Vivie Behrens is a photographer, photo editor, and writer based in Texas.
Most recently, she worked as a freelance Digital Photo Editor at The New Yorker.
Contact: viviebehrens@gmail.com
+1 (214) 957-1043
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b. 1998, Sacramento, CA. Lives and works in Austin, TX
EDUCATION
2020 BFA with Highest Honors, Studio Art, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture + Extended Media, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2020 BA with Highest Honors, Humanities, Women and Gender Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
AWARDS & HONORS
2021Longform Award, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist’s Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2021University-wide Endowed Presidential Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin
2020Anderson Ranch Full-tuition Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Juror’s Distinction, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
2017 – 2020
Dallas Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Art, University of Texas at Austin
2019 Honors Recruitment Scholarship in Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
Steve Grosskopf Endowed Scholarship in Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
Professional Development Travel Initiative Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin
2017 – 2019 Risograph Fellowship, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin
2017 – 2018 Dallas Advisory Council Scholarship in Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin
2017 Pinto-Carver Essay Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin
2016 – 2018 Dean’s Award for Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
RESIDENCIES & COURSES
2021
Longform, Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist’s Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2020 Long-term Documentary Photography, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO (Instructor: Whitney Johnson, Director of Visuals and Immersive Experiences, National Geographic)
2018
Memory and the City, University of Texas at Austin and Institute of Educational Sciences, Vienna, AT
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020
From Afar, juried exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX (Juror: Kimberli Gant, McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, Chrysler Museum of Art)
2019Contemporary Practice, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Forgotten, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
If I Find the Things I Want to See, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Adams, Paul, Behrens, V., Hoelscher, S., and Robinson, H., Lavrenova, O., and Yuan, Y. ‘Paradoxes of Disconnected Connection’ in Disentangling: The Geographies of Digital Disconnection. (Oxford University Press, 2021).
PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHY
2021 “Closeness and Distance,” Incandescent Zine, issue 18, Pine Island Press, Portland, OR
2019
“Snowqueen of Texas,” office Magazine, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 -Present
Digital Photo Editor, The New Yorker, New York, NY
2022 -2023
Photo Researcher, The New Yorker, New York, NY
2023 -Present
Senior Digital Imaging Specialist, Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX
2022 -2023
Digital Imaging Technician, Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX
2021-Present Arts & Culture Contributor, The Austin Chronicle, Austin, TX
2021-2023
Arts & Culture Contributor, Sightlines Magazine, Austin, TX
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021 “Making a Life: Notes on Work, Friendship, Solitude, Jealousy, Money, and Purpose,” guest lecturer, Undergraduate Professional Practices, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, February 25.
2020 “Race, Gender, Surveillance,” Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX“LGBTQ Literature and Culture,” Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX
“Anthropology of Food,” Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX
“Immigration and the American Dream,” Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX
“What is Power?” Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX
“Intro to American Studies: Americans Abroad,” Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX
“American Studies Honors Thesis Seminar,” Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX
COLLECTIONS
2018 Doty Fine Arts Library, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX © Vivie Behrens 2024. All rights reserved.