2012        (upcoming)  "Every Breath We Drew," Schneider Gallery.  Chicago, IL.
                (upcoming)  "Transcendence," Griffin Museum of Photography.  Winchester, MA. 
2011         "New Work," Gallery Kayafas.  Boston, MA.
2010         "Coupled," Gallery Kayafas. Boston, MA.
                 "Transcendence," Simmons College, Boston, MA.
2009         "Transcendence" 303 Gallery, New England Institute of Art. Boston, MA.
2008         "Rectitude," Gallery Kayafas. Boston, MA.
2006         "Transcendence," MassArt. Boston, MA.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012

"Intra Country: Patriotic Expressions," Gallery Kayafas.  Boston, MA.
"Ephemeral Ink: Selections of Tattoo Art from the Kinsey Institute," The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.  Bloomington, IN. 
"Ephemeral Ink: Selections of Tattoo Art from the Kinsey Institute," Marian University Art Gallery.  Indianapolis, IN.  
The Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show, The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.  Bloomington, IN. 
"Voyeurism and Intimacy: The public/private divide in photography," Rayko Photo Center.  San Francisco, CA.
"Lust," Jennifer Schwartz Gallery.  Atlanta, GA.  
Massachusetts College of Art and Design 23rd Annual Benefit Art Auction.  (Annually since 2007, with catalogue)

2011

"Transgressive," two person show, Leslie/Lohman Museum of Gay Art.  New York, NY.
"I/Q: Identity Queer," Simmons College.  Boston, MA.
"Family Value," Michael Mazzeo Gallery.  New York, NY.
"Flourish: Alumni Works on Paper," MassArt.  Boston, MA.
"Summer Party," Museum of Fine Arts.  Boston, MA.  
"That's so Gay," Bunker Hill Community College.  Boston, MA.
"Gender Matters/Matters of Gender," Albright College.  Reading, PA.  Juried by Judith Tannenbaum.  
"Queer Me."  The Center, New York, NY.  Curated by Garth Amundson and Darren Lee Miller.

2010

"Cut, Healed, Mine: Processing Top Surgery."  The Meeting Point, Boston, MA.
"Traversing Gender," McIninch Art Gallery, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH.
"A New Angle: Portrait Group Show."  Schneider Gallery.  Chicago, IL.
"Familiar Bodies."  Carroll and Sons Art Gallery.  Boston, MA.
"The Second Great LGBT Photography Show."  Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation.  New York, NY.
"In Between," Allegheny College Art Gallery. Meadville, PA. (Catalogue)

2009

"2009 Salem Arts Association Photography Exhibit," Salem Arts Association Gallery. Salem, MA.
Juried by Phillip Prodger, Curator of Photography at the Peabody Essex Museum.
"Visibilities: The Art of Negotiating Identity," Birmingham Southern College. Birmingham, AL.
"15th Juried Exhibition," Griffin Museum of Photography. Winchester, MA. Juried by Catherine Edelman.
"Identity," Femina Potens Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
"An Evening of Trans Art and Activism" (two person show), Eastworks. Easthampton, MA.
"JustArt," Works dealing with social justice and responsibility. Boston College. Boston, MA.
"Off the Wall," Danforth Museum of Art. Framingham, MA. Juried by Joseph Carroll and Lisa Tung.

2008

"TPS 17: The National Competition," Texas Photographic Society.  Juried by Lisa Sutcliffe. (Catalogue)
"ArtCetera," Boston Center for the Arts. Boston, MA. (Catalogue)
"American Summer ’08," Kingston Gallery. Boston, MA. Juried by Matthew Nash.

2007

Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery. Boston, MA. Juried by Joseph Carroll.
"Biennial 2007," New Hampshire Institute of Art. Manchester, NH.
"BFA Photography Thesis Exhibition," MassArt.
"Hijacking the Future: Hugs and Kisses." School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.
Juried by Georgie Friedman.

2006

"Center Awards Juried Exhibition," Center for Photographic Art. Carmel, CA. Juried by Sarah Greenough.
"Photography Now." South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. Juried by Henry Horenstein.
"Photo Review Best of Show Exhibition." Gallery 1401, University of the Arts. Philadelphia, PA.

2005

"Nudes," Atlantic Works Gallery. Boston, MA.  Juried by Rob Clifford and Nick Johnson.
"LoveSmall," ArtSPACE@16. Malden, MA. Juried by Adria Arch.
"A Deeper Shade of Pink," Godine Family Gallery, MassArt. Juried by TT Baum.

Awards and Scholarships

2012

Featured photographer, Flak Photo.

2011

"Flash Forward- Emerging Photographers 2011," The Magenta Foundation.
"Artist spotlight: Jess Dugan," The Advocate. 
"Coupled," Esquire Magazine (Russian edition)
"What's the value, and face, of a family?  Portrait salon provides answers, prompts questions,"
review, The Villager, New York, NY.
"A Moment Collected: Photographs at the Harvard Art Museum," artist book.  Boston, MA.
"A Place so as to Stay," exhibition catalogue.  Gallery Kayafas.  Boston, MA.
"Open View," feature in Love Issue #4.  Bucharest, Romania.
"Arts: That's so Gay," The Weekly Dig.  Boston, MA.
"More with less: Jess T. Dugan," feature on Urbanautica.

2010

"Breaking and blurring gender boundaries," review of Traversing Gender in the Concord Monitor.  Concord, NH.
Jess Dugan, feature by Michael Werner on Two Way Lens and The Truth of Beauty. Frankfurt, Germany.  
The 2010 Great LGBTQ Photo Show, The Archive: The Journal of the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, Issue 35.  New York, NY.
Who's Who: Photographer Jess T. Dugan, Diffuse 5.  Boston, MA.
"Open View" and "A Place so as to Stay," two feature articles by Aline Smithson on Lenscratch.  Los Angeles, CA.
A New Angle/Schneider Gallery, Review by Michael Weinstein.  New City Art.  Chicago, IL.
Exploring Gender, Review by Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe.  Boston, MA.
Coupled: Gender... transcended, feature article by Kathlee Cleveland. The Weekly Dig, Boston, MA.
Photographic series explores “in-between” spaces of female identity and queerness, feature article by
Hannah Clay Warehham. Bay Windows, Boston, MA.
‘Coupled” showcases lesbian relationships, exhibition preview by Hannah Clay Wareham. Bay Windows.
Boston, MA.

2009

Photographic Resource Center’s Juried Publication, Juried by Dana Faconti,
Editor and Publisher of Blind Spot magazine.
Transformative Art: Art meets activism in Easthampton show, by Scott Kearnan.
Bay Windows, Boston, MA.

2008

Jess Dugan blurs the lines of rectitude, A review by Bo Moore. The Weekly Dig, Issue 10.1.08.
Amy Montali and Jess T. Dugan at Gallery Kayafas. A review by Matthew Nash. Big, Red, & Shiny.
Issue #90.
Gratitude and Rectitude: Jess Dugan shows new photography at Gallery Kayafas, by Brian Jewell.
Bay Windows. Boston, MA.
Hannah in Drag, featured photograph in The Boston Phoenix Fall Arts Preview.
NEO celebrates five years of showcasing emerging, regional talent. In the Loupe, The newsletter for the
Photographic Resource Center, Volume 32, Number 4.
TPS Contact Sheet, The Bi-Monthly Publication of the Texas Photographic Society, Vol 28, No 4.
"Jess T. Dugan," Northeast Exposure Online. In the Loupe, The Photographic Resource Center.  Boston, MA.
Fogg Art Museum hosts art show by talented museum employees, Harvard Gazette.

2007

Massachusetts College of Art and Design BFA Photography Catalogue.
Artjacked, Bay Windows. Boston, MA.
Dig This, The Weekly Dig. Boston, MA.

2006

Photo Review Magazine, 2006 Competition Award issue.

Lectures and Visiting Artist Talks

 
2012      The School of the Museum of Fine Arts.  Boston, MA.
              Art Institute of Boston.  Boston, MA.
              Berklee College of Music.  Boston, MA.
              Massachusetts College of Art and Design.  Boston, MA.
2011      University of Missouri.  Columbia, MO.
              Massachusetts College of Art and Design.  Boston, MA.
              Transgender Lives Conference, University of Connecticut.  Farmington, CT.
              First Event Conference, Peabody, MA. 
2010      Simmons College.  Boston, MA.
              Southern New Hampshire University.  Manchester, NH.
              Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Boston, MA.
2009      New England Institute of Art. Boston, MA.
              The Trans Health Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
              First Event Conference, Peabody, MA.
2008      Gallery Kayafas. Boston, MA.
2007      Massachusetts College of Art and Design.  Boston, MA.
2006      North Shore Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth.  Salem, MA.
              Project 10 East. Cambridge, MA.

Selected Collections

 
The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona.  Tucson, AZ
Harvard Art Museums.  Cambridge, MA
Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.  Springfield, MA
The Indie Photobook Library.  Washington, DC
The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.  Bloomington, IN

Critical Writing

2010            Founder and writer, Stay Gold Pony Boy, a photography blog.
2008-2010    Writer and Contributor, Big, Red, & Shiny, a New England Online Arts Journal.

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

2010-2011    Alumni Leadership Council, Massachusetts College of Art and Design.