EXHIBITION RECORD
Solo/Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 Rule Gallery, Tangential, Marfa, TX.
2023 Rule Gallery, Tangential, Denver, CO.
2022 IBIS Contemporary Art Gallery, After Arcadia, New Orleans, LA.
2021 Rule Gallery, Trappings of Arcadia, Denver CO.
2019 University of Michigan Museum of Art, Garden of Artificial Delights, Ann Arbor, MI.
2018 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Macky Theatre, Anthrome, Boulder, CO.
2018 Rule Gallery, Adorned, Denver CO.
2018 Denver Botanic Gardens, Naturally Artificial, Denver, CO.
2017 Gallery Kayafas, Confected, Boston MA.
2017 Richard Levy Gallery, Confected, Albuquerque, NM
2016 Rule Gallery, Second Nature, Marfa, TX.
2016 SRO Photo Gallery, Confected, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX.
2015 Rule Gallery, Confected, Month of Photography, Denver, CO.
2012 Detroit Center of Contemporary Photography, Panacea, Detroit, MI.
2011 The Art Institute of Wisconsin, Utopic, Milwaukie, WI.
2010 Wessel Snyman Creative, Utopic, Cape Town South Africa.
2009 Rule Gallery, Utopic, Denver, CO.
2006 Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography, Restoring Memory, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA.
2004 Over-ground Gallery, Restoring Memory, Dubai, UAE.
2004 E3 Gallery, Restoring Memory, New York City, NY.
Group Exhibitions
2023 University of Michigan Museum of Art, A Gathering, Ann Arbor MI.
2023 Ibis Contemporary Art Gallery, YR1 Remix, New Orleans LA.
2022 Ft Wayne Museum of Art, Lush and Lavish, Blooms in Art, Fort Wayne, IN.
2022 Florida Museum of Photographic Arts 2022 International Photo Competition, Florida Tampa FL. (second place)
2021 Art on Paper Fair, Richard Levy Booth, New York City, NY.
2021 Museum of Outdoor Arts, The Anniversary Exhibition, Englewood CO.
2021 Exposure Photo Festival, Contemporary Calgary, Exposure 2021 Exhibition, Calgary Canada
2021 Exposure Photo Festival, Exposure Billboard, Calgary Canada.
2020 Art on Paper Fair, Richard Levy Booth, New York City, NY.
2020 Reflecting Pool, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI.
2020 Vision 2020, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2019 Chicago Expo, Richard Levy Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2019 Market Art and Design, Richard Levy Booth, The Bridgehampton Museum, Bridgehampton NY.
2019 Art on Paper Fair, Richard Levy Booth, New York City, NY.
2019 Rule at Pool, Solstice Soirre, Mr. Pool Gallery, Boulder, CO.
2018 Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Power of the Flower, Concord, MA
2018 Museum of Outdoor Art, Paintings Sculpture &Snapshots, Denver CO
2018 Pentimenti Gallery, It Doesn't Look The Same Anymore, Philadelphia, PA.
2017 Richard Levy Gallery, Pulse Miami Art Fair, Miami FL.
2017 Detroit Artist Market, To The End Of The Earth, Detroit, MI
2017 Wasserman Project, After Industry, Detroit MI.
2017 Artist Network, Critical Mass Top 50 Show Markers of Time, Denver CO.
2017 Richard Levy Gallery, Art on Paper Fair, New York City, NY.
2016 Seidel City, Grand Opening Exhibition, Boulder, CO
2016 Museum of Outdoor Arts, Reinventing the Image, Denver CO.
2016 Ann Arbor Art Center, All Media Exhibition, Ann Arbor MI
2016 Filter Photo, Filter Space, Context, Chicago IL. (Featured Artist)
2016 Rule Gallery, Gone Green, Denver CO.
2015 The University of the Arts, Hamilton & Arronson Galleries, Spinning Yarns, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Ft Wayne Museum of Art, The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2015, Ft. Wayne IN. (Juror Merit Award)
2015 Red-Line Arts Center, Playing with Beauty, Month of Photography, Denver CO.
2015 Tiny Tiny Group Show, Unreal, tinytinygroupshow.com
2015 Yuma Art Center, Yuma Art Symposium Presenters, Yuma AZ.
2015 Ann Arbor Art Center, Allegorical Space, Ann Arbor MI.
2014 Andrews Gallery, Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg VA.
2014 Watkins Gallery, How to Disappear, Winona State University, Winona MN.
2014 Ft Wayne Museum of Art, The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2014, Ft. Wayne IN.
2014 Art Gallery, Spinning Yarns, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA.
2014 Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, Spinning Yarns, San Antonio, TX.
2014 Rechnitz Hall Gallery, Spinning Yarns, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ.
2013 Foster Gallery, Animal Skins Photographic Surfaces, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire WI.
2013 University Art Gallery, Consumption, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant MI.
2013 Pterodactyl Gallery, Animal Show, Philadelphia PA.
2013 The Scarab Club Arts and Cultural Center, Blooms Bugs, Beasts, Detroit MI. Honorable mention
2013 Photo Center NW, Seattle, Spinning Yarns, WA.
2013 Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Spinning Yarns, Waco, TX.
2013 Newspace Center for Contemporary Photography, Spinning Yarns, Portland OR.
2013 Art in the Sky, public billboard project, various locations in the state of Michigan. 2013
2012 LaVerne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon, SPE Conference/Alumni Exhibition, Eugene OR.
2012 Northlight Gallery, Sustenance, Arizona State University Phoenix AZ.
2012 Gallery Project, Post Apocalypse, Ann Arbor MI.
2012 University Gallery, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Ypsilanti MI.
2012 Sleeth Gallery, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Spinning Yarns, Buckhannon, WV.
2011 Gallery Project, Food for Thought, Ann Arbor MI.
2011 Anton Art Center, Mystic and Mysticism, Mount Clemens, MI.
2011 Kendall Gallery, Spinning Yarns, traveling exhibition, Grand Rapids, MI.
2011 University of St. Francis's Lupke Gallery, Spinning Yarns, traveling exhibition Fort Wayne, IN.
2011 Gallery 44, International Exchange Project, Toronto, Canada.
2011 SoftSpot. (un)seen and (un)heard, www.soft-spot.net Online Exhibition
2011 Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Artist’s Choice, Detroit MI.
2011 Kendall Galleries, College of Art and Design of Ferris State University, Spinning Yarns Grand Rapids, MI.
2011 University Gallery, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Ypsilanti MI.
2011 Ford Gallery, New Faculty Exhibition, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti MI.
2010 Los Angeles Center of Exhibitions, Open Daybook, L.A. CA.
2010 ClampArt , The Museum of Unnatural History. NYC.
2010 1366 space Midnight Snacks, Chicago, IL.
2009 Rule Gallery, Red at Rule, Denver, CO.
2009 Chelsea Galleria, Earth Part Two / Art Basel, Miami, FL.
2009 Santa Fe Community College Gallery, University of New Mexico Faculty exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Ghost Print Gallery, Midnight Snacks, Richmond, VA.
2009 USSA Gallery, Midnight Snacks, Brooklyn, NY.
2009 Fraction Magazine Online Journal, The Un-natural Nature of Food (Online Juried Exhibition) 7/09
2009 McComas Hall Gallery, Faculty exhibition, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS.
2008 Photographic Center Northwest, PhotoVision Invitational Auction, Seattle, WA.
2008 Meridian Museum of Art, New Perspectives, Meridian, MS.
2008 Chelsea Galleria, Solitary States, Miami, FL.
2008 Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. LACDA Top 40, Los Angeles, CA.
2008 Chelsea Galleria, Rollover Minutes, Miami, FL.
2008 Pacific Northwest Center for Photography, Plates to Pixels, Featured Artist
2008 Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Biannual Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM.
2007 Chelsea Galleria, Barely Legal, Miami, FL .
2007 Gallery 1401, Photo Review, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Chelsea Galleria, Global Warning, Miami, FL. (Featured Artist)
2007 Pacific Northwest Center for Photography, Plates to Pixels (Online international juried exhibition)
2007 New Life Shop Gallery, Digital onsite exhibition, Berlin, GER
2007 Trahern Gallery, Terminal, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN (International juried exhibition)
Curatorial University Gallery, Atmosphere, Artists Responses to Space(s) Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti MI. 10/2015
Publications, Reviews & Interviews
The Michigan Daily, New UMMA Exhibit “A Gathering” by Astrid Code, 8/8/23
Feature Shoot, Spellbinding Nature Photography With Dark a Disturbing Twist, by Ellyn Kail 5/15/23 Photar.ru Jason DeMarte and his incredibly detailed nature photography in the Arcadia photo project, 8/20/21 Dodho, Arcadia; Idyllic and pastoral vision of the landscape by Jason DeMarte. 6/6/21 Southwest Contemporary, Jason DeMarte Reimagines Paradise at Denver’s Rule Gallery, Deborah Ross, 5/28/21 The Hopper Prize, Jason DeMarte on a longstanding interest in making & the natural world, early experiences with photography, responding to the work of Martin Johnson Heade, & a practice that evolves from project to project. 4/22/21 Lenscratch, Arcadia, Adorned, Confected, Daniel George, 4/9/2020 Detroit Art Review, Reflecting Pool at Wasserman Projects, Haley Chouinard, 3/8/2020 Galerie Magazine, 6 Booths Not to Miss at Art on Paper, Haley Chouinard, 3/8/2019 Manifest, International Photography Annual #8 Fall, 2019 Medium Perfecting the imperfections of nature with Jason DeMarte, Brendan Seibel 1/28/ 2019 Adobe Create Magazine Jason DeMarte Anthrome, Brendan Seibel 2/1/ Westword Ten Arty Things to Do on First Friday, by Susan Froyd, 5/15/18 Westword Magazine, Magical Photography Solos at Gildar, Rule Galleries 5/23/18 Flora Fauna Jason DeMarte Artificial Sweetener, by Jahla Seppanen, Spring issue, 6/3/18 Feature Shoot, The Enduring Allure of Artificial Reality in Photos, by Miss Rosen 10/04/18 Fotoblogia Nature Dressed in Commerce, a Sweet Vision of Consumerism, by Monika Homan,11/2018 Boulder Weekly, An Overindulgent Truth. By Amanda Moutinho 11/1/2018 Boston Art Review, Confected at Gallery Kayafas Exhibition review by Anna Schuman. 12/5/2017 Don’t Take Pictures Magazine, Rule Breakers: Jason DeMarte by Jennifer Friess, 11/20/2017 W Magazine, The Art Issue, Jason DeMarte Rule Gallery this Spring. 11/11/2017 Good Trouble Magazine: Defying Collapse: Post-Industry Art In Detroit. 3/17/2017 Hyperallergic: Three Artists Visualize the Uneasy Cohabitation of Humans and Nature 3/14/2017 Detroit Art Review: After Industry @ Wasserman Projects 3/5/2017 Studio International: After Industry, 3/4/2017 Wall Street International, After Industry 2/26/2017 Vice Magazine, Creators: A Group Show in Detroit Asks, Can Humans and Nature Ever Coexist? 2/4/2017 Photo District News: Photo of the Day, Mimicking Nature with Fake Flowers and Candy 2/3/2017 HI-Fructose Magazine, Jason DeMarte Depicts the Natural World With Nothing Natural, by Andy Smith, 8/4/2016 Quarterly West, Literary Journal, issue 88, Featured Artist. Summer, Crave Online, Artist Jason DeMarte Seductive “Second Nature” by Miss Rosen, 7/22/2016 Fraction Magazine, Issue 86, Eighth Anniversary Issue, May 2016 Filter Photo, Jason DeMarte, 3/18/2016 Thrillist, Things You Didn't Know About Cheetos, 2/25/2016 Life is too Short for Beige, 5 Artists to Watch, 2/3/2016 Denver Post, Denver's Rule Gallery connects art to nature — and AstroTurf, 1/1/2016 Gestalten, Utopic, Immaculate Consumption in Absurd Juxtapositions. 11/2015 Eclat International, Rule in Marfa, A Love Story, by Rachel Beitz and Valerie Santerli, Summer 2015 The Denver Post, At Rule Gallery, Art and Legacy Live on, review by Mark Rinaldi, 4/10/2015 Limitless Magazine, Artist Interview, Jason DeMarte. 4/2/2015, Denver CO. Westword Magazine, Gallery Sketches: Three New Shows in Denver For The Weekend, review by Susan Froyd, 3/27/2015. L’Oeil de la Photographie, MoP Denver 2015 Redline, works sited 3/19/2015 Westword Magazine, Moth of Photography 2015:Ten Not To Miss Shows, review by Susan Froyd, 3/6/2015. Freshland Magazine, Consumo y naturaleza x Jason DeMarte, 3/6/2015 Erectile Magazine: The Beauty of Cheetos, by Marion Regnier, 9/25/2014 San Antonio Current, Strange Narratives Unfold in “Spinning Yarns: Photographic Storytellers” works cited by Tom Turner 07/02/2014 Talk of DC, Spotlight: The Beauty of Cheetos by Jason DeMarte, 06/28/2014 BeStreet, Jason DeMarte, Nature vs Commercial Products, 06/26/2014 Beautiful/Decay, Jason DeMarte Juxtaposes Sublime Landscapes With Cheetos And Donuts, 06/26/2014 Ignant, The Beauty of Cheetos by Jason DeMarte, 06/25/2014 Huffington Post, Artist Explores The Tantalizing Beauty Of Cheetos And Donut Holes, by Priscilla Frank, 06/23/2014 Feature Shoot, Bizarre Photos Mash-up the Natural World and Consumer Society, by Amanda Gorence 6/13/2014 BLOW Magazine, Published by Trocadero, Dublin, Featured Artist, Issue 9, 2013. Diffusion Magazine, Unconventional Photography, One Twelve Publishing, Portland OR. Special Issue #1, 2013
Waco Tribune, “Wood-fired ceramics, tale-telling photos in new Baylor art show” Review by Carl Hoover, 01/31/2013
Humanimalia, Relocating “Stuffed” Animals: Photographic Remediation of Natural History Taxidermy Volume 4, Number 2, Spring 2013. Article writen by Stephanie S. Turneer. Published by DePauw University.
Light Leaked, Online journal, “Jason DeMarte, Interview” April 1, 2013.
Make 8elieve, Online journal “OIL” Issue #3 February 2013.
British Journal of Photography, Featured Artist, Published by Incisive Media, UK, Featured Artist, December 2011
The Elements of Photography, 2nd edition, written by Angela Faris Belt. Published by Focal Press, 2011 works cited.
Six years Later, Art and design Magazine, Issue 2 Surface. Melbourne Australia. 2011 works cited.
A Short Course in Photography, 8th edition, written by Barbara London & Jim Stone. Published by Prentice Hall, works cited.
A Short Course in Digital Photography, 2nd edition, written by Barbara London & Jim Stone. Published by Prentice Hall, 2011 works cited.
Open Daybook edited by David P Earle, Mark Batty Publisher. 2010, works cited.
Horizons British Airways in-flight publication, October 2010
Black Warrior Review, Spring/Summer 2010 36.2 Published by The University of Alabama, Featured Artist. 4/1/2010
Oxford American, Southern Food 2010, Issue 68 Works Cited, 03/ 1/2010
Art Week Colorado, Art Writer, Online Journal, Review by Leanna Goebel. 7/14/09
Denver Arts Online Journal Rule: Jason DeMarte and Ronnie B Johnson, Review by Ken Hamel. 7/10/09
Santa Fe Reporter Teachers Turn UNM Faculty Exhibition, Review by Kim Russo. 3/30/09
The Denver Post, The Frugal Valentine, works sited by Kyle Macmillan. 02/13/2009
A Short Course in Digital Photography, 1st edition, written by Barbara London & Jim Stone. Published by Prentice Hall, 2009 works cited.
Wynwood, The Art Magazine, Solitary States, Review by Raisa Clavijo. 07/08
Photoshelter Online Journal, Jason DeMarte: Utopic, , Interview by Rachel Hulin. 6/10/08
The Photo Review, Critical Journal, Volume 29. Winner in the 2007 Photo Review International Photography -2007 Competition. Juried by Toby Jurovics, Curator of Photography, Smithsonian Museum of American Art. 2008
Philadelphia City Newspaper, Catch it or Regret It, Review by Holly Otterbein. 12/12/07
Photography Now: One Hundred Portfolios, International Juried DVD Published by Wright State University Art Galleries, 2006
Campus Times, University of La Verne, Found Objects Evoke Memories, Interview/Article by Len Ly 9/29/06
Gallery Representation
Rule Gallery, Denver, CO, www.rulegallery.com Richard Levy Gallery Albuquerque, NM www.levygallery.com IBIS Contemporary Art Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Gallery Kayafas, Boston MA.
Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI, www.wassermanprojects.com
Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM , www.photoeye.com (online)
Clamp Art, NY, NY,www.clampart.com (artist inventory)
Artist Lectures/ Artist Residencies / Portfolio Reviews
Denver Botanic Garden, Denver CO. An Artificial Relationship to Nature, Artist Lecture, 2018
Vermont Studio Center, AIR, 2017
Redline Arts Center, Denver CO. An Artificial Relationship to Nature, Artist Lecture, 2015
Yuma Art Symposium, Yuma AZ. An Artificial Relationship to Nature, Artist Lecture. 2015
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. An Artificial Relationship to Nature, Artist Lecture, 2015
Vermont Studio Center, AIR, 2014
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Artist Lecture, 2013
Art Institute, San Antonio TX. Utopic, Artist lecture, 2013
National Society of Photographic Education, Utopic, Artist lecture, 2011
Daniel Cooney, Amador, Clamp Art, Foley and Sasha Wolf Galleries, Project 5, NYC (International juried review), 2009
Center, Review Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM (International juried review), 2008
Grants / Fellowships / Awards
E.M.U. Facility Research Fellowship, 2023 Photo Lucida Critical Mass Finalist, 2022 International Photo Competition, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa FL. (2nd place), 2022 BBA Photography Prize 2021, longlist 2019 E.M.U. Sabbatical Award, 2019 Photo Lucida, Critical Mass top 50, 2018 Photo Lucida, Critical Mass top 50, 2016 Workingartist.org Purchase grant, 2016
Ft Wayne Museum of Art, The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2015, Ft. Wayne IN. (Juror Merit Award), 2015
E.M.U. Facility Research Fellowship, 2015
E.M.U. Provost Research Award, 2014
E.M.U. Provost Research Award, 2013
The Scarab Club Arts and Cultural Center, Blooms Bugs, Beasts, Detroit MI. (Honorable mention), 2013
Society of Photographic Education, Gary B Fritz Image Maker Award, 2011
E.M.U. Provost Research Award, 2010
Photolucida, Critical Mass finalists, 2009
M.S.U. Office of Research and Economic Development Humanities Grant, Artist Research and travel grant, 2009
Photo District News Magazine, Nominated for 30 Emerging Photographers to Watch, 2009
M.S.U. Office of Research and Economic Development Humanities Grant, Artist Research and travel grant, 2007
M.S.U. Humanities and Arts Research Program, Artist research grant, 2007
Jen Beckman Gallery, Hey Hot Shots Honorable Mention, 2007
Permanent Collections
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI. Museum of Outdoor Arts, Denver, CO. Siedel City, Art Center, Boulder, CO. Ft. Wayne Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft. Wayne IN.
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL. Mid-West Photographers Project Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA.
Fort Collins Colorado Historical Museum
Teaching Professor of Photography (Tenured)
2010 – Current, Eastern Michigan University
College of Art and Design
Assistant Professor of Photography (Tenure Track)
2005 – Current, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
College of Architecture, Art and Design
Visiting Assistant Professor of Photography
2008 – 2009, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
College of Fine Arts, Department of Art and Art History
Assistant Professor of Multimedia/Photography
2002 – 2005, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
College of Arts and Sciences, Art and Design Department
Education
2000 University of Oregon: Eugene, OR, Master of Fine Arts, Photography
1997 Colorado State University: Fort Collins, CO, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography