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Jan Kapoor Photography
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Bio

Solo Shows:
2018    Island Light: Images from Georgia's Barrier Islands, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009    Japan: Images from a Visual Journal, The Roswell Teahouse, Roswell, GA
2007    Camera Obscura: Recent Pinhole Photographs by Jan Kapoor, Showcase School, Atlanta, GA
2002    Ephemerata: Fragmented Images of the Natural World: Moving Spirits Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Selected Juried, Invitational and Group Exhibitions

2018     Infrared: The Invisible Made Visible, Photo Place Gallery
              Women In Focus XXV Juried Show, Mason Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta GA

 2017     Director's Cut, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA
             
Japan Pinhole Photographic Society Member Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
              Photo Buckhead, Buckhead Public Library, Atlanta, GA
 
2016   
Coastal Light; Ossabaw Artists Collective; Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
            Edge to Edge: Contemporary Georgia Photography; The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
            Japan Pinhole Photographic Society Member Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

2015    Holy Ground: Ossabaw Island; Ossabaw Artists Collective; Shorter University, Rome, GA
            Choice 2015; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Japan Pinhole Photographic Society Member Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan

2014    Lucinda Bunnen Selects; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            WIF XXI; Women In Focus, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
           Japan Pinhole Photographic Society Member Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
            Roswell Heritage; Roswell Photographic Society, Roswell, GA

2013    Holy Ground: Ossabaw Island; Ossabaw Artists Collective; Lyndon House, Athens, GA
            Photographer's Choice; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            100 @ 100; Alumni Show; Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA; juried by Jerry Cullum
            Photography Through Alternative Processes; Monroe Art Guild, Monroe, GA
            Barbara Griffin Selects; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA

2012    Georgia’s Natural Landscape; Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal
             Japan Pinhole Photographic Society Member Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
            Retrospective Show of SlowExposures; A Novel Experience, Zebulon, GA and Pace Academy, Atlanta
            Jane Jackson Selects; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Women In Focus XVIV; Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Multiplicity; Women In Focus; Digital Arts Studio, Atlanta, GA

2011    No Alternatives - Through This Lens Gallery, Durham, NC
            In Your Dreams 2011; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Japan Pinhole Photographic Society Member Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
            Women In Focus XVIII; Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Cell Phone Photography; The Seen Gallery, Decatur, GA

2010     First Annual Georgia Photography Show; The Gallery at Paper Mill Village, Marietta, GA
            Photographer's Choice 2010; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Roswell Heritage 2010; Roswell Cultural Arts Center, Roswell, GA
            Goa International Pinhole Photography; Goa Center for Alternative Photography, Goa, India
            Japan Pinhole Photographic Society Member Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
            In Your Dreams 2010; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA; Mark Karelson, Juror
            Soho Photo Alternative Process Competition; Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
            Annette Cone Skelton Selects; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Portfolio 2010; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA; Juror: Dr. Anthony Bannon,
            Director, George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY
    
2009    Photographers Choice 2009; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            In Your Dreams 2009; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA; Naomi Silva, Juror
            Member Exhibition; Japan Pinhole Photographic Society, Tokyo, Japan

2008    Back to Nature; Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA; Marianne Lambert, Curator
            Blooming; Terminus Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Marianne Lambert, Curator
            Decade of Light; Women In Focus, Atlanta Fulton County Public Library
            In Your Dreams 2008; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA; Naomi Silva, Juror
            Photographer’s Choice 2008; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA

2007    Sun Pictures to Megapixels: Archaic Processes to Alternative Realities, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
            Handcrafted: Visual Edge 3; Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, CA
            Photographer's Choice 2007; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            In Your Dreams 2007; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA

2006    The Camera Club International Alternative and Early Processes Exhibition; Gallery 1885, London, U.K.
            Little Things Mean a Lot; Marianne Lambert, Curator, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Southern Faces, Southern Places, Concord, Pike County, GA
            Toy Joy: Toy Camera Photography Exhibition; Houston, TX
            Krappy Camera 2006: Pinhole and Toy Camera Photography Exhibition, Soho Gallery, New York, NY
           
2005    Circles of Confusion: A Pinhole Journey: DeSantos Gallery, Houston, TX
            Poetry and Photography, Lamar Arts, Barnesville, GA
            Quickening: Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Photographer's Choice 2005; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Slow Exposures: The Rural South; Concord, Pike County, GA

2004     8th Annual Open Juried Exhibition; Roswell Photographic Society, Roswell, GA
            The World of Photography; South Cobb Arts Alliance, Mableton, GA
            Slow Exposures: The Rural South; Concord, Pike County, GA; 
            XI: A Women In Focus Group Show; Mason-Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Lucinda Bunnen, Juror
            A Sense of Place in the South; Temple Gallery, Decatur, GA
            Alternative Photography 2004; Donald Keyes, Juror; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Slow Vision: Pinhole Photography; Nord-Norsk Kuntsnersentrum, Svolvaer in Lofoten, Norway
            Storm in a Teacup; Women In Focus & Sistagraphy , Atlanta Public Library, Atlanta, GA
            Photographer's Choice 2004; Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            What I Know For Sure; Nancy Marshall, Juror; The Art Gallery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA     
                                                                              
2003     Ten: A Retrospective Exhibition of Women In Focus; The Seen Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Visions 2003; Moving Spirits Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Slow Exposures: A Photography Exhibition of the Southern Landscape; Zebulon, GA
            Alternative Photography, Kevin Miles, Juror, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Essence of Nature, Marianne Lambert, Curator, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Pure Light: Southern Pinhole Photography, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
            Picturing Peace, The Art Gallery, Dobbs University Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

2002    Photographer's Choice 2002, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Connected Vision, Atlanta Fulton Public Library, Buckhead Branch, Atlanta, GA
            Jerry Cullum Juries, Jerry Cullum, Juror, Moving Spirits Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Summer, Juried by Susan Todd-Raque, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Passages, Allen Ashton Gallery, Roswell, GA
            3 Hours/24 Women, Women In Focus Studio Tour, Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts, Atlanta, GA
            Boo! Nightmare on McGruder Street, Art Spot, Atlanta, GA

2001    16 Women/2 Hours, Women in Focus Open Studio Tour, APG Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            In The Dark, Darious & Story Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Inspiration, Genema Gallery, Atlanta, GA
            Women in Focus, The Vinings Club, Vinings, GA
            Emerging Visions 2001, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
            Ephemerata: Fragmented Images of the Natural World, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

1998    Under the Dark Cloth, Metro Art Galleries, Cleveland, OH
            Under the Dark Cloth, Lakeland Community Center for the Fine and Performing Arts, Kirtland, OH

1990     Photographic Works by Atlanta Artists, The Arts Connection, Atlanta, GA
            Through Nature's Lens, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA

1989     Atlanta Photo Show, Atlanta, GA
            Through Nature's Lens, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, GA


1986     Women in Photography, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

1985-1987     Lightworks Gallery of Photography: Founding member/exhibitor of co-operative photography gallery

Selected Awards and Honors
Collector's Portfolio 2003-2004, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Photographer's Forum Magazine "Best of Photography 1989"; First place
Atlanta Photo Show, Atlanta, GA; Second place
Women in Photography: University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; First place

Publications
Pinhole Possibilities; Paula Eubanks, 2013
Featured Pinhole Photographer, September 2010: CK Pinhole Photography website: http://www.chriskeeney.com/photography/pinhole/featured-photographers.html
Japan: Images From A Visual Journal; Jan Kapoor, 2009
Ossabaw Island; Jan Kapoor, 2009
Camera Obscura: Pinhole Photographs by Jan Kapoor; Jan Kapoor, 2009
The Intertidal World: Photographs of Coastal Georgia; Jan Kapoor, 2005
From Pinhole to Print, AlternativePhotography.com, 2009
Alternative Photography: Art & Artists, Edition 1; AlternativePhotography.com, 2006
"Krappy Kamera 8": Camera Arts, May/June 2006 print and online
"Wet Contact Process for Paper Negatives", http://www.alternativephotography.com/articles/art040.html
Islands Magazine; July/August 2004
Pinhole Journal, Vol. 15, #1, April 1999
Photographer's Forum: Best of Photography Annual, 1989

Media Coverage
Review of In Your Dreams by Jerry Cullum, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 27, 2006 "Krappy Kamera 8": Camera Arts, May/June 2006 print and online
Review of solo show Ephemerata: Fragmented Images of the Natural World by Jerry Cullum, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 13, 2002
Review of Essence of Nature by Catherine Fox, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 11, 2003.

Workshops, Lectures and Presentations
2012: Pinhole Photography presentation, Sawnee Artists Association, Cumming, GA
2008: Pinhole Photography Workshop; Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA
2004: Beginning Pinhole Workshop; Roswell Photographic Society, at the Roswell Visual Arts Center, Roswell, GA
2002: Demonstration of pinhole photography equipment and techniques; presentation of pinhole images, Women In Focus at Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Affiliations
2001 to present: Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
2001 to present: Women In Focus, Atlanta, GA
2006 to present: Roswell Photographic Society, Roswell, GA
2008 to present: International Member, Japan Pinhole Photographic Society
2009 to present: Member, Ossabaw Artists Collective        

Work Appearing in Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCAGA) Permanent Collection
The Loudermilk Center Permanent Collection
Pinhole Photography Collection; The Palace of the Governors Photo Archives at the New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Pinhole Resource Archives
Lucinda Bunnen Collection
Kaiser Permanente
Northside Hospital
Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.

Education
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, summa cum laude, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1986 Diploma of Excellence, Southeastern Center for the Photographic Arts, Atlanta, GA
1962 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Major: Painting