Christopher Giglio

Photographer, Artist, Educator

I am a photographer, painter, sculptor, and teacher. My artwork addresses the role of technological mediation in contemporary life. My work is represented in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NY, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, AT&T Technology Center, Washington, D.C., Centro Cultural /Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, and numerous private collections. My work has been published in Blind Spot, Visionaire, and Exit magazines. I have received fellowships from Art Matters, the Aaron Siskind Foundation, the Marie Walsh-Sharpe Art Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

I have a BA in Philosophy from Oberlin College and a MFA in Painting from the Tyler School of Art. As a teacher, I aim to inspire creative problem solving, help students and clients succeed in realizing their own voice, while maintaining clear goals and high expectations.

Based on my experiences teaching undergraduates at the Parsons School of Design, I conceived and developed The Grammar of Photography, an innovative series of classes in creativity, visual literacy and portfolio building. Grammar classes are foundational to serious work in photography, and can serve as preparation for enrolling in graduate school for students with degrees in other fields or as a way to engage with photography with heightened purpose, expanded breadth and passion.

I’ve been a photography educator for over 25 years. In addition to Parsons, I have taught at The International Center of Photography, Cooper Union, Pratt SCPS, and Ohio University.