SHANE M. KEENA

EDUCATION:

M.F.A. 2006 - Ceramics, Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts, NY

B.F.A. 2002 - Fine Arts, Otis College of Art and Design, CA

PHOTOGRAPHY WORK EXPERIENCE:

Research Photographer: Whales and Dolphins Under the California Sun, Earthwatch funded project, 2011-2016. Photo-ID of whales and dolphins, images for behavioral analyses. Trained crew and volunteers on photography techniques.
Faculty Photography Expert: University of Redlands Alumni expedition to Alaska, August 2016. Presented lectures and hands-on workshops on photography techniques and image storytelling.
Free-lance Photographer: University of Redlands, occasional, 2015-current.

INTERNET PUBLICATIONS (selected):

Nat Geo Your Shot Daily Dozen for 5/29/2019 “Hermit Crab with can shell”
Nat Geo Your Shot Photos of the Week for 5/24/2019 “Hermit Crab with can shell”
Nat Geo Your Shot Daily Dozen for 4/22/2019 “Humpback whale mother and calf”
Nat Geo Your Shot Photos of the Week for 1/10/2019 “Apex Predators”
Nat Geo Your Shot Daily Dozen for 12/21/2018, “Say what!”
Nat Geo Your Shot Daily Dozen for 10/26/2018 “Deadpan Burrowing Owl”
Nat Geo Your Shot Daily Dozen for 9/11/2018, “Burrowing Owlets”
Nat Geo Your Shot Top Shot for 9/11/2018, “Burrowing Owlets”
Nat Geo Your Shot Daily Dozen for 8/6/2018, “Little Owlet, Big Leap”
Nat Geo Your Shot Top Shot for 8/6/2018, “Little Owlet, Big Leap”
Underwater Beauty, National Geographic Your Shot Assignment curated by Michaela Skovranaova, May 2, 2018

PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS (selected):

Och Tamale, Photos for article, Nature’s Classroom: The Marine Biologist by Jennifer Dobbs, Volume 92, issue 1, Winter 2016.
Orange County Register, Featured Photo The Best of Orange County: Be blown away by these images captured off our coast by Laylan Connelly, March 30, 2016.
GrindTV.com, Featured Photographer for article Gray whale baby boom by Pete Thomas, March 1, 2016.
Orange County Register, Featured Photo Breach Baby, July 23, 2015.
San Clemente Times, Photograph for article Humpback Whale Breach, July 9, 2015.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Photograph of humpback whale feeding selected as cover image for research article, Volume 12, Issue No. 7 September, 2014.
Orange County Register, Photo for article Gray whales give unusual mating show by Laylan Connelly, March 18, 2013
Easy Reader News, Photo for article Whale watching turns into Warnings by Ed Pilolla, Feb. 7, 2013
Crafts Art International, Ambiguous Territory: The work of Shane M. Keena by Kevin Wallace, Issue #80, 2010
Democrat and Chronicle, ARTS. Review of Four Artists, Four Media. Page 5C, January 7, 2007
Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2006, May 2006 issue
Clay Times Magazine, July/August 2005, page 40- The Gallery
The Philadelphia Inquirer, community & arts section. Review of Infestus Tutamen. May 22, 2005
Philadelphia Daily News, Super Bowls, Friday, January 7, 2005. Page 36
Clay Times Magazine, March/April 2003, page 41- The Gallery
The Aesthetic, Seeing the Sea by Shelly Frost, 2002
The Aesthetic, Art Imitating Nature, by Jerome Block, 2001
Random Lengths, June 2000, “Art Angels” by Glen Martinez, Associate Editor

Clay Times Magazine, March/April 1999, page 41- “The Gallery”

Perspectives, May/June 1998, Volume 4- The Arts Council of Placer County
Ceramics Monthly, May 1998, page 61
Erie Daily Times, September 11, 1997- “On/Off the Wall II”

BOOK PUBLICATIONS (selected):

Amazing Photography: Stories to inspire us all, “Under the Surface”, Xposer Publications, page 74, 2017
Citizen Science for Coastal and Marine Conservation: Using citizen science to study the impact of vessel traffic on marine mammals, by Dr. Lei Lani Stelle, Published by Routledge Publications, 2017
Ocean Solutions/Earth Solutions, 2nd Edition: Whale mAPP: Engaging Citizen Scientists to Contribute and map marine mammals, by Dr. Lei Lani Stelle, Melodi King, and Courtney Helen-Hann. ESRI Press Publications, 2016
Ceramic Sculptures, Lark Books Studio Series, 2011, page 100
500 Ceramic Sculptures by Glen R. Brown, Published by Lark Books. 2009, page 223
Surface Design for Ceramics by Maureen Mills, Published by Lark Books. 2008
China Paint & Over-glaze by Paul Lewing, Published by the American Ceramics Society. 2007
500 Cups, Introduction by Tom and Elaine Coleman, Lark Books, 2005, pages 69, 174
500 Bowls, Introduction by John Britt, Published by Lark Books, 2003, pages 281, 350
Seeing Los Angeles from its Angels Gate, published by the Port of Los Angeles, 2002

500 Teapots; Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Design, Introduction by Kathy Triplett. Published by Lark Books, 2002, page 196
Wheel Thrown Ceramics, Introduction by Don Davis. Published by Lark Books, 1999, page 91
The Ceramic Design Book, Introduction by Val Cushing. Published by Lark Books, 1998, page 162

AWARDS (selected):

Grand Prize, “I Shot It” Wildlife Photography Competition #4, 2018
Winner, Spectrum Photo Creatures of the Air, Wildlife Comedy Awards 2018
4th Place aware, Underwater Photography Competition, 2018
Honorable Mention, Ocean Conservancy 2018 Photo Competition
Grand Prize, “Amazing Nature Photography Competition” Published by ViewBug, 2017
Grand Prize, California Ocean and Coastal Photography Contest, 2014