Photographer Natasha Lehner Named Assistant Professor at Wesleyan College
Born in 1998, Natasha Lehner is a photographer and educator hailing from Pound Ridge, NY. Currently, she serves as a Visiting Lecturer in Photography at both Wake Forest University and UNC-Chapel Hill, in addition to managing a studio at UNC Greensboro. Lehner earned her BFA from Belmont University in 2020 and is set to complete her MFA at Duke University in 2024. She will take on the role of Assistant Professor in Photography at Wesleyan College in Macon, GA, with a forthcoming exhibition at McCrary Art Gallery. Her thesis, titled 'More of Everything,' focuses on her grandfather, Harvey Karman, alongside her projects 'In Waiting' and 'Iron Sights.' In 2024, she was awarded the Teaching Fellow in Visual Arts at Duke and the Graduate Arts Fellow at the Kenan Institute of Ethics, among other honors.
Key facts
- Natasha Lehner accepted an Assistant Professor in Photography position at Wesleyan College in Macon, GA.
- Lehner holds a BFA from Belmont University (2020) and an MFA from Duke University (2024).
- Her graduate thesis 'More of Everything' explores the legacy of her biological grandfather Harvey Karman.
- Harvey Karman was an underground abortionist and sperm donor in Los Angeles.
- Lehner's project 'Iron Sights' examines the parallel histories of photography and weaponry.
- She was named Teaching Fellow in Visual Arts at Duke University and Graduate Arts Fellow at the Kenan Institute of Ethics in 2024.
- Lehner is a two-time Duke University Dean's Research Award recipient.
- Her work has been exhibited at venues including Cassilhaus and the Southeastern Center for Photography.
Entities
Artists
- Natasha Lehner
- Harvey Karman
- Rachel Boillot
- Maura Trivette
- Meg Simmons
- Paige East
- Emily Dickinson
- Pierre Jules César Janssen
- John Tagg
Institutions
- Lenscratch
- Cassilhaus
- Duke University
- Kenan Institute of Ethics
- Wake Forest University
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of North Carolina Greensboro
- Belmont University
- Wesleyan College
- Southeastern Center for Photography
- SRO Gallery at Texas Tech University
- Koehane-Kenan Gallery at Duke University
- Leu Art Gallery at Belmont University
- McCrary Art Gallery
- UNC-Chapel Hill
- In Her Piece gun club
- Women of Steel gun club
Locations
- Pound Ridge, NY
- Greensboro, NC
- Macon, GA
- North Carolina
- Los Angeles
- United States