SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2011    Our Origins, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, upcoming
            Work from the Hornswaggler Collection, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, upcoming
            Solo Exhibition, Morton College, Cicero IL, upcoming
            Collector's Guide Exhibition, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, curated by Vanessa Kramer (Phillips de Pury)
            Outside Coming In, Hungryman Gallery, Chicago
            ACRE Booth, NEXT/Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago
            Hornswaggler Booth, MDW Art Fair, Geo Lofts, Chicago
            Solo Exhibition: Present, ACRE Projects, solo exhibition, Chicago
            Contemporary Portraits by Women Photographers, Northern Trust, Chicago
            You're Pushing Too Hard, Chicago Art Department
            Rodan Scholars, Rodan, Chicago
2010    New Insight at Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago
            Ground Floor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
            Borderland: Work from Manifest 2010, Arcade Gallery, Chicago
            New American Landscape, Las Manos Gallery, Chicago
            MFA Thesis Exhibition, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago
            Four Names, Barbara and Barbara Gallery, Chicago
            Wesiman Exhibition, Columbia College, Chicago
            Fantastic Landscape, 310 ConTemporary, Hyde Park Art Center/Columbia College, Chicago
            ACRE Summer Benefit, Johalla Projects, Chicago
            Spring Benefit Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL
2009    Kinsey Institute Juried Exhibition, Best in Show, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
            The Contemporary Landscape, Fraction Magazine
            Premier the Queer, Barbara and Barbara Gallery, Chicago
            2009 Spring Benefit Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL
2008    Human|Nature, Columbia College, Chicago
            Chicago Art Open, Curator’s Choice, curated by Candida Alvarez, Catherine Edelman, and Kymberly Pinder,             Merchandise Mart, Chicago
            Evanston Biennial, curated by Barbara Wiesen and Lanny Silverman, Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL
            2008 Spring Festival at Looptopia, curated by Julie Rodrigues Widholm, ATC Riverfront Gallery, Chicago
            National Photography Exhibition, curated by Todd Hido, University of Toledo, Toledo OH
2007    Six-State Photography Show, Curator's Award, curated by Marcella Hackbardt, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin OH
            Domain, honors thesis exhibition (two person), Fisher Gallery, Oberlin OH
            Senior Expo, curator and exhibitor, Oberlin College Art Department, Oberlin OH

SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2010    New Insight Nominee for Art Chicago, Columbia College Chicago
            Albert P. Weisman Award, Columbia College Chicago
            ACRE Residency
2009    Review Santa Fe, Center, selected by Ann Pallesen, Amber Terranova, Laura Addison
            Best in Show, Kinsey Institute Juried Exhibition
            Graduate Opportunity Award, Columbia College Chicago
            John Mulvany Scholarship, merit award, Columbia College Chicago
2008    Curator’s Choice, Chicago Art Open, curated by Catherine Edelman, Candida Alvarez, Kymberly Pinder
            Graduate Opportunity Award, Columbia College Chicago
            Finalist, Photographer’s Forum Annual Photography Competition
            Nominee for Chicago Art Open, Columbia College Chicago
2007    Follett Fellowship Full Tuition Award from Columbia College Chicago
            Finalist, Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series (solo exhibition), MoCA Cleveland
            Curator’s Award, Six-State Photography Show, FAVA Gallery
2005    Amani Scholar, Amani Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011    The Collector's Guide to New Art Photography (Vol. 2), Humble Arts Foundation
2010    New American Landscape
            Nymphoto, 'A Conversation with Jennifer Ray'
            Newcity Chicago, 'Review: Four Names/Barbara & Barbara Gallery,' 25 Jan 2010
            Art Talk Chicago, 27 Jan 2010
2009    52 Editions, November 2009
            Fraction Magazine, 'Contemporary Landscape Photography'
            Sweet Junimper, 'Jennifer Ray's Go Deep Into the Woods', 27 Oct 2009    
            Manchester Photography, 'Jennifer Ray', 22 Sept 2009      
            Chicago Reader, featured in Galleries Section 
            Flak Photo, 11 June 2009
            Lenscratch, 'Jennifer Ray', 10 June 2009
2008    Best of Photography 2008, Photographer’s Forum
            Newcity Chicago, ‘Eye Exam: Double Take on the Biennial’, 10 June 2008

COLLECTIONS
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction
Hornswaggler Arts
Various private collections

EDUCATION
2010    Columbia College Chicago, MFA in Photography, Chicago IL
2007    Oberlin College, BA in Studio Art (cum laude), Oberlin OH