Rachel Jump is a fine art photographer living Chicago, Illinois. Her black and white images explore ideas of home, belonging, memory, and absence, and have been exhibited throughout the United States. She graduated fro m the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA PH’14), where she received the Harry Koorejian Memorial Scholarship and the Haining Family Scholarship. Her photographs area part of the RISD Museum Special Collections, where she was also a visitingartist in conjunction with the exhibition, America in View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now. Rachel is represented by Alibi Fine Art in Chicago, Illinois, which held her first major solo exhibition in November 2015. Her workhas also been featured in various publications, including LENSCRATCH, TheOnes We Love, Whattaroll, LDOC, RISD XYZ, and Light Leaked. She made her curatorial debut at Filter Photo with Aint-Bad Metropolis: Chicago, which was an exhibition that highlighted a selection of artists making photographs in the Chicago area. She has taught at the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts and Maine Media Workshops + College. Rachel is currently working as a Portfolio Reviewer for LensCulture, as a Social Media Coordinator for Filter Photo, and as an editor for Aint-Bad.
2016 - 2017,
Artist Resident