Meet Jaime Aelavanthara
Associate Professor, Art and Design
Phone: (813) 257-3354
Email: jaelavanthara@ut.edu
Address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606
Mailbox: 104F
Building:
FCA
Room: 106
Education
2014 Louisiana Tech University, MFA
2011 University of Mississippi, BFA
Courses Taught
2-D DesignIntroduction to Digital Photography
Advanced Photography
Career Specialties
Jaime Aelavanthara specializes in alternative photographic processes with an interest in both traditional analog techniques and the newest digital strategies.Professional and Community Activities
Aelavanthara's work is exhibited around the country, making solo and group exhibition appearances at venues such as the SOHO Photo Gallery in New York, The New Orleans Photo Alliance, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans and the Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado.She has been published in Don't Take Pictures magazine, Seites magazine, The Oxford American: Eyes on the South and in Teaching Photography: Tools for the Imaging Educator 2nd edition. Her photographs also serve as cover art for literary works including The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded (Persea Books, NY), and Venus in Furs (Roads Publishing, Dublin). Her work is in public and private collections including the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, the University of Arkansas in Little Rock and the International House Hotel in New Orleans. She is represented by SEITIES gallery in Calgary, Canada.
Aelavanthara participates in the larger artistic community as a member of the faculty at the Maine Media Workshops, and is a visiting lecturer at various schools and conferences including The Society for Photographic Education and Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC).