Jackie Brenner, a fine art documentary photographer, born in New Orleans, La. in 1948, studied at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Art School of Photography. She has participated in many group shows, the Florence Biennale 2007 and has had solo exhibitions at the Leica Gallery in New York City and The Darkroom in New Orleans, LA. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Museum of Fine Art, Houston and many private collections. Portfolios of her images have been published in CameraArts Magazine, InConcert Magazine, Focus Fine Art Photography Magazine, and “Ken and Thelma - The Story of Confederacy of Dunces.” She is the author of the seminal book, “Friday Night Grind,” a haunting collection of photographs presenting the underbelly of a Bourbon Street strip club.
Her images have been exhibited in the following shows:
The Academy Gallery, New Orleans, La.- June/July 1997
The Academy Gallery, New Orleans, La.- June/July 1998 The Richard Sexton Merit Award
The Academy Gallery, New Orleans, La.- June/July 1999
Cemeteryscape, New Orleans, La.- April 2000
The Academy Gallery, New Orleans, La.- June/July 2000 The Owen Murphy Merit Award
The Leica Gallery, New York, N. Y.- December/January 2001
The Academy Gallery, New Orleans, La.- 2002
The Academy Gallery, New Orleans, La.- 2003
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibit, The New Orleans Museum of Art- Fall 2003
Bassetti Fine Art Photographs, New Orleans, La.- October/November 2003
The “Friday Night at the Palace” portfolio included in the movie “The Shooting Gallery”- 2005
“Ken and Thelma Toole by the People Who Knew Them”- Special Collections, Tulane University, New Orleans, La.- May/July 2005
The Henry Gallery, New Orleans, La.- July/August 2005
The Leica Gallery - Solo Exhibition - New York, N.Y.- February/ March 2006
From the Art of New York, New York, N.Y.- February 22 thru February 28, 2006
The Human Body- The Darkroom, New Orleans, La.- December/January 2006
New Southern Photography: Series V- Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, La.- May/August 2007
The New Orleans Photo Alliance presents: Identity- Contemporary Photographic Portraiture - October/November 2007
The Florence Biennale - Florence, Italy - December, 2007
Loss. Ritual. Relic.- The Vestiges Project Arts Collaborative - Newcomb College Center for Research on Women - November 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009
Friday Night at the Palace - Solo Exhibition - The Darkroom, New Orleans, LA - February 7, 2009 - March 3, 2009
Peek - The Lingerie Show - The Darkroom, New Orleans, LA. - March 7, 2009 - April 1, 2009
Vestiges of New Orleans: Ritual and Relic - Buckhead Library, Atlanta, GA - October 2, 2009 - March 30, 2010
Femme Fest 2010 - Jazz & Heritage Gallery, New Orleans, LA - March 13, 2010 - April 10, 2010
United States Artists Biennial - Broadway Gallery, New York, NY - September 16, 2010 - September 30, 2010
Art for Art's Sake - Shop of Two Sister, New Orleans, La - October, 2010
Her work has been featured in the following publications:
Camera Arts Magazine- February/March 2003
In Concert Magazine- May/June 2004
“Ken and Thelma- The Story of Confederacy of Dunces” by Joel Fletcher- 2005
Focus Fine Art Photography Magazine- November/December 2006
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