NEWS:
2022:
Kyra curated the exhibition “What Photography Is,” on view at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, January 27-April 24, 2022
2020:
Kyra is showing two bodies of work in Traces of Being, a three-person group exhibition at Landing Contemporary Art
Kyra will be participating in a Yellow Rose Project, a collaborative project that will respond to the 100th year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, bridging female image-makers across the medium.
2019:
In her first solo museum exhibition, Earth, Matter, Paper, Kyra will be presenting camera-less photographs from ‘Transcriptions’.
Exhibition dates: November 12, 2019 - January 26, 2020
A limited edition, handmade monograph titled ‘Coastal Matter’ was published by Dust Collective in November 2019.
Kyra is showing work in SIZE MATTERS at Sparks Gallery during Medium Photo Festival.
Exhibition dates: October 19 - November 9, 2019
Kyra will be exhibiting lumen prints at Trois Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia as part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography.
Work from ‘Transcriptions’ shortlisted for a 2019 Lucie Foundation Photo-Made Grant
Kyra will be showing work in Unbound! 2019 at Candela Gallery in Richmond, Virginia. Exhibition dates: July 5-August 3.
Aletheia is a new artist book, in an edition of 10, with 2 unique books and 1 artist proof (total 11).
Kyra will be an artist in residence at Banff Centre in Banff, Canada as part of the Leighton Artist Studios, April 2019.
Work from ‘Transcriptions’ will be exhibited as part of Lucie Foundation’s Month of Photography: Los Angeles at Arena 1 Gallery at the Santa Monica Studios
Kyra is now an editorial assistant for Aint-Bad Magazine.
2018:
Received Honorable Mention at SIZE MATTERS group exhibition during the Medium Festival of Photography. Juror: Brian Clamp
Selected as a print artist for Aint-Bad Issue no. 13 by juror and artist Amy Elkins.
Shortlisted for the Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist Grant.
Group exhibition for Critical Mass at Edition One Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Aint-Bad Magazine, Interview with Kyra Schmidt by Julia Wilson, July 25, 2018.
Solo exhibition of “Transcriptions” at Gallery 621, Tallahassee, Florida, June 2018.
Work from “Transcriptions” published in BETA Developments in Photography Issue #26, January 11, 2019.
2017:
Kyra will be attending the 2017 Portfolio Reviews at Center Santa Fe, October 2017.
“Transcriptions” is exhibited at the Lishui Photography Festival in China
Kyra was selected as a Top 50 photographer for 2017 through Phololucida’s Critical Mass competition.