about Jes
BIO
Jes Schrom received a BA in Visual Arts from Minnesota State University Moorhead and an MFA from the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis). Her artwork has been exhibited at Soo Visual Arts Center (Minneapolis, MN), University of Wisconsin (LaCrosse), Ceres Gallery (New York, NY), Torpedo Factory Art Center (Alexandria, VA), Bejing Film Academy (China), and the North Dakota Museum of Art (Grand Forks), among others. Schrom joined Louisiana Tech University’s School of Art (Ruston) as Assistant Professor of Photography in 2008. She also serves on the Board of the Society for Photographic Education: South Central Region as Secretary and Newsletter Editor, the Twin City Art Foundation/Masur Museum as Vice President, and is the Director of the Louisiana Tech University School of Art galleries.
STATEMENT
Regardless of media, my photographs, videos, sculptures, and embroidery invariably come back home: analyzing my role within family history, current relationships, and society. Much of my work references the history of female artistic and domestic practices by using repetitive, methodical processes and materials categorized as feminine. Combined with personal contemporary experiences and imagery, the processes and materials take on new meaning and strength. My work also combines humor with heartache, intimacy with detachment, destruction with regret. These contrasting emotions, and all that lies between, reflect the complexity of our connections to others, humanity, and most importantly, our self.
RESUME
EDUCATION
2006 University of Minnesota, Master of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Minnesota State University Moorhead, Bachelor of Arts, Moorhead, MN
2001 University of Oregon, Photography, Eugene, OR
EXHIBITIONS (· = solo or two-person exhibition)
2012
· Enterprise Center, Ruston, LA
· Bry Art Gallery, University of Louisiana, Monroe
2011
· Elaborate Banality, Livaudais Gallery, Monroe, LA
ISTORIA: Exploration in Contemporary Narrative, University of Texas at San Antonio Satellite Space
· Secrets of Atlanta, Flux Projects public art project + Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Southern Open, Acadiana Center for the Arts, LA (juror: Amy Mackie)
48th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum, LA (juror: Alison de Lima Greene)
· I Hate Myself, Will You Please Love Me?, Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN
2010
Untitled 7 Too, St. Cloud State University, MN
September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, LA
Untitled 7, SOO Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
South Arkansas Art Center Annual Juried Competition, El Dorado, AR
Masur Museum 47th Annual Juried Competition, Monroe, LA
9th National Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
Give Me a Minute, The Shirey, New York, NY
2009
SPE South Central Member Exhibition, Ameen Art Gallery, Thibodaux, LA
A Million Little Pictures: Documentary, Art House Co-op, Atlanta, GA
Masur Museum 46th Annual Juried Competition, Monroe, LA
$99 Fund-raiser, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Fresh: An Exhibition of Contemporary Urban Art, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2008
ArtWise: Bridging 15 Years of Kulture Klub Collaborative, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Remembering Dakota, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
2007
Bamboo Festival, Bejing Film Academy, Anji, China
Minnesota Emerging Artists Exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
$99 Fund-raiser, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
Ten Second Film Festival, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
· Decorative Entertainment, Art-A-Whirl at CW Lofts, Minneapolis, MN
Slideluck Potshow, Casket Arts Building, Minneapolis, MN
Glamour Shots, First Amendment Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Art Shanty Projects, Medicine Lake, MN
2006
Nature Calls, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, WI
Untitled 5, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
· Reconstructive Memory: an alteration, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
Can You Say/MFA? Thesis Exhibition, University of Minnesota Regis Center for Art, Minneapolis, MN
Celebrating the Link Between Art and Information, University of Minnesota Wilson Library, Minneapolis, MN
2005
The Art of Choice, Frederick R. Weisman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Recent Deviations, University of Minnesota Regis Center for Art, Minneapolis
Secrets, Private Conversations, and Personal Musings, Visible Fringe Juried Exhibit, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Fringe Redux, Thorp Building, Minneapolis, MN
2004
Two-Person Lecture and Fine Art Series, University of Wisconsin Marathon County, Wausau, WI
2001
Spring Gala Juried Exhibit, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
PUBLICATIONS/ONLINE REVIEWS + INTERVIEWS
2011
"How We Handle Secrets", Burnaway online (Atlanta), August 31
"What are the Secrets of Atlanta?", interview with Savanna Keo, Creative Loafing Culture Surfing Blog, July
"Artist Collecting Atlantans’ Secrets", interview with Jim Burress, WABE Atlanta radio/online, March
HOME...is where the camera is, exhibition catalogue, PhotoPlace Gallery
PhotoPlace Gallery, On-line Gallery Annex (juror: Julie Blackmon)
2010
Creative Quarterly Magazine, New York, NY June
Creative Quarterly Magazine, New York, NY April
2009
Mr. X Stitch online, August
"Scientific Blogging", Stitchgasm online, August
2007
Minnesota Bound, KARE 11 TV, St. Paul, MN, February
Minnesota Daily, Minneapolis, MN, February
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, February
City Pages, Minneapolis, MN, January
Metropolis, New York, NY, January
2005
Mnartists Reviews (online), August
Vox Fringe Blog Reviews (online), July
2003
The Wake, Minneapolis, MN, December
2002
The Fargo Forum, Fargo, ND, April
2001
Photographer’s Forum, Serbin Communications, Santa Barbara, CA, July
AWARDS
2010
1st Place, South Arkansas Art Center Annual Juried Competition, El Dorado
2nd Place, September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, LA
Flux Projects public art grant, Atlanta, GA
New Talent Winner Award in Photography, Creative Quarterly Magazine
Merit Award in Fine Art, Creative Quarterly Magazine
2007
Art Shanty Projects grant, Minneapolis, MN
2005
The Aurora Center Volunteer Award, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2004
Brown-Mackenzie Arts Scholarship, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota Department of Art Fellowship, Minneapolis, MN
2002
Honorable Mention, BW Photography, Photographer’s Forum Magazine
2001
Fourth Place, BW Photography, Photographer’s Forum Magazine
EMPLOYMENT
2008 - present
Assistant Professor of Photography, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston
2007
Adjunct Faculty, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, Minnesota
2006 - 2008
Education Director, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2006 - 2007
Gallery Coordinator, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2005- 2006
Instructor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2010 - present
Gallery Director, Louisiana Tech University School of Art, Ruston, LA
Board Member, Twin City Art Foundation, Monroe, LA (exhibition and education committees)
2010
Creative Capital and Louisiana Division of the Arts Internet for Artists Workshop Participant, Baton Rouge, LA
Juror, Downtown Art Fest, Monroe, LA
2009 - present
Faculty Advisor, Club Photo, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
2008 - present
Louisiana Tech University School of Art Gallery Committee, Ruston, LA
Board Member (Secretary), Society for Photographic Education, South Central Region
Newsletter Editor, Society for Photographic Education, South Central Region
2008
Guest Critic, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
Guest Critic, Arts International, Minneapolis, MN
Visiting Artist, Bethel University, Arden Hills, MN
Review Panelist, Minnesota Projects Gallery, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis
2007
Juror, Art Shanty Projects, Minneapolis, MN
Visiting Artist, New City School, Minneapolis, MN
2004
Guest Speaker, Midwest Society for Photographic Education Conference, Columbus, OH
2002
Guest Speaker, Red River Women’s Studies Conference, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
Guest Speaker, Women’s History Month event, Minnesota State University Moorhead