Contact
jacksonphardin@gmail.com
About
Jackson Porter Hardin (1996) is an artist interested in evolving human and nonhuman ecologies. Through lens-based visual art, Hardin engages with the manifestation of climate change-induced grief and anxiety as tension in the body. His photographs, artist books, and video projects intervene in anthropocentric narratives of apocalypse within a framework of mourning and metamorphosis. Raised in Colorado’s Western Slope, Hardin holds a BA in Media Studies from Vassar College. He recently earned an MFA in Photography and Related Media at SUNY New Paltz, where he served as the Visiting Artist Director. His work has been featured in exhibitions with the Society for Photographic Education (SPE), Humble Arts Foundation, and Unison Arts & Learning Center.
Education
2022 State University of New York at New Paltz, MFA in Photography and Related Media
2019 Vassar College, BA in Media Studies
2017 State Hermitage Museum and State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, Intensive Study in Art History, Russian Culture and Language
Teaching
2022 Instructor of Record, “Introduction to Photography”, State University of New York at New Paltz
2022 Workshop Instructor, “The Artist Book”, New Paltz Photography Club
2021 Teaching Assistant, “Basic Digital Photography”, State University of New York at New Paltz
Awards
2022 Luigi and Anita Traverso Photography Award Endowment, State University of New York at New Paltz
2021 Graduate Student Research and Creative Project Award, State University of New York at New Paltz
2020 Graduate Student Research and Creative Project Award, State University of New York at New Paltz
2020-22 MFA Scholarship, State University of New York at New Paltz
2015-19 Vassar Scholarship, Poughkeepsie, NY
2015-19 The Scholarship Awards Fund, Sherman Oaks, CA
2015 The Redstone Art Foundation Scholarship, Redstone, CO
2014 First Prize, Expressions of Wilderness multimedia essay contest, Aspen Youth Leadership Conference at the Aspen Institute, CO
Group Exhibitions
2022 Dark Garden, MFA Exhibition, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, State University of New York at New Paltz
2021 Transformation, SUNY New Paltz Photography Club, Sojurner Truth Library, New Paltz, NY
2021 Perceptions of Reality, Art Education Student Association, State University of New York at New Paltz
2021 Multiple Exposures, Society for Photographic Educators Northeast Juried Exhibition, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
2021 Assembly, Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, NY
2021 Embracing Stillness, Humble Arts Foundation, online exhibition
2021 Intimacy, PHOTOxCOLLECTIVE online exhibition
2020 Fragments of a New Reality, MFA exhibition, State University of New York at New Paltz
2016-19 Studio Art Showcase, James W. Palmer Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2018 PHOCUS Showcase, The Crafted Kup, Poughkeepsie NY
2015 Raw, Young Curators of the Roaring Fork, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
Publications
2022 Dark Garden, hand-bound artist book, New Paltz, NY
2022 Assembly Art Journal, Issue No. 3, School of Fine and Performing Arts, State University of New York at New Paltz
2021 From the Same Star, hand-bound artist book, New Paltz, NY
2021 Assembly Art Journal, Issue No. 2, School of Fine and Performing Arts, State University of New York at New Paltz
2021 Disconnect, zine, SUNY New Paltz Photography Club
2020 Uncertain States, group documentary project catalog, State University of New York at New Paltz
2020 Council of All Beings, MFA collaborative project, State University of New York at New Paltz
2016-19 FIX, PHOCUS annual photography zine
2015 Fly on the Wall, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY