About The Artist

Jennifer Moore, a photographer and digital artist is a Chicagoland native. She has earned both a Bachelor of Arts degree (2002) and a Master in Arts degree (2005) from Governors State University. Jennifer is currently represented by 33 Contemporary Gallery. Jennifer’s themes draw on personal experiences rooted in relationships, family, birth, death, sexuality, gender roles and religion. Moore’s work teeters on the edge of surrealism and theatrical narrative. She explores these commonalities through her photography and digital art to better understand humanity, motherhood and womanhood. Jennifer is currently the Assistant Professor of photography at the Illinois Institute of Art. My work is an appendage of myself; little arms and legs that belong wholly to me, of which I find difficult to live without. It is a very difficult thing to put my images outside of myself; for fear that they cannot breathe without me; for fear that they will stop living; for fear that I may stop living. As a mother must watch her children as they become independent and separate from her, the time has come for me to let go of my work; allowing it to find its own way in the world. For a good deal of time, I felt that my work was separate and independent of my “other” life…my family. Today, I feel quite differently. I feel a portion of my artistic strength lies in what I know inside and out; my children, my family, and my experiences juggling motherhood, a career and my art. I have stopped resisting. I have caved. I have embraced this fact and I feel I am a better artist for it. I am interested in emotions and experiences that influence our behavior. Birth, death, sexuality, culture, gender roles and religion play a pivotal role in shaping our lives. It is my intent to explore these commonalities through my photography to better understand humanity, motherhood, womanhood and myself.