As of July 1st, residing in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Tammy Mercure b 1976, Sioux City IA, was recently named one of the "100 under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art" by Oxford American magazine. She has exhibited internationally, including solo shows at Chicago Cultural Center in Illinois and the Sioux City Art Center in Iowa and group shows at Catherine Edelman Gallery in Chicago. She has received numerous awards and grants, including a Polaroid Art Support Grant and several CAAP grants from the City of Chicago. Images from Wonders were published in the book “Place, Art, and Self” by Yi-Fu Tuan. She has a BA from Columbia College Chicago and an MFA from East Tennessee State University. She is currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee, where she freelances and teaches adjunct at area colleges.
THANKS
Alexander Norton
American Guide
Booooooom
Don/Dean
Conscientious
Eleanor Magazine R.I.P.
The Exposure Project
Fallyrag
Flak Photo
Fototazo
Global Yodel
In My Community
The Independent Photobook
Indie Photobook Library
Native Publications
1000 Words Photography
Sharemag R.I.P.
Sick of the Radio
Southern Photography
Stay Young
Urbanautica
Wan.der.lust.ag.ra.phy
We Can't Paint R.I.P.
Zoum Zoum
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Photography , East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 2009
B.A. Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL 1999
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009
Animal: Tammy Mercure & John Simmons, Tipton Gallery, Johnson City, TN
Bears Vs. Gems, Calvin College Gallery/ Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI
Big Rock Candy Mountain,
Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Mountain Empire, Virginia Intermont College Photography Gallery, Bristol, VA
2004
Fictional Wonders / Real Hallucinations: Works by Dan Attoe and Tammy Mercure, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
2003
Wonders: Photographs by Tammy Mercure, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Onward Compe. Project Brasho, Philadelphia, PA.
Selections from the Indie Photobook Library. A Fair. University of Kansas. Lawrence, KS
2012
All Visual Boston. Spectacle. Jamaica Plain, MA.
All Visual Triangle. The Pinhook. Durham, NC.
Captured by a Portrait: 20 Books from Indie Photobook Library, GuatePhoto, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Handmade & Bound. Watkins College. Nashville, TN.
Issue #51: The Portrait, F-Stop Magazine, .fstopmagazine.com
Selections from the Indie Photobook Library, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA
Selections from the Indie Photobook Library, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Selections from the Indie Photobook Library, PhotoNOLA. New Orleans, LA.
2011
Re-Imaging Appalachia, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Returning the Gaze, Northern Trust Bank, Chicago, IL
2010
Appalachian Photographers Project, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Faculty Show, Abingdon Arts Depot, Abingdon, VA
Modern Image, International Orange Photo Festival, Changsha City, Hunan Province, China
New Visionaires 2009, Tobacco Warehouse, New York Photo Festival, New York, NY
Reunion: Invitational Exhibition of 100 Alumni, Johnson City, TN
Slideluck Potshow Chicago IV, Chicago, IL
Slideshow and Panel DIscussion, Hatchfest, Asheville, NC
2009
Breaking Boundaries II, Pingyao, China
Flora and Fauna, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
Look at the Mess You Made, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Mockingbird, Brief Gallery, Nashville, TN
Slideluck Potshow Charlottesville, Look3 Festival, Charlottesville, VA
ZeroSum, Create Here Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2008
Contemporary Southern Photographers, Atlanta Photography Group Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Enfance: Purpose Projection 4, Paris, France
Enfance/ Childhood,
Issue 8, Purpose Magazine, www.purpose.fr
Group Show No. 22, Humble Arts,
www.humbleartsfoundation.org
Is It Possible to Make a Photograph of New Jersey Regardless of Where You Are At in the World?, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Marks, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Place or Space, St. Olaf Collage, Northfield, MN
2007
The Looking Glass, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
Mockingbird, Tipton Place Gallery, Johnson City, TN
New Works: SPA Group Show, Tipton Place Galery, Johnson City, TN
2006
Group-Show.com Pinned Up, 3rd Ward. Brooklyn, NY
Photography Midwest: A Seven State Juried Exhibition, Wisconsin Union Galleries, Madison, WI
The Chicago Project: Selections from our Online Gallery, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005
Crests, Laurels, and Proof, Moser Performing Arts Center Gallery, University of St Francis, Joliet, IL
Servings, City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower, Chicago, IL
2004
Art to Fear II, Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fact / Fiction, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT. Juror: Dawoud Bey
National Juried Artshow 2004, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM. Award: Honorable Mention
Revealing the Obscure, www.PostPicasso.com. Juror: Barbara Ess
2003
Artists at the Bistro, The Bistro, Batavia, IL
18th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
Dancin’ On Dearborn, Three Arts Club, Chicago, IL
Four Walls, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001
Columbian Exposition Invitational Art Auction, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL (catalogue)
A State of Art, Shotwell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000
First Works, Columbia College Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
Millennial Images, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
GRANTS & AWARDS
2010
Award of Excellence, Modern Image, International Orange Photo Festival
Honorable Mention, 2010 International Photography Award, Professional Portrait
2009
Graduate Research Grant, ETSU School of Graduate Studies
Honorable Mention, Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Emerging Photographers
Honorable Mention, New York Photo Festival, Student Fine Art Series
2008
Graduate Research Grant, ETSU School of Graduate Studies
2007
Community Arts Assistant Program (CAAP) Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
2006
Time Out Chicago Photo Contest, Honorable Mention, Time Out Chicago magazine
2005
CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
Partial Fellowship, Bard MFA Program
2004
Best in Show, Revealing the Obscure, www.PostPicasso.com
Stuart and Iris Baum Project Completion Grant, Chicago, IL
2002
CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
Polaroid Artist Support Grant, Polaroid Corporation, Waltham, MA
2001
CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
Emerging Artists Residency, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
COLLECTIONS
Columbia College Chicago Photography Department, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Photography’s Midwest Photographer’s Project, Chicago, IL (2007-2009, 2002-2004)
Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Polaroid Corporation, Waltham, MA
Private Collections
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
PUBLICATIONS
2013
Darwin Magazine. Issue 2: The Americas.
Easter Trouble Vol. 1. Easter Trouble Press.
Prima Persona Magazine. Sports.
2012
2012 Book a Month. TCB Press.
O'Neill, Claire.
"The Visual South, Part III: Tourist Towns". NPR Picture Show. May 9, 2012.
Oxford American No. 76. "100 under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art."
Oxford American No. 77. Best of the South.
Photoworld.
South x Southeast. February 2012. Southern Appalachia. "Big Rock Candy Mountain from the Great Smoky Mountains."
Subjective Magazine. Issue #2: The Forgotten.
2009
Collector's Guide to Emerging Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation
Flash Foward- Emerging Photographers 2009, Magenta Foundation
New York Photo Awards 2009 Photo Annual Book
Waterfall Magazine, What's Your Function in Life Issue
2004
Tuan, Yi Fu.
Place, Art, and Self. Iceland: Center for American Places
Cook, Chris. Fictional Wonders/ Real Hallucinations. Exh. Cat., Sioux City Art Center
2001
Shots: #76: Barriers and Passages. December
2000
Pinhole Journal Volume 16 #3. Dec
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010-current, Assistant Professor, King College, Bristol, TN
2009-2010, Assistant Professor, Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA
2009- 2011 Founder,
Appalachian Photographers Project
2007- 2009 Graduate Assistant/ Instructor on Record, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
2007 Docent Coordinator, City Gallery of Photography, Chicago, IL
2003 - 2006 Adjunct Faculty, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
1999 - 2007 Digital Imaging Coordinator, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
LECTURES
2013
Guest Speaker. f32 Group. Asheville, NC.
Guest Speaker. Virginia Military Institute. Lexington, VA.
Senior Portfolio Reviews. Virginia Commonwealth University Photography Department.
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2010 Appalachian Photographers Project, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
Fine Feathers, Photography Gallery at Virginia Intermont, Bristol, VA
2008 Thinking Big, Slucomb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
2006 Nature, InTransit Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 The Lobby, South Loop SRO, Chicago, IL
2003 - 2007 Series Co-Coordinator, 6x6 Series Photography Books, Chicago, IL