Jack Deese 478.456.6411 jackwdeese@gmail.com Douglasville, GA
Education
MFA 2016 Photography, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
BFA 2011 Photography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Solo Exhibitions
2019 "Do As You Done” Slow Exposures Pop-Up Show, Zebulon, GA
2018 "Time Share" Plough Gallery, Tifton, GA
2016 "How to Orient Yourself in the Wilderness" Atlanta Photography Group, Main Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2016 "How to Orient Yourself in the Wilderness" Slow Exposures Pop-Up Show, Zebulon, GA
2016 "How to Orient Yourself in the Wilderness" Ernest G. Welch Gallery, GSU, Atlanta, GA
Group Exhibitions
2022 “Gathered V” Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2021 “SAC’s Photo Show 2021” Huo Bao Zhu Gallery, Troy University, Troy, Alabama
2020 Global Pandemic
2019 “Yellow” ATHICA, Athens, GA
2019 “Split Vision: New Work from GSU Photo” Pop-Up Show Presented by Dashboard US, Atlanta, GA
2018 "SlowExposures" RF Stricklands, Concord, GA
2018 "Contemporary Photography 2008-2018" Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2018 "trusted, secure" Slayer Gallery (online)
2018 "Black & White Now" South x Southeast Gallery, Molena, GA
2017 "Seeing Sound" Humble Arts Foundation, (online)
2017 "SlowExposures" Cochran Gallery, LaGrange, GA
2017 "SlowExposures" RF Stricklands, Concord, GA
2017 "alacarte" Parlor Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2016 "New Kids on the Block 3" Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015 "The Relationship Between Things" Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL
2015 "SlowExposures" Concord Arts Building, Concord, GA
2015 "Schismatic" Kai Lin Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015 "New Kids on the Block 2" Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2015 "Interpolation" Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2015 "Not Found" Glass Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2014 "New Kids on the Block" Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014 "SlowExposures" Concord, GA
2014 "LaGrange National Biennial" LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA
2013 "Slideluck" Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2013 "Artfields" Lake City,SC
2011 “Portfolio Show” APG Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2011 “Cumming UMC Juried Arts Festival” Main Gallery, UMC, Cumming, GA
2011 “Prime Cuts: BFA 1 Exit Show” Gallery 101, Lamar Dodd School of Art
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2011 “Georgia Gaze” Main Gallery, SGHS, Brunswick, GA
2010 “Georgia Gaze” Plaza Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2010 “2nd Annual Juried Student Exhibition”Gallery 101, Lamar Dodd School of Art
University of Georgia, Athens, GA *Juror’s Award
2010 “Emerging Young Artists: 2010 National Juried Exhibition”
Anita P. Folmar Gallery, Montgomery, AL *Honorable Mention
2010 “Nothing’s Precious” Suite Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2009 “21st annual Juried Printmaking and Book Arts Exhibition” Suite Gallery
Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2009 “Hullaballo” Main Gallery, Athens Academy, Athens, GA
2008 “Studio Arts Foundations Exhibition” Suite Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Awards & Scholarships
2016 Student Prize, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
2016 Ernest G. Welch Graduate Photography Award, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2013 Welch Fellowship, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Collections
Welch Collection, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Southeast Georgia Health Systems, Brunswick, GA
Archway Partnership Collection, Athens, GA
Photography Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Printmaking Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Teaching Experience
2019 Fall Semester, Instructor of Record
Introduction to Photography, Studio Processes
University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
2019 Spring Semester, Instructor of Record
Introduction to Photography, Introduction to Art
University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
2018 Fall Semester, Instructor of Record
Introduction to Photography, Studio Processes
University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
2016 Fall Semester, Instructor of Record
Introduction to Photography, Intermediate Photography, Advanced Photography
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Related Experience
2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant "Intro to Photography" (Digital Based) Georgia State University
2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant "Intro to Photography"(Darkroom Based) Georgia State University
2014 Guest Instructor of Record, "Documentary Photo" Georgia State University
2014 Graduate Lab Assistant, Head of Purchasing/Ordering, Digital Print Lab, Georgia State University
2013 Graduate Lab Assistant, Alternative Darkroom, Gang Darkroom, Georgia State University
2011 Film Development and Print Technician, E-6 Photo Lab, Atlanta, GA
2010 Darkroom and Digital Lab Assistant, University of Georgia, Photography Department, Athens, GA
Publications (as artist)
2018 Humble Arts Foundation On Death
2017 Looking at Appalachia, Georgia
2017 Humble Arts Foundation, Seeing Sound
2017 Fraction Magazine, Issue 98 May
2017 AINT BAD, Feature April 25
2017 AINT BAD, What We've Found: Color April 18
2017 Latent Image, Stear January 15
2016 Humble Arts Foundation, 18 Photographers to follow on Instagram before the Apocalypse December 30
2016 Eyes on the South, Oxford American Magazine Photo Blog Feature, The Foreign and Familiar
2016 Splash & Grab Weekly Selection, May
2016 State of the Arts: Arts, Georgia Volume 4 Spring & Summer 2016
2016 Atlanta Photography Group Q & A with Jack Deese
2015 Southern Glossary Volume 1
2015 Aqua Art Miami, AQUA ART MIAMI CLOSES 11TH EDITION WITH NEW DIRECTOR, HUGE CROWDS AND BIG SALES
2015 Latent Image, Rent November 6 2015
2015 Southern Glossary Interview, May
Publications (as author)
2019 Rocket Science Magazine Catherine Hyland in conversation with Jack Deese Issue 8
2019 Rocket Science Magazine Irina Rozovsky in conversation with Jack Deese Issue 6
2019 Number Magazine Regional Update: Atlanta Issue 97
2017 Yield Magazine Conversation with Mark Steinmetz Issue 06
2017 Yield Magazine Conversation with Sarah Hobbs Issue 06
2017 Yield Magazine Conversation with Gregory Harris, Assistant Curator of Photography, High Museum Issue 06
2015 Burnaway "Photo Show Upends Tradition at Swan Coach House Gallery" October 26
Artist Talks
2019 Invited Speaker, Photography Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2015 Southeast Seminar, University of Florida & Georgia State University MFA Photography
Colloquium Room, Georgia State University Library, Atlanta, GA
2014 Serenbe Photography Center, Chattahoochee Hills, GA
Workshops
2016 Publishing Workshop with Fall Line Press, 3 Centuries Farm, Sparta, GA
2013 Tintype Workshop with Sean J. McCormick, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA