High Visibility (Blaze Orange) Photo and Video work by Jaclyn Wright
Curated by: Stuart Rosemurgy, the Evergreen State College’s 2024-2025 Photography Intern
Running: January 6 through March 17, 2025
About the Show:
High Visibility (Blaze Orange) uses debris collected from improvised gun ranges on public lands to create photographic installations that explore the impacts and material traces of late capitalism and settler colonialism on the landscape of the U.S. West. Through the use of original images, archival photographs and maps, and performances, the work shows the crucial role photography plays in codifying land use. The work explores how these codes manifest themselves in behaviors observed in Utah’s West Desert.
About the Artist:
Jaclyn Wright is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator. Her work incorporates archival images, in-camera collages using a large format view camera, performance, and photographic installations. Wright’s current work critically explores the culture of land use, legacies of settler colonialism, and late capitalism in the American West. Recent and upcoming solo exhibitions include Filter Space (Chicago, IL), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City, UT), Sabine Street Studios (Houston, TX), and SFO Museum (San Francisco, CA); recent and upcoming group exhibitions include Light Work (Syracuse, NY), Halsey McKay Gallery (East Hampton, NY), Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam (Netherlands), PhMuseum (Italy), SF Camerawork (San Francisco, CA) OCT-LOFT (Shenzhen, China), the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (Salt Lake City, UT), amongst others. Her monograph High Visibility (Blaze Orange), published by GOST Books, was released in September 2023. Her work has been included in collections at The Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, IL. Wright was selected for the 2025 artist-in-residence program at Light Work, is a 2024-25 Foam Talent, and was awarded the 2024 Photography Grant Main Prize by PhMuseum. She was a 2023 Utah Visual Arts Fellow and was a finalist for the 2023 Aperture Portfolio Prize. She received her MFA in Studio Art from Indiana University and is an Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT.
About the Gallery:
Gallery Photoland is a non-traditional exhibition space that showcases established photographic artists who represent diverse experiences and world views. The Gallery functions to spark ideas and support connections across the Evergreen community; it is a place for inspiring students about possibilities in fine arts beyond the shores of Eld Inlet.
Gallery Photoland hosts exhibitions aligned with the mission of The Evergreen State College.