jean germain ~ fine art photographer
Jean Germain began her career as an artist after retiring from teaching in elementary schools. Her images have been published in magazines and newspapers as well as hanging in private and public collections. She was a founding member of The Jazz Club of Sarasota Florida, and as the "official photographer" spent a quarter century taking pictures of the yearly performances. That body of work became a book, Jazz From Row Six, published in 2009.She divides her time between Sarasota, Florida, and Monterey, Massachusetts.
Jean Germain with Milt Hinton, 1998. Photo by Joe Wilder.
Selected Juried Shows/Awards
One Person Shows & Invitationals
Professional Experience
Membership
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Selected Juried Shows/Awards [*number of awards]
- 2009 – Leepa-Ratner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs FL *
- 2007 – Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences, Florida
- 2007, 2002, 1998, 1990 – Art Center Sarasota Florida *****
- 2007, 2002, 1999, 1998 – Venice Art Center, Florida ****
- 2006 – Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota FL
- 2005 – Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL *
- Selby Botanical Gardens Art Gallery, Sarasota FL *
- Women’s Resource Center Art Gallery, Sarasota FL
- 1999 – Melvin Gallery Florida Southern College *
- Venice Art Center, Venice FL *
- 1998 – Jacksonville Museum of Art, Jacksonville, FL
- Litchfield Jazz Festival, Litchfield CT
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One Person Shows & Invitationals
- 2009 – Selected framed photographs Jazz From Row Six. The WIT Gallery, Lenox, MA
- 2005 – Retrospective 25 years through 125 photographs. ComCenter, Bradenton, FL
- “New Eye Photography” Manatee Art Center FL
- Lenox Library Art Gallery MA
- Roskamp Center for the Arts Sarasota FL
- Sarasota City Hall Federal Building Sarasota, FL
- 2004 - Naoussa Gallery, Tyringham, MA
- 2003 - Phillips Gallery, Sanibel FL
- 2001 - Gallery of the Capital, Tallahassee FL
- 2000 – Gallery of Fine Art, Ft. Meyers, FL
- Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota FL
- Southern Exposure Gallery Palm Beach FL
- 1999 - Weil Art Gallery, 92nd Street Y, New York City
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Professional Experience
- Instructor of photography –
- Interlaken School of Art, Interlaken, MA
- Celebrity Cruise Line, Cunard Cruise Line
- Guest lecturer –
- Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
- Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico
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Membership
- UNIFEM – United Nations support for women worldwide/ Berkshire MA Chapter
- Photographic Resource Center – Boston, MA
- Women Contemporary Artists, Sarasota, FL
- Sarasota Arts Council, Sarasota, FL
- Florida Artist Group, Tallahassee, FL