ARTIST STATEMENT 

The Lovers: Photography Exhibit
My photography explores indigenous identity, cultural assimilation, and the ancestral traditional practices of my tribe, the Shinnecock Indian Nation. Though science has solved many questions about natural phenomena, questions of identity are more abstract, the answers more nuanced. My work is a means of examining my identity and the identity of my community, specifically the unique experience of living on a sovereign Indian reservation and the problems we face.

Digital photography lets me create cinematic images. Nowhere have indigenous people been more poorly misrepresented than in American movies. My images question and disrupt the post-colonial narrative that dominates in film and media and results in damaging stereotypes, such as the “noble savage” depictions in Disney’s Pocahontas. As racial divisions and tensions reach a nationwide fever pitch, it’s more important to me than ever to offer a complex and compelling representation of indigenous people. I like making use of the cinema’s tools, the same ones directors have always turned against us (curiously familiar representations, clothing that makes a statement, pleasing lighting), to create conversations about uncomfortable aspects of post-colonialism. For example, in my 2016 project, “Nothing Happened Here,” stylized portraits of non-indigenous people impaled by arrows symbolize, in a playful way, the “white guilt” many Americans have carried through generations, and the inconvenience of co-existing with people their ancestors tried to destroy.

By looking to the past, I trace issues that plague indigenous communities back to their source. For example, research for my ongoing project “On This Site” entailed studying archaeological and anthropological records, oral stories, and newspaper archives. The resulting landscape photography honors Shinnecock’s 10,000-plus years’ presence in Long Island, New York. Working on that collection has left me with a better understanding of how centuries of treaties, land grabs, and colonialist efforts to white-wash indigenous communities have led to our resilience, our ways of interacting with our environment, and the constant struggle to maintain our autonomy.

Despite four hundred years of colonization, we remain anchored to our land by our ancient stories. The indigenous mythology that influences my photography grants me access to the minds of my ancestors, including the value they placed on our sacred lands. By outfitting and arranging models to depict those myths, I strive to continue my ancestors’ tradition of storytelling and showcase the sanctity of our land, elevating its worth beyond a prize for the highest bidder.

Professional Activities:  Founder of Ma’s House, and BIPOC Art Studios.

EXHIBITION

Current and Upcoming

Group Exhibit – Contemporary Mapping – One Foot Forward at Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY on November 8, 2025 5:30 am

Panel Discussion – A Convening: Native Mapping Strategies of Resistance – Santa Fe Art Institute, New Mexico on November 7, 2025 6:30 pm

Group Exhibit – Tough Skin, Soft Ribs, Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery, Light Work, Syracuse, NY on October 20, 2025 4:30 pm

Group Exhibit – “The Worker” Exhibition Presented by OLA of Eastern Long Island and the North Fork Arts Center on October 18, 2025 1:30 pm

Group Exhibit – Tierras Reimaginadas: Migration | Arizona State University Art Museum, August 23rd 2025 – August 2nd 2026 on August 23, 2025 11:00 am

Guest Curator: Resilient Roots at Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, Inc. | Shinnecock Indian Nation, Southampton, NY on August 17, 2025 11:30 am

Guest Curator: WEAVING WORDS, WEAVING WORLDS: The Power of Indigenous Language in Contemporary Art – Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University on July 17, 2025 10:00 am

Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always – Zimmerli Art Museum, NJ on February 1, 2025 12:00 pm

Past Exhibits

EDUCATION 

Stony Brook University (BA ’13)

Pennsylvania State University (MFA’ 2016)

News

Interview – Documenting Indigenous Shinnecock Land – South Street Seaport Museum

October 30, 2025

Southampton’s Jeremy Dennis Receives Award From The Courage Project – James Lane Post

October 28, 2025

Weaving Words, Weaving Worlds: An Alumni Evening With Jeremy Dennis ’13 – Stony Brook University

October 28, 2025

Todos Somos Trabajadores: We Are All Workers – East End Beacon

October 24, 2025

‘The Worker’ Art Exhibition to Run Until Nov. 23 in Greenport – Dan’s Papers

October 24, 2025

within the East End’s Latino and immigrant communities. The exhibition…

The Courage Project Awards and Recognizes Jeremy Dennis and Ma’s House – 27East

October 24, 2025

Studio Inc., in June 2020, he didn’t think of it as an act of courage. Rather, he saw it as his… more

Indigenous Artists Use AR to Rewrite the Narrative in the Met’s American Wing – Observer

October 16, 2025

OLA’s ‘The Worker’ Art Exhibition Opens At North Fork Arts Center In Greenport – James Lane Post

October 16, 2025

Indigenous artists transform works at Metropolitan Museum in unsanctioned augmented reality project – The Art Newspaper

October 16, 2025

Jeremy Dennis Receives Award from The Courage Project for Ma’s House

October 16, 2025

Jeremy Dennis ’13 Curates Zuccaire Gallery Exhibition Exploring Indigenous Language in Contemporary Art – Stony Brook Matters

October 6, 2025

Indigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always – WhiteHot Magazine

September 30, 2025

Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery revisits and weaves past and current worlds – SBStatesman

September 21, 2025

Stony Brook’s Fall Art Crawl Highlights Renowned Campus Galleries – SBU News

September 19, 2025

On Art and Community with Relative Arts – MoMA

September 2, 2025

Perspectives on Native American Art and Identity: A Conversation with Jeremy Dennis – John Cabot Universit

August 25, 2025

INDIGENOUS A&E: LOL in Santa Fe, much to do during SWAIA, summer reads – ICT

August 17, 2025

The 58th Annual Springs Invitational Brings Art and Community Together at Ashawagh Hall – 27East

August 14, 2025

2025 Uncommon Art Show – Art Sales

August 13, 2025

Jeremy attends the Watermill Center 2025 Benefit – The Watermill Center Hosts Artistic Celebration With SCRIBBLE Benefit – James Lane Post

July 30, 2025

Artwork Donation ‘The Piety’ for The Sag Harbor Cinema Benefit – Bid Here

July 30, 2025

Confronted with Death, How Do We Age? How Do We Pass Away? – CAFA

July 27, 2025

Bridging the Gap: Greenport’s Home for Artists Connects and Sustains East End Creatives – 27East

July 19, 2025

Stony Brook University’s Zuccaire Gallery Presents Exhibition On The Power Of Indigenous Language In Contemporary Art – LongIsland.com

July 15, 2025

Indigenous art exhibit opens alongside Stony Brook Film Festival – Great Long Island

July 3, 2025

Protest Sign-Making for Shinnecock Sovereignty and Water Protection Exhibition – FreeShows

July 3, 2025

Native Lens: Jeremy Dennis on Art and Identity – POV Hamptons

June 23, 2025

Indigenous art fellows interpret the Great Plains in new exhibit – Yellowstone Public Radio

June 21, 2025

Born of purpose, sustained by heart, Ma’s House stands out in the East End art world – Southforker

June 4, 2025

Meet the Artist: Jeremy Dennis – Chronogram

May 31, 2025

Opening Reception ~ Celebration! 20 Years of Art, Fashion and The Garden at The Leiber Collection – Patch

May 30, 2025

Celebrating 20 Years of Art, Fashion and The Garden at The Leiber Collection – 27East

May 26, 2025

En Foco Announces 2025 Artist Fellowship Recipients

May 18, 2025

Visiting Artist – Garrison Art Center

May 18, 2025

Photographer Jeremy Dennis’s Art of Resistance – Chronogram

May 2, 2025

Indigenous artist shares inspirations – Cardinal Points

April 25, 2025

Language of the Land” Reception Held – Sheridan Media

April 22, 2025

Visual Artist Series – Lecture April 16th – SUNY Plattsburg

April 13, 2025

Weaving Words, Weaving Worlds: The Power of Indigenous Language in Contemporary Art – Zuccaire Gallery

April 8, 2025

The Language of the Land | Artist Talk – NewsBreak

April 6, 2025

Artist Employment Program Archive – Creatives Rebuild New York

April 4, 2025

Looking for something fun to do tomorrow at 5 pm? – The Daily Post

April 2, 2025

Ucross To Host Artist Talk and Reception – Sheridan Media

April 1, 2025

Jeremy Dennis | Rise: Scenes of Resistance – The Art Guide

March 31, 2025

3/27/25 Jeremy Dennis Newsletter

March 27, 2025

‘Eternal Testament’
 Exhibit Curated By Jeremy Dennis & Meranda Roberts, Ph.D – James Lane Post

March 18, 2025

‘Eternal Testament’ Highlights the Art of Indigenous Artists at The Church – 27East

March 18, 2025

Special Opening Events for ‘Eternal Testament at The Church’ – 27East

March 13, 2025

‘Eternal Testament’ Honors Native Artists at The Church – 27East

March 9, 2025

A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue – Artist Roundtable with Tanya Aguiñiga, Jeremy Dennis, Amaryllis R. Flowers and Guadalupe Maravilla – Broken Boxes on Spotify

February 25, 2025

Ucross Holds Reception for New Exhibit – Sheridan Media

February 24, 2025

New Ucross exhibit opens – The Sheridan Press

February 11, 2025

Ma’s House Is Honored – 27East

February 6, 2025

Preservation Long Island Honors 2024 Preservation Award Recipients at Ceremony in Cold Spring Harbor

February 6, 2025

UCROSS ART GALLERY ANNOUNCES NEW EXHIBITION FEATURING NATIVE AMERICAN FELLOWS

February 4, 2025

Ucross Art Gallery Announces New Exhibition Featuring Native American Fellows – Sheridan Media

February 4, 2025

Edge+Center Exhibit Raritan Valley Community College

January 31, 2025

Eternal Testament Curated by Meranda Roberts, PhD and Jeremy Dennis – The Church of Sag Harbor

January 23, 2025

Artwork on view in ‘Maritime City’ exhibit at South Street Seaport Museum

January 17, 2025

LILRC Webinar: Creating Community Through Art – A Talk with Shinnecock Artist Jeremy Dennis

January 16, 2025

RVCC to Present Exhibition of Contemporary Native American Work – New Jersey Stage

January 12, 2025

How Cultures of Reciprocity Can Create More Just Communities – Reasons to be Cheerful

December 24, 2024

Award: RDL Gardiner Foundation Supports The Church’s forthcoming exhibition ‘Eternal Testament,’ curated by Jeremy Dennis and Meranda Roberts

December 20, 2024

Guest Curator: WEAVING WORDS, WEAVING WORLDS: The Power of Indigenous Language in Contemporary Art – Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University

December 18, 2024

Week in art – East Window

November 30, 2024

State Distributes Arts Grants – The Garrison Art Center received $10,000 grant, supporting a 2025 exhibit by visiting artist Jeremy Dennis.

November 30, 2024

Tripoli Gallery’s 20th Annual Collective Show – 27East

November 24, 2024

Member Tour of the Gochman Family Collection – Hyperallergic

November 24, 2024

Art That Rides the Radio Waves to Resistance – Hyperallergic

November 23, 2024

“Indigenous Approaches, Sustainable Futures” Programs Draw Over 1,000 Visitors

November 15, 2024

‘Artists Choose Parrish’ Book Launch & Signing At Parrish Art Museum – James Lane Post

November 12, 2024

South Street Seaport Museum to Present New Exhibition MARITIME CITY – Broadway World

November 1, 2024

Art Interview with Jeremy Dennis – Entourage Collection

October 31, 2024

Parrish Receives Noteworthy Gifts – The East Hampton Star

October 24, 2024

Artist Talk: Humor, Subversion, and Native Identity with Shinnecock Artist Jeremy Dennis – Benton Museum of Art Pomona College

October 18, 2024

East Window – Jeremy Dennis

October 14, 2024

Indigenous Knowledge Beyond Borders – Farmingdale State College

October 4, 2024

New Inc Mentor Year 11 – The New Museum

September 21, 2024

Art Gallery Exhibition Focuses on Innovative Indigenous Works – Stockton University

September 21, 2024

Stockton University Art Gallery to Explore Indigenous Culture Throughout Fall in New Exhibit, Workshops – New Jersey Stage

September 11, 2024

Albuquerque Museum Presents Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue – Hyperallergic

September 7, 2024

A Sneak Peek at This Year’s Armory Show – Hyperallergic

August 26, 2024

The Armory Show 2024 – Aicon Contemporary

August 18, 2024

Solo Booth | Aicon Gallery | The Armory 2024, Sept 6 – 8

August 17, 2024  

Awards

2025 NYSCA Grant

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Residency Fellowship

Andy Warhol Visual Arts Residency (2023)

Getty Creative Bursary Award 

Running Strong for American Indian Youth Dreamstarter Grants (2016, 2020) 

Artist to Artist Fellowship from the Art Matters Foundation.

Forty Under 40 honoree (2017)

Residencies

Andy Warhol Visual Arts Program (2023)

Santa Fe Art Institute (2021)

Yaddo (2019)

Watermill Center (2017)

Vermont Studio Center/Harpo Foundation Residency (2016)