Photo curtesy of Danny DeRusso
Jeff Smudde (pr. “SMOO-dee”; b. 1997, Royal Oak, Michigan, he/him/his) is an artist from central Illinois based in the Providence, RI area using various photographic processes and sound. His poetic documentary-style work focuses on perceptions of place and spirituality functioning as series, books and installations. He received his Master of Fine Art at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2023 as a Distinguished Art Fellow and his Bachelor of Art from Illinois State University in 2019.
Jeff photographs musicians and live concerts since 2018. Presently open for shows in Massachusetts and Rhode Island for 2025, booking email below.
Jeff writes and produces electronic dance music in his project Cry Kestrel since 2013, listen to his music on Spotify and Apple Music
Publications
ArtAscent Volume 55, “Abstraction,” ArtAscent, 2022
Everything is Narrative, Subjectively Objective, 2022
Investigations in Infrastructure, Subjectively Objective, 2022
New Seeds, Float Magazine, 2021
Mini Monograph volume 98, selected images from Dune Edge Face West, Subjectively Objective, 2020 (Sold out)
Activator Magazine (now Nuke the Whales), selected photographs of Nectar (IL), 2018
Press
Canvas Rebel: Meet Jeff Smudde, May 2024
Apartment Art Gallery Comes to the East Side, March 2024
University Galleries presents 2024 Alumni Spectacular, January 2024
Lenscratch interview, September 2023
Art Beat: Graduate students present spectrum of work at UMD’s MFA thesis exhibition, The Herald News, April 2023
Photo Journal Monday, Musee Magazine, May 2021
Amateur artists win awards, The Pantagraph, March 2019
Email Jeff for any inquiries at jeffsmuddephoto@gmail.com
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