CV

Lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island.

Education
BFA Photography, Departmental & Academic Honors, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

Awards
2024 Citizen Citation Award, 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
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 Departmental Honors, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2023 Academic Honors, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2023 Exhibition Micro Grant, AS220
2023 Scholarship, New England Portfolio Review presented by the Photographic Resource Center and Griffin Museum of Photography
2023 Micro Grant, Solidarity Zine by What Cheer Writers Club
2023 BIPOC Senior Thesis Grant, Justice, Equity, and Transformation Office, 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 Who We Are Now, City of Providence Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism
2022 Shortlist (1 of 7 Finalists), Women Photograph Project Grants, Women Photograph
2022 6 of the Best Asian American Photographers in 2022, The Phoblographer
2022 Artivist Intervention Project Grant, The Womxn Project Education Fund
2022 Global Competence and Intercultural Understanding Award, Liberal Arts Department, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2022 Summer Workshop Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center
2021 The 11 Best Commercial Photographers in Providence, Peerspace
2021 Gertrude Kasebier Prize (juried by Farah Al Qasimi), Photography Department, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2018 Honorable Mention, Rhode Island Scholastic Art Awards

Solo Exhibitions
2026 TBD, AS220, Providence, RI
2024 The Cambodian American Journey, AAPI Mobile History Museum, Warwick Public Library, Warwick, RI
2024 The Cambodian American Journey, AAPI Mobile History Museum, Brown University, Providence, RI
2024 The Cambodian American Journey, AAPI Mobile History Museum, PVD Fest, Providence, RI
2024 Photographs of Rhode Island’s Cambodian Community, Brown University Leung Gallery, Providence, RI
2024 Bryant AAPI Affinity Group: Portraits of Asian American Experience, Bryant University, Lincoln RI
2023 Kannetha Brown: Selected Works, Graduate Hotel, Providence, RI
2023 Two Oceans: Asian Americans in Providence, AS220, Providence, RI
2022 Two Oceans: Asian Americans in Providence, Courtland Club, Providence, RI

Two Person Exhibitions
2025 Kannetha Brown and Raphael Pech, National Cambodian Heritage Museum and Killing Fields Memorial, Chicago, IL
2024 YEAY YAI: an ode to grandmothers, Kannetha Brown and Tarik Bartel, City Hall, Providence, RI

Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Idioms of Distress, AS220, Providence, 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 Little Pictures, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2023 Small Works, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI
2023 Pictures and Progress: A MassArt Photo Alumni Exhibition, Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2023 Beginnings: A WaterFire Accelerate Exhibition, UNFI Cafe, Providence, RI
2023 Take up Space: a Spatial Justice Art Exhibition, The Cordial Eye Gallery, Hyannis, MA
2023 Edward M. Bannister National Exhibition: Celebrating BIPOC Artists (juried by Krista Scenna), Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2023 For a While It Was Forever - BFA Photography Thesis Show, President’s Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2023 5 Alive, Curiosity and Co. Store, Jamestown RI
2022 Who We Are Now, Providence Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism, Providence, RI
2022 Homelands, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2022 Community Invitational, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2022 Visions of Love, The Luupe, Virtual
2022 GRRL Telephone III, GRRL HAUS CINEMA, Berlin, Germany
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

Fellowships & Residencies
2023 Residency, Graduate Hotel, Providence, RI
2023 Fellowship, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI
2023 Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

Selected Bibliography
2024 Turn to 10 WJAR, Photographer honor Southeast Asian grandmothers through Providence City Hall art gallery
2024 AAPI Mobile History Museum, The Conception of the first AAPI Mobile History Museum & Its Making
2024 Insight Into Diversity, Photoshoot at Bryant University Celebrates AAPI Heritage
2024 The Boston Globe, A Beautiful Resistance
2024 Canvas Rebel Magazine, Interview with Kannetha Brown
2024 The Hyonyeo Foundation, Don’t Make Me Wait: Kannetha Brown
2024 Bryant University News, Worth a thousand words: AAPI photo project celebrates diversity, community and sharing stories
2024 ArtScope Magazine, Providence Art Club’s Third Annual Community Invitational Exhibition
2023 WaterFire Providence, WaterFire Providence Announces the 2023-2024 WaterFire Accelerate Cohort
2023 The Phoblographer, What Do Professional Photographers Think of AI
2023 Woo by ITV, Striking Photos Capturing the Cambodian American Community Outside War
2023 The Library of Congress, Celebrating AAPI Community Archives: AAPI Heritage Month
2023 Artist in Providence, Two Oceans: Kannetha Brown
2023 Khmer Renaissance, AAPI Khmer American Spotlight: Kannetha Brown
2022 The Phoblographer, 6 of the Best Asian American Photographers in 2022
2022 The Phoblographer, Kannetha Brown Wants to Empower Her People Through Her Photography
2022 Global Girlhood, Kannetha Brown
2022 Girl With Too Many Cameras, Women With Film Wednesday: Kannetha Brown for AAPI History Month
2021 Peerspace, The 11 Best Commercial Photographers in Providence
2021 The C Word Magazine, Photographer Spotlight: Kannetha Brown
2021 Very Good Light, 11 Gen Z Asian American Photographers Capturing the Complexities of Being AAPI Today
2020 Curated by Girls, Normalize Body Hair
2020 Subvrt Magazine, Progress Portraits Explores Equality for Women in Nudity
2019 Her Campus, Artist’s to Watch: This Season’s Favorites

Visiting Artist Lectures
2024 Bryant University, Lincoln, RI
2024 Brown University, Center for Students of Color, Providence, RI (club visit)
2023 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA (class visit)
2022 Barrington High School, Barrington, RI (class visit)
2022 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA (class visit)

Artist Talks & Programs
2025 Leica Gallery, Artist Talk Kannetha Brown, Boston, MA
2025 Symposium Books, Kannetha Brown and Tarik Bartel, Providence, RI
2024 City Hall, YEAY YAI: An Ode to Grandmothers Artist Talk, Providence, RI
2024 WaterFire Internship Programs: Visiting Artist Talks Series, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI
2024 Creative Reuse Center Residency: Visiting Artist Talks Series, Creative Reuse Center of Rhode Island, East Providence, RI
2024 Creating a Piphp Thmei (New World Order): Reflecting the Cambodian American Imagination for the Future, Online Panel (password: X89+@qJC)
2024 When I Get Home Panel, WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI
2023 Two Oceans Artist Panel, AS220 Aborn Gallery, Providence, RI
2023 Celebrating AAPI Heritage, PechaKucha, Providence, RI
2023 Who We Are Now: Gallery Night, City of Providence Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism
2023 Who We Are Now: Panel, Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism
2023 Abortion is Healthcare Billboard Panel, The Womxn Project Education Fund
2023 5 Alive Panel, Curiosity and Co. Store, Jamestown RI
2021 The Importance of Analog Preservation, Archive Remix Film Festival, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI

Private and Public Collections
Clint Baclawski, Adjunct Professor in Graduate Studies and Associate Director of Technology, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Providence Department of Art, Culture, Tourism
Lyssa Palu-Ay, Dean of the Justice, Equity, Transformation Office, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Podcasts
2022 Analog Activism, The Creative Capitol Podcast
2022 Kannetha Brown, Global Girlhood
2021 Kannetha Brown: Cambodian-American Photographer, Focus on Women
2021 Intimacy + Menstruation + Empowerment with Kannetha Brown, In The Mood
2020 Photographer Kannetha Brown on Developing A Unique Perspective, Generation Slay

Committees
2022 Board of Photography Curriculum Committee, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2021 BIPOC Student Representative, Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Work Experience
2024 - Present
Print Specialist, IOLabs, East Providence, RI
2023 - 2024
Gallery Assistant, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2023
Media Arts Shop Lead, AS220, Providence, RI
Cage and Digital Lab Monitor, Photo Department, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2021
Film Archivist Intern, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI

Teaching Experience
Guest Critic, WaterFire Photography Internship Program, 2024
WaterFire Photography Intern Critique
Paraprofessional Instructional Aid & Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, 2020-2023
Courses: Large Format Photography Workshop, Sophomore Studio, Visual Language
Instructor, Providence Recreation Department, 2023
Courses: Cyanotype Workshops (Grades K-5)
Instructor, Curiosity & Co., 2023
Analog Activism Workshop
Instructor, Graduate Hotel Residency, 2022
Courses: Editorial Portraiture, Studio Portraiture, Intro to 35mm Film, Cyanotypes
Instructor & Guest Critic, AS220 Youth Apprenticeship Program, 2022
Courses: Intro to Darkroom & Large Format Film, Short-Term Projects, Digital Photography