Michael Chovan-Dalton is the creator of the podcast Real Photo Show and the producer of PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf. He is a professor and coordinator of Photography at Mercer County Community College in New Jersey and the former Director of the JKC Gallery in Trenton NJ. He is also a photographer, an occasional juror, and he collaborates on many photographic projects and shows with other artists and curators. Chovan-Dalton received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts and his MFA from Columbia University.
EVENTS
- Hosted featured artist prize winner of Homecoming Biennial | 2024
- Hosted featured artist prize winner of Homecoming Biennial | 2022
- Hosted featured artist prize winner of the Orange Art Exhibition: What is Your Reality in the Pandemic Era? | 2020
- Hosted featured artist prize winner of Rust Belt Biennial on Real Photo Show | 2019
JUROR
- Selection Committee of Homecoming Biennial – RIT Downton Gallery | 2024
- Selection Committee of Homecoming Biennial – JKC Gallery | 2022
- Mercer County Photography Exhibition | 2019
- NYC Open Call Exhibitions – ApexArt | 2018
- Noyes Arts Garage – RAW | 2018
ARTICLES
- New Jersey Stage
- MCCC News
- Float Magazine
- Broadway World
- LENSCRATCH Favorite Things of 2017
- Zettler Communications
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
- We Are the River | 2024 -Stockton University Art Gallery, Galloway, NJ
- Pop Up Pepper | 2019 – Roger Williams Gallery at NHIA, Manchester, NH
- Backyard Biennial | 2017 – Marble Hill Camera Club – Curated by Patrice Helmar
- The Gallery at Mercer County Community College | 2016 – Visual Arts Faculty Exhibit
- The Gallery at Mercer County Community College | 2015 – Visual Arts Faculty Exhibit
- The Gallery at Mercer County Community College | 2014 – Pannaroma, Panoramic Photographs
- LeRoy Nieman Center, Columbia University | 2013 – Pannaroma, Panoramic Photographs
- Lipani Gallery, Fordham University Lincoln Center | 2012 – The Unexplained Spaces Marked Off
- Miami Dade College Kendall Campus Gallery | 2011 – Pannaroma, Panoramic Photographs
- Uno St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans LA | 2010 – Pannaroma, Panoramic Photographs, 5th Annual PhotoNOLA festival
RECENT LECTURES
- Homecoming Workshop Lectures and Portfolio Reviews | 2024 Rochester Institute of Technology
- Founding member of MFA Portfolio Review Biennial Show and Workshops
- Presentation of Staten Island work | 2016 Marble Hill Camera and Supper Club – Patrice Helmar
- Princeton Public Library | 2014 Screening and discussion of Documentary Film: Finding Vivian Maier
- College Media Associates | 2014 Workshop Co-Presenter “How to Report a Murder”
- College Media Associates | 2013 Photography Panel Moderator “From the Worlds Largest Picture Desk – A look at Getty Images”
COLLECTIONS
- The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art – University of Oklahoma
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
EDUCATION
- MFA Columbia University, NYC
- BFA School of Visual Arts, NYC