Jessica Todd Harper

Jessica Todd Harper studied at École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Bryn Mawr College and Rochester Institute of Technology. Places of work recorded in the authority are Pennsylvania. Employment is recorded with New York, Newsweek and Die Zeit. Work by Jessica Todd Harper is recorded in the collections of Bryn Mawr College Special Collections.

Harper holds a B.A. in art history from Bryn Mawr College and an M.F.A. in photography from Rochester Institute of Technology. Her photographs have been featured in Photo District News; Camera Austria; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; Newsweek; and O, The Oprah Magazine. Exhibits include The International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Allentown Art Museum; the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia; Blue Sky Gallery in Portland; Paul Kopeikin Gallery in L.A.; Cohen Amador Gallery in New York; The Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle; and The Photographic Resource Center in Boston. Harper is a recent project competition winner at Center (formally the Santa Fe Center for Photography) and selected artist of "PDN's 30: Our Choice of Emerging Photographers to Watch." Harper teaches at Swarthmore College. She was a finalist for Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the George Eastman Museum and the International Center of Photography, New York. Her work is also part of the Kinship exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery-Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC,

2022 The National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian, Kinship (accompanying book, Kinship). Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY Here (solo) Le Centre Claude Cahun, Nantes, France, Here 2018 AIPAD, Rick Wester Fine Art The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2018 at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. One of 3 invited artists. The National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian, The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2017-16 The National Portrait Gallery, The Smithsonian, The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition The McNay Art Museum Telling Tales: Contemporary Narrative Photography (catalog) Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France The Home Stage (solo) 2015 The Print Center, Philadelphia The Home Stage, (solo) Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France The Home Stage, (solo) 2014 The Portland Art Museum Blue Sky: The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts at 40 Haverford College The Female Gaze: A Survey of Photographs by Women from the 19th to the 21st Centuries Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY The Home Stage (solo) 2013 The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film The Gender Show 2012 Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France Interior Exposure (solo) Gallery 339, Philadelphia More Photos About Buildings and Food Philadelphia Photographic Arts Center 3rd Annual Photography Exhibition First Prize winner. Jurors: Kathy Ryan (NYT Mag) & Natasha Egan (Museum of Contemporary Photography) 2011 New Orleans Museum of Art The Art of Caring. Two year national tour with accompanying book. Curated by Dr. Cynthia Goodman. Australian Centre for Photography Installation, Sydney, Australia100 Portraits 2010 Corcoran Gallery of Art 100 Portraits curated by Flak Photo’s Andy Adams Photographic Center North West, Portland, OR. Photolucida’s Critical Mass 2009 Top Finalists Maine Media Workshops Arnold Newman and his Legacy 2009 The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & Film Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography a traveling exhibition The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography & FilmWhat We’re Collecting Now: The Family Photographed Gallery 339, Philadelphia Personal Views Pilner International Photography Awards Competition International tour. Best in Show. curated by Bill Hunt from among NY Photo Festival winners 2008 Cohen Amador Gallery, New York, NY Interior Exposure (solo) The Museum of Art, Ball State University Conversation Piece, (catalog), (solo) 2007 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Photo Forum The Cooper Union Indwelling juried by Joyce Tenneson Center for Performing Arts, Houston,Generations of Caring curated by Anne Tucker 2006 The Hunderdon Museum of Art Risky Business Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle Portraits from Private Spaces (solo) Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA, Group Portrait 2005 Cohen Amador Gallery, New York, NY Inaugural Exhibition of Gallery Artists Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Several Artists Consider Books Notre Dame University Jessica Todd Harper, (solo) The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship 2004 The Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, The Woodmere Triennial (catalog) The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship 2003 Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA Portraits from Private Spaces (solo) The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts The 2003 Biennial (catalog) The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship 2002 Blue Sky Gallery- Portland, OR, David Hilliard and Jessica Todd Harper, (catalog) The Hartnett Gallery- The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Legacy (solo) Houston Center for Photography- Houston, TX Scenes from a Marriage Diary Allentown Art Museum- Allentown, PA Scenes from a Marriage Diary (catalog) (solo) The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship 2001 The Silver Eye Center For Photography Fellowship Rochester Institute of Technology MFA Thesis Show- Legacy (solo)