Jennifer Formica is a visual artist living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Her color photographs and digital imagery have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and internationally. Her art process runs the gamut of analog view camera to microscopic digital capture. Jennifer is currently an Adjunct Professor of Photography and Digital imaging at Dowling College & York College CUNY.

1995   M.F.A. State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
1993   B.F.A. University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut (cum laude)

2011   Microcosmic Nature, Fine Arts Gallery, York College CUNY, Jamaica, Queens, NY

2009   WOWBug & Other Micro- Natures w/ Angela Devenney, Khaki Gallery, Boston, MA

2007   micro- macro, Khaki Gallery, Wellesley, MA

2006   Nature Works, Visual Arts Gallery, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ

2005   Micro Nature, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
She Blinded Me with Science w/ Mia Brownell, Gallery 138, New York, NY

2001   Jennifer Formica at the Noose, Noose Extraordinary, Athens, Greece

2000   7th International Month of Photography, Monohoro Gallery, Athens, Greece
In collaboration with Olga Georgantea Gallery, Athens, Greece (catalogue)

1999   In Search of the Aquatic "see" Nymph, Art Center, Frenchtown, NJ

1998   In Search of the Aquatic "see" Nymph, DTW Gallery, New York, NY

1996   Staged Realities, Hewlett Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

1999   Premonitions, Impact Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Cycles, Campos Photography Center, Buffalo, New York

2011   Appearances/ (Dis)appearances, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY

Small Works, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY

Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA

2010   Floral, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT

2009   Group Work, Khaki Gallery, Boston, MA

Crest Hardware Art Show, Crest Hardware, Brooklyn, NY

2008   Merge, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY

2007   5th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Curated by Mark Klett

2006   ATOA's Art Auction Benefit, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY

Reframing Nature, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY

Faculty Exhibit, Center for the Arts Gallery, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ

2005   RAPSIDA, Gallery 138, New York, NY

Faculty Show, LRC Visual Arts Gallery, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ

2004   Self-ish, Gallery Onetwentyeight, New York, NY

In the Face of Others, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY

Faculty Exhibit, Center for the Arts Gallery, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ

2003   A Bestiary, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY. Curated by Josh Dorman.

Essence: Matter / Science / Photography, Curated by Perry Kirk. (catalogue). State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA.

Traveled to: Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia In conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography & Pace University Gallery, Pleasantville, NY

Benefit Raffle, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York / White Columns, New York, NY

Salon 2003, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

2002   Cepa's 6th Biennial Auction, Cepa Gallery, Buffalo, NY (catalogue)

Creative Freedom 2002 Auction, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY

2001   Summer Show, Monohoro Gallery, Athens, Greece

Old Verses New, Monohoro Gallery, Athens, Greece

4 1/2 Years at the Wah Center, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

2000   Untitled (Space) Opens Flat files, Untitled (space), New Haven, CT

Salon 2000, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

1999   Raw around the Edges, Art Center, Frenchtown, NJ. Curated by Jennifer Mazzucco.

Williamsburg Salon Des Artists, Metropolitan Pool, Brooklyn, NY

Apocalypse, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Figures, Gallery O, Dallas, Texas

New Year Ensemble, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

1998   Artist (Web) Space, Artists Space, New York City, NY

Local Color, Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY

Recent Acquisitions, Burchfield Penney- Art Center, Buffalo, NY

The Inanimate: 12 Artists on Still Life, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY (catalogue). Curated by Gerald C. Mead Jr.

1997   Ensemble, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Jaeger's Projection: New Landscape Photography, Art Space, New Haven, CT. Curated by Phyllis Crowley.

1996   Photography 1996, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA

The Photographic Nude, Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME

1995   In Western New York 1995, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY (catalogue). Curated by Cheryl Brutvan and Marc Mayer.

Peapods/ Boredom, Cepa Gallery, Buffalo, NY

X-Sightings 1995, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY

1994   45th Western New York Exhibition, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY (catalogue)

2009   McQuaid, Cate, "Tiny, striking, patterns", The Boston Globe, June 17, 2009, pg.4 G, one color reproduction

2008   “Fusing together diverse meduims”, The Suffolk County News, January 24, 2008, pg. 12

2007   "Great and Small," The Boston Globe / Sidekicks, January 12, 2007, pg. 2, one color reproduction

"Khaki Gallery Hosts Opening," The Wellesley Townsman, January 11, 2007, pg.12, 4 b+w reproductions

2005   "Leisure & For Your Information," Bronx Times Reporter, June 10, 2005, one b+w reproduction

"She Blinded Me with Science", Villager Downtown Guide, The Villager, Volume 74, Number 48, April 06-12, 2005, one b+w reproduction

2004   Group Exhibition,"Still Life," www.fstopmagazine.com, Issue 6, June 2004, 4 color reproductions

2003   Group Exhibition, www.fstopmagazine.com, Issue 1, August 2003, 4 color reproductions

2001   Featured Artist, www.Nowculture.com, Spring 2001, 8 color reproductions

2000   Sevastopoulou, Stella "Formica's Organic Forms," Athens News, Athens, Greece
September 29, 2000, p.40, 2 color reproductions

Sideri, Sofia "A Small Brave World," Axix Chrimatistriaki, Athens, Greece
September 23, 2000, p. 69 Art and Lifestyle Section, 1 color reproduction

Stella, Olga "Formica's World," Kathimerini, Athens, Greece
September 20, 2000, p. 13, 1 color reproduction

Koskiniotou, Vassiliki "Fine Arts Agenda: The Hidden Beauty of Microorganisms,"
To Vima, Athens, Greece, September 21, 2000, p. A27, 1 b+w reproduction

Karambatsos, Christos "Panorama: Exhibitions," Ta Nea, Athens, Greece
September 21, 2000, p. 2, 1 b+w reproduction

Tzedakis, Giorgos "Walk at the Galleries...," Eleftherotypia, Athens, Greece
September 21, 2000, p. 24

Konstantinidou, Krista "Agenda/ The Life of the City," Estia, Athens, Greece
September 21, 2000, p. 9

"News: 7th Month of Photography: Jennifer Formica," Photografia Magazine
September-December 2000 issue, 1 color reproduction

Apostolopoulou, Mania ""Click" on Microorganisms," Money& Life Magazine, Athens, Greece
November 2000 issue, 2 color reproductions

Hamburger, Susan "WAH Center: Salon 2000," Waterfront Week, Brooklyn, New York, issue 10.2, p. 6
Taube, Rob "This Salon is a Beauty," Brooklyn Skyline, Brooklyn, New York, January 25, 2000, p. 3

1998   May, Mellisa "Frenchtown Art Exhibit has a Personal Touch", Courier News, Bridgewater, NJ, Dec 15, 1999, p. E.2

1998   Featured Artist, www.Artistspace.org, Winter 1998, 5 color reproductions

Potter, Alicia "The Ins and Outs of Enlightenment," Boulder Weekly, Boulder, Colorado, August 6, 1998, pp. 12- 13, cover, 3 color reproductions

Huntington, Richard "Everywhere at Once," Buffalo News/Gusto, Buffalo, New York
February 27, 1997, p. 24

1997   Huntington, Richard "Out in the Open," Buffalo News/Gusto, Buffalo, New York, March 14, 1997, p. 29

1996   Russell, Gloria "Photography Exhibit Exposes New Talent," Springfield Union, Springfield, Massachusetts, January 7, 1996, pp. E1, E5

Wright, Patricia "More Than a Touch of Surreal in Photos," Hampshire Gazette, Springfield, Massachusetts, January 2, 1996, pp. 29, 31

1995   Huntington, Richard "Fresher by the Dozen: Albright-Knox Art Gallery," Buffalo News/Gusto,Buffalo
New York, June 2, 1995, pp. 22-23, 1 color reproduction on cover of Gusto

Huntington, Richard "Cepa Exhibits Don't Always Fit the Picture," Buffalo News/Gusto
Buffalo, New York, February 22, 1995, p. B6

Victor, Mathieu "X Sightings", Artvoice, Buffalo, New York, July, 1995

2008   Merge, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York, 2008 (catalogue)

2007   Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Robert Hirsch
Focal Press 2007, p. 170, 1 color reproduction

2004   Exploring Color Photography, Fourth Edition, Robert Hirsch
McGraw-Hill, New York, New York 2004, p.290, 1 color reproduction

2003   Essence: Matter / Science / Photography, essay by Perry Kirk,
State University of West Georgia, Carrolton, Georgia 2003 (catalogue)

2000   7th International Month of Photography Athens, Athens, Greece
Hellenic Centre for Photography - Hellenic Galleries Association 2000 (catalogue)

1999   The William and Mary Review, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Volume 37., 1999 p. 45, 1 color reproduction

1998   The Inanimate Still Life, Gerald C. Mead Jr., essay by Arlette Klaric,
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York, 1998 (catalogue)

1997   Exploring Color Photography, Third Edition, Robert Hirsch
Brown and Benchmark Publishers, Madison, Wisconsin, 1997, pp. 202, 205, 2 color reproductions

The William and Mary Review, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Volume 35., 1997 p. 36, 1 color reproduction

1996   The William and Mary Review, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia,
Volume 34., 1996, p. 45, front cover, back cover, 3 color reproductions

1995   In Western New York 1995 - Albright- Knox Art Gallery, Cheryl Brutvan and Marc Mayer
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1995

Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York
Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Anthos Art Center, Nafplion, Greece

Gallery 138, New York, New York
The Art Shop, Nafplion, Greece
Khaki Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

Alamy, United Kingdom
Getty Images / Photonica, International
Corbis Images, International

1993-95   State University of New York at Buffalo, New York
Teaching Assistant- Stipend and Full Scholarship

1994   Mark Diamond Research Grant, Buffalo, New York

2008-present   Adjunct Assistant Professor, York College/ CUNY, Jamaica, New York
Photography 1

2006-present   Adjunct Professor, Dowling College, Oakdale, New York
Photography 1, Photography 2, Digital Imaging, Photo Alternative Techniques

2010-present   Adjunct Professor, LaGaurdia Community College/ CUNY, Long Island City, New York
Digital Photography

2005-2007   Adjunct Professor, New Jersey City University, New Jersey City, New Jersey
Large Format Photography

2004-08   Adjunct Professor, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, New Jersey
Digital Photography, Photography 1, Photography 2

2004-06   Adjunct Professor, County College of Morris, Dover, New Jersey
Photography 1, Digital Imaging, Color Photography

1995   Lecturer, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York
Introduction to Photography

Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, Intermediate Photography (Instructor of Record)

Instructor, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York Lakeview Housing Projects, Responsible for teaching young children camera operation and helping them develop their own vision.

1993-94   Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York
Introduction to Photography (Instructor of Record)