Jamie Ho
Assistant Professor
Department of Art
Jamie Ho is an interdisciplinary artist and educator from Fort Myers, Florida. Her art practice engages with GIFs, photography, new media, and installation to investigate the long-term impact of assimilation and cultural bereavement through references to ancestral traditions and artifacts. Her work trouble methodology of public spectacle, using performance and lighting studio techniques to challenge societal beauty standards.
Ho’s work has been exhibited nationally at Houston Center for Photography, Westbeth Gallery, ChaShaMa, Stove Works, Candela Books + Gallery, and more. She has been included in the 2023 Silver List, was a 2021 Critical Mass Finalist and was awarded the 40th Center Annual Beth Block Honorarium by Houston Center for Photography. She was awarded residencies at ACRE Residency and Vermont Studio Center and will be an Artist-in-Residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Summer 2025) and Visual Studies Workshop (Fall 2025). Hopreviously taught at University of Houston as the Visiting Assistant Professor in Photography + Video.
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Education
2023 MFA in Studio Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2012 BFA cum laude, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Awards
- The 2023 Silver List, Silver Eye Center for Photography
- Finalist, Blurring the Lines
- Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
- 40th Center Annual Beth Block Honorarium, Houston Center for Photography
- Finalist, The Roswell Artist-in-Residence
- Kimmel Harding Nelson Residency Award, Nebraska City, NE
- Trickey Memorial Fellowship in Studio Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
- Equity Scholarship, Atlanta Celebrates Photography Virtual Portfolio Review
- Hixson Lied Presentation Grant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
- Student Award for Innovations in Imaging, Society of Photographic Education