Nico van Dongen

Title: Instructor
Degrees: B.F.A., Photography, Royal Academy of Visual Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
Teaching Experience: Since 1993
Career Highlights: The San Francisco War Memorial, No Delays, Solo photography exhibition 2024; Gallery Route 1, Point Reyes, Group Exhibits CA 2022; Poet and the Bench, Mill Valley, CA – Solo show 2019 – 2020; Gallery 25, San Mateo, CA – Group show 2018; Gallery 25, San Mateo, CA – Solo show 2017
Hobbies: Swimming in the San Francisco Bay
Quote: "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." – Nelson Mandela

Tressa Pack

Title: Instructor

Tamara Suarez Porras

Title: Associate Professor
Degrees: M.F.A., Fine Arts, California College of the Arts; M.A., Visual & Critical Studies, California College of the Arts; M.S.T., K-6 Education, Pace University; B.F.A., Photography & Imaging, New York University
Teaching Experience: Since 2009
Career Highlights: I have exhibited my work nationally, including at the Brooklyn Museum, School at the International Center of Photography, Houston Center for Photography, CIIS, and Kala Art Institute Gallery. I have published artist books with Sming Sming Books, Deep Time Press, and National Monument Press, with publications held in numerous private and institutional collections. I have written for The Brooklyn Rail, 48Hills, Saint Lucy Books, SFMOMA’s Open Space, and CCA Wattis Institute / Sternberg Press.
Hobbies: I love working in fused glass in my spare time, exploring a new side to my studio art practice by learning new skills. I travel whenever I can, especially to see total solar eclipses! I also spend lots of time watching films and television, whether at experimental film screenings or watching reality TV at home.
Quote: "No image stands alone; each is related in straightforward or convoluted ways to other pictures." – Teju Cole