Jacque Rupp is a documentary and fine-art photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A visual storyteller, Rupp uses the camera to challenge and question, offering a unique perspective on the world around us. In her most recent work, Rupp focuses on womanhood, using herself and experiences. As the subject matter, Rupp ventures off in the imagined, exploring issues of identity and purpose.
Rupp received an MBA from Santa Clara University and later worked as an executive in Silicon Valley. Building on her lifelong passion for the visual arts, Rupp studied photography at Stanford University, at the Los Angeles Center of Photography and Santa Fe Workshops. She is on the advisory board for the UNAFF (United Nations Associated Film Festival), a documentary film festival and serves on the board of the Weston Collective, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding student access to photography.
Her photographs are held in private collections and have been exhibited widely in juried shows and publications. Rupp’s documentary work on farmers in the Salinas Valley has been used by numerous nonprofit organizations both in print and online.
Jacque Rupp was selected as a Critical Mass finalist in both 2022 and 2023.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“The arts help us to understand ourselves as they illuminate our common humanity.”
As the daughter of a psychologist, I'm deeply curious about the human condition. In life and in art, I strive to connect, to understand, to find common ground. My images are uniquely personal; I’m drawn to intimacy, intensity, authenticity. Having experienced losses early in life, I gravitate toward themes of longing and solitude but always with hints of hope and rebirth not far away. I am interested in themes around female representation and how they have evolved over time. Through my art, I both ask and consider answers to complex questions. With camera in hand, I engage with the world, ever present, and eager to capture the moments that give us all pause to reflect. I’m a storyteller. And with my lifelong love for the moving image, I often create photographs with a cinematic flare.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Awards
2024
Harvey Milk Photo Book Selection - Harvey Milk Photo Center - San Francisco, CA
2023
Jurored Participant - Review Santa Fe 2023, CENTER, Santa Fe, NM Review
Honorable Mention – Self Portraits Women Seen by Women - 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
Merit Award - All About Photo.com Magazine 29 Women
2022
Curator’s Choice - South x Southeast Photo-magazine - Dec/Jan issue
Honorable Mention – Self Portraits Women Seen by Women - 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
Spotlight Award - Black & White Magazine
2021
Honorable Mention – Self Portraits Women Seen by Women – 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award
First Merit Award – All About Photo Magazine #18 B&W
2020
First Merit Award – All About Photo Magazine #12 B&W
Honorable Mention – Foothill Community College, Los Altos Hills, CA, The Corrective Lens – Mamen Saura and Ron Herman
Silver Award – San Francisco Bay International Photography, featured on Boka Boka – David Garnick
2019
Silver Award – San Francisco Bay International Photography – featured on Boka Boka – David Garnick
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Krause Center for Innovation Gallery - Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, CA - The Red Purse
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA - Maverick Photographers
Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA – 2024 Members’ Juried Exhibition – Catherine Couturier
2023
Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA – 2023 Members’ Juried Exhibition – Hamida Glascow
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT – Portrait: Self, Others - Juried Exhibition – Elizabeth Avedon
2022
Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA – 2022 Members’ Juried Exhibition – Crista Dix
Los Angeles Center Photography - 2nd Annual Project Exhibition - Ann Jastrab Exhibited at the Holiday Party
SxSE Gallery - Constructions/Connections - Jennifer McClure
2021
Los Angeles Center of Photography - The Creative Portrait Members Exhibition - Aline Smithson and Dr. LeRonn P. Brooks
Art Ventures Gallery – Our Essential Farmers and Farm Workers – Photographs by Mark Tuschman with supplemental photos by Jacque Rupp – August 24th-31st
Davis Orton Gallery 7th Annual Group Show Online – Paula Tognarelli
Griffin Museum – critic's pick gallery online for the 27th juried show – Paula Tognarelli
Center for Photography, Greenville, SC – Memory – Fran Forman
The University of Southern Mississippi Museum of Art and School of Performing and Visual Arts – 2020: An International Juried Photography Exhibition" – Betty Press
2020
Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA – 2020 International Juried Online Exhibition – Aline Smithson
Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA – 2020 Members’ Juried Exhibition – Ann Jastrab and Laura Sackett
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN – The Still Life – Ann Jastrab
Krause Center of Innovation Gallery - Foothill College, Los Alto Hills, CA – The Corrective Lens – Ron Herman and Mamen Saura
Publications & Press
2024
2023
2022
aPhotoEditor: This Week in Photography: Be Memborable – Jonathan Blaustein
L.A. Photo Curator: The “I” - A Call for Self Portraiture - Ellen Friedlander
2021
Edge of Humanity Magazine – Putting Food On America’s Tables | The Shift From “unskilled” To “ESSENTIAL” Workers
aPhotoEditor: Portfolios from the LACP Review – Jonathan Blaustein
What Will You Remember? A Spectrum of Exposure – Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy
Singular Images Blog, LACP Portfolio Review, January 2021 – Douglas Stockdale
2020
All About Photo Magazine #12 B&W
Los Alto Town Crier – Tera Farms Article
Palo Alto Weekly – Tera Farms Article
Education
MBA Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Boards
Weston Collective – Carmel, CA
United Nations Associated Film Festival – Stanford University, CA
