Education
MFA | 2012 | Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge Louisiana
BFA | 2007 | State University of New York at Purchase New York
Collections (Works & Publications)
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Duke University, Durham, NC
Guggenheim Museum, NYC
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Forth Worth, TX
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
School of The Arts Institute of Chicago, Special Collections Library, Chicago, IL
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Getty Institute, Los Angeles
Whitney Museum, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, NYC
Hinson Art Museum, Wingate, NC
Cassilhaus Collection, Chapel Hill,
NC Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection
The Gutierrez Collection
*Full list available on request
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo/Collaborations
2024 - Art on Paper | Fremin Gallery | New York, NY
2023 - Submerge - Oratorio di San Carlo Borromeo. Castelfiorentino, Italy
2023 - Mars. Esther Shipper Gallery, Paris, France
2023 - Mars. Three Star Books, Paris, France
2022 - Give Her Space, SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2020 - Mercedes Jelinek: Lost in Spruce Pine, Silver Space Gallery, Asheville, NC
2019 - The Artifact and The Image, Il Castillo Gallery, Certaldo Alto, Italy
2018 - These Americans, Cary Arts Center Gallery, Cary, NC
2017 - Dean Allison & Mercedes Jelinek, Hinson Art Museum, Wingate, NC
2016 - Stare, Gaston County Museum, Dallas, NC
2014 - Lullwood Group Presents: Mercedes Jelinek, Lullwood Gallery, San Antonio, CA
2012 - North to South, Glassel Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
Group
2025 - (Coming: Oct) We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection | North Carolina Museum of Art | Winston-Salem, NC
2025 - (Coming: Apr-Sept) We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection | Cameron Art Museum | Wilmington, NC
2025 - Affordable Art Fair | Metropolitan Pavillion | New York, NY
2025 - The World Is Yours | Azart Gallery | Woodstock, NY
2025 - Shelf | Katie Werble Gallery | New York, NY
2024 - Art Miami | Art Basel Miami (Fremin Gallery) | Miami, FL
2024 - Faculty Exhibition | New York School of the Arts | New York, NY
2024 - Affordable Art Fair | Metropolitan Pavillion | New York, NY
2024 - Art on Paper Fair | Pier 36 | New York, NY
2024 - Hamptons Fine Art Fair | Southampton Fair Grounds| Southampton, NY
2024 - Affordable Art Fair | Battersea Park | London, UK
2024 - Bloom | Azart Gallery (Chelsea) | New York, NY
2024 - Affordable Art Fair | Palmer Events Center | Austin, Texas
2024 - Chemistry | Azart Gallery | Woodstock, NY
2024 - How I Would Like Myself to “Be” | Christian Berst Gallery | Paris, France
2024 - Photography Is ___. | Purchase College | Purchase, NY
2024 - Summer Glow | Fremin Gallery | New York, NY
2024 - Finding the Words | The Weeks Gallery| SUNYJCC, NY
2023 - Of a Complex Nature, ENO Mill Gallery, Hillsborough, NC
2022 - Context. Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL (Blink Gallery Group)
2021 - VOLUME 0, WM. Post Gallery, (Chelsea) NY, NY
2021 - Inspired by Words, Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy
2021 - Togetherness & Oneness, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY
2021 - PhotoSpiva 2021, Spiva Arts Gallery, Joplin, MO
2021 - RE: INVENT Exhibition, 118 Art Gallery, Virtual Exhibition
2020 - Coronas for Corona, Studio Squina, Madrid, Spain
2020 - Distinction, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA2020 - BLM Print Drive, Wm. Post Gallery, NC
2020 - Lost Carmel, Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel by the Sea, CA
2019 - Center Forward, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2018 - Colorless, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2018 - United/Divided 2 Exhibit, Glen Echo Photo Works, Glen Echo Park, MD
2018 - The Eyes of a Stranger: Street Portraits, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN
2018 - Focus: Shadow and Light, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 - Black and White, Art Room Gallery, online: April. www.artroomgalleryonline.com
2018 - Mono-kromatic, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2017 - View Find 6: Photography, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2017 - Exquisite Corpse, Cassilhaus Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2016 - Conversion - Satellite Art Show - Art Basal Miami, Booth #27, Miami, FL
2016 - 2 Squared, Caldwell Arts Council Gallery, Lenoir, NC
2016 - Assemble Special Exhibition, Penland School of Crafts Gallery, Penland, NC
2016 - The Penland School Series, CPCC Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2016 - NEXT: A Gala, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
2016 - This Is a Photograph, Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2016 - Maker Moxie, Peters Valley Gallery, Layton, NJ (Juried Exhibition)
2016 - Impact, Foundry Art Centre, St.Charles, MO (Juried Exhibition)
2016 - At Work: Penland School of Crafts, Leeds Gallery at Earlham College, Richmond, VA
2016 - INfresh stART, McCall Family Foundation, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2016 - The Penland School Series, Bill and Patty Gorelick Gallery, CPCC, Matthews, NC
2015 - 2015 Alternative Process Competition, SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2015 - Residency, VCU Arts at the FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
2015 - The Barns 2015, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2015 - Gaston County Museum 2015 Juried Art Show, Dallas, NC
2015 - Still Life, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN (Juried Exhibition)
2015 - Allegany National Photographic Competition and Exhibition, Cumberland, MD
2015 - 30-Under-30, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2014 - Penland School of Crafts Resident Artists, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Asheville, NC
2013 - Connected, Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, New York, NY
2013 - A Spirited Artist Show, Gallery 331 Main, Beacon, NY
2013 - Benefit for The Rockaway Shore Soup Project, The Bowery Hotel, New York, NY
2012 - 10x10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton Gallery, Tieton, WA
2012 - Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2012 - Art Melt, Shaw Center for Performing Arts Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2012 - Faculty Invitational Exhibition, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
2011 - The Art of Photography Show, Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, CA
2011 - LSU Graduate Show, Louisiana State University Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA
2011 - Midwest Center for Photography Exhibition, Center Gallery, Wichita, K.A
2010 - Perception of Character, Littlefield Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 - Ipso Facto, Gallery MC, New York, NY
2006 - Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao Gallery, Pingyao, China
Lectures, Artist Talks & Panels
2021-2024 Yale School of Art | Guest Artist Lecturer | New Haven, CT
2024 University of Connecticut | Guest Lecture | Storrs, CT
2018 Visiting Artist - The New School –Parsons, New York, NY
2018 Juror - I AM WOMAN exhibition, Southern Arts Society, Kings Mountain, NC
2018 Visiting Artist - Cary Arts Center Gallery, Cary, NC
2017 Visiting Artist - Hinson Art Museum, Wingate, NC
2016 Juror - Artisphere, Greenville, SC.
2014 Visiting Lecturer - Artistpreneur Panel, SUNY Purchase, NY.
2014 Visiting Artist Lecturer - Jubilee Arts Festival, Nicholls State University, LA.
2014 Visiting Artist Lecturer - SNAP Organization, LA.
2011 Visiting Artist - LSU and LDOA Artist Communication Workshop, LA.
Awards & Residencies
2022 Puffin Foundation Grant
2021 Soaring Gardens Residency: Ora Lerman Charitable Trust, Laceyville, PA.
2017 Resident Artist, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC (2014-2017).
2016 Residency, Collaboration: Penland and the Mitchell County, Mitchell County High School, NC.
2016 Invited Artist, Berlin Collective, Germany, and NYC.
2016 Featured Artist, NEXT: A Gala, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC.
2015 Winter Residency, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
2015 Resident, Alternative Process Symposium, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
2015 Awarded Best in Show, Gaston County Museum 2015 Juried Art Show, Dallas, NC.
2015 Awarded Third Place, Gaston County Museum 2015 Juried Art Show, Dallas, NC.
2015 Selected as a 30-Under-30, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT.
2015 Finalist, 2015 Alternative Process Competition, SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, NY.
2015 Finalist, 7th Ed. Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Gala Awards Gallery, U.K.
2015 Residency, Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
2014 Resident, Alternative Process Symposium, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC.
2012 Honorable Mention, Art Melt, Shaw Center for Performing Arts Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA.
Selected Bibliography
2019 Jelinek, Mercedes “Lost: Spruce Pine,” Queens: Kris Graves Projects, 2019. Print.
2017 Jelinek, Mercedes. These Americans, Queens: Kris Graves Projects, 2017. Print.
2016 Estabrook, Dan. Better Living Through Chemistry: On the Future of the Photograph. New York: Dan Estabrook, 2016. Print
2016 Latimer, Bronwyn. “Artistry and chemistry: A new way to look at the old practices of photography.” Washington Post. 3/12/16. Web.
2013 Smithson, Aline. “Neal Rantoul shares the work of Mercedes Jelinek.” LENSCRATCH, 1/26/2013.
2013 Belle Literary Journal. Volume 1. Winter 2013. Print
2012 SEE ME Group. One Life: Stories Told Through Photography. Pg. 20, See Me Group INC. Print.
2012 Roedel, Jeff. The Eyes Have It. 225 Magazine, Nov. 30, 2012.
2012 Roedel, Jeff. There goes the neighborhood: Mercedes Jelinek builds community one photo at a time. 225 Magazine, Aug. 31, 2012.
Teaching Experience
New York School of the Arts in New York - New York, NY | Faculty | Summer 2023 – Present
ECU - Certaldo, Italy | Instructor | Sept 2019– Present
John C Cambell Folk School - Brasstown, NC | Instructor | 2024
Peters Vallery - Layton, NJ | Instructor | 2024
ASU - Boone, NC | Lecturer | Jan – May 2018
Penland School of Crafts- Penland, NC | Assistant/Co-Instructor | Summer 2018
Penland School of Crafts - Penland, NC | Instructor | Fall 2017
Baer Art Center - Iceland | Assistant/Co-Instructor | Summer 2017
Asheville Art Museum - Asheville, NC | Instructor | Summer 2017
Penland School of Crafts - Penland, NC | Instructor | Summer 2016
Hearts of Los Angeles - Los Angeles CA | Co-Instructor | 2015
SUNY - Purchase, NY | Instructor | Summer 2014
PhotoManhattan - New York, NY | Faculty Instructor | 2012-2014
LSU - Baton Rouge, LA| Graduate Instructor | 2010-2012
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