Resides and works in Redlands, CA.

Education

1999-2002       M.F.A. Photography, University of Nevada Las Vegas, U.S.A.

1991-1996       B.F.A.  Photography, Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario,Canada

1990-1991       Queens University, Fine Arts Major, Kingston, Ontario, Canad

Solo Exhibitions

2007               

University of Wisconsin Gallery, Life in Slow Motion

Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, Life In Slow Motion

2006               

Peppers Gallery, Redlands, CA, Life in Slow Motion

2004               

Dust Gallery,  Las Vegas, Nevada, Cara Cole and Kung Jeon

2003               

Chidlaw  Gallery, Cincinnati , Ohio, The Sky Above the Mud Below

2002               

Winchester Center Gallery, LV, NV, U.S.A., The Sky Above, The Mud Below Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, LV, NV, U.S.A., The Sky Above, The Mud Below

2001               

Grant Hall Gallery, LV, NV, U.S.A., No More Tears

Group Exhibitions

2005

Faculty Exhibition, Redlands, CA               

2004               

Las Vegas Government Center, Banner Project

2003               

The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Young Photographers

Bridge Gallery, Las Vegas City Hall,  Nevada, Curator: Nancy Sloan

Dust Gallery, Las Vegas,  Nevada, Dust

Jessie Metcalf Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, Women Artists of UNLV

Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, NEW

2002               

J. Wayne Reitz Arts & Crafts Center, Florida, The Projected Image: Visual to Political

Tahoe Gallery, Sierra Nevada College, Nevada, South 461 Revisited

Jessie Metcalf Gallery, Adjunct Faculty Exhibition: UNLV Department of Art

Neiman Center, Columbia University, New York, I.P.I. Fellows Exhibition

Liberace Museum Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, Grand Opening Exhibition

Marjorie Barrick Natural History Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada, Ei8ht,

Reed Wipple Cultural Center Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, Intersection

Jessie Metcalf Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, Manipulate (catalogue)

2001               

NYU Photo Center, New York University/Tisch School of the Arts,   

 American Photography Institute, National Graduate Seminar Exhibition

Nevada Health Education Center, First Ladies Conference on Women’s Health Issues

Jessie Metcalf Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada, Divergent Views

Arts Factory, Las Vegas, Nevada, Contemporary Arts Collective

2000               

Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, LV, NV, Different Looks Five; Women Artists of UNLV      

Bibliography

2006   

The Photo Review, 2006  Competition Issue, Editor: Stephen Perloff, October 2006

Nevada Now II: Selections from the Nevada Arts Council’s Artist Fellowship Program, 24 page color catalogue with essay, Written by: Miriam Stanton

North Tahoe Living, Arts & Culture, 2006, Tahoe Gallery at Sierra Nevada College Presents Nevada Now II, Marnie Mac, September 4, 2006

Las Vegas Weekly, Fine Arts: Group Therapy, Two  shows try to take the pulse of Nevada art, Chuck Twardy, March 16-March 22, 2006

Asian Journal, Nevada Artists Featured in New Exhibition at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center

2004               

Las Vegas Mercury, Art: Photographs by Caralea Cole; Paintings and drawings by Kyung Jeon, in Contrast, Erika Yowell, July 15-July 21, 2004

Las Vegas City Life News  and Culture Weekly ,Pink, Black and Crimson, Kyung Jeon

and Cara Cole face off at DUST, Gregory Crosby, July 14-July 20, 2004                    

Las Vegas Weekly, Uncertainties Unite, Duo  exhib at Dust displays drawings, photos,

 Chuck Twardy, July 8-July 14, 2004

2003               

City Beat: Cincinnati’s News and Entertainment Weekly, Look Here, Julie Bernzott & Jacquelyn Vaughn, December 3-9, 2003, pg. 59

City Beat: Cincinnati’s News and Entertainment Weekly, Best of Cincinnati for

December 1, 2003, November 19- November 25, 2003

Cincinnati Weekly, The Weeks Top Picks,November 26-December 2, Volume 1,Issue 5, pg.53

Las Vegas City Life News and Culture Weekly, Death Becomes Them, Natalie Durante, January 30, 2003, pg 43

Las Vegas City Life News and Culture Weekly, Eat Their Dust. Jarret Keene, Feb. 6, 2003, pg. 39

2002               

Las Vegas Weekly, That Flesh is Air, Too: Photos explore airborne and earthbound bodies, Chuck Twardy, June 20-26, 2002, pg.55

Las Vegas Review Journal-Living, Photo based Exhibition opens at Winchester  Center, Sunday June 16, 2002

Las Vegas City Life News and Culture Weekly, Beauty is the Beast: The animal

kingdom is laid bare figuratively and literally in two MFA shows, Gregory

Crosby, May 2-8, 2002, pg 52

Las Vegas City Life News and Culture Weekly, Eight Is Just Enough; A Group

Photography Exhibit at UNLV’s Barrick Museum Makes a Strong Showing,

Gregory  Crosby,  April 4-10, 2002, pg 53                  

Las Vegas Weekly, Ain’t That Peculiar? Some Local Photographers Discover

that Vegas is A Strange City. Chuck Twardy, April 4 - 10, 2002, pg 51

Las Vegas Sun, Local Artists’ works caught in “Intersection”,

Kimberlee McGee, April 5, 2002

Las Vegas Weekly, Two Shows Look at Photography’s Migration From the Factual,

Chuck Twardy, March 28 - April 3, 2002, Page 50

2001               

Journal of the American Photography Institute, 2001 Edition, New York, NY Editor: Cheryl Younger

Awards, Grants and Residency Programs

2006               

The Photo Review, International Photography Competition, 2nd Place, Juror: Philip Brookman, Senior Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

Head of Photography, Assistant Professor , University of Redlands, Redlands CA

2004               

Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Art Academy of Cincinnati

Head of Photography, Assistant Professor, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Ohio

2003               

Nevada Artist Fellowship,  Nevada Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts

Santa Fe Prize For Photography, Finalist,  Santa Fe  Center For Visual Arts

2002                      

Nevada Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts Grant

Full-time Adjunct Professor:  Department of Art, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Digital Imaging, Graphic Design, Intermediate black & white photography,

Beginning  black & white photography                                     

2001               

American Photography Institute: National Graduate Seminar Fellowship,

New York University/Tisch School of the Arts

International Research Scholarship, University of Nevada LV                                       

2000               

Graduate Student Association Scholarship, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Graduate Research Assistantship, University of Nevada Las Vegas       

Instructor of Record: Department of Art, University of Nevada Las Vegas        

1999               

Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging Professional Artist Grant

1996               

The Ontario College of Art & Design Medal for Excellence in Photography