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Kat Nyberg is an emerging new talent, currently pursuing her Master of Fine Art in Photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Her work is dedicated to documenting the human condition and the social landscape of our times. Her images make individual stories visible, often gravitating toward strength and resiliency within human struggle. Public schools have become her primary arena for exploring race, class and culture in America.
Nyberg was born in Portland, OR in 1973. She became immersed in photojournalism in junior high, while working for the school newspaper. At fifteen, she began assisting wedding and portrait photographers in Portland. She went on to work for several commercial and celebrity photographers in Los Angeles and Chicago, where she completed a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and a Minor in Art.
In 2000 she founded Nyberg Studios Inc. and began to combine her passion for psychology and photography in the first of four documentary-driven photography exhibits for Portland Public Schools, called “The Family Stories Project.” This exhibit concentrated on non-traditional families within the context of the Public School system. The work evolved to include stories of diverse students and teachers in subsequent exhibits such as: “Teacher Stories”: “Stories from Madison High”: and “Youth Summit Stories”. Together, the four exhibits make up "The Stories Project". This compelling body of work has been used in curriculum development, published in “Education Magazine” as well as exhibited nationally at over 30 locations. The photographs deal with themes of race, class, poverty, equity, culture, diversity, relationships, and identity. This work has been supported in part by Title 1, The Equity Foundation, Safe Schools Grant, Portland Public Schools, and U-Develop Labs of Portland, OR.
In addition to documentary and editorial photography, Nyberg recently completed photography and production management for the book: “Cannon Beach, The Art, Cuisine and Atmosphere of Oregon’s Favorite Coastal Village” published by Ocean-Rider (2005). She is currently working between Portland, OR and San Francisco, CA. Her work is expanding to include audio with still photographs… coming soon.
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Kat Nyberg Photography
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