Jerry Atnip's
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Price Range: $300 - $1,800
Bio
Jerry R. Atnip has been a professional photographer and designer for over 30 years specializing in advertising, annual reports, celebrities, political figures, books, CD & video packaging, magazines, calendars and television. His photographs have been published in over 40 countries and his work has been presented with over 60 awards.
Jerry has concentrated on fine art photography during the last few years and is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts in Photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. His design background has had a great influence on the creation of his fine art images.
He has had the privilege of exhibiting his work in venues throughout America as well as the Czech Republic.
He has recently opened LightSpace Studio, a multi-media creative environment in a 100+ year old building.
http://www.jerryatnip.com/
Style
He concentrates on symmetry, composition and producing an overall graphic balance. He enjoys making the ordinary extraordinary.
Artist Statement
To find and record the beauty in everything, his imperative as a photographer is to see and bring to others images that would normally go unnoticed.
Awards
• Recession Exhibition, Chromatics Gallery, Nashville, TN - Best of Show, 2009
• National Photography Exhibition, 1212 Gallery, Richmond Virginia - 1st Place, 2008
• Millard Sheets Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, California - Two 1st Place Awards, 2008
• Marin Museum of Contemporary Art - 2nd Place, 2008
• Southeast Flower Show Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia - 2nd Place, 2008
• Slow Exposures, Zebulon, Georgia - Honorable Mention, 2008
• My Hometown National Photography Show, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, Maryland - 1st Place, 2007
• Will’s Creek Survey, Allegany Arts Council, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, Maryland - 1st Place, 2007
• Academy of Fine Arts Photography Exhibition, Lynchburg, Virginia - 1st Place Juror’s Choice Award, 2007
• Sunny 16 National Photographic Competition - Seven awards, 2007
• PhotoLife Magazine Image International Photo Competition, 2007
• Luminescence VII National Competition - Three awards, 2006
• Luminescence VI National Competition - Two awards, 2005
• Addy Awards - Various National, Regional and Local awards
• LACP Awards - Best in Class, 2003
• LACP Awards - Most Creative Overall, 2002
• LACP Awards - Best in Class, 2002
Exhibitions
• 2009 "Artrageous", Richter Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
• 2009 "Signs of Recession", Chromatics Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
• 2009 "Guatemala - Ulpan Valley", Solo Show, Otter Creek Gallery, Brentwood, Tennessee
• 2009 "Tent City", Solo Show, Temple Ohabai Sholom, Nashville, Tennessee
• 2009 "Tent City", Solo Show, Otter Creek Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
• 2009 "TPS 18:The International Competition", Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, Johnson City and Abilene, Texas. Juried by Cig Harvey, Associate Professor at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
• 2009 "National Fine Art Exhibition", 1212 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia. Juried by Andrea Pollan, Director and Curator of the Curator's Office, Washington, D.C.
• 2009 "Forever Hold Your Peace", New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA. Juried by Silvia Plachy
* 2009 "In the Biz"' Chromatics Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
• 2008 “National Photography Exhibition”, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia. Juried by Carol McCusker, Curator of Photography at the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
• 2008 “2008 International Exhibition of Fine Art Photography”, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado. Juried by Hossein Farmani, Founder of the Lucie Awards, Los Angeles, California and Brooklyn, New York
• 2008 “Realities and Illusions”, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, California. Juried by Kenneth Baker, Art Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle
• 2008 “TPS 17”, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, Austin, Abilene and Odessa, Texas. Juried by Lisa Sutcliffe, Asst. Curator, Department of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• 2008 “Art at the X”, Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Juried by Dr. Eric Lee, Director of the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 2008 “Photography of the Rural South”, Slow Exposures, Zebulon, GA. Juried by Jamie Allen, George Eastman House and Mike Smith, Professor of Photography, East Tennessee State University
• 2008 “28th Annual Spring Photography Contest”, Photographer’s Forum Magazine
• 2008 “The Locals”, Richter Gallery of Photography, Nashville, Tennessee
• 2008 “LUC Print Biennial IV”, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois. Juried by Spencer Fidler, Associate Professor of Art, New Mexico State University
• 2008 Light Factory Museum of Contemporary Photography, Charlotte, North Carolina
• 2008 “A Sense of Place”, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia. Juried by Amanda Cooper, Curator of Exhibitions for The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
• 2008 “AAC National Exhibition”, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Juried by Paula Katz, Assistant Curator of Art at The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Ohio
• 2008 “21st National Juried Art Exhibition”, South Cobb Arts Alliance, Mableton, Georgia. Juried by Marvin Shaw, Professor of Art, Jacksonville State University
• 2008 “Photography at High Speed”, Milliard Sheets Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, California. Juried by R. Mac Holbert, co-founder of Nash Editions, Manhattan Beach, CA, Shannon Thomas Perich, Associate Curator of Photography for the Photographic History Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum, Washington, D.C., and Leigh Gleason, Collections Manager at UCR/California Museum of Photography.
• 2008 “Railway Reflections International Art Expo”, Virginia and Truckee Railroad, Carson City, Nevada.
• 2008 “Landscape and Location”, Island Ford Art, Statesville, North Carolina. Juried by Anna Olivia Sisk, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• 2008 “Art of Photography Show”, Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, California. Juried by Carol McCusker, Curator of Photography at the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
• 2008 “17th Annual National Juried Photography Show”, Louisville Art Association, Lafayette, Colorado. Juried by Mark Sink, Private Art Consultant, Denver, Colorado
• 2008 “Sweet Dreams & Nightmares: Subconcious Unleashed”, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, Maryland. Juried by Missy Loewe and Joe Yablonsky, founders of Capitol Arts Network, Washington, D.C.
• 2008 “One Thousand Words”, Composition Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
• 2008 “My Generation”, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, Maryland
• 2008 “Viewpoint 2008”, Bosque Conservatory Photography Guild, Clifton, Texas. Juried by Eli Reed, Magnum photographer and Professor of Photojournalism at the University of Texas
• 2008 “Southeastern Flower Show Photography Competition”, Atlanta, Georgia. Juried by Jane Jackson, Curator of the Sir Elton John Photography Collection
• 2007 “The Shepherd Center Photography Contest”, The Shepherd Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Juried by Julian Cox, Curator of Photography, High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia and Jane Jackson, Curator of the Sir Elton John Photography Collection
• 2007 “National Photography ‘07” - Main Street Gallery, Groton, New York. Juried by Stan Bowman, Professor of Art & Photography, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
• 2007 Georgia Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Georgia.
• 2007 “My Hometown”, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, Maryland
• 2007 “About Face”, A Novel Experience, Zebulon, Georgia. Juried by Sheila Pree Bright and Manuel Llaneras
• 2007 “Annual Juried Photography Exhibition”, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, Virginia. Juried by Glen McClure
• 2007 “Will’s Creek Survey”, Allegany Arts Council, Saville Gallery, Cumberland, Maryland. Juried by Jeffrey Allison, Paul Mellon Collection Educator, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
• 2007 “Spectra ‘07 Triennial”, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut. Juried by Peter MacGill, President of Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, New York
• 2007 “Hands Off Exhibition”, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
• 2007 “Annual National Exhibition”, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, California
• 2007 “In Your Dreams”, Atlanta Photographic Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. Juried by Benjamin Krause
• 2007 Capitol Arts Theatre Gallery, Bowling Green, Kentucky
• 2007 “15th Annual Phillips’ Mill Photographic Exhibition”, New Hope, Pennsylvania
• 2007 “Choice Exhibition”, Atlanta Photographic Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
• 2007 “Chromatics Gallery Exhibition”, Nashville, Tennessee
• 2006 “DIGIfoto Exhibition”, Brno and Prague, Czech Republic
• 2006 “Jane Jackson Selects”, Atlanta Photographic Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia. Juried by Jane Jackson, Curator of the Sir Elton John Photography Collection
• 2006 Cheekwood Botanical Gardens & Museum, Nashville, Tennessee. Juried by Joyce Tenneson, New York, New York and Naomi Silva, Naomi Silva Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
• 2003 “Pixels & Paint - Two Views of Greece”, The Gallery of Franklin, Franklin, Tennessee
Corporate Collections
• Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee
• Robin Rains Interiors, Nashville, Tennessee
• Hugh Nelson Builders, Brentwood, Tennessee
• Shepherd Center - Atlanta, Georgia
• Avenue Bank - Nashville, Tennessee
• Foda Design - Atlanta, Georgia
• BE&K - Brentwood, Tennessee
• Alfred Williams & Co. - Raleigh, North Carolina
• Terry Bates & Associates - Nashville, Tennessee
• Tennessee Bank & Trust - Nashville, Tennessee
• Cumberland Heights - Nashville, Tennessee
• Fidelity Offset - Nashville, Tennessee
• CBL Properties - Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Otter Creek church - Brentwood, Tennessee
• Youth Encouragement Services - Nashville, Tennessee
• Pike County Historical Society - Zebulon, Georgia
• Various private collectors
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