EDUCATION
- MFA, 2004, Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL 
- BA, 1997, Literature and Photography, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- Jonathan Gitelson: In the Landscape, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA (2023)
- Free! Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA (2020)
- Free! Gravity Gallery, North Adams, MA (2019)
- Are You Here? Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center, Brattleboro, VT (2016)
- Are You Here? Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA (2016)
- In The World, Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT (2015)
- Halfway Between Somewhere and Nowhere, UVM, Burlington VT (2013)
- Everyday Indexes, Galerie f56, Munich, Germany (2012)
- Jonathan Gitelson: Artist’s Books Nelson Hancock Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2008) 
- The Car Project, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL (2006) 
- Social Studies, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL (2004)

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- MoCP at Fifty: Collecting Through the Decades, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL (2026)
- Former Grant Recipients, CENTER, Santa Fe, NM (2025)
- Transient Beauty, Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT (2021)
- Exposed 2021, The Current, Stowe, VT (2021)
- S L O W, Strauss Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (2019)
- Water, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA (2019)
- Resident X, Artspace, New Haven, CT (2017-2018)
- Trees II, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA (2018)
- Collective Thinking, For Freedoms, Aperture Foundation, NY, NY (2017)
- Literary Spirits, Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA (2017)
- Ready, Fire!, Aim. Burlington City Arts in conjunction with the Hall Art Foundation, Burlington, VT (2017)
- Bibliothecaphilia, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (2015 & 2016)
- The People’s Museum of Revisionist Natural Itstory SPACES, Cleveland, OH (2015)
- Landscape As Fetish, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA (2015)
- The Festival Reimagined, Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT (2015)
- Flash Forward 10, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA (2015)
- Seeing the Sky, The Wassaic Project Festival, Wassaic, NY (2014)
- Performing for Cyclops, Pitch Projects, Milwaukee, WI (2014)
- Constellation, Galerie f5.6, Munich, Germany (2014)
- Paraprosdokians and Rubber Chickens, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR (2014)
- Three Ways To Draw the Landscape, Ditch Projects, Springfield, OR (2013)
- 2012 Biennial, deCordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, MA (2012)
- artists tell stories (mostly about themselves), Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ (2011)
- Progress? Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT (2011)
- Flash Forward Festival, Toronto, Canada (2010)
- Art Forum Berlin, Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, Berlin, Germany (2010)
- The Program, Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX (2010)
- Computer Pictures, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA (2010)
- Chicago Alderman Project, Johalla Projects, Chicago IL (2010)
- Scope Art Fair, Mauger Modern Art, Miami, FL (2009)
- Lodz Photo Festival, Lodz, Poland (2009)
- Photography Collection Highlights, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI (2009)
- False Proof, Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA (2009)
- Made In Chicago: Photographs from the LaSalle Bank Collection, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (2008)
- Working DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2008)
- Hijacked, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia (2008)
- NY Photo Festival, Museum of Contemporary Photography Exhibit, Brooklyn, NY (2008)
- Focus Midwest Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN (2008)
- Photo Miami, Galerie f5,6 [Munich], Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL (2007)
- Hey Hot Shot, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY (2007)
- Chicagraphy, Galerie f5.6, Munich, Germany (2007)
- Innmotion Festival, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain (2007)
- Photocentric, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN (2007)
- Something to Do With Failure, University of Saint Francis, Joliet, IL (2006)
- Car Culture, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (2006)
- Unlimited ID, Dazibao Centre de Photographies Actuelles, Montreal, Quebec (2006)
- Unlimited ID, Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan (2006)
- Wish, Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (2005)
- FACT/FICTION, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT (2004)

SELECT PUBLIC ART / COMMISSIONS
- Migrations, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT (2026-2027)
- Exposed 2021, public billboard commissioned by The Current, Stowe, VT (2021)
- For Freedoms Billboard Commission, two billboards, Manchester, NH (2020)
- Platform 18, site-specific sculptural commission, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA (2016-2017)
- Hiding, Burlington City Arts in conjunction with the Hall Art Foundation, Burlington, VT (2017)
- Map Of Artistic Influence, Commission by the Society of Photographic Education for their 50th Anniversary Conference, Chicago (2013)
- East To Midwest, Galerie Inkijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2010)
- City of Chicago Arts In Transit Public Art Commission, permanent installation, Armitage Brown Line Station, Chicago, IL (2006 – 2008)

SELECT GRANTS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS / RESIDENCIES
- Vermont Prize Winner (2025)
- Research Fellowship, Cohen Institute of Holocaust & Genocide Studies at Keene State College (2025)
- Good Hart Artist Residency (2024)
- Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency (2024)
- For Freedoms Project Grant, Inventory Radio show, Brattleboro Community Radio (2024)
- Creation Grant, Vermont Arts Council & the National Endowment for the Arts (2022)
- Brattleboro Town Arts Fund Grant, Arts Council of Windham County (2022)
- Keene State College Early Career Summer Research Seed Funding Grant (2015)
- Keene State College Faculty Development Grant (2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023)
- Keene State College Indirect Costs Reinvestment Grant (2013, 2014)
- Vermont Arts Council Artist Development Grant (2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021)
- City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program (2005)
- Chicago Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Grant (2004)
- Puffin Foundation Grant (2004)
- College Art Association Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowship (2004)

SELECT PUBLICATIONS
- For Freedoms: Where Do We Go From Here? The Monacelli Press (2024)
- Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age (4th Edition), Edited by Robert Hirsch, Elsevier’s Focal Press (2021)
- Elevated: Art and Architecture of the Chicago Transit Authority, pgs 384-391, CTA Publishing, Chicago, IL  (2018)
- Ready, Fire! Aim, Exhibition Catalogue, Burlington City Arts and the Hall Art Foundation (2017)
- The Shifting Meaning of Pictures, Art New England (Winter 2016)
- Bibliothecaphilia Exhibition Catalogue, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (2015)
- Magenta Foundation 10th Anniversary Publication, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada (2014)
- Aspect Magazine Volume 21: A Good Place To Stop (2013)
- 2012 deCordova Museum Biennial Catalogue, deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park (2012)
- The Photography Issue, Art New England Magazine (2011)
- Flash Forward Catalogue, Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada (2011)
- Exploring Color Photography: From Film to Pixels, Fifth Edition, Edited by Robert Hirsch, Elsevier’s Focal Press (2011)
- The Program Exhibition Catalogue, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX (2010)
- Computer Pictures Exhibition Catalogue, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA (2010)
- Exit Magazine #34, Madrid, Spain (2009)
- Neon Magazine, Hamburg, Germany (2008)
- Hijacked Foto Book, by Mark McPherson, T&G Publishing, Sydney Australia (2008)
- Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Edited by Robert Hirsch, Elsevier’s Focal Press (2007)
- Camera Austria, essay by Karen Irvine, Graz, Austria (2007)
- Intersection Magazine, London, UK (2007)
- A Field Guide to the North American Family, by Garth Risk Hallberg, Mark Batty Publisher (2007)
- Unlimited ID Exhibition Catalogue, Dazibou Center for Photography, Montreal, Canada (2006)
- Bridge Magazine, issue 14, Chicago, IL (2005)
- Triangulate Magazine (2004)
- Ten by Ten Magazine (2004)
- Work Magazine (2004)
- Buffalo Magazine (2004)
- Social Studies, self-published anthology of 5 artist books, edition of 500 (2004)

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY / ARTICLES / REVIEWS
- United Under a Sky of Sound: ‘Sonic Blanket’ a collaboration of Poetry, Voices, and Sounds, Brattleboro Reformer, 12/29/21
- Within a 10-mile radius, a Trio of Artists Looks for Creative Connection, The Commons, 12/15/21
- Sonic Blanket,' Yearlong Multimedia Installation in Brattleboro Combines Sound, Poetry, Art, and Community, Seven Days, 12/15/21
- Art Review, ‘Exposed 2021,’ The Current, Seven Days, 10/6/21
- On The Road, Art New England, 5/19
- Under Our Knows-es, Yale Daily News, 1/26/18
- Resident X Takes The Art Out Of The Studio,New Haven Independent, 1/18/18
- Art Review: 'Ready. Fire! Aim.,' BCA Center, Seven Days, 5/10/17
- Sign of the Times Makes a Statement, Vermont Digger, 6/8/16
- Spaces Parodies Natural History Museums in Edgy Spoof Built for Laughs, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 12/8/15
- Advertising Existentialism, Greenfield Recorder, 9/3/15
- Jonathan Gitelson: The States Project, Lenscratch 2015
- Painter Locke Focuses On Tension Between Natural World & Culture, Boston Globe, 8/18/15
- The Library, Illuminated Anew, in Bold Mass MoCA Show, Boston Globe, 1/27/15
- At MASS MoCA, a Celebration of Libraries, Wall Street Journal, 12/19/14
- At The deCordova Biennial, Dreams of Disneyland, Art In America, 2/12
- Biennial Features True Good Works Amis False Steps, Boston Globe, 1/27/12
- deCordova’s Boston Biennial, Yankee Magazine, January 2012
- SMOCA’S Latest Exhibit Gives Glimpse Into The Lives Of Its Artists, Phoenix New Times, December 2011
- Hello Beautiful, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, 6/20/08
- To El and Back, New City, 6/17/08 
- Stuck On You, Intersection Magazine, Winter 2007 
- Breakout Artists: 2006, New City, 4/27/06 
- Keepin’ It Random, Chicago Reader, 4/14/06 
- Artist Turns Pet Peeve into Clever Act of Defiance, Chicago Tribune, 3/31/06
- The Litter Sweater, The Chicago Reader, 8/26/05 
- Umbrella Magazine, August 2004, p. 67 
- Art People: Billboards Against Buying, Chicago Reader, 5/9/03

COLLECTIONS
- Allen Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Bank of America Corporate Collection, Chicago, IL
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany 
- Columbia College Chicago Special Collections, Chicago, IL 
- Fidelity Investment Corporate Collection, Boston, MA 
- Indie Photobook Library, Washington, DC 
- Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago, IL 
- Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA 
- Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
- Museum of Contemporary Art Special Collections Library, Chicago, IL 
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston Special Collections Library, Boston, MA
- Museum of Modern Art Special Collections Library, New York, NY
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
- Rhode Island School of Design Library, Providence, RI
- UCLA Arts Library Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
- University of Alberta Special Collections, Alberta, Canada
- Victoria & Albert Museum Special Collections Library, London, England
- Whitney Museum of American Art Special Collections Library, New York, NY
- Yale University Special Collections Library, New Haven, CT 

SELECT VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
- 2025 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
- 2023 Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
- 2019 Society for Photographic Education Regional Conference, Providence, RI
- 2018 Boston College, Boston, MA
- 2018 Clark University, Worcester, MA
- 2017 Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT
- 2016 Society for Photographic Education Regional Conference, NY, NY
- 2016 Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
- 2015 Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA
- 2014 Milwaukee Comma, Milwaukee, WI
- 2013 Chicago Photography Center, Chicago, IL
- 2013 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
- 2013 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
- 2012 SPE Regional Conference, Rochester, NY
- 2012 Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
- 2012 Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
- 2012 deCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
- 2010 University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA
- 2007 Lasalle Bank, Chicago, IL 2007 
- 2006 Dominican University, River Forest, IL 
- 2006 Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
- 2006 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
- 2006 SPE National Conference, Chicago, IL 
- 2004 College Art Association National Conference, Seattle, WA

CURATORIAL
- 装い—Yosooi: Fashion and Vernacular Photography in 20th Century Japan (co-curated with Lucile Druet, Ayaka Iida, Rodney Obien),
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH (2023)
- Angus McCullough: Coincidence Control, Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT (2019)
- Caleb Charland: Scientific, Carroll House Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH (2014)
- Undergraduate Photography Now (Part 2), curated with Greer Muldowney, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA (2014) 
- Timothy Briner: Blasted Trees & Hollering Monsters, Carroll House Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH (2013)
- Matthew Gamber: Preservation Management, Carroll House Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH (2012)
- Cara Phillips / Women In Photography, Carroll House Gallery, Keene, Keene State College, NH [2012] 
- Versionfest Invitational, curated with Brian Ulrich, Zhou Brothers, Chicago IL (2007)
- Word, Hokin Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago IL [2006]