art connects them.” by Melissa Ellin
2023 Our Tufts feature, Tufts Daily
2021 lionheart., Pearl Press
2021 Witness, Efrem Zelony Mindell
2021 Color Tag Volume III, Color Tag Magazine
2020 running to the edge of the world, Cumulus Photo
AWARDS/GRANTS
2023 Dean’s Research Award, Tufts University, Boston MA
2023 Graduate Student Research Competition Recipient, Tufts University, Boston MA
2023 Domestic Travel Grant, Tufts University, Boston MA
2022 Future Leaders Fellowship, Tufts University, Boston, MA
2019 Paul Krot Memorial Scholarship, RISD, Providence, RI
2019 John A Chironna Scholarship, RISD, Providence, RI