Selected Exhibitions

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)

Selected Awards

• Outwin Boocheever Portrait Prize Finalist- 2016

• Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Finalist- 2016

• Paris Photo Prize, First Place- 2015

• International Photography Awards, First Place Lucie Award for The Home Stage (Damiani Editore)

• Winner of the Print Center’s 88th Annual International Competition- 2015

• Prix de la Photographie- Silver Medalist- 2015

• Society of Publication Designers 45th Annual Print Awards Silver Medalist- 2010

• PA Council on the Arts Fellowship- 2009

• PDN winner for Best Book for Interior Exposure (Damiani Editore)- 2009

• Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top Finalist- 2009

• First Place Lucie Award, for Interior Exposure (Damiani Editore) - 2008

• New York Photo Festival Award Winner: “Best Fine Art Photograph” - 2008

• New York Photo Festival Finalist for “Best Book” for Interior Exposure (Damiani Editore)- 2008

• Oprah Magazine’s Recommended Books of 2008, Interior Exposure (Damiani Editore)

• AP (American Photography) winner for best of published photography- 2007

• Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top Finalist- 2006

• “PDN’s 30: Our Choice of Photographers to Watch”-2005

• Santa Fe Prize “Juror’s Choice” winner, (Juror: Susan Smith, National Geographic)

• Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top Finalist

• Houston Center for Photography Fellowship- 2002

• First Prize Merit Scholarship, R.I.T. Graduate Program-2000

Invited Lectures

• The George Eastman Museum, Art and Motherhood Panel Discussion with Rania Matar and Bea Nettles, 2020

• Bryn Mawr College- Bryn Mawr, PA, 2017

• Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France, 2016

• The School of Visual Arts, NYC, 2015

• Arcadia University, Philadelphia, PA, 2015

• Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL, 2015

• Society of Photographic Education-National Conference, New Orleans, LA, The Home Stage, 2015

• The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, The Home Stage, 2015

• San Francisco Camerawork, SF, CA The Home Stage, 2015

• Galerie Confluence, Nantes, France, 2012

• Princeton University- Interior Exposure, 2009

• Society of Photographic Education-National Conference, Dallas, TX, Interior Exposure, 2009

• Google Headquarters, Palo Alto, CA, Author Talks Series, Interior Exposure, 2008

• Aperture Gallery, “Aperture Talks”, NYC, Interior Exposure, 2008

• Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, Jessica Todd Harper, 2007

• International Center for Photography, NYC, Jessica Todd Harper, 2006

• Society of Photographic Education, National Conference, Austin, TX, Legacy, 2003

• Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, PA, Portraits from Private Spaces, 2003

• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, Portraits from Private Spaces, 2003

• University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Legacy, 2002

• Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, Scenes from a Marriage Diary, 2001

Collections

• The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film - Rochester, NY

• The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

• Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA

• The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, TX

• The Allentown Art Museum - Allentown, PA

• Haverford College- Haverford PA

• Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, private collection - Philadelphia, PA

• The Wallace Library, RIT - Rochester, NY

• The Photographic Center Northwest – Seattle, WA

• The International Center for Photography, New York

• Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA

Teaching Experience

• Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art: 2004-2012

• International Center for Photography, New York, NY, Faculty: Fall 2007

• Haverford College, Haverford, PA, Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Art: 2003-2004

Education

• Rochester Institute of Technology, MFA in Photography 2001

• Bryn Mawr College, BA, cum laude, in Art History 1997

• Ecole Nationale des Arts Decoratifs, (coursework in art history and fine art), Paris, France 1996

• Larry Fink Studio- Martins Creek, PA: Assistant and Studio Manager 1997- 1999

Selected Bibliography

2022

Vanity Fair Italia, “Contemporary Artists Interpret the Family”, August 2022

2021

• Marie Claire Italy, Dec-Jan Issue. Photography Portfolio “Grandi Celebrazioni”

2018

• Gente di Fotografia no. 70, cover story with 10 images

2016

• Telling Tales: Contemporary Narrative Photography, McNay Art Museum. Essays by René Paul Barilleaux, Auriel Garza, Gregory J. Harris, and Lucy Soutter

• Family Photography Now, Thames and Hudson, edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren

• CNN.com,

2015

The New Yorker, “Galleries: Uptown”, by Vince Aletti, January 6th.

Book Forum, Family Ties: The Home Stage, Spring/Summer issue

Photo District News, Fine Art on Demand, July issue

Madame Magazine, Die Blicke der Frauen, February issue

Lenscratch, “Jessica Todd Harper”, by Aline Smithson

2014

• The Home Stage Damiani Editore

• Alain de Botton and John Armstrong, Art as Therapy: The True Purpose of Art, Phaidon.

2012

• Alain de Botton, How to Think More About Sex, Macmillan.

2011

• Die Zeit Literatur Magazine, October 6, 2011

• Nido Magazine (Germany), April issue

• Exploring Color Photography Fifth Edition: From Film to Pixels, Robert Hirsch. Focal Press

2010

• New York Magazine, July 2010 “All Joy, No Fun” (cover story)

2009

• Photo District News (May, The Photo Annual), “Best Photography Books”

• Adbusters, October 2009

• Real Simple, November 2009

• The New York Photo Awards 2008 Annual, the winners of The New York Photo Awards.

• O, The Oprah Magazine, (March) “The Gift”, p. 197-201.

• O, The Oprah Magazine, (January) The Reading Room

• The Art of Caring:A Look At Life Through Photography. Cynthia Goodman. Ruder-Finn Press

2008

• Photo District News (November), “Best Photography Books of 2008”, review by Reuel Golden

• Interior Exposure, Damiani Editore. Foreword by Larry Fink, Interview by Sarah Anne McNear

• Newsweek, “Women & Leadership”, p.54-71. October 13.

• The New Yorker, “Galleries: Uptown”, by Vince Aletti, May 12

• O, The Oprah Magazine, review of Interior Exposure by Francine Prose, 8/08

• Newsweek, “Gourmets Go Underground”, by Gina Pace. June 9.

2007

• Light and Lens, Photography in the Digital Age, Focal Press. Edited by Robert Hirsch, 2007. Contributing artist.

• Newsweek, Jogging Your Memory, December 10, p.68

• O, The Oprah Magazine, September, Connections, p.281

• O, The Oprah Magazine, August, The Reading Room, p.154

2006

• Fotografia Magazine, August 22 issue cover story, by Ireneusz Zjezdzalka

• Shots Magazine #91 (Spring, 2006), p. 27

• Art News, Altered States, by Richard B. Woodward, March, p. 108

• Photo District News (February) The 50 States Issue, Pennsylvania, p.52

2005

• Photo District News (March) Our Choice Of Emerging Photographers to Watch: PDN’s 30

• Photo District News (March) End Frame: Art Appreciation

2004

• Exploring Color Photography, Forth Edition, McGraw-Hill. Edited by Robert Hirsch, 2004. Contributing Artist.

• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Jessica Todd Harper:Familien – Fest im Fokus, by Husch Josten. Easter Sunday (4/11), p.59.

• Camera Austria No. 85, FORUM section. March 2004.

2002

• The Portland Mercury, First Thursday Preview, by Karrin Ellertson. Vol 2 No. 47 (5/8)

• The Sunday Oregonian, Our Picks of the Week for May 26- June 1, 2002, by Stan Hall. (5/26)

• Blue Sky #35 - Published by Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, 2002.

• Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Ideas,Materials, & Processes, (2nd ed) Focal Press. Edited by Robert Hirsch, 2001. Contributing artist.

Selected Online Publications

• Two Way Lens: Interviews with Contemporary Photographers. “Jessica Todd Harper”, by Michael Werner

• Lenscratch, “Jessica Todd Harper”, by Aline Smithson

• Fraction Magazine, issue #13. Edited by David Bram. “Jessica Todd Harper”

Commercial Representation:

• Ashley Kilinger, New York, NY

Gallery Representation:

• Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY

• Le Centre Claude Cahun, Nantes, France