Born 1972, Lafayette, Indiana
Education 1994, BFA Photography,
Rhode Island School of Design

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2011
Hurricane Story, FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA, San Antonio, Texas

2010
Hurricane Story, Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Nature/ Nurture, Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, Louisiana

2009
Hurricane Story, Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, Louisiana

2007
Hurricane Story, Farrington-Smith Gallery,
New Orleans, Louisiana

2004
Jennifer Shaw and Francis Billes, The Darkroom,
New Orleans, Louisiana

2001
New Orleans and Beyond, Joey K’s, New Orleans, Louisiana
Botanicals: Photographs by Jennifer Shaw, Galerie Avance, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Holga Project, Gallerie Porche-West, New Orleans, Louisiana
Oculus Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
The Dust Never Settles: Wyatt Gallery, Jennifer Shaw & Dave Anderson, Photographic Center North West, Seattle, WA
Before During After, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana

2010
Photographs, Design Within Reach,
New Orleans, LA
Delugians, Salomon Fine Arts,
New York, New York
Before During After, DiverseWorks Art Space,
Houston, Texas
Before During After, GRID 2010 Photo Biennale,
Amsterdam
Photo L.A., Kevin Longino Fine Photographs,
Los Angeles, California

2009
CURRENTS 2009, Crescent City Brewhouse,
New Orleans, Louisiana
National Juried Photography Exhibition, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Spirit World, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery,
New Orleans, Louisiana
2nd Int’l Juried Plastic Camera Exhibition, RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, California
Photo L.A., Kevin Longino Fine Photographs,
Los Angeles, California

2008 AlterNative Prospects, Farrington-Smith Gallery,
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Imagist, Rebekah Jacob Gallery,
Charleston, South Carolina
Sanctuary, SoHo Photo Gallery,
New York, New York
40 Days and 40 Nights, Louisiana State Archives,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Critters, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery,
New Orleans, Louisiana

2007
Cheap Shots: the low tech of high art
Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Southern Open
Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
Industrial Identity
Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA
Regards sur la Nouvelle Orleans, Palais-Royal
Paris, France
The “i” Show, The Darkroom
New Orleans, Louisiana
Rituals & Revelry, Brad Edelman Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana

2006
Louviere+Vanessa, Jean Laughton and Jennifer Shaw
Farrington-Smith Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Vision/Re-vision: Louisiana Photography 2006
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Toy Polloy, The Icehouse, Lexington, Kentucky
All Star Group Show, Farrington-Smith Gallery
New Orleans, Louisiana
Remembering What Care Forgot, ABC No Rio Gallery,
New York, New York
Katrina Exposed, New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, Louisiana
Rejoice! Images Celebrating the Rebirth of New Orleans Culture, Jazz Fest, New Orleans, Louisiana, African American Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana
XX: Artists with Girl Parts, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Madison, Wisconsin
Persephone's Spring, Carroll Art Gallery,
Newcomb College, New Orleans, Louisiana
Women of Focus, Bassetti Fine Art Photographs
New Orleans, Louisiana
Carnival: A Photographic Retrospective, The Darkroom
New Orleans, Louisiana

2005
Louisiana Artists, LSU Union Art Gallery
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Raw, Studio 71 South, Grand Rapids, Michigan
New Work by Gallery Artists, Watermark Fine Art,
Houston, Texas
64 Degrees of Separation, New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, Louisiana
One Foot After Another: Photography, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2004
Artists' Group Show, Watermark Gallery, Houston, Texas
International Fine Art Photography Exhibition, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
Jennifer Shaw, Ken Rosenthal and Hiroshi Watanabe,
Bassetti Fine Art Photographs, New Orleans, Louisiana
New Arrivals : Ion Zupcu, Jennifer Shaw and Jamie Hankin. Metroform Limited, Tucson, Arizona
Recent Acquisitions: New Southern Photography, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana

Reviews
“The fine line between meaningful art and disaster porn” Cinque Hicks, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, Aug 3, 2010
“Flood Borne,” D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, Jan 8, 2008
“Labor of Love,” Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune, Dec 7, 2007
Jennifer Shaw,” Laura Camille Tuley, New Orleans Review 32:2, Spring 2007
“Magic, Mutants and Rock Stars, “  D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, December 12, 2006
"Femmes Fatales," Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune, March 24, 2006.
"LSU Union Gallery offers sprawling look at La. art scene," Anne Price, The Advocate, Nov. 13, 2005.
“Past as Present,” D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, June 1, 2004.
“A Beautiful Black and White Blend,” Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune, May 14, 2004.
“Picture This,” Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune, January 17, 2003.
“The Art of Renewal,” D. Eric Bookhardt,Gambit Weekly, March 30, 1999

Collections
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Kohler Art Library Archives, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Southern Graphics Council Prints Collection, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
Museum of Fine Arts Houston

Publications
Hurricane Story, Chin Music Press, July 2011
Fraction Magazine, Issue 23, February 2011
Plastic Cameras: Toying With Creativity, Focal Press, 2010
Before During After: Louisiana Photographers Respond to Katrina, UNO Press, 2010
Light Leaks Magazine, Featured Interview, Issue 17, July 2010
High-quality, Lo-fi Photography: 2009 International Juried Plastic Camera Show, Rayko Photo Center Exhibition Catalog, 2009
Shots 101: Dreams, Autumn 2008
Oxford American no. 62: New Orleans/ Gulf Coast Issue, Sept 2008
The Photo Review: 2008 Photo Review Intl Photography Competition, Fall 2008
Shots 97: Dress Up, Autumn 2007
B&W Magazine, Spotlight  Feature, Issue 51, June 2007
Regards sur la Nouvelle Orleans Exhibition Catalog, 2007
The New Orleans Review, Spring 2007
Light Leaks Magazine, October 2006
Shots 92: Documentary & Photojournalism Issue, Summer 2006
Katrina Exposed: A Photographic Reckoning, Exhibition Catalog, 2006
Shots 89: The Portfolio Issue, Autumn 2005
The Sun, Issue 349, January 2005

Awards
2009
Best of Show, 2nd International Juried Plastic Camera Exhibition
2008
Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation Grant
2007
B&W Magazine Portfolio Contest Spotlight Award
Idea Village/ ArtDocs Grant
2003
Individual Artist Mini-Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts
2000
First Place, Cemeteryscape 2000
1999
Individual Artist Mini-Grant, Louisiana Division of the Arts
Honorable Mention, The Art of Photography
Honorable Mention, Southeastern Juried Ehibition
1998
Juror’s Award, 20x20x20: A Compact Competition
1993
T.C. Colley Memorial Scholarship