Jacinda Russell (born 1972) is an American photographer and installation artist. She is an Associate Professor of Art at Ball State University.

Early life and education

Russell's family are from

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and she lived in

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for six years as a teenager. Russell earned an master's degree in fine art from the

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, and a bachelor's degree in fine art from

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Career

Employment

She is an Associate Professor of Art at

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Exhibitions

Russell's work has been included in exhibitions at the

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, the

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, Texas Gallery, Houston Center for Photography, Eyebeam, and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. She has also shown her work at DiverseWorks, and the Academy of Fine Art & Design in Wroclaw, Poland, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. Her project, ''Metaphorical Antipodes: The Border Wall'' deals with cultural attitudes and disputes towards the U.S./Mexico border. Her photographic series, ''Nine Fake Cakes & Nine Bodies of Water'' was described as "heartrendingly gorgeous" in Art21 Magazine. Russell frequently collaborates with other artists on various projects. She believes collaborations can deepen the interconnections between artists, and can open one up to new ways of doing and making.

Collections

Several works by Russell are held in the permanent collection of the

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Awards

Russell received a Photographic Arts Council-Los Angeles (PAC-LA) fellowship from the

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(2017) to research the work of the American photographer,

Robert Heinecken Robert Heinecken (1931 – May 19, 2006) was an American artist who referred to himself as a "paraphotographer" because he so often made photographic images without a camera. Early life and education Born in Denver in 1931, Heinecken grew up in Ri ...

, resulting in her art piece, ''Robert Heinecken: Myth and Loss Reimagined, 2017 - 2019''. In 2019, Russell received a DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award through the Arts Council of Indianapolis. In 2002 she received a fellowship from the Houston Center for Photography.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Russell, Jacinda American women photographers American women artists University of Arizona alumni 1972 births Ball State University faculty Living people