ARTIST INFO

BRIDGET CONN
Nashville, IN

PHOTO | Alternative process

Penland Affiliation | Penland Instructor 2016, 2022

Artist Information | Studio artist; education: MFA University of Georgia, (GA), BFA Tulane University (LA); teaching: Associate Professor of Art, Georgia Southern University Savannah (GA), University of Georgia (Cortona, ITALY), Warren Wilson College (NC); residencies: Sulfur Studios (GA), Georgia College and State Universities (GA), Hungarian Multicultural Center (Budapest, Hungary), Elsewhere Artist Collaborative (NC); exhibitions: Gallery 1/1 (WA), The Center for Fine Art Photography (CO), The Griffin Museum of Photography (MA), The Halide Project (PA), Sparks Gallery for the Medium Festival of Photography (CA), Chiang Mai Photography Festival (Thailand), Experimental Photo Festival (Spain)

Artist Bio | Bridget Conn is a photographic artist who explores the potential of photography as a chemical and physical medium through the creation of chemigrams. Dealing with themes of mark-making, written language, and the challenges of communication, Conn investigates the boundaries of photography through prints, wall installations, and sculptural works.

Conn’s awards include Klompching Gallery’s FRESH 2022 exhibition finalist, rfotofolio’s 2021 Denis Roussel Awards, and being shortlisted for the 2023 and 2024 Denis Roussel Fellowship. She has exhibited at Gallery 1/1 in Seattle, the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO, the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA, Candela Books + Gallery in Richmond, VA, The Halide Project in Philadelphia PA, and Sparks Gallery for the Medium Festival of Photography in San Diego. Internationally she has shown in the Chiang Mai Photography Festival in Thailand, the Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia in Spain, as well as venues in Italy, Hungary and South Korea. Her work has been featured in Lenscratch, The Hand Magazine, Exposure Magazine, Aeonian Magazine, Focal Plane Journal, and in Christina Z. Anderson’s 2022 book “The Experimental Darkroom”.

Technical Information | Created without a camera or negatives, these chemigrams are made by drawing through resists on photographic paper. Essentially they are silver gelatin photographs exposed to light and traditional darkroom chemistry, then fixed for permanency.