Curriculum Vitae
Education
BFA Photography, Departmental & Academic Honors, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Selected Awards
2025: Make Art Grant, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA)
2025: Micro Grant, Interlace Fund x Dirt Palace
2025: Long List, Booooooom Photo Awards
2025: Beatrice S. Demers Language Fellowship, Rhode Island Foundation
2024: Citizen Citation, Mayor of Providence
2024: Certificate of Recognition, Kun Khmer International Federation
2024: Interlace Project Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation
2023: Micro Grant, Providence Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism (ACT)
2023: Highly Commended, JUST Art Award, The SHIM Social Justice Network
2023: Morton R. Godine Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2023: Up Next Photographers, Diversify Photo
2023: Micro Grant, AS220 via Providence Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism (ACT)
2023: Scholarship, New England Portfolio Review (presented by the Photographic Resource Center and Griffin Museum of Photography)
2023: Micro Grant, What Cheer Writers Club
2023: Grant, Office of Justice, Equity, and Transformation, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2023: New York Portfolio Review (presented by New York Times, Photoville, and Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism)
2022: Public Art Installation and Grant, Providence Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism (ACT)
2022: Shortlist, Project Grant, Women Photograph
2022: 6 of the Best Asian American Photographers in 2022, The Phoblographer
2022: Micro Grant, The Womxn Project
2022: Global Competence and Intercultural Understanding Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2022: Scholarship to Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2021: The 11 Best Commercial Photographers in Providence, Peerspace
2021: Gertrude Kasebier Photography Prize (juried by Farah Al Qasimi), Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Selected Solo + Two Person Exhibitions
2025: Kannetha Brown and Raphael Pech, National Cambodian Heritage Museum, Chicago, IL
2025: A Familial Stranger, Providence Public Library, Providence, RI
2025: Portraits of Asian American Experience, Bryant University, Lincoln, RI
2024: Kannetha Brown and Tarik Bartel, YEAY YAI: an ode to grandmothers, City Hall, Providence, RI
2024: AAPI Mobile History Museum, The Cambodian American Journey, Brown University, Providence, RI
2024: Photographs of Rhode Island’s Cambodian Community, Brown University Center for Students of Color, Providence, RI
2023: Two Oceans: Asian Americans in Providence, AS220, Providence, RI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025: Big Camera Show, Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, OR
2025: Idioms of Distress, AS220, Providence, RI
2025: Proleung Khmer, Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell, MA
2025: Art off the Wall, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA
2025: Art off the Wall: Preview Exhibition, Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA
2025: Big Camera Show, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2025: New Voices, Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, RI
2024: When I Get Home, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI
2023: Homecoming 2022 & 2023 Biennial (sponsored by FujiFilm), Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2023: Pictures and Progress: MassArt Photo Alumni Exhibition, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2023: Take up Space: Spatial Justice Art Exhibition, The Cordial Eye Gallery, Hyannis, MA
2023: Edward M. Bannister National Exhibition (juried by Krista Scenna), Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2022: Who We Are Now, Providence Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism, Providence, RI
2022: Community Invitational, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2021: GRRL Telephone II, GRRL HAUS CINEMA, Berlin, Germany
2021: El Salón, Take Space, Jean McDonough Arts Center, Worcester, MA
2021: 100 Visions of Motherhood, The Luupe (Virtual)
Selected Lectures and Symposiums
2025: Panelist - My Grandmother is an Altar, moderated by Audrey Sands (Associate Curator of Photography, Harvard Art Museum), Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2025: Speaker - RISD Art Appreciation, RISD Continuing Education, Providence, RI
2025: Panelist - Jeffrey Jin in conversation with Kannetha Brown, Grid Gallery, Providence, RI
2025: Artist Talk - Leica, Boston, MA
2025: Panelist - Innovation Design Experience for All (IDEA) Symposium, Bryant University, Lincoln, RI
2024: Artist Talk - Bryant University, Lincoln, RI
2024: Artist Talk - Kannetha Brown and Tarik Bartel, YEAY YAI: An Ode to Grandmothers, Providence, RI
2024: Speaker - Center for Students of Color, Brown University, Providence, RI
2023: Artist Talk - Sophomore Photography Studio, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2023: Artist Talk - Photography Internship Program, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI
2024: Speaker - Andy Warhol Interlace Grant Award Ceremony, Providence College, Providence, RI
2024: Artist Talk - Residency Program, Creative Reuse Center, East Providence, RI
2024: Panelist - Creating a Piphp Thmei (New World Order): Reflecting the Cambodian American Imagination for the Future,Urban Khmer Ballet/Sokai Yoon
2024: Panelist - WaterFire Accelerate Fellowship Program, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI
2023: Panelist - Two Oceans: AAPI Artist Panel, AS220, Providence, RI
2023: Speaker - Celebrating AAPI Heritage, PechaKucha, Providence, RI
2023: Panelist - Who We Are Now, Public Art Installation and Grant, Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism (ACT), Providence, RI
2023: Artist Talk - Billboard Project, The Womxn Project Education Fund, Providence, RI
2023: Panelist - 5 Alive, Curiosity and Co., Jamestown RI
2021: Speaker - The Importance of Analog Preservation, Archive Remix Film Festival, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI
Bibliography
↳ Print Media
2025: The New York Times - Cambodian Genocide 50th Anniversary
2025: Avenuel - Capturing Kinship
2024: ArtScope - Providence Art Club’s Third Annual Community Invitational Exhibition
↳ Online Periodicals
2025: New England Art News - Three Artists Highlight Grandmothers in Compelling Show
2025: It’s Nice That - Kannetha Brown explores family, trauma and survival
2025: RI News Today - Warwick exhibition celebrates emerging artists
2024: Turn to 10 WJAR - Photographers honor Southeast Asian grandmothers through Providence City Hall art gallery
2024: Bryant University News - Worth a thousand words: AAPI photo project celebrates diversity, community and sharing stories
2024: Andy Warhol Foundation - Interlace Grant Fund Announces Recipients of 2024 Project Grants for Visual Art Projects
2023: WaterFire - WaterFire Announces the 2023-2024 WaterFire Accelerate Cohort
2023: Artist in Providence - Two Oceans: Kannetha Brown
2022: Turn to 10 WJAR - Providence unveils 5 portraits to be displayed throughout downtown
2022: City of Providence - City of Providence Unveils New Large-Scale Portrait Project “Who We Are Now”
↳ Blogs
2024: New England Art News - Work(s) of the Week: Tarik Bartel and Kannetha Brown at City Hall
2024: Insight Into Diversity - Photoshoot at Bryant University Celebrates AAPI Heritage
2023: Woo by ITV - Striking Photos Capturing the Cambodian American Community Outside War
2023: Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Campus News: Announcing the 2023 Student Award Winners
2023: Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Planet Woo recently interviewed MassArt photography alumna Kannetha Brown
2023: Khmer Renaissance - AAPI Khmer American Spotlight: Kannetha Brown
2023: Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Career Development: Kannetha Brown, Intern at Rhode Island Historical Society
2023: Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Campus News: The Importance of Resources in Pursuing a Photography Degree
2022: The Phoblographer - 6 of the Best Asian American Photographers in 2022
2021: Peerspace - The 11 Best Commercial Photographers in Providence
2021: Very Good Light - 11 Gen-Z Asian American Photographers Capturing the Complexities of Being AAPI Today
Fellowships and Residencies
2023: Residency, Graduate Hotel, Providence, RI
2023: Fellowship, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI
2023: Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Public and Private Collections
Providence Department of Art, Culture, Tourism (ACT)
Lyssa Palu-Ay - Dean: Office of Justice, Equity, Transformation, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Rachel Stern - Assistant Professor of Photography, Union College
Clint Baclawski - Adjunct Professor of Graduate Studies and Associate Director of Technology, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Mel Taing - Adjunct Professor of Photography, Simmons University
Portfolio Reviewer/Critic
2024: Critic - Photography Internship Program, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI
2022: Critic - Media Arts, AS220 Youth Apprenticeship Program, Providence, RI
Member of a Jury Panel
2025: Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Visual Arts Career and Technical Education (CTE) Credential, Providence, RI
Teaching Experience
2023: Paraprofessional Instructional Aid - Sophomore Photography Studio, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2023: Instructor - Cyanotype, Providence Recreation Department, Providence, RI
2023: Instructor - Analog Activism, Curiosity & Co., Jamestown, RI
2022: Instructor - Large Format Photography, AS220 Youth Apprenticeship Program
2022: Instructor - Film Photography and Cyanotype, Graduate Hotel Residency, Providence, RI
2021: Teaching Assistant - Studio Foundation: Visual Language, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
Curatorial
2025: Kannetha Brown and Raphael Pech, National Cambodian Heritage Museum, Chicago, IL
2024: Raphael Pech, Sabaidee Fest, Chino, California
Work
Present: Image Specialist - iolabs, East Providence, RI
2024: Gallery Assistant - Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2023: Media Arts Shop Lead - AS220, Providence, RI
2023: Photography Cage Monitor - Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Providence, RI
2021: Film Archivist Intern - Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI
Full CV available upon request.