Adrienne Azhderian-Kelly
photography
Education
M. Ed. 2023
Regent University
Virginia Beach, Virginia
M.F.A. Photography 1997
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
B. A. Photography, Business, English 1991
Virginia Intermont College
Bristol, Virginia
Professional Experience
Adjunct Professor of Photography,
Art Department
August 1998 - July 2014
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
Adjunct Professor of Photography,
Photography Department
Virginia Commonwealth University
January 1997 -December 2005
Richmond, Virginia
Proprietor
June 1997 - Present
Azhderian-Kelly Photography
Richmond, Virginia
Proprietor
May 1993 - September 1996
Azhderian Studio
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Administrative Assistant and Grant Writer
October 1992 - October 1993
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts
(Affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Congressional Photo Lab Assistant
June 1986 - August 1986
United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C.
Accomplishments
1997 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society,
(Lifetime Member)
1996-1997
Full Graduate Tuition Scholarship
Virginia Commonwealth University
1995-1996 Partial Graduate Tuition Scholarship
Virginia Commonwealth University
Publications
2003 “Tranquil Consumption”
Library of Congress control number: 2003090543
ISBN 0-9728488-0-0 copyright 2003
Self-published book (available at O’Virginia, 3315 W. Cary St.)
1993 City Limits Magazine,
staff photographer,
Fredericksburg, Va.
1992 The Tidewater Newspaper,
staff photographer,
Fredericksburg, Va.
Exhibitions and Group Shows
March 2026
SPE- Pin-Up Group Show
Atlanta, Georgia
January 2026 - May 2026
Julep's
solo exhibition
Richmond, Va.
March 2025
SPE- Pin-Up Group Show
Reno, Nevada
May 2017 - May 2020
The Stables
solo exhibition
Richmond , Va.
October, 2016
O’ Virginia
gallery representation
Richmond, Va.
May 2014
BARCODE
solo exhibition
Richmond, Va.
June 2013
Artisphere Photo/Video 13
Jurors: Frank Goodyear, Curator of Photographs,
National Portrait Gallery, and Kaitlin Booher,
Assistant Curator of Photography and Media Arts,
Corcoran Gallery of Art Review: The Washington Post, July 21, 2013 “museums” section, by Mark Jenkins February,
2005 Capital One
University of Richmond Faculty, group exhibition
Richmond, Va.
July 2004 Outré Gallery
solo exhibition
Richmond, Va.
Feb. 2003 Marsh Art Gallery
solo exhibition
University of Richmond
Museums Modlin Center for the Arts
Richmond, Va.
May 2000
The Puck Building
group exhibition
New York, N.Y.
December 1999
Anderson Center for the Arts
group exhibition
Redwing, Minnesota
Nov. 1999
Anderson Gallery
Faculty Focus exhibition
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Va.
May 1997
Anderson Gallery
M.F.A. Thesis exhibition
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Va.
April 1996 Anderson Gallery,
student fine arts exhibition
Richmond Va. Jurors: Andrea Pollan and Barbara MacCallun
Juror’s Choice Award
Oct. 1995
Shockoe Bottom Arts Center
The Raven Show
Richmond, Va.
Juror: Jill Howard Wood Juror’s Choice Merit Award
November 1994
Merrimans’ solo exhibition
“Altered Aspects of Reality”
Review: “One Woman Show Blurs Line Between Photography, Painting,” By Kathryn Willis
The Free-Lance Star, Friday Nov. 25, 1994, Section D, pages D1 & D3.,
Fredericksburg, Va.
April 1994
King George Virginia
mixed media juried exhibition
Juror’s Choice Merit Award
November, 1993
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, (affiliate of the VMFA)
Three Artist Exhibition, titled, “More Than Just Pictures”
Review: “Three Artists Explore the Potential of Photography” By Kathryn Willis
The Free-Lance Star, Friday Nov. 10, 1993, Fredericksburg, Va