About

My name is Kyle Worthy, and I’m a photographer and book artist from Charlotte, North Carolina. I graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Arts in 2004. A photographer since the age of 15, my current body of work focuses on how memory and image relate to one another.

My work has been shown in group exhibitions like SlowExposures (Zebulon, GA), Art Fields (Lake City, SC), PhotoSC (Columbia, SC), SxSE Gallery (Molean, GA), and The Light Factory (Charlotte, NC). I’ve also held solo exhibitions at Ross Gallery (Anyone’s Ghost, 2017, Charlotte, NC) and MONA Gallery (Untethered Land, 2014, Charlotte, NC).

I am the co-founder of Memory Vistas Projects, a collaboration between myself and my sister, writer Leah Worthy. The project combines words and imagery with family ephemera to create pieces that tell real and imagined stories inspired by the places that have invited us to see the past, and the ones we love, afresh. Our self-published titles include Dark Water Lavender (2022), Tuesday in Mobile (2023), and Fireworks (2023).

Permanent Collections 

The Special Collections Research Center at Swem Library, William and Mary 
The Alabama Gallery, Houston Cole Library Special Collections, Jacksonville State University 
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 
The W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection,  Appalachian State University 
Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of South Carolina
Special Collections and Archives at Clemson University Libraries

Juried and Group Exhibitions 

2024 Montgomery Photo Festival, Montgomery, AL
2024 ArtFields, Lake City, SC 
2022 Everyday Landscape., PhotoSC, Columbia, SC
2022 Slow Exposures, Zebulon, GA
2022 Constructions/Connections, SouthxSoutheast Gallery
2015 ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2014 Revolve Gallery, Charlotte, NC

Solo Exhibitions 

2014 Anyone’s Ghost, Ross Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2012 Untethered Land, MoNA Gallery, Charlotte, NC

Books and Zines  

2024 Oxford Gothic, White Peach Press
2024 Fireworks, Memory Vistas Editions 
2023 Tuesday in Mobile, Memory Vistas Editions 
2022 Dark Water Lavender, Memory Vistas Editions 

Honors and Awards 

2024 Award of Excellence, PhotoNOLA Festival Photobook Competition (Oxford Gothic)
2024 Honorable Mention, Kingston Photo Festival Portfolio Review (Oxford Gothic)

Artist Talks and Lectures 

2024 University of South Carolina 
2023 PhotoSC
2022 Limestone College
2015 ArtFields

Workshops 

2025 Long Term Photobook Program, Penumbra Foundation
2024 Structure of the Photobook, Penumbra Foundation
2024 Advanced Book Making Workshop, Eliot Dudik Studios

Education 

2004 Bachelor of Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC