Currently residing in Gloucester, MA.
EDUCATION
MFA in photography, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, 2014
Full-time undergraduate studies in photography, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA, 1985
AB in history, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1982
GRANTS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2023-24 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Brazil
2020 Presence, Absence and Ephemeral Connection: The Ghost Residency, a collaboration with poet Marc Zegans, Manship Artists Residency, Gloucester, MA
2020 Mass MoCA grant recipient
2019 Benrido Hariban Award Shortlist
2018 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow
2017 Critical Mass Finalist
2015 Critical Mass Finalist
2015 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellow
2015 Annual Review Santa Fe, Center, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Recipient of Hartford Art School’s inaugural Mary Frey Photo Book Award for MFA thesis photo book dissertation, The Light Under the Door
2008 Hasselblad Masters semi-finalist
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Manship Studio Barn, The Quarry Project, solo exhibition, Gloucester, MA, 2024
Aurora PhotoCenter, The Quarry Project, solo exhibition, Indianapolis, IN, 2024
Glen Urquhart School, The Quarry Project, solo exhibition, Beverly Farms, MA, 2023
Cape Ann Museum, QuarryArt, group show, Gloucester, MA, 2023
New England Biolabs, The Quarry Project, solo exhibition, Rowley, MA, 2023
The Governor’s Academy, The Light Under the Door and Other Personal Landscapes, solo exhibition, Byfield, MA, 2021
A Yellow Rose Project, a national collaboration of female image makers to share multiple view points in response to the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, 2020
Rocky Neck Art Colony, In the Moment, virtual group show with Olivia Parker, Dana Salvo, Rebecca Skinner, and Paul Cary Goldberg, Gloucester, MA, 2020
Con Artist Collective, “Farewell Photobook: Hartford Book Release Party & Panel Discussion,” New York, NY, September 30, 2017
Eli Marsh Gallery, solo exhibit, Amherst College Class of ’82 Photography Exhibition The Light Under the Door, Amherst, MA, 2017
Griffin Museum of Photography, “Aviary” group show at Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA, 2017
Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, New Directions, The Light Under the Door, online gallery, 2016
Black Box Gallery, Narrative: People, Places and Things group show, curated by Christy Karpinski; Portland, Oregon, 2016
Photographic Resource Center Exposure 2016, group show featuring the work of 13 jury-selected U.S. photographers, 2016
The Light Under the Door, solo exhibit, Garner Center at New England School of Photography, Boston, MA, 2016
UnBound4! annual show, juried by Gordon Stettinius; Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2015
Community of Artists annual show, juried by Jessica Roscio; Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA, 2015
Controlled Burn, Hartford Art School MFA Photography Exhibition; Camera Club of New York, New York, NY, 2015
Control Burn, MFA thesis group show; Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT, 2014
Halfway Pretty, MFA group show; Kominek Gallery, Berlin, 2013
LENS 2012, group show, juried by Catherine Edelman; Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL, 2012
Portraits, group show, juried by Rodney Smith; Center for Fine Arts Photography, Fort Collins, CO, 2010
Best Friends Animal Photo Contest, on-line show, two photos awarded Honorable Mention; juried by Art Wolfe, 2010
Ridgefield Guild of Artists 2nd Annual Camera Works, three photographs selected for group show consisting of 55 pieces; juried by Nat Trotman, Ridgefield, CT, 2009
INDWelling: Living in a Female Body, group show, juried by Joyce Tenneson, NYC, 2007
Spitting Image, solo exhibit; Cecilia Bell Gallery, Coker College, Hartsville, SC, 2006
Tree in Landscape, group show, Honorable Mention; Panopticon Gallery, Waltham, MA, 2006
Members group show, juried by Andy Grundberg; Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA, 2004
The Eye and the Hand, two-person alumni show; Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 2002
Mentors, solo show; Gloucester Stage Company, Gloucester, MA, 2002
Just Push Play, Nubar Alexanian critique group show; New England School of Photography, Boston, MA, 2001
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
Lerman, Maya. “Ghost Book: Apparitions of Absence,” Dirt, online, January 9, 2025
Ghost Book, limited edition fine art photo book with poet Marc Zegans, with foreword by Dr. Samantha C. Harvey, Kite String Press, 2023
“Marc Zegans and Tsar Fedorsky Explore the Presence of Absence in Ghost Book,” Big Table Publishing, online, December 9, 2023
Nowherediary.com, book feature Tsar Fedorsky: The Light Under the Door, online, August 2021
Slade, George. “Tsar Fedorsky: The Light Under the Door,” Black & White Magazine, Issue 139, June 2020
The Light Under the Door monograph published by Peperoni Books, Berlin, Germany, August 2017
SHOTS Magazine, no. 134, The 2016 Portfolio Issue. Work from the series The Light Under the Door and accompanying interview with Russell Joslin. Minneapolis, MN
Spring, Elin, “Shedding Light,” What Will You Remember?, online, March 2016
Clifford, Eva, “Dreamlike Photographs Tell of the Comforts of Home,” Feature Shoot, online, November 26, 2015
Don’t Take Pictures’ Photo of the Day column featured artist, online, October 25, 2015
Fraction Magazine, Issue 78, featured portfolio from the series The Light Under the Door, online, September 2015
Black & White Magazine’s IG feed, Instagram work featured, October 2015
SHOTS Magazine, no. 87, Minneapolis, MN
SHOTS Magazine, no. 83, Minneapolis, MN
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Mass MoCA Assets for Artists + Artists U, 10–month online program working with a community of 30 Massachusetts artists to build a sustainable artistic practice while creating the art and the impact that matters most to them, 2022-23
Graduate critique class in photography at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 2011
Nubar Alexanian critique group, consisting of circa ten professional photographers working on personal projects, Boston, MA, 1998-2008
Quadtone printing workshop with George DeWolfe, Boston, MA, 2000
Master Workshop with Mark Seliger at International Center for Photography, NYC, 1996
Master Workshop with Rosalind Solomon at International Center for Photography, NYC, 1992
Master Workshop with Alan MacWeeney at Rockport Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME, 1990
Ansel Adams Workshop, Carmel, California. Full scholarship recipient. Guest photographers: Arnold Newman, John Sexton and Ruth Bernhardt, 1986
