BIO
Alana Celii (b. 1986) lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Currently, she's a photo editor and researcher working in tech. Previously, she was an editor at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and TIME. Her work has been published in numerous publications and exhibited internationally in cities including Athens, Berlin, Istanbul, London, Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, and Toronto.
EDUCATION INFO
2009 BFA Parsons the New School for Design, The School of Art, Media and Technology.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Art Icon, Paris, France
2023 Photography at Picture Room, New York, NY
2023 ImageNation, Paris, France
2022 Palm Photo Prize, 10 14 Gallery, London, UK
2021 PH Museum Days Festival, Bologna, IT
2021 Every Women Biennial, Super Chief Gallery, New York, US
2020 Virtual Assembly, Digital Art Book Fair
2019 Palm* Photo Prize Shortlist and Exhibition, London, UK
2018 Silver Eye Benefit Auction and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, US
2018 Through a Glass, Darkly, Pop-up Exhibition, Brooklyn, US
2018 Ghost Curatorial, Collection, Brooklyn, US
2017 I Will Always Love You Benefit Art Auction, La Mama Gallery, New York, US
2017 Whitney Houston Biennial, New York, US
2014 Camera Club of New York, Art Book Fair, New York, US
2012 Millenium Magazines, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
2010 Milk Underground Pop-up, Milk Gallery, New York, US
2010 Face and Figure: a Curated Auction of Self Portraits by Daniel Cooney, New York, US
2010 Saturday Sun, Capricious Space, Brooklyn, US
2010 Photography for the Next Generation, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, GR
2010 01 Magazine Group Exhibition, 107 Shaw Gallery, Toronto, CA
2009 ARTribe, CITTA Benefit, The Swiss Institute, New York, US
2009 Friendly Fire, Golden Age, NY Art Book Fair, P.S.1., New York, US
2009 Night Vision, RVCA / 01 Magazine, Vancouver, CA
2009 Everything Is Possible, space15twenty, Los Angeles, US
2009 G.W.A.G.H.M.A.C.J.E.A.K.F.S.F.I.L.C.J.B.D.Z., Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, US
2009 Interaction and Space, The State Hermitage Museum, Education Center, St. Petersburg, RU
2009 New Visionaries, New York Photo Festival, New York, US
2008 Peekskill Project, Hudson Valley Contemporary Art Museum, Peekskill, NY, US
2008 Hijacked, Australian Centre of Photography, Sydney, AU
2008 Hijacked, Neunplus, Berlin, DE
2008 Nature Morte, Shotgun Space, Los Angeles, US
2008 31 under 31: Young Women in Photography, Humble Arts, 3rd Ward Gallery, NY, US
2007 Web Biennial 2007, Pavilion Five, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum
2006 Far From Home, Brooklyn Artist Gym, Brooklyn, NY, US
2006 INTIMACY (human people), Campbell Works, London, UK
2005 Projet Mobilivre/Bookmobile Project, US and Canada Tour
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2020 Critical Mass Finalist
2019 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, April, 2019
2018 Getaway Artist Fellowship, Catskill, NY, Oct. 2018
2018 Nes Artist Residency, Skagastrond, Iceland, Sept. 2018
2009 Parsons BFA Photography Exhibition, Second Place - Best in Show
2008 New York Photo Awards, Winner - Student Personal Fine Art Single Image
2004 Look-Look Fellowship, Look-Look Magazine and the School of Visual Arts
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
2023 Matte Magazine, Exciting Photography Now
2023 Winter Showers (and Showers and Showers) Bring a Bounty of Wildflowers, The New York Times
2022 Booooooom, Circles
2022 MCD Books, A Country You Can Leave
2022 Boys by Girls, Eclipse
2022 Buzzfeed, JPG Newsletter, "A Decade Of Road Trips With Alana Celii," Jan 23, 2022
2021 Der Greif, Issue 14
2021 Float Magazine
2021 The Luupe
2021 C41 Magazine
2021 Photographic Museum of Humanity
2020 OPC Digital
2020 Paradise Falling - Monograph
2020 C41 Magazine
2020 Goldenrod Zine Issue 1
2020 Fisheye Magazine
2020 B&H Photo and Video
2020 Pellicola Magazine
2020 Rangefinder Magazine
2020 Artnet News
2020 Document Journal
2019 Observations in the Ordinary
2019 Oranbeg Press, As of Late
2019 Heavy Vol. III
2018 & Premium Magazine, No. 56
2018 Booooooom
2018 Photo Emphasis
2018 Tag Tag Tag Journal
2018 Palm* Studios
2017 Coeval Magazine
2016 Vice Magazine, The Situations
2015 Lenscratch
2011 Brooklyn Magazine, The Bungalows of Brighton Beach
2011 Mossless, Vol 1
2010 Roll Series 04, My Idea of Fun
2009 Humble Arts The Collectors' Guide to Emerging Art Photography
2009 JSBJ - Taxis Pleins, Taxis Vides
2008 Hijacked Vol 1, America & Australian Photographers
2008 Vogue girl Korea
2008 O_100 Editions, Vol 2 2007 Group Show 11, Humble Arts Foundation
2007 77777, Self published
2007 VVork
2007 Canteen Magazine, Issue 2
2007 A Field Guide to the North American Family by Garth Risk Hallberg
2007 Flak Photo
EXPERIENCE
2022- Photo Research Editor, Apple
2023 Lecturer, Santa Fe Work Shops
2014-2022 Photo Editor, The New York Times
2015-2016 Teaching Assistant, International Center of Photography
2012-2014 Photo Editor, The Wall Street Journal
2011-2012 Freelance Associate Photo Editor, TIME
2007-2009 Teaching Assistant, Parsons the New School of Design Pre-College
Alana Celii (b. 1986) lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Currently, she's a photo editor and researcher working in tech. Previously, she was an editor at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and TIME. Her work has been published in numerous publications and exhibited internationally in cities including Athens, Berlin, Istanbul, London, Los Angeles, New York, Sydney, and Toronto.
EDUCATION INFO
2009 BFA Parsons the New School for Design, The School of Art, Media and Technology.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Art Icon, Paris, France
2023 Photography at Picture Room, New York, NY
2023 ImageNation, Paris, France
2022 Palm Photo Prize, 10 14 Gallery, London, UK
2021 PH Museum Days Festival, Bologna, IT
2021 Every Women Biennial, Super Chief Gallery, New York, US
2020 Virtual Assembly, Digital Art Book Fair
2019 Palm* Photo Prize Shortlist and Exhibition, London, UK
2018 Silver Eye Benefit Auction and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, US
2018 Through a Glass, Darkly, Pop-up Exhibition, Brooklyn, US
2018 Ghost Curatorial, Collection, Brooklyn, US
2017 I Will Always Love You Benefit Art Auction, La Mama Gallery, New York, US
2017 Whitney Houston Biennial, New York, US
2014 Camera Club of New York, Art Book Fair, New York, US
2012 Millenium Magazines, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
2010 Milk Underground Pop-up, Milk Gallery, New York, US
2010 Face and Figure: a Curated Auction of Self Portraits by Daniel Cooney, New York, US
2010 Saturday Sun, Capricious Space, Brooklyn, US
2010 Photography for the Next Generation, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, GR
2010 01 Magazine Group Exhibition, 107 Shaw Gallery, Toronto, CA
2009 ARTribe, CITTA Benefit, The Swiss Institute, New York, US
2009 Friendly Fire, Golden Age, NY Art Book Fair, P.S.1., New York, US
2009 Night Vision, RVCA / 01 Magazine, Vancouver, CA
2009 Everything Is Possible, space15twenty, Los Angeles, US
2009 G.W.A.G.H.M.A.C.J.E.A.K.F.S.F.I.L.C.J.B.D.Z., Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, US
2009 Interaction and Space, The State Hermitage Museum, Education Center, St. Petersburg, RU
2009 New Visionaries, New York Photo Festival, New York, US
2008 Peekskill Project, Hudson Valley Contemporary Art Museum, Peekskill, NY, US
2008 Hijacked, Australian Centre of Photography, Sydney, AU
2008 Hijacked, Neunplus, Berlin, DE
2008 Nature Morte, Shotgun Space, Los Angeles, US
2008 31 under 31: Young Women in Photography, Humble Arts, 3rd Ward Gallery, NY, US
2007 Web Biennial 2007, Pavilion Five, Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum
2006 Far From Home, Brooklyn Artist Gym, Brooklyn, NY, US
2006 INTIMACY (human people), Campbell Works, London, UK
2005 Projet Mobilivre/Bookmobile Project, US and Canada Tour
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2020 Critical Mass Finalist
2019 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, April, 2019
2018 Getaway Artist Fellowship, Catskill, NY, Oct. 2018
2018 Nes Artist Residency, Skagastrond, Iceland, Sept. 2018
2009 Parsons BFA Photography Exhibition, Second Place - Best in Show
2008 New York Photo Awards, Winner - Student Personal Fine Art Single Image
2004 Look-Look Fellowship, Look-Look Magazine and the School of Visual Arts
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
2023 Matte Magazine, Exciting Photography Now
2023 Winter Showers (and Showers and Showers) Bring a Bounty of Wildflowers, The New York Times
2022 Booooooom, Circles
2022 MCD Books, A Country You Can Leave
2022 Boys by Girls, Eclipse
2022 Buzzfeed, JPG Newsletter, "A Decade Of Road Trips With Alana Celii," Jan 23, 2022
2021 Der Greif, Issue 14
2021 Float Magazine
2021 The Luupe
2021 C41 Magazine
2021 Photographic Museum of Humanity
2020 OPC Digital
2020 Paradise Falling - Monograph
2020 C41 Magazine
2020 Goldenrod Zine Issue 1
2020 Fisheye Magazine
2020 B&H Photo and Video
2020 Pellicola Magazine
2020 Rangefinder Magazine
2020 Artnet News
2020 Document Journal
2019 Observations in the Ordinary
2019 Oranbeg Press, As of Late
2019 Heavy Vol. III
2018 & Premium Magazine, No. 56
2018 Booooooom
2018 Photo Emphasis
2018 Tag Tag Tag Journal
2018 Palm* Studios
2017 Coeval Magazine
2016 Vice Magazine, The Situations
2015 Lenscratch
2011 Brooklyn Magazine, The Bungalows of Brighton Beach
2011 Mossless, Vol 1
2010 Roll Series 04, My Idea of Fun
2009 Humble Arts The Collectors' Guide to Emerging Art Photography
2009 JSBJ - Taxis Pleins, Taxis Vides
2008 Hijacked Vol 1, America & Australian Photographers
2008 Vogue girl Korea
2008 O_100 Editions, Vol 2 2007 Group Show 11, Humble Arts Foundation
2007 77777, Self published
2007 VVork
2007 Canteen Magazine, Issue 2
2007 A Field Guide to the North American Family by Garth Risk Hallberg
2007 Flak Photo
EXPERIENCE
2022- Photo Research Editor, Apple
2023 Lecturer, Santa Fe Work Shops
2014-2022 Photo Editor, The New York Times
2015-2016 Teaching Assistant, International Center of Photography
2012-2014 Photo Editor, The Wall Street Journal
2011-2012 Freelance Associate Photo Editor, TIME
2007-2009 Teaching Assistant, Parsons the New School of Design Pre-College