cara jaye

Cara Jaye lives in Washington State and teaches at Western Washington University (WWU) in Bellingham, WA . She came to WWU in the fall of 1997, after spending three years teaching full time at West Virginia University. Jaye is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art, where she teaches all levels of drawing, studio foundations, photography, alternative photographic techniques, and senior seminar.

Jaye received her MFA in 1993 from the University of Colorado at Boulder and her BFA in 1988 from Parsons School of Design in New York City. Jaye also studied lithography at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris France, and was a recent visiting artist lecturer at the University of Guanajuato in Guanajuato, Mexico during the winter and spring of 2004.

Cara Jaye's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and has been reviewed in the New Art Examiner and Art Papers, along with many national newspapers.

Recent exhibitions include:

(set theory) and Dulce, Shift Studio, Seattle WA (2006, 2005)

Saints and Heroes, El Atrio Gallery, Guanajuato Mexico (2004)

Building wise, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA (2004)

LINK, Portland State University, Portland OR (2004)

Accumulations, Seattle Art Museum R/S Gallery, Seattle WA (2003)

Pacific Northwest Photography Now, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA (2003)

A Twist on Thread, Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park IL (2003 )

Unraveling, Artemisia Gallery in Chicago IL (2002 )

Cara Jaye: Photographs, Ventura College Art Gallery, Ventura CA (2001)

Sleight of Hand: An Exploration of the Stitch, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita KS (2001)

The Northwest Annual, COCA, Seattle WA (2001)

Insect Collection, FotoCircle Gallery, Seattle WA (2000)

Against Gravity, Soil Gallery, Seattle WA (1998)

Other notable shows include: Snipers Nest: Art that has lived with Lucy R. Lippard, which has traveled to six national venues, and The Spirit Within at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC .

Download Cara Jaye's Curriculum Vitae