About
Carlos Paronis is a recent graduate from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Photography in 2024. Born in Guatemala and moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts at a young age. He merges conceptual and documentary work together to share real stories, feelings and experiences. Carlos enjoys experimentation in his photographic practice and likes to merge his work with other art mediums such as collage and sculpture.
(Photo: Carlos with his Senior Thesis Installation at Mass Art, 2024)
CV:
Education:
BFA - Photography from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. 2024
Group Exhibitions:
" Mass Art 32nd Annual Auction " at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2025
"Stories of Humanity" at Lesley University/ PRC, 2025
" Emerging Artists Exhibition " at Cambridge Arts Association, 2024
" What We Once Knew " Senior Thesis Exhibition at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Presidents Gallery, 2024
" All School Show " at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Kennedy Student Life Gallery, 2024
" Mass Art 31st Annual Auction " at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2024
" Thinking, Feeling, and Wanting become a Single Confused Thing ", Godine Family Gallery, 2024
" Finding Light by Found Light Collective " at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Banana Gallery 2023
Awards and Scholarships:
Cambridge Arts Council, Art for Social Justice Grant, 2025
https://www.cambridgema.gov/arts/News/2025/03/artforsocialjusticegrants
Maine Media Workshop Scholarship (" Portraiture and the Circumference of Self" with Richard Renaldi), 2024
BIPOC Senior Thesis Grant, Justice, Equity and Transformation Office, Massachusetts College of Art and Design. 2024
Anderson Ranch Art Center Scholarship (" Long Term Projects " with Kris Graves and Whitney Johnson), 2023
Volunteer Work:
18th MassArt Annual Photobook Auction, 2023
Guest Speaker at Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School, 2023
Additional Experience:
Digital Lab, Darkrooms and Equipment Cage Monitor at Mass Art
Event and Product Photography (Examples here)
Contact
Email: carlosparonis13@gmail.com
Instagram: carlitos_port