Alaskan photographer and multimedia artist Jeanette Sweetman works with motion and the human form. Beginning in the black and white darkroom at the age of thirteen, she gravitated toward portraits. Leaning toward the experimental nature of light, she then developed interest in digital photography, video, and stop motion animation, finding a particular love in dance photography. Jeanette has studied figure drawing for a number of years, and continues to dedicate her attention to human anatomy and portraiture in pencil and paint. She currently resides in New Mexico.

Education

University of Alaska Anchorage. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Minor in French. 2018

Film screenings

2022 Lost It To Trying. Andiamo Dance Company.

2021 Harlowe. Sky Jam: New Beginnings.

2019 Andiamo Dance Company short film

2018 Harlowe. Winner of Ketchikan Film Festival.

2018 The Woman Who Lives at the End of Time, BFA Thesis Exhibition. Anchorage, AK.

2017    Harlowe. OPN 2017, Anchorage AK

2017   Treading Ever So Softly. Lauren Smith’s senior project, University of Idaho.

2016    In the Water. Gigglefeet Dance Festival, Ketchikan AK

2014    In This Shirt. An Evening of Dance, Ketchikan AK

2013    Among the Conscious. Gigglefeet Dance Festival, Ketchikan, AK

Exhibitions

2021 Solo pop-up show at New York Cafe, Ketchikan AK

2019 Wearable Art Show, Ketchikan AK

2018 Live painting with the Sunlight Collaboration. Anchorage, AK.

2018 The Woman Who Lives at the End of Time, BFA Thesis Exhibition. Anchorage, AK.

2018 Exhibition with Rejoy Armamento, Bootlegger’s, Anchorage, AK.

2016    2D / 3D Invitational, UAA Student Union Gallery, Anchorage AK

2015    Through Our Eyes by UAA Camera Club, UAA Student Union Gallery. Anchorage, AK

No Big Heads Self-Portrait Competition, UAA Student Union Gallery. Anchorage, AK

2014    28th Wearable Art Show, Ketchikan, AK

The Great Big HeArt Invitational, Middle Way Café. Anchorage, AK

2013    Foundations, UAA Student Union Gallery. Anchorage, AK

Gravitate*, The Fish House. Ketchikan, AK.  *solo exhibition

2012    Celebration of the Sea. Chinook & Company. Ketchikan, AK

26th Wearable Art Show, Ketchikan, AK

Southeast Alaska Regional Artfest, Craig, AK

2011    Heart On My Sleeve, Main Street Gallery. Ketchikan, AK

Celebration of the Sea. Chinook & Company. Ketchikan, AK

Southeast Alaska Regional Artfest, Petersburg, AK

Blueberry Festival Juried Art Show, Main Street Gallery. Ketchikan, AK

25th Wearable Art Show, Ketchikan, AK

2010    Blueberry Festival Juried Art Show, Main Street Gallery. Ketchikan, AK

Southeast Alaska Regional Artfest, Haines, AK

Awards/ Academic Memberships

2018 Winner of Ketchikan Film Festival for short film Harlowe.

2018 Meissner Award for Creativity for short film Harlowe.

UAA Student Showcase 2017. Anchorage AK. Winning presenter with Landmarks

Alaska Professional Communicators. Recipient of 2017 Annual Scholarship.

UAA Camera Club, Anchorage AK. Member, 2013-2018. President, 2015-2016