Adrianna Ault is a photographer originally from New Orleans, now based in the Hudson Valley, following many years of practice in New York City. Her work is rooted in the creation of photobooks as essential mediums for visual storytelling, bridging universal human threads through the intimate lens of her own experiences.
Her first monograph, Levee, was published by VOID in November 2023. She is also the author of two self-published artist books: The Impeded Stream and Through a River Darkly. Adrianna has collaborated on several acclaimed publications, including Township (TIS Books, 2017), a collaborative project with Tim Carpenter, Raymond Meeks, and Brad Zellar that explored the auction of her family’s farm in central Ohio.
Adrianna’s work has been exhibited widely in the United States and internationally, including presentations at Paris Photo, Casemore Gallery (San Francisco), NYCSPC Gallery (Brooklyn), and Prairie Gallery (Charlotte). In 2024, she presented a solo exhibition of her photographs from Levee at the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) in Kingston, NY, and her work was featured in the 2026 Center for Photography at Woodstock Biennial. She is currently represented by Prairie Gallery.
An active educator, Adrianna holds an MFA from the Hartford International Photography School. She teaches workshops, college courses, and offers mentorship to students both domestically and abroad. She is currently an instructor at the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) is leading an Intuitive Photography workshop at the Palm Tree Workshop in Athens, Greece in the fall of 2026.
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Portrait by Ahndraya Parlato.
Selected News
July 2026. — At a Kingston Arts Center, Inaugural Biennial Showcases the Hudson Valley’s Photography Boom
October 2025 — Adrianna Ault: The Ache to Understand, Interview, New Rural
June 21, 2024 — Adrianna Ault, Interview, Transference Magazine
February 28, 2024 — 10 Exhibitions to See in Upstate New York This March, Levee: Photographs by Adrianna Ault at CPW (Kingston, NY), Hyperallergic
February 28, 2024 — Adrianna Ault, Woman Crush Wednesday feature, Musée Magazine
January 4th, 2024 — Levee: Photographs by Adrianna Ault, All About Photo
October 29, 2023 — 'Levee' by Adrianna Ault to be published by VOID, ArtDaily
May 10, 2022 — Photography’s Impossible Attempt at Freezing Time, Review of Considered Interactions at Casemore Gallery (San Francisco, CA), Hyperallergic
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Education
2019 MFA Photography, University of Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT
1996 BA Art, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC
Fellowships and Awards
2024 Shakerag Educator’s Scholarship, Sewanee, Tennessee
2021 New York Foundation for the Arts, Joy of Giving Fellowship for Photography
2018 Hartford Art School Merit Award
2018 Kassel Fotobook Award
2017 Hartford Art School Merit Award
1997 Elenor Von Canon Art Award
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Levee: Photographs by Adrianna Ault, CPW, Kingston, NY. Curated by Adam Giles Ryan.
2022 The Impeded Stream is the One That Sings, Morton Memorial Library, Rhinecliff, NY
1997 Urthona Gallery, Asheville, NC
1996 Holden Art Gallery, Swannanoa, NC
1996 F-32 Photography Gallery, Asheville, NC
Group Exhibitions
2026 Center for Photography Woodstock Biennial, Kingston, NY
2025 - 2026 Atlas Aquae Visual Geographies in Photographic Publishing, Palazzo Gregoris, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, Pordenone, Italy.
2025 Gold Trees, Haas Gallery, Maine Media, Rockport, ME
2025 Through a River Darkly, Tivoli Red Barn Gallery, Tivoli, NY
2024 Interludes, Prairie Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2022 Paris Photo Exhibitions, Casemore Gallery, Paris, France
2022 Considered Interactions, Casemore Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 Autumn and other poems, NYCSPC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Try Hide the Sun, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford, CT
2019 Sonder, Casemore Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018 No Dust on the Mirror, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2011 Fotorelief, Milk Gallery, New York, NY
Print Publications
June 2026 CPW, Biennial 2026 catalogue
Oct 2023 Water~Stone Review, Volume 26, Wreckage of Once Was
July 2022 Port Magazine, Lexie Smyth
July 2021 Zeit Wissen Magazine, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Jan 2017 London Financial Times, Shelter, co-authored with Raymond Meeks
Book Publications
2025 Atlas Aquæ, multi-artist publication of water-related photobooks by OMNE, published by Skinnerboox
2024 Through a River Darkly, self-published artist book
2024 Levee Special Edition, self-published artist book with trade edition of Levee published by VOID
2023 Impeded Stream, self-published artist book
2023 Levee. VOID Publishing. Text by George Weld
2022 A Geography of Abandonment, collaboration with Raymond Meeks.Origini Edizioni
2018 Really Good Dog Photography, co-authored with various artists. Penguin Books
2017 Township, co-authored with Raymond Meeks, Tim Carpenter, and Brad Zellar. TIS Books
Work Experience
2021 - present Photographer & owner, Ault Studio and Portrait Gallery, Rhinecliff, NY
2003 - present Freelance photographer, New York City and Hudson Valley, NY
2019 - 2021 Facilitator & participant, 30th St Critique Group, NYC, NY and remote — Co-organized and oversaw a critique group of New York City based photographers with Sara J
June 2021. Winston, beginning in November 2019. In March 2020, the group of 25 to 30 artists was expanded to an online zoom platform of 35 to 70 photographers worldwide until
Teaching Experience
Fall 2026 Palm Tree Workshops, Seeing Beyong: Intuition and Presence in Photography | Applications Open Through July 26th, 2026. Sign up here.
Fall 2026 CPW, From Project to Object Workshop Applications Open Through September 25th, 2026. Sign up here.
Fall 2026 ICP: History of the Photo Book Applications Open Through September 8th, 2026. Sign up here
Sept 2026 FilterPhoto, Finding the Thread: Developing a Photo Book Narrative
June 2026. CPW, From Project to Object Workshop
Winter 2026 CPW, Art of the Photobook (15 week course)
Fall 2025 CPW, Photobook I: Making a Book Dummy
June 2025 Maine Media, The History of the Photobook
Spring 2025 CPW, Photobook II: From Project to Press
Fall 2024 CPW, The Photobook: A Personal Practice
Aug 2024 LaBabuch Workshop, Book-making: The Personal and The Universal, Poitier, France
Mar 2024 University of Vermont, Guest Artist Lecture and Teaching
Nov 2023 LaBabuch Workshop, Repurposing the Photobook, Poitier, France
Sept 2023 Nearest Truth Mentoring Program, online guest lecture
Mar 2022 Amherst College, Guest Artist Lecture - Introduction to Darkroom
Nov 2021 Nearest Truth Workshop, Photobook, Athens, Greece
Spring 2021 Bard College, The View Camera, co-taught with Raymond Meeks
Nov 2020 Parsons School of Design - The New School, The Landscape of Image and Text Joint lecture with George Weld
Nov 2018 Marist College, Photo Book