Jean Marie Casbarian

Biography
Jean Marie Casbarian, visiting assistant professor of photography and film, is an interdisciplinary installation artist who incorporates photography, film and video projections, sound, sculpture and performance into her artworks. She received her B.F.A. from the University of Colorado-Denver and her M.F.A. from Milton Avery School of Art at Bard College in New York. Along with a nomination for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, she has received a number of awards and artist residencies including The LaNapoule Foundation Grant in LaNapoule, France, the Chicago Artist’s Assistance Project Grant, and a yearlong Associateship with The Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute. Jean Marie comes to Hampshire from Chicago where she was teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago together with the City Colleges and numerous community-based projects. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.