About the Juror

Susan kae Grant,
Photography & Book Arts
Cornaro Professor of Art, Emerita
Texas Woman’s University, Dept. of Visual Arts

Susan Kae Grant is an inventive and influential lens-based artist and educator. Her innovative studio practice and distinct personal vision represent one of the mediums more sustained and recognizable contributions to fabricated photography. With an interest in art and science, she uses the shadow as metaphor to create fabricated narratives that explore dreams, memory and the unconscious for her on-going series, “Night Journey”.

Grant’s work is collected and exhibited in museums, galleries, and private collections. She has lectured and exhibited her work throughout the United States, Canada, China, Europe, Australia, British Columbia, Africa, Guatemala, and Japan. Her photographic and book-works are included in the public collections of Eastman Museum; J. Paul Getty Museum; Smithsonian Special Collections; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Tokyo Photographic Art Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Victoria and Albert National Art Library.

A selection of books and publications featuring her work include TIME magazine; TIME Lightbox; Diffusion Magazine; Adore Noir; Black + White Photography; PhotoVideoEDU; Smithsonian Magazine; DMagazine; Texas Monthly, Modern Luxury Dallas; and FotoMAGAZIN.

From 1981-2017 Grant served as Head of Photography at Texas Woman's University and named Cornaro Professor of Art Emerita in 2018. She holds an MFA and BS in photography and book arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.