Sunday Spotlight: Jennifer Wilkey

Project Title: Procedures for Mending

Artist Statement: Monotony, repetition, and duration of my craft explore the longevity of illness and the feeling of sameness associated with being in the hospital. While enclosed in a hospital room, life continues on in the outside world and in a sense, passes the patient by. Time becomes an element that exists in a slow-motion within the hospital and is hurrying by beyond its doors.

Bio: Originally from the Midwest, I received my BFA in Photography and BS in Anthropology from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. I graduated from Syracuse University in 2009 with a MFA in Photography. Additionally, I participated as a teaching artist in multiple art programs in elementary and high schools in the area. In Maine, I was the program coordinator for ArtVan, a mobile arts therapy program for low-income neighborhoods, the Director of Art at the Hyde School, and I am currently the Communications Coordinator for the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault. My artwork has shown frequently in exhibitions and screenings in the US and abroad, including exhibits at Soho Gallery for the Digital Arts in New York City and the Center for Photography in Woodstock, NY, as well as on the cover of Harper’s Magazine. I was awarded the Professional Scholarship Grant in 2010 from the Lucie Foundation in Los Angeles for a photography project about my developmentally disabled brother.

You can find more of Jennifer’s work on her website.