Jeremy Dennis is a Ross alum who graduated from Ross School in 2008. Jeremy is a local to Eastern Long Island and he is a citizen and resident of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY. After graduating from Ross School, Jeremy went on to complete his Bachelor of Arts at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY, and his MFA from Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA.
| Jeremy has built his career as a contemporary fine art photographer whose works explore integral social topics surrounding cultural assimilation, indigenous identities, and the ancestral traditions of the Shinnecock Indian Nation. To see Jeremy's photography and stay up-to-date on his exhibitions and work, visit his website. Back in 2016, Jeremy was one of ten lucky recipients of the Dreamstarter Grant from Running Strong for American Indian Youth, a national non-profit. He was awarded a grant of $10,000 to use to pursue his project, On This Site, which combined an online, interactive map and photography to highlight culturally significant Native American sites on Long Island, from which he then created an exhibition and book. More recently, Jeremy was awarded the Creative Bursar Award from Getty Images in 2018 to continue his series Stories. Jeremy was in the Alumni Spotlight in February 2022 to recognize the hard work put into curating his past exhibition at Southampton Arts Center in Southampton. The exhibit, OUTCROPPING — Indigenous Art Now, was a multimedia exhibition featuring other artists from the Shinnecock Indian Nation as well as tribal nations from around the United States. The exhibition ran from February 4 through April 9, 2022, and it addressed Native issues across the county, highlighting shared and individual triumphs and struggles. The title 'Outcropping' refers to Shinnecock's translation into English as 'People of the Stony Shore' and Shinnecock's long connection to this land. |
| Ross School can't wait to see what comes up next for Jeremy! To learn more about the success of his curated exhibit, OUTCROPPING — Indigenous Art Now, at Southampton Arts Center, click here. |