Jennifer Chappell
Photography
CURRENT EXHIBITION @ Workhouse:
Art in City Hall, Alexandria
(Contact Curator)
PAST EXHIBITIONS:
First Annual Juried Show, Workhouse W-16 (2009)
VOLUME, WPS, Building W-6 (2009)
Washington Design Center Showhouse (2008)
MVUMC Sermon Series (2008)
NSO Showhouse Beyond Dragons (2008)
Del Ray Dozen 5th Annual Invitational (2007)
Photo '07, Arlington Arts Center (2007)
3rd Biannual Art in City Hall, Alexandria (2007)
2nd Biannual Art in City Hall, Alexandria (2006)
Honorable Mention, 1st Biannual Art in City Hall, Alexandria (2006)
Del Ray Dozen 4th Annual Invitational (2006)
SPLASH, 3 woman show, Del Ray Artisans (2005)
Del Ray Dozen 3rd Annual Invitational (2005)
Solo Exhibit, National Institute of Health (2004)
Fun 'n Games Redux, Del Ray Artisans (2004)
Red II, Del Ray Artisans (2004)
Del Ray Dozen 2nd Annual Invitational (2004)
All Member Show, Del Ray Artisans (2003)
Red, Del Ray Artisans (2003)
Del Ray Dozen 1st Annual Invitational (2003)
All Member Show, Del Ray Artisans (2002)
Fun 'n Games, Del Ray Artisans (2002)
Nightmares, Del Ray Artisans (2000)
Honorable Mention, Outdoor Expo, Allentown PA (1999)
Winter Art Show, Green Cafe, Bethlehem PA (1998)
Solo Exhibit, The Farmhouse, Emmaus PA (1998)
Curator's Choice Award, Mayfair Juried Photography Exhibit, Allentown PA (1997)
Art of the State: PA 1997, 30th Annual Juried Exhibit, Harrisburg PA (1997)
Photo Session '97, Philadelphia PA (1997)
Open Space Gallery, Allentown PA (1997)
Celebration of Light, Artzon Gallery, Orefield PA (1996)
Mayfair Juried Photography Exhibit (1996)
City of Bethlehem 250th Anniversary Juried Photography Exhibit, Bethlehem PA (1990)
Solo Exhibit, Muse Fire, Kutztown PA (1988)
STUDIO LOCATION:
9520 Workhouse Way, W-6, Lorton,VA
(Directions)
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I make photographs of those things that speak to me.
Often these items are either of two opposites. The burgeoning bud or rusted, decaying sheet metal; the early morning fog rising off a lake or a punk rock show. Each has its place in the world. Both tell of life. And, both are beautiful.
I title my photographs only when I have to and only for cataloguing purposes and ease of identification. I hope not to bias or lead the viewer to any conclusions with my work. Look at the piece for what it is...to you. Even if you dislike a photograph, I have done my job - I have created an emotion.
Nan Goldin, Diane Arbus, Walker Evans, and Eugene Atget are among my favorite photographers. Each celebrated the beauty of the normal everyday (even if not societally normal, or conventionally beautiful). The beat inside, the life force, the God in every and all.
I have lived in Alexandria VA for the past 8 years, and have chronicled my life through those things I see around me.
Day in, day out.
Conventionally, or absurdly beautiful.
*Garnered two Curator's Choice Awards for photography in Mayfair Juried Arts exhibit, as well as exhibiting regionally and on the state level for photography
*Assisted photographic instructor with teaching chemistry and darkroom skills, and tutoring students one on one with photographic fundamentals and techniques
*Chronicled over a decade of music, bands, and lifestyle (especially punk) in the PA and NJ areas
*Produced most early work in B+W, and lately have explored nature studies and color alteration through cross-processing
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