piera moore | photographer born and based in atlanta, ga
education
may 2019: ba in art, spelman college, atlanta, ga
clients + features
airbnb, alex & ani, away x here magazine, bloomberg businessweek, bombas, bstroy x virgil abloh, the cut, dazed magazine x nike, diane von furstenberg, dwell, elle magazine, financial times, google, harper's bazaar, hillhouse, inc. magazine, intimissimi, kotn, los angeles times, nbc news, the new york times, rhode, rothy’s, the tender foundation, theory, time magazine, viiv healthcare, vogue, zappos, the 19th news
award + honors
spring 2024: artist project fund grant, national black arts festival
winter 2020: nexus fund grant, atlanta contemporary art center
fall 2020: black artist fund grant, 10011 magazine
summer 2020: black creatives community fund grant
spring 2019: 1st place in arts + visual culture, research day, spelman college
summer 2018: ciee study abroad scholarship to rio de janeiro, brazil, spelman college
fall 2015 - spring 2019: dewitt wallace deans scholarship, spelman college
professional experience
nov 2022 - present: coordinator, women photograph
nov 2022 - present: nextgen visionary instructor + curator, national black arts festival
june 2018 - present: freelance photographer
june 2019 - june 2023: digital media + artist representation, mason fine art
aug 2022 - feb 2023: committee member + creative marketing strategist, atlanta art week
june - aug 2018: intern to doug shipman, president + ceo, woodruff arts center
nov 2017 - may 2019: teaching assistant to filmmaker + professor julie dash, spelman college
selected group exhibitions
nov 2025: beyond boundaries, hidden gallery at peters street station, atlanta, ga
nov 2023: the gathering, buckhead art & company, atlanta, ga
april 2019: spelman college senior thesis exhibition, mason fine art, atlanta, ga
july 2015: parallelograms: a teen artist exhibition, woodruff arts center, atlanta, ga