Jenny Riffle
b. 1979
Education
2011 M.F.A. Photo, Video and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, NY
2001 B.A. Photography Bard College, NY
Selected Exhibitions *solo exhibition
2023
Past Forward, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Natural Movement, Nord Alley, Seattle, WA
2022
Liminal, Casa Lü, Mexico City, Mexico
Meet Us in the Afterglow, Soil Art Gallery, Seattle WA
Under the Sun and the Moon, Humble Arts Foundation, Curated by Roula Seikaly and Jon Feinstein (virtual)
2021
Real Time Reel Time, Ryniker-Morrison Gallery, Rocky Mountain College, Billings MT
Collective Vision, Photographic Center NW, Seattle WA
Inside Out: A Group Exhibition by the PUSH/PULL Artist Collective, Photographic Center NW, Seattle WA
2020
Two Way Lens: Portraits as Empathy, Humble Arts Foundation, curated by Roula Seikaly, Kris Graves and Jon Feinstein (virtual)
Capitol Hill Arts District Streaming Festival via Northwest Film Forum, Seattle WA (virtual)
Picturing Trails, Gallery 4Culture, Seattle WA
The Space That Remains, The Building, Seattle WA
2019
Winter Pictures, Humble Arts Foundation, curated by Andy Adams and Jon Feinstein (virtual)
The Sound of Wind, Bubbawood Residency, White Salmon WA*
Wilderness, Harbor Island, Seattle WA
2018
The Sitting Room, The Vestibule, Seattle WA
With Out: Work by the PUSH/PULL Collective, Gallery Frames, Seattle WA
2017
FOTOFILMIC ‘16, Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia
FOTOFILMIC ‘16, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver BC
Notions of Home, Photographic Center NW, Seattle WA
2016
FOTOFILMIC ‘16, dnj Gallery, Los Angeles CA
MIXT No. 2: Timorous Beasties, studio e, Seattle WA
2015
Scavenger: Adventures in Treasure Hunting, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA*
Emerging, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
Picture Society, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
PCNW Presents, Photographic Center NW, Seattle WA
2014
Scavenger: Adventures in Treasure Hunting, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO*
Scavenger: Adventures in Treasure Hunting, RayKo Center for Photography, San Francisco, CA*
Jenny Riffle and Larry Larson, Centennial Center Gallery, Kent, WA
2013
Scavenger: Adventures in Treasure Hunting, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR*
Photo Center NW 20th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition Preview: NW Focus, Photographic Center NW, Seattle WA
Someone I Know, curated by Stuart Pilkington (virtual)
Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Portland, OR, juried selection 2013
Re:Vision, Photo Center Northwest Faculty Exhibition, Seattle WA
2012
Elles: SAM Gallery, Featuring Northwest Women Artists, SAM Gallery, Seattle WA
Your Witness, South Seattle Community College Gallery, Seattle WA
Photolust 2012 Preview, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle WA
Slideluck Potshow Seattle IX, Voda Studios, Seattle WA
Dialogue, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland OR, Juror: Laura Moya, Executive Director at Photolucida
Push, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle WA
PhotoPlace Open, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont, Juror: Kyohei Abe, Director, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography
2011
Social Realms, School of Visual Arts, 209 Gallery, NYC
The Chain, online exhibition, curated by Stuart Pilkington
SVA Photo, Video and Related Media Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, NYC
2009
ISO PCNW, Ouch My Eye, Seattle, WA
2008
Northwest Photographers, Plasteel Frames, Seattle, WA
Collectible, Wall Space, Seattle, WA
What's Not to Love? Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2007
The Space In Between, The Globe Cafe, Seattle, WA*
Tiger in a Tropical Storm, Riviera Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Show Us Your Best Shot, Benham Gallery, Seattle WA
2006
Group Show No.7, online exhibition, Humble Arts Foundation, NY
2004
Modern Daguerreotypes, The Daguerreian Society Symposium, The George Eastman House, Rochester NY
2002
Ladyfest Los Angeles Art Exhibition, Los Angeles CA
2001
I Refuse To Let You Go, Woods Studio, Bard College Thesis Exhibition, NY*
Publications
2020
It’s Raining… I Love You, a co-authored book of self-portraits by Jenny Riffle and Molly Landreth that captures friendship, queer female identity, and first love in late 1990s rural Washington. Minor Matters, 2020.
2015
Scavenger: Adventures in Treasure Hunting; 9 x 12 Inches, 38 Color Photographs + 1 Illustration, 68 Pages + Cover, PUR Bound, Zatara Press, 2015, ISBN: 978-09903321-3-8, Trade Edition: 500 Copies Total, Stereograph Sub-Version: 100 Copies Come With A Stereograph Card Set and Viewer
Awards/Grants/Residencies
2022
Casa Lü Artist Residency, Mexico City
2019
GAP (Grant for Artist Projects), Artist Trust
Bubbawood Artist Residency, White Salmon, WA
Sou’wester Artist Residency, Seaview, WA
2017
4Culture/King County Grant Recipient; Picturing Trails: A Photographic Exploration of King County’s Regional Trail System
2016
Foto Filmic’s Buschlen Mowatt Nichol Foundation Award
2015
The Pilkington Prize // 100 Mile Radius
2014
PDN's 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch
2013
Aaron Siskind Individual Photographer’s Fellowship
Grand Prize, PWP's 38th Anniversary International Women's Call for Entry, juror Christina Owen
Finalist, CCNY 2013 Annual Juried Competition
2012
Juror's Award, Newspace Center for Photography 8th Annual Juried Exhibition
Teaching/Lectures
2023
Faculty, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle WA (2011- present)
2018
Artist Lecture: Picturing Trails, Clise Mansion in Marymoor Park, Seattle WA
Artist Lecture: Picturing Trails, Preston Community Center, Preston WA
2017
Artist Lecture: Sacramento State
Artist Lecture with Molly Landreth: Photo Center NW
2015
Artist Lecture: Art Institute of Seattle
Artist Lecture: Seattle Pacific University
2014
Artist Panel: Center for Fine Art Photography
2013
Artist Lecture: Newspace Center for Photography
Artist Lecture: University of Washington, Photography Department
Artist Lecture: Photographic Center Northwest
“My Favorite Things Tour” at Seattle Art Museum