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The Photography program at WVU fosters creative exploration in the production of art through exploring digital and historical photographic processes.

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Big changes underway in the photo area! Excited to share the newly remodeled space with students this Fall. by @wvuphotography

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Making BIG prints on PhotoTex today with the one and only @_jedsammons_ ! by @wvuphotography

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Mar 6-Apr 19, 2025
The Archive As Liberation
Pittsburgh, PA 15224 by @wvuphotography

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Spin thru of "Mutations" up through Feb 28 at West Virginia University's Paul Mesaros Gallery (open M-F 10-5pm). by @wvuphotography

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A long overdue congratulations to recent MFA graduate, @kristian_thacker, on his powerful thesis exhibition, Anamnesis. by @wvuphotography

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I really can't overstate how fortunate we are to have the @artmuseumofwvu right on campus! In class, we examined this WV-made piece by @mitch_epstein, and then got to view it in person at the museum. What an amazing learning opportunity for our students! We also explored the impressive Mapping Climate Change exhibit, featuring a fascinating tapestry installation. by @wvuphotography

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Huge congratulations to recent graduate student, Kristian Thacker, on being selected for this important publication!
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Very happy to see that these images from my masters thesis were selected for @american_photography_winners AP40. by @wvuphotography

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Had a fantastic time last week with photo-based artist @melissa_catanese, featuring an inspiring artist talk, the opening reception for her Mutations exhibit, and a special book sharing and gallery tour with @wvuphotography students! by @wvuphotography

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Make sure you check out the incredible exhibition on view right now in the Paul Mesaros Galleries by @melissa_catanese! @wvuartdesign
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I’m thrilled to announce my upcoming exhibition at West Virginia University on Wednesday, January 29 through February 28. I’ll be giving a talk at 5pm in Bloch Hall. If you’re in the area, I hope to see you!
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Melissa Catanese is an artist and educator based in Pittsburgh, PA. She creates artist’s books and image constellations that merge her own photographs with found and anonymous imagery, transforming individual images into fluid, sensorial experiences within a collective context, and challenging ideas of authorship, representation, and the lifecycle of images.

In Mutations, Catanese combines darkroom experiments and archival images with newly made images from coastal and geological exploration. Central to the exhibition are photograms crafted from remnants of the historic carbon printing process–abstract “fossils” from pigmented gelatin that suggest transformation and evoke introspection.

Her photographs of bull kelp formations along the Pacific coast function as both observational studies and visceral metaphors, signaling bull kelp’s fragile role within environmental change while eliciting a bodily, almost intestinal response. Displayed alongside images of aquatic life, geological evidence, and archival materials, her work examines the interplay between human documentation and the psychological tension between abstraction and observation.

Mutations blurs artistic boundaries, embracing the recycling of motifs and the spirit of experimentation. Through seemingly dissonant yet interconnected elements, Catanese offers a meditation on ecological fragility, deep time, and the evolving nature of creative practice.
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Thank you @michaeljsherwin for the invitation and @samuelboehm and @dylan_ethan_collins for all of your help along the way! by @wvuphotography

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Last semester, @wvuphotography students took a field trip to Pittsburgh, where they enjoyed a special behind-the-scenes tour of exhibitions at the @silvereyecenter and explored the Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology and the Contemporary Landscape exhibit at @carnegiemuseumofart. by @wvuphotography

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Huge congratulations to Ava Furlow and James Sammons on receiving the @wvuartdesign Director’s Awards in the Juried Student Exhibition! by @wvuphotography

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