· Education

Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art with an emphasis in Digital Photography
University of California at Santa Cruz
2007

· Awards

Nominee for the 2008 Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers.

Recipient of the 2007 Susan Benteen and William Hyde Irwin Scholarship based on outstanding work and promise in the visual arts.

Recipient of the 2006-2007 Dean’s Undergraduate Award for outstanding achievements in art.

Recipient of the Spring, 2007 Susan Benteen and William Hyde Irwin Project Grant.

Recipient of the Fall, 2006 Susan Benteen and William Hyde Irwin Project Grant.

· Exhibitions

"Chronotopia"
SOMArts
San Francisco, California
June 2010

"Roll Call"
SFCamerawork
San Francisco, California
May 2010

"Ersatz Group Exhibition"
SFCamerawork
San Francisco, California
June 2009


"SeanMichael Rau: Solo Exhibition"
Cafe Revolucion
Santa Cruz, California.
November 2007


"Irwin Scholar Exhibition"
Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery
Santa Cruz, California.
May, 2007


"The Autoerotic Male"
Porter Bridge Gallery
Santa Cruz, California.
April, 2007


"UCSC Open Studios"
Quarterly, Spring 2005 - Fall 2007