JONATHAN TRAVIESA [email protected] (504) 301-8654
Education Master of Fine Arts (Pursuing). Studio Art – Photography. Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University. New Orleans, La.
Bachelor of General Studies. Visual Anthropology. University of New Orleans. New Orleans, La. ______Professional Experience:
Instructional Teaching Assistant. Photography Foundations, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2005-2011 Instuctor Photoshop For Photographers, New Orleans Academy of Fine Art, New Orleans, LA
Solo Exhibitions
2011 “Kinda Deathy”. The Front . December, New Orleans, LA
“Beacons Abound”. The Front, April, New Orleans, LA
2010 “Portraits”. H Gallery, Fotofest, April, Houston, TX. Curated by Zoya Tommy.
2009 “Portraits”. The Ogden Museum of Sourthern Art, December, New Orleans, LA. Curated by David Houston.
“Portraits”. The Front, October (concurrent to book release), New Orleans, LA
“Jazzfest=Prospect 1”. The Front, January, New Orleans, LA. 2008 “Sculptural Awareness”. Studio 527, October Art for Art’s Sake New Orleans, LA. Curated by Bob Tannen
2007 “Elegiac Being”, PII Gallery, June, Philadelphia, PA 2006 “Portraits”. The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, October Art for Art’s Sake, New Orleans, LA
“Sculptural Awareness”. The Bigtop Gallery, March, New Orleans, LA.
2005 “Deliverance on the Bayou”. November, Site-specific installation, Midcity, New Orleans, LA
“Pick the One That Doesnʼt Fit”. The Waiting Room Gallery, August, New Orleans, LA ______Select Group Exhibitions 2013 “Class Reunion” The Bigtop Gallery, March, New Orleans, LA
2012 “And The Winners Are…” New Orleans Photo Alliance, October, New Orleans, LA
“Spaces”. Contemporary Arts Center, February, Curated by Amy Mackie, New Orleans, LAl
2011 “American Portraits”. Ginger Eliot Exhibition Center, July, Curated by Teresa Wilmott, Claremont, CA
“Before, During, and After” Cabildo, Louisiana State Museum, February, New Orleans, LA
2009 “Two Eyes, A Nose, and A Mouth” UNO Gallery, October, New Orleans, LA
“The Art of Caring”. New Orleans Museum of Art, May, New Orleans, LA
“Things Fall Apart”. Winkleman Gallery, January, NYC, NY
2008 “Choice Cuts”, Good Childeren Gallery, January, Curated by Adrian Price, New Orleans, LA
2005 “No Place Like Home”. Giola Gallery, November, Chicago, IL.
2004 “Recent Acquisitions”. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, April, Curated by William Greiner, New Orleans, LA
2003 “Focus-Pocus: Fact and Fiction in Contemporary Photography”. Beaker Gallery, June, Tampa, FLA
2002 “No Dead Artists” Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, April, New Orleans, LA
______Honors and Awards
2012 MFA Teaching Assistantship Woldenberg Art Center, Tulane University Special Site - Artist Project. Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
2010 H Gallery Photography Grant Juried by Will Michels, Awarded by H Gallery, Houston, TX 2009 Michael P. Smith Documentary Grant Juried by Jeff Rosenheim, Awarded by New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA
2008 New Orleans Career-Opportunity Grant Joan Mitchell Foundation / AORTA Projects ______Publications
2012 Featured Artist: A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana. By Michael Sartisky. University Press of Mississippi
Contributing photographer: New Roads and Old Rivers. By Randy Harelson and Richard Sexton. LSU Press.
2011 Contributing Photographer including cover: New Orleans: The Underground Guide. By Michael Patrick Welch. UNO Press
2010 Contributing Photographer: How to Rebuild a City: Field Guide from a Work in Progress. Press Street
Featured Artist: Before (During) After. UNO Press
2009 Monograph: Portraits: Photographs from New Orleans, 1998-2009. By Jonathan Traviesa. UNO Press
Featured Artist: (t)here Issue 10. By Jason Maskowski. There Media, Inc
2008 Cover Photograph: Sloshmodels. By Brett Evans. Heretical Texts
2006 Cover Photograph and contributing photographer: Katrina Exposed: A Photographic Reckoning. By Steven Maklansky. New Orleans Museum of Art ______Bibliography
2011 “Depths of Field: The Portraiture of Jonathan Traviesa”. Pelicanbomb.com, June 8 “Beacons Abound Exhibition”. Oneonethousand.org, April 5
2009 “Traviesa at the Ogden Museum”. Inside Art New Orleans (insidenola.org), December 27 “Jonathan Traviesa Photographs at The Front”. The Times Picayune (nola.com), October 20 “Things Fall Apart” Art Forum, January
2007 “Arts Picks: Elegiac Being”. Philidelphia City Paper. July 31
2006 “Hot Picks: Art for Artʼs Sake” (Traviesa #1), The Times Picayune, October 3
2005 “Roadside Recollections” The Times Picayune. November 18 “Irony? Naturally”. The Times Picayune, August 26 ______
Lectures 2010 “New Portraits, New Orleans”. December, New Orleans Photo Alliance “Pictures: Best Said in a Story”. September, University of New Orleans
2008 “Image, Place, and Power”. April, Tulane University 2006 “Deliverance on the Bayou” October, The Historic New Orleans Collection ______
Curatorial Service
2008-Present: Founding Member of The Front. President since 2010. Served as curator for “Ghost Walk: New Work by Ves Pitts” July 2012 “Marc Andre Robinson: Prospect 1.5” November 2010 “Godʼs Architects: Blueprints & Inspiration, Zack Godshall & Emilie Tayor” June 201 “If It Donʼt Fit, Force It!”, Daniel Fuselier, May 2010 “Digigraphs, New Work by Michael J. Smith” May 2009 “ʼtitREX: Tiny Victories” February 2009