Micah McCoy is a photographer, curator, and poet based in Northwest Arkansas. He received his MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago (2022) and has exhibited work in solo and group exhibitions both in the United States and abroad. His work explores issues of religiosity, anxiety, and social detachment. Micah’s editorial photography has been featured in publications including NBC News, The New York Post, and others. He is a co-founder of Disparate Projects, a platform for photographic curation, theory, and publishing, including Disparate Press, which focuses on producing books and zines that showcase innovative photography and collaborative work.
photographer@micahmccoy.com
Education
2022 MFA Photography; Columbia College Chicago.
2017 BA Sociology; University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana
Solo Exhibitions
2025 (Upcoming) Minor Prophet. McLean County Arts Center. Bloomington, IL.
2025 (Upcoming) False Prophet. Space Place Gallery. Nizhny Tagil, Russia.
2024 Minor Prophet. Spellerberg Projects. Lockhart, TX.
2022 Minor Prophet. C33 Gallery. Chicago, IL.
2021 Like Job, I’m Waiting. Belong Gallery. Chicago, IL.
Exhibitions
2024 Co-Curator. Distant Dialogues. Float Magazine.
2024 Empty Shapes. The Plan Gallery. Chicago, IL. Curated by Rio Usui.
2023 Homecoming Biennial. City Art Space. Rochester, NY.
2022 Co-Relations on Diptychs. Loosenart.
Millepiani Exhibition Space. Rome, Italy.
2022 Long Live Langston. Manifest. Columbia College Chicago Student Center. Chicago, IL.
2022 Immaterial Gallery Showcase at Boneyard Arts Festival. Prairie Glass House. Champaign, IL.
2022 Black, White, and Monochrome. Southeast Center for Photography. Greenville, SC.
2021 The Poetry of the Ordinary. PhotoPlace Gallery. Middlebury, VT.
2020 Love in All Forms. Analog Forever Magazine. Online.
2020 Lost In Isolation. Void Collective. Online.
2020 Poetic Art. Her Creative Collective Gallery. Mahomet, IL.
2020 The Road; JKC Gallery. Trenton, NJ. Honorable Mention Slideshow.
2020 CAA Conference Exhibition. Columbia College Chicago Student Center. Chicago, IL.
2019 Urbanizing the Undiscovered Country; Analog Gallery. Urbana, IL.
2017 Shiver Art Show; Independent Media Center Urbana, IL.
2017 All Things Considered, Leica and Film; Urbana Museum of Photography Urbana, IL.
2017 Resist Art Show. Independent Media Center. Urbana, IL.
Publications
2024 NBC News. Photo Essay. Who tried to steal Graceland?
2024 NBC News. Photo Essay. Did TikTok videos inspire a teen’s suicide? His mom says she found graphic evidence?
2020 Confluence Magazine Issue 5 Curation | Theme: Place as Subject
2019 The Collective Magazine Issue 005
2019 Float Magazine Portfolio Feature
2019 Smile Politely
2019 ATX in 3; Elective Reportage Press.
2018 Window Washer; LFI Master Shots (Online).
2018 Shiver Mag Issues 1 & 2.
2014 Memphis in March; Freedom Flashing Press.
Lectures
2023 Artist Talk. Stop Down Club. Fayetteville, AR.
2022 Artist Talk. History of Photography. Columbia College Chicago.
2020 Guest Lecturer; Sociology 100 University of Illinois.
2020 Artist Talk; Lost and Found Gallery.
Other
2024 Co-Founder; Disparate Projects and Press.
2020-2022 Henry Nias Business in the Arts Fellow; Museum of Contemporary Photography.
2019 Artist In Residence; Lost and Found.
2017 Editor at Large; Shiver Mag.
2016-2020 Member; Elective Reportage.
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