Biography
Jennifer Garza-Cuen is an artist from the Pacific Northwest. Currently Assistant Professor of Photography at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, she received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2012. Garza-Cuen has received fellowships from The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Light Work and Ucross. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and published in contemporary photography journals such as Dear Dave, Contact Sheet, Mus?e, Blink, Der Greif, and PDN as well as on-line journals such as i-D, Feature Shoot, Aint-Bad, Fubiz, iGNANT, Dazed, and Juxtapoz. .
Awards
Best in Show Maxwell Mays Award 2018 (Juror Dr. Elliot Bostwick Davis, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) America, Now, Providence, RI
All About Photo Awards 2018, Jury’s Merit Gallery, Miami, FL
Juror's Choice Award (April M. Watson, Curator of Photography, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) Filter Photo, Chicago, IL
PDN's 30 2018: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, New York, NY
International Color Photography Awards 2018, Nominated, Professional Portrait Category, UNITED KINGDOM
Lensculture Exposure Awards 2018, Finalist, Paris, FRANCE
4th Prize, Photo Review Competition 2018, Juror Yancey Richardson, Director, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Robert Rauschenberg Residency Award 2017, Photo Lucida, Portland, OR
Chromatic Photo Awards International 2017, Honorable Mention, Gdansk, POLAND
2nd Place Winner, Photogrvphy Grant 2017, London, UNITED KINGDOM
National Photography Award 2017, Finalist, Texas Photographic Society, Huston, TX
International Color Photography Awards 2017, Nominated, Professional Portrait Category, UNITED KINGDOM All About
Photo Awards 2017, Jury’s Merit Gallery, Miami, FL
IPA (Int’l Photography Award) 2017, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles, CA
2nd Prize Award, 7th Annual Juried Show 2017, Gallery 110, Juror Maiza Hixson, Seattle, WA
My Detroit, The Architectural Imagination Exhibition, United States Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale 2016, Venice, ITALY
