Jaclyn Wright is an American multi-disciplinary artist and educator. Her work incorporates archival images, in-camera collages using a large format view camera, performance, and photographic installations. Recent solo exhibitions include Filter Space (Chicago, IL) and the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City, UT); recent and upcoming group exhibitions include The School: Jack Shainman Gallery (Kinderhook, NY), Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation (Germany), Artists’ Fair Kyoto (Japan), Light Work (Syracuse, NY), Halsey McKay Gallery (East Hampton, NY), and Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam (Netherlands). She is part of the 2025 Artist-in-Residence program at Light Work, is a 2024-25 Foam Talent, and was a 2023 Utah Visual Arts Fellow. She has received grants and awards from Aperture and the Creator’s Lab Fund, PhMuseum, Film Photo Award, among others. Her work has been featured and written about in numerous online and print publications, including Light Work's Contact Sheet #225, Foam Magazine #65, Hyperallergic, Huffington Post, Southwest Contemporary, and The New York Times. Her monograph High Visibility (Blaze Orange) was published by GOST Books in 2023. She received her MFA in Studio Art from Indiana University and is an Associate Professor of Photography at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT.
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Upcoming Exhibitions + News:
General Conditions, The School | Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, NY
Foam Talent, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt, Germany
Artists' Fair Kyoto, Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Japan
Visionary Project Award, Film Photo Award 2024
Light Work, 2025 Artist-in-Residence Program, Syracuse, NY
Photography Grant Main Prize Winner 2024, PhMuseum, Bologna, Italy
High Visibility (Blaze Orange), Solo Exhibition, Filter Space, Chicago, IL
Foam Talent 2024-25, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands
Foam Talent, Digital Exhibition
Foam Magazine #65: Talent
High Visibility (Blaze Orange), published by GOST Books
Recent Exhibitions + News:
Exciting Photography Now!, Matte Magazine
Utah Visual Arts Fellowship Recipient
Aperture Prize Finalist
Unseen – GOST Books Publishing Award
Between Life and Land: Identity, Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT
Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow, PhMuseum Days, Photo Festival, Bologna, Italy
High Visibility (Blaze Orange), Solo Exhibition, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
Press:
Yogurt Magazine
Generazione Critica
Harper's Magazine
Flaunt Magazine
Document
Chronogram
New York Times
PhMuseum
Lenscratch
Hyperallergic
UMOCA
Southwest Contemporary
Musée Magazine, Issue 26
In the In-Between
Full CV available upon request.