About the Juror: Cig’s photographs and artist’s books have been exhibited widely and are in the permanent collections of major museums and collections, including the Mu-seum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, and the International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester. She was nominated for the 2013 John Gutmann Award and was a finalist at Prix Virginia, an international photog-raphy prize for women.

Cig had her first solo museum show at The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway, in the spring of 2012 in conjunction with the release of her first monograph You Look At Me Like An Emergency, Schilt Publishing, 2012. Her second monograph, Gardening At Night (Schilt Publishing, 2015,), was released in the spring 2015 in conjunction with solo shows at Robert Mann Gallery, New York, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston and Paul Ko-peikin Gallery, Los Angeles.

Cig’s devotion to visual storytelling has lead to innovative international campaigns and features with, New York Magazine, Harpers Bazaar, Kate Spade, and Bloomingdales. Cig teaches workshops and regularly speaks on her work and process at institutions around the world.

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