S. Billie Mandle is an artist from Northern California. She uses photography to connect perception, history, and the intimacy of place. Her work has been supported by fellowships from Yaddo, Light Work, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the University of California Los Angeles Archives. Her books include, Reconciliation (Kehrer Verlag, 2020), Stellar Skytron (Dust Collective, 2020), Circumference (Dust Collective, 2024) and Asunder (TBW, forthcoming 2025). Mandle’s work is held in several public collections including the Boston Athenaeum, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Getty Institute Library, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Library. She received a BA in biology from Williams College and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She an Associate Professor at MassArt and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
billie.mandle @ gmail.com
Recent/Past
Talk with Dust Collective at MassMoca
Interview with Saint Agnes Studio
Reconciliation reviewed in Lenscratch
Stellar Skytron reviewed in Collector Daily
Blue Ground at Garden Los Angeles
Reconciliation reviewed PhotoBook Journal
Blind Magazine on Reconciliation
F-Stop review of Reconciliation
Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship in Photography
Reconciliation in Cabinet with essay by George Prochnik
Aperture essay by Robin Kelsey
Representation