{{Short description|American photographer}} '''Jacinda Russell''' (born 1972)<ref name="MFAH">{{cite web |title=Jacinda Russell Imogen Cunningham, Received and Returned |url=https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/149054/imogen-cunningham-received-and-returned?ctx=e6dfbea365b88ab619f23236a2a451575b6aab1a&idx=16 |access-date=5 February 2022 |publisher=Museum of Fine Arts Houston}}</ref> is an American photographer and installation artist. She is an Associate Professor of Art at Ball State University.
==Early life and education== Russell's family are from Southern California and she lived in Tucson, Arizona for six years as a teenager.<ref name="AP" />
Russell earned an master's degree in fine art from the University of Arizona, and a bachelor's degree in fine art from Boise State University.<ref name="BS">{{cite web |title=Jacinda Russell |url=https://www.bsu.edu/academics/collegesanddepartments/art/about-us/faculty-and-staff/faculty/russelljacinda |access-date=5 February 2022 |publisher=Ball State University |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205161645/https://www.bsu.edu/academics/collegesanddepartments/art/about-us/faculty-and-staff/faculty/russelljacinda |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Career ==
=== Employment === She is an Associate Professor of Art at Ball State University.<ref name="BS" />
=== Exhibitions === Russell's work has been included in exhibitions at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, the Phoenix Art Museum, Texas Gallery, Houston Center for Photography, Eyebeam, and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.<ref name="BS" /> She has also shown her work at DiverseWorks, and the Academy of Fine Art & Design in Wroclaw, Poland,<ref name="Lens">{{cite web |last1=Smithson |first1=Aline |title=Jacina Russell: Obsessions |date=30 December 2013 |url=https://lenscratch.com/2013/12/jacinda-russell/ |publisher=Lenscratch |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> and the Griffin Museum of Photography.<ref name="Griffin">{{cite web |title=The Elevated Selfie: Beyond the Bathroom Mirror |url=https://griffinmuseum.org/show/the-elevated-selfie-beyond-the-bathroom-mirror/ |publisher=Griffin Museum of Photography |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>
Her project, ''Metaphorical Antipodes: The Border Wall'' deals with cultural attitudes and disputes towards the U.S./Mexico border.<ref name="AP">{{cite journal |title=Jacina Russell: Metaphorical Antipodes: The Border Wall |journal=About Place Journal |volume=VI |issue=III |url=https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/geographies-of-justice/borders-walls/jacinda-russell/ |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> Her photographic series, ''Nine Fake Cakes & Nine Bodies of Water'' was described as "heartrendingly gorgeous" in Art21 Magazine.<ref name="Art21">{{cite web |last1=Caruth |first1=Nicole J. |title=Gastro-Vision: The Best in Food-Art 2010 |date=17 December 2010 |url=https://magazine.art21.org/2010/12/17/gastro-vision-the-best-in-food-art-2010/#.Yf6q2y-B3T0 |publisher=Art21 Magazine |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>
Russell frequently collaborates with other artists on various projects. She believes collaborations can deepen the interconnections between artists, and can open one up to new ways of doing and making.<ref name="Frac">{{cite journal |last1=Greenwald |first1=Lauren |title=We Should Collaborate! |journal=Fraction Magazine |issue=98 |url=http://www.fractionmagazine.com/we-should-collaborate |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>
=== Collections === Several works by Russell are held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.<ref name="MFAH" /><ref name="MFAH-2">{{cite web |title=Jacinda Russell: X-mas Tree #2 |url=https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/48756/xmas-tree-2?ctx=22ab88c17021c5dde5b788e5e5dd5f85772e93a4&idx=2 |access-date=5 February 2022 |publisher=Museum of Fine Arts Houston}}</ref>
==Awards== Russell received a Photographic Arts Council-Los Angeles (PAC-LA) fellowship from the Center for Creative Photography<ref name="SPE">{{cite web |title=Jacinda Russell |url=https://www.spenational.org/members/jacinda-russell |publisher=Society for Photographic Education |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> (2017) to research the work of the American photographer, Robert Heinecken,<ref name="CCP">{{cite web |title=Photographic Arts Council - Los Angeles (PAC-LA) Research Fellowship: Recipients (2017 |date=17 April 2020 |url=https://ccp.arizona.edu/about/opportunities/photographic-arts-council-los-angeles-pac-la-research |publisher=Center for Creative Photography |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205163108/https://ccp.arizona.edu/about/opportunities/photographic-arts-council-los-angeles-pac-la-research |url-status=dead }}</ref> resulting in her art piece, ''Robert Heinecken: Myth and Loss Reimagined, 2017 - 2019''.<ref name="JR website">{{cite web |title=Robert Heinecken: Myth and Loss Reimagined, 2017 - 2019 |url=https://jacindarussell.com/section/480946-Robert-Heinecken-Myth-and-Loss-Reimagined-2017-2019.html |publisher=Jacinda Russell website |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> In 2019, Russell received a DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award through the Arts Council of Indianapolis.<ref name="ACI">{{cite web |title=The 2019 DeHaan Artist of Distinction Awardees |url=https://indyarts.org/grants/grants-for-individuals/dehaan-artist-of-distinction-award?mc_cid=aff78b39ce&mc_eid=fbc1bad6d9 |publisher=Arts Council of Indianapolis |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref> In 2002 she received a fellowship from the Houston Center for Photography.<ref name="HCP">{{cite web |title=Past Fellowship Winners |url=https://hcponline.org/exhibitions/calls-for-entry/annual-fellowship-awards/past-fellowship-winners/ |publisher=Houston Center for Photography |access-date=5 February 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== {{official website|url=https://jacindarussell.com/home.html}}
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