ABOUT
Jana C. Perez (1966–2021) held an M.A. in Advertising Design and an M.F.A. in Photography with a minor in Design. She was an artist, professional graphic designer, fine art photographer, and educator whose work frequently examined advertised ideals of female identity and beauty.
Perez’s fine art photography was featured in juried, invitational, and solo exhibitions nationwide, including the 4th Annual Photography Biennial, ReFresh Print Biennial I, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Art Basel Miami, the Fitton Center for the Arts, and the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science. She was also recognized as a Portfolio Winner by the Houston Center for Photography.
Her design work received recognition from Adweek, the Dallas Advertising League, the American Advertising Federation of Fort Worth, Graphic Design USA, and UCDA.
Perez presented research at the Annual Hawaiian International Conference on Arts and Humanities, UCDA Design Education Summits, the Texas Association of Schools of Art Conference, and the International Conference on the Image.
Angilee Wilkerson is a North Texas- based artist and holds an M.F.A. in Photography with a Minor in Intermedia. She is an artist, educator, and photographer and serves as Creative Director at the University of North Texas.
Through long-term projects such as The Wondrous Prairie and Perform La Femme, her practice explores embodied experiences of wilderness and alterity. For the past twenty years she has photographed in the the native grasslands, thickets, flood plains and waterways found in and near the Blackland Prairie and Cross Timbers of northern Texas and southern Oklahoma.
Her work has been exhibited internationally in venues including the Huai’an International Museum in Jiangsu, China, and Prostor Gallery in Boskovic, Czech Republic and recognized by jurors from institutions including The New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the George Eastman Museum and her photographs have appeared in publications including The Photo Review, Photo District News, and Photographer’s Forum.
She is the recipient of a Puffin Foundation Grant and an artist residency at La Macina di San Cresci in Chianti, Italy, awarded for her project Perform La Femme. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado, and the Longview Museum of Fine Arts in Longview, Texas. She also serves as Lead Curator of Between Natura, a biennial exhibition exploring intersections of art and the natural world.
Angilee earned her certification as a Texas Master Naturalist and is passionate about Texas prairie restoration; she donates her time to education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within the North Texas area.