Bio
A native of the Atlanta, Georgia, suburbs, Brown spent more than 15 years working in commercial art, photography, and design in New York, Richmond, Virginia, and Atlanta. He earned an MFA from Maine College of Art & Design and currently teaches at Troy University and Northern State University. His work has been exhibited nationally, including at the Mississippi Museum of Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D.
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jesse.ryan.brown.01@gmail.com

Statement
My art practice is research-driven and grounded in documentary photography, using image-making, historical research, and place-based investigation to examine how history is constructed, remembered, and transformed into myth. I explore the relationships between power, violence, memory, identity, and landscape, with particular attention to Manifest Destiny, colonialism, masculinity, and the institutions that shape collective narratives. Through sustained research and travel, I retrace historical people, events, and places, bringing archival material and contemporary landscapes into conversation.