Education
2010 MFA, East Carolina University
2006 BFA, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Teaching Experience
Present- Adjunct Professor in Photography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2009-2010 Photography Survey, East Carolina University
2008 Design I, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2008 Intro to Digital Photography, Emerge Gallery and Art Center, Greenville, NC
2008 Pinhole Photography Workshop, University of NC Charlotte
Selected Exhibitions
2010
A 21st Century Idea of Unhappiness, Preteen Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Hidden Faces, Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy
Appetite, Mary Brogan Museum of Art. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Grounded, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Consumption, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Organizing Desire, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC
Process Impact, Eagle Art Gallery, Murray State University, KY
The Pin-Up Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Countertransference, University of North Carolina Wilmington, NC
New Directions 2010, Wall Space Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2009
Consumptuous Consumerism, 555 Gallery, Chicago, IL
Southeast Graduate Exhibition, University of Georgia-Athens, Athens,GA
6th Photographic Biennial, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greenville, NC
Exquisite Corpse Was Buried In Compost, Kinston Gallery and Art Center, NC
2008
As Others See Us, Battleboro Museum & Art Center, Battleboro, VT
Challenging the Surface, Eckhaus Gallery, Kutztown, PA
16 x 16, Circa Gallery, Asheboro, NC
Vote: [ ]-11-08, Emerge Gallery and Art Center, Greenville, NC
Impression Process, Ello Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
American Politics: A View In Prints, Lamson Library, Plymouth, NH
Art Exchange Exhibition, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, IN
2007
Upside Down Inside Out, Ledonia Wright Multicultural Center, Greenville, NC
A View From Within, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Maturity Is a Bitter Disappointment, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
43rd Annual Juried Show, Art Institute & Gallery, Salisbury, MD
Publications
Whitefish Review Winter 2011 Edition Whitefish Review: Art, Literature, Photography, Whitefish, MT
Dai volti nascosti ai colori della Street Art, October, 2010 quiSalento, Lecce, Italy
...is now following you, National Graduate Photography Survey 2009, Temple University, PA
The Situation by Jeff VanderMeer
Graduate Arts Forum Catalog, 2009, East Carolina University
Viewing the World Through a Different Kind of Lens, 2009, Graduate Research Journal, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Collections
Michael Stipe
Scott Avett
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Artist Statement
America’s history of desiring objects is manifest in contemporary culture through visual media. In today’s American culture, products are presented to us through advertisements, which generate profit for the upper-class. This economic production is presented in my artwork and research which analyzes American corporate structures, illusions in advertising, idealized success, and consumerism. By anticipating the desires of American culture I produce artwork that reflects the values of society in both the public realm, and in the gallery. My perception of visual mass media acts as a vehicle for understanding the society in which I participate.
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Bio
Adam Jacono is an adjunct professor in photography at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and a recent MFA graduate from East Carolina University. He is the the founder of UntitledCereal.com, an online magazine dedicated to contemporary image-based media. Adam's work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.
email: ajacono@gmail.com