JENNIFER FORMICA

EDUCATION

1995 M.F.A., Photography, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

1993    B.F.A., Photography, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut

SOLO AND TWO- PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024    [In]Between Opposites, Two person show with Sally Boon Matthews, Fine Arts Gallery, York College/ CUNY, Queens, New York

2017   Photofauna Floragrams, Satellite Gallery- Lobby Art Gallery at the Patchogue Theater, Patchogue, New York

2014    Flora – Fauna, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York

2013    Microcosmic Nature, Green Street Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

2011    Microcosmic Nature, Fine Arts Gallery, York College/ CUNY, Queens, New York

2009    Wowbug & other Micro-Natures, Khaki Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2007    micro - macro, Khaki Gallery, Wellesley, Massachusetts

2006    Nature Works, LRC Visual Arts Gallery, County College of Morris, Randolph, New Jersey

2005    Micro Nature, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, New York

She Blinded Me with Science, Two person show with Mia Brownell, Gallery 138, New York, New York

2001    Jennifer Formica at Noose, Noose Extraordinary, Athens, Greece

2000    Month of Photography, Monohoro Gallery, Athens, Greece, In collaboration with Olga Georgantea Gallery, Athens, Greece (catalogue)

1999    In Search of the Aquatic “see” Nymph, Art Center, Frenchtown, New Jersey

1998    In Search of the Aquatic “see” Nymph, DTW Gallery, New York, New York

1996    Staged Realities, Hewlett Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   

1995    Premonitions, Impact Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Cycles, Campos Photography Center, Buffalo, New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Dreaming our Roots, Gallery 61, New York Institute of Technology, New York, New York

Unseen, Works from the Collection, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York

2023 Art, Hope, and Love, Gallery 61, New York Institute of Technology, New York, New York

2021     CEPA's 15th Biennial Auction, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York

2020    #ICP Concerned, Global Images for Global Crisis, International Center of Photography Museum, New York, New York

2018    York College Arts Festival, Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center Lobby, York College /City University of New York, Jamaica, New York

2017    Those Who Can Do, Fine Arts Gallery, York College/ CUNY, Jamaica, New York, Traveled to: Jamaica Art Center, Jamaica, New York

2017 Hartford Art School Alumni Invitational,  Slipe Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut

2016    Art Faculty Exhibit, The Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York

NJCU Faculty Art Exhibition, Harold B. Lemmerman Gallery, New Jersey City University, New Jersey City, New Jersey

 Summer Solstice: Refresh, Reinvent, Reimagine, New Rochelle Council on the Arts, Rotunda Gallery, New Rochelle, New York

Contemporary Still Life, Core New Art Space, Denver, Colorado, Curated by Katharine Smith-Warren

Truth & Beauty- Women's History Month: Art & Photography Exhibition, Theodore Roosevelt Executive Building, Mineola, New York, Curated by Carla D’Ambra and Minna Dunn

2015    PAIRED, Patchogue Arts Gallery, Curated by John Cino and Beth Giacummo, Patchogue, New York

Weird Science Soiree Pop-Up Exhibition, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York

really Affordable Art Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Gallery, Curated by Carolyn Ramo, Brooklyn, New York

2014    Love + Devotion, Prasada Art Space, Occidental, California, Curated by Jennifer Mazzucco

2013    Facultyworks, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York

2012    Art for ALS, Site / 109, New York, New York

Hartford Art School Alumni Exhibition, Slipe Gallery, Curated by Sarina Basta, University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gallery 138, New York, New York

2011    Appearances (Dis)appearances, The Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York

Small Works, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, New York

Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, New York

2010    Floral, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont

2009    Group Work, Khaki Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

Selected Contemporary Works from the Permanent Collection, Part 1 (1998 – 2001), Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

2008    Merge, The Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York

2007    5th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina,  Curated by Mark Klett.

2006    ATOA's Art Auction Benefit, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, New York

Reframing Nature, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, New York

Faculty Exhibit, Center for the Arts Gallery, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, New Jersey

2005    RAPSIDA, Gallery 138, New York, New York

Faculty Show, LRC Visual Arts Gallery, County College of Morris, Randolph, New Jersey

2004    Self-ish, Gallery Onetwentyeight, New York, New York

Nurturing the New, NurtureArt, Brooklyn, New York

In the Face of Others, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, New York

Faculty Exhibit, Center for the Arts Gallery, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, New Jersey

2003    A Bestiary, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, New York. Curated by Josh Dorman,

Essence: Matter / Science / Photography, Curated by Perry Kirk. (catalogue). State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia. Traveled to: Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia In conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography; Pace University Gallery, Pace University, New York             

www.getluckywithanemergingartist.com, Here Art Gallery, New York, New York

Salon 2003, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

Nurturing the New, NurtureArt, New York, New York

2002    CEPA's 6th Biennial Auction, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York (catalogue)

2001    Summer Show, Monohoro Gallery, Athens, Greece

Old Verses New, Monohoro Gallery, Athens, Greece

4 1/2 Years at the Wah Center, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

2000    Untitled (Space) Opens Flat files, Untitled (space), New Haven, Connecticut 

Salon 2000, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

1999    Raw Around the Edges, Art Center, Frenchtown, New Jersey. Curated by Jennifer Mazzucco.

Williamsburg Salon Des Artists, Metropolitan Pool, Brooklyn, New York

Apocalypse, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

Figures, Gallery O, Dallas, Texas

New Year Ensemble, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

1998    Artist (Web) Space, Artists Space, New York City, New York

Local Color, Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center, New York, New York

Recent Acquisitions, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York

The Inanimate: 12 Artists on Still Life, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York (catalogue). Curated by Gerald C. Mead Jr..

1997    Ensemble, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

Jaeger's Projection: New Landscape Photography, Art Space, New Haven, Connecticut. Curated by Phyllis Crowley.

1996    Photography 1996, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, Massachusetts

The Photographic Nude, Danforth Gallery, Portland, Maine

1995    In Western New York 1995, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York (catalogue). Curated by Cheryl Brutvan and Marc Mayer.

Peapods/ Boredom, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York

X-Sightings 1995, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York

1994    45th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York (catalogue)

BIBLIOGRAPHY, ARTICLES, REVIEWS AND INTERNET PUBLICATIONS

2020    “I am the Fireworks Man”, The New Yorker, Daily Shouts, July 14, 2020, 1 reproduction

2018    “Soundings”, City Journal, Published by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Spring 2018, pgs. 4-10, 4 color reproduction

Group Exhibition, “Beauty/ Beautiful”, www.fstopmagazine.com, Issue #87, February/ March 2018, 5 color reproductions

2017    “The 2017 Women's March Exhibition”, Lenscratch - Fine Art Photography Daily, March 2017, 2 color reproductions

Schuck, Jay, “Photofauna Floragrams, Jennifer Formica”, Aces Magazine, November 2017, Issue 5.11, pg. 7 & front cover, 2 color reproductions

2016    “Modern Reason of Asklepeios: Medicine and Life by Belo Borso”, Liget Online Hungarian Magazine, Summer 2016,  7 color reproductions

Fazzin, Charles, “Featured Artist: Jennifer Formica featured in “Summer Solstice”, fazzino.com, August 9, 2016, 2 color reproductions

2015    “How high can a flea really jump?”, BBC, Online, July 24, 2015, 1 color reproduction

“Inspired by Winter”, Hamptons Art Hub, online publication, March 19, 2015

Group Exhibition, “Where I Live”, www.fstopmagazine.com, Issue #73, October 2015, 1 color reproduction

2014    Dabkowski, Colin, “CEPA Gallery announces winner of photography contest”, Buffalo News/Gusto, Buffalo, New York, October 21, 2014

2013    Lyle Jr., Michael T., “Green Street Arts Center hosts ‘Microcosmic Nature’ photography display”, Middletown Press, October 5, 2013,  pg. A4 ,1 color reproduction

2009    McQuaid, Cate, "Tiny, striking, patterns", The Boston Globe, June 17, 2009, pg.4 G, 1 color reproduction

2008    Group Exhibition, ”Open theme” www.fstopmagazine.com, Issue 27, February 2008, 2 color reproductions

“Fusing together diverse mediums”, The Suffolk County News, January 24, 2008

2007    “Great and small”, The Boston Globe / Sidekicks, January 12, 2007, pg. 2,  1 color reproduction

“Khaki Gallery hosts opening”, The Wellesley Townsman, January 11, 2007, pg.12, 4 b+w reproductions

2005    “Leisure & For Your Information, Bronx Times Reporter, June 10, 2005, 1 b+w reproduction

“She Blinded Me with Science”, Villager Downtown Guide, The Villager, Volume 74, Number 48, April 06-12, 2005, 1 b+w reproduction

2004    Group Exhibition,”Still Life” www.fstopmagazine.com, Issue 6, June 2004, 4 color reproductions

2003    Group Exhibition, www.fstopmagazine.com, Issue 1, August 2003, 4 color reproductions

2001    Featured Artist, www.Nowculture.com, Spring 2001, 8 color reproductions

2000    Sevastopoulou, Stella “Formica’s Organic Forms," Athens News, Athens, Greece, September 29, 2000, p.40, 2 color reproductions

Sideri, Sofia “A Small Brave World," Axix Chrimatistriaki, Athens, Greece, September 23, 2000, p. 69 Art and Lifestyle Section, 1 color reproduction

Stella, Olga “Formica’s World," Kathimerini, Athens, Greece, September 20, 2000, p. 13, 1 color reproduction

Koskiniotou, Vassiliki “Fine Arts Agenda: The Hidden Beauty of Microorganisms," To Vima, Athens, Greece, September 21, 2000, p. A27, 1 b+w reproduction

Karambatsos, Christos “Panorama: Exhibitions," Ta Nea, Athens, Greece, September 21, 2000, p. 2, 1 b+w reproduction

Tzedakis, Giorgos “Walk at the Galleries...," Eleftherotypia, Athens, Greece, September 21, 2000, p. 24

Konstantinidou, Krista “Agenda/ The Life of the City," Estia, Athens, Greece, September 21, 2000, p. 9

“News: 7th Month of Photography: Jennifer Formica," Photografia Magazine, September-December 2000 issue, 1 color reproduction

Apostolopoulou, Mania "”Click” on Microorganisms," Money& Life Magazine, Athens, Greece, November 2000 issue, 2 color reproductions

 Hamburger, Susan “WAH Center: Salon 2000," Waterfront Week, Brooklyn, New York, Issue 10.2, p. 6

 Taube, Rob “This Salon is a Beauty," Brooklyn Skyline, Brooklyn, New York, January 25, 2000, p. 3

1999    May, Melissa, “Frenchtown art exhibit has a personal touch”, Courier News, Bridgewater, New Jersey, December, 15, 1999, p. E2

1998    Featured Artist, www.Artistspace.org, Winter 1998, 5 color reproductions

Potter, Alicia “The Ins and Outs of Enlightenment," Boulder Weekly, Boulder, Colorado, August 6, 1998, pp. 12- 13, cover, 3 color reproductions

1997 Huntington, Richard “Everywhere at Once," Buffalo News/Gusto, Buffalo, New York, February 27, 1997, p. 24

Huntington, Richard “Out in the Open," Buffalo News/Gusto, Buffalo, New York, March 14, 1997, p. 29

1996    Russell, Gloria “Photography Exhibit Exposes New Talent," Springfield Union, Springfield, Massachusetts, January 7, 1996, pp. E1, E5

Wright, Patricia “More Than a Touch of Surreal in Photos," Hampshire Gazette, Springfield, Massachusetts, January 2, 1996, pp. 29, 31

1995    Huntington, Richard “Fresher by the Dozen: Albright-Knox Art Gallery," Buffalo News/Gusto, Buffalo, New York, June 2, 1995, pp. 22-23, 1 color reproduction on cover of Gusto

Huntington, Richard “CEPA Exhibits Don’t Always Fit the Picture," Buffalo News/Gusto, Buffalo, New York, February 22, 1995, p. B6

Victor, Mathieu “X Sightings”, Artvoice, Buffalo, New York, June 14, 1995, p. 20

BOOKS AND CATALOGUES

2024   Women Artists Datebook 2024, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse, NY, 1 color reproduction

2021   #ICP Concerned: Global Images for Global Crisis, organized by the International Center of Photography, New York, Glitterati Editions 2021, 1 color reproduction     

2019    Women Artists Datebook 2019, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse, NY, 1 color reproduction 

2016    Women Artists Datebook 2016, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Syracuse, NY, 1 color reproduction

2012    Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age 2nd edition, Robert Hirsch, Focal Press 2012, p. 187, 1 color reproduction

2011    Exploring Color Photography Fifth Edition: From Film to Pixels, Fifth edition, Focal Press, 2011.p. 250, 1 color reproduction

2008    Merge, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York, 2008 (catalogue)

2007    Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Robert Hirsch, Focal Press 2007, p. 170, 1 color reproduction

Stripping Point, by Brian Henry, Counterpath Press, Denver, Colorado, February 15, 2007, Front Cover, 1 color reproduction

2006 Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change, by Elizabeth Kolbert, Bloomsbury, USA, December 26, 2006, Front Cover, Lower Right, 1 color reproduction

2005    Passionfood: 100 Love Poems, Edited by Neil Astley, Bloodaxe Books Ltd, Northumberland, United Kingdom, Front Cover, 1 color reproduction

Signe Suspect, Patricia Cornwell, Les Deux Terres (French Edition), France, Front Cover, 1 color reproduction

2004    Exploring Color Photography, Fourth Edition, Robert Hirsch, McGraw-Hill, New York, New York 2004, p.290, 1 color reproduction

2003    Essence: Matter/ Science/ Photography, essay by Perry Kirk, State University of West Georgia, Carrolton, Georgia 2003 (catalogue)

2000    7th International Month of Photography Athens, Athens, Greece, Hellenic Centre for Photography - Hellenic Galleries Association 2000

1999    The William and Mary Review, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, Volume 37, 1999 p. 45, 1 color reproduction

1998    The Inanimate Still Life, Gerald C. Mead Jr., essay by Arlette Klaric, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York, 1998 (catalogue)

1997    Exploring Color Photography, 3rd Edition, Robert Hirsch, Brown and Benchmark Publishers, Madison, Wisconsin, 1997, pp. 202, 205, 2 color reproductions

The William and Mary Review, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, Volume 35., 1997 p. 36, 1 color reproduction

1996    The William and Mary Review, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, Volume 34., 1996, p. 45, front cover, back cover, 3 color reproductions

1995    In Western New York 1995 - Albright- Knox Art Gallery, Cheryl Brutvan and Marc Mayer, Albright- Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1995, (catalogue)

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2016    Truth & Beauty - Women's History Month: Art & Photography Exhibition, Theodore Roosevelt Executive Building, Mineola, New York, 2nd place Award Winner in Photography

2015   8th Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, Finalist in the Category for Nature and Landscape 



2014   Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York

7th Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers

Finalist in the Category for Still Life and Abstractions   

1993- 95   State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, Teaching Assistant- Stipend and Full Scholarship

1994 Mark Diamond Research Grant, Buffalo, New York

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York

Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

Anthos Art Center, Nafplion, Greece

STOCK PHOTO LIBRARY AFFILIATIONS

Alamy, United Kingdom, https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/jenniferformicaphotography

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019- Present Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York Institute of Technology,  Old Westbury & Manhattan, New York

Digital Photography

2016 – Present  &  2005 - 2007 Adjunct Professor, New Jersey City University, New Jersey City, New Jersey

Photography 1, Photography 2, Digital Photography, Computer Graphics 1, Photographics (19th-century photographic processes), Color Photography, Large Format Photography, Independent Study Advisor

2008 - Present Adjunct Assistant Professor, York College, City University of New York, Jamaica, New York

Photography 1, Photography 1 for the SEEK Program, Computer Graphics 1

2016 - 2019 Adjunct Professor, Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York

Photography 1, Substitute Teacher

2017 – 2018 Adjunct Professor, Long Island University at Post, Brookville, New York

Photography 1, Advanced Photography, Photo Workshop

2011 - 2016 Photo Department Coordinator, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York

Responsible for all aspects of Dowling College's photography classes, lab, and darkroom.

2006 - 2016 Adjunct Professor, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York

Photography 1, Photography 2, Digital Photographic Manipulations, Photo: Alternative Techniques, Special Topics in Photography, Independent Study Advisor

2010 - 2011 Adjunct Assistant Professor, LaGuardia Community College - CUNY, Long Island City, New York

Digital Photography 1

2004 - 2008 Adjunct Professor, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, New Jersey

Digital Photography, Photography 1, Photography 2

2004 - 2006 Adjunct Professor, County College of Morris, Dover, New Jersey

Photography 1, Digital Imaging, Color Photography

1995 Lecturer, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York

Introduction to Photography

Instructor, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Lakeview Housing Projects, Responsible for teaching young children camera operation and helping them develop their own vision.

1993-1995 Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York

Introduction to Photography, Intermediate Photography