jessamyn (jesse) lovell (b. 1977, Syracuse, NY) is a gender-fluid artist and licensed private investigator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. lovell is of French, Sicilian, Irish, and Choctaw heritage and grew up in rural poverty in upstate New York. They work with photography, video, and surveillance as tools to document their life experiences, making connections between class and personal identity. Their work has been featured on This American Life, BBC Outlook, The Today Show, The Guardian, and other media outlets.
They have received international recognition for their work including No Trespassing (2007-2010) for which they surreptitiously followed and photographed their estranged father and Dear Erin Hart, (2011-2014) for which they found, followed, and photographed their identity thief. Lovell received their Private Investigator’s license in 2018 for their project How to Become Invisible, which synthesizes their experiences as an investigator into a Photography Book and series of art exhibitions.
We are excited to share this news and appreciate jesse’s many years of dedication and contributions to our department. We look forward to building on that foundation as we welcome our new faculty to the fall semester.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. is currently featuring work by UNM faculty, emeritus faculty, and an alum in “Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography”. The exhibition explores the relationship between resource extraction and...
Sabrina Carletti is an Assistant Professor of Art History whose research focuses on the interdisciplinary study of modern and contemporary Latin American art and culture. Her work explores the intersections of artists’ practices, literature, media, and the production of knowledge, rethinking how the conceptual terms used to describe artistic practice shape our understanding of what art does.
The UNM CFA Dean’s Office and Department of Art are pleased to announce that Armando de la Torre has been awarded the UNM SOMA Summer Travel Grant. This grant is awarded to a UNM graduate student to attend SOMA Summer 2026 @somamexico, a 4-week program in Mexico City....