JOSEPH RAFFERTY III
Visual Artist Hometown: San Francisco, CA, US
EDUCATION
2018–20 Center For Documentary Studies at Duke University, Continuing Education, Durham, NC, US
1999–2002 Art Center College of Design, Dean’s List, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Pasadena, CA, US
1996–99 San Diego City College, Dean’s List, San Diego, CA, US
TEACHING
2024–26 The Fruit, Collage Club, Durham, NC, US
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2024 The Fruit, HUMP Film Festival, Reading Gay Erotica to U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (self-portrait), Durham, NC, US
2022 Barton Art Galleries, Artist and Americans, Wilson, NC, US
2022 The Fruit, Man's Search For Meaning, Durham, NC, US
2019 Durham Art Guild, Golden Belt Gallery, L O S T: A Photographic Journey, Durham, NC, US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Wilson Arts, 2026 National Juried Exhibition, Kodak. Sheet Holder. Large Format Film Made In 1973 (2024) + Work For Trade. Room. House Built 1823. John Benjamin, Host. Spencer, NY. (2024), Wilson, NC, US
2025 AnchorLight, Ancestors, The Void of Stolen Love (2025) (self-portrait), Raleigh, NC, US
2025 Center for Photography at Woodstock, FEAST III: Foto Fungal Futurism, Neil Schill. The Soil Factory. Ithaca, NY (2024), (from body work 10 Sheets 1973 Expired Film. MFA. Summer (2024), Kingston, NY, US
2025 CLiCK! Photography Festival, "Who Decides What's a Weed, And What's a Flower?" John Benjamin. + Kodak. Sheet Holder. Large Format Film Made In 1973.(2024) - Raleigh – Durham – Chapel Hill, NC, US
2025 Harvey Milk For The Arts & Photo Center, Annual Art + Pride Exhibition: Unapologetically Queer, Double Self Portrait (2022), San Francisco, CA, US
2023 The Fruit, Oddville, Sex Positive Love Focused (2023), Durham, NC, US
2022 Durham Art Guild, Members Showcase Exhibit, Opposite of Positive (self-portrait), Durham, NC, US
2021 Los Angeles Center for Photography, The Creative Portrait Sixth Annual International Juried Exhibition, Opposite of Positive (from self portraiture body of work Moment by Moment), LA, CA, US
2021 Durham Art Guild, 67th Annual Juried Exhibition, Visigoth (nude self-portrait), Durham, NC, US
2020 Durham Art Guild, 66th Annual International Juried Exhibition, Jamella F. Dallis and Civil Disobedience: An Homage to Stacey Kirby, Durham, NC, US
2020 Praxis Gallery Photographic Arts Center, The Still Life, Age 6. Looking For Library Book, Santa Barbara (1982), Minneapolis, MN, US
2020 Durham Art Guild, Swing Into Spring, Metamorphosis of North Carolina (2018), Durham, NC, US
2020 Visual Art Exchange, 40th Annual Gala, Untitled, Raleigh, NC, US
2019 North Carolina Museum of Art, Peter Marín's Frida Kahlo's Ofrenda, Earth Falling (painting), Raleigh, NC, US
2019 Atlanta Photography Group, The Director's Cut, War of the Worlds, Atlanta, GA, US
2019 Duke University Rubenstein Arts Center, The Art of Mental Health, Battle at Mud Creek (self-portrait),
Durham, NC, US
2019 OddVille, War of the Worlds, The Fruit, Durham, NC, US
2019 The Carrack Museum of Modern Art, Community Show: Rupture, Rapture, Revolution, The Unmarked Grave of Ms. Zora Neale Hurston, Durham, NC, US
2019 The Mothership, Art Party, The Unmarked Grave of Ms. Zora Neale Hurston, Durham, NC, US
2019 Durham Art Guild, 65th Annual Juried Exhibition, Trailer Park Resident + Mexican Cowboy (from project Next Seven Exits), Durham, NC, US
2019 United Arts Council, Battle at Mud Creek (self-portrait), Raleigh, NC, US
2019 The Mothership, Art Party, Gender Dysphoria + Next Seven Exits, Durham, NC, US
2019 Durham Art Guild, Member's Showcase Exhibition, Children’s Story Book, Durham, NC, US
2019 Visual Art Exchange, SCOPE ‘19: Landscapes of the South, Metamorphosis of North Carolina (2018), Raleigh, NC, US
2019 Visual Art Exchange, 39th Annual Gala, Untitled, Raleigh, NC, US
2019 The Carrack Museum of Modern Art, Community Show, Love Thy Self, Durham, NC, US
2018 CLiCK! Photography Festival, Cosmic Consciousness, Raleigh – Durham – Chapel Hill, NC, US
2018 Through This Lens Gallery, Redwood. Shrouded in Fog. (2003) (from exhibition Man's Search For Meaning), Durham, NC, US
2018 The SE Center for Photography, Napa, CA, Greenville, SC, US
2018 Visual Art Exchange, 38th Annual Gala, Age 6. Looking For Library Book, Santa Barbara (1982) (from exhibition Man's Search For Meaning), Raleigh, NC, US
2017 CLiCK! Photography Festival, Day After Black Friday, Raleigh – Durham – Chapel Hill, NC, US
2017 Contemporary Art Museum, Exposure Time, Untitled, Raleigh, NC, US
2016 Contemporary Art Museum, CAMstellation, Television Head, Raleigh, NC, US
2016 Contemporary Art Museum, Exposure Time,, Untitled, Raleigh, NC, US
2015 Contemporary Art Museum, Exposure Time,, Untitled, Raleigh, NC, US
2014 Contemporary Art Museum, Exposure Time,, Untitled, Raleigh, NC, US
AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIP
2024–26 Department of Veterans Affairs, Fellowship, Image Text MFA Program, the University of Cornell, Ithaca, NY, US
2025 NewCrits, My Mirror: Rethinking the Photographic Self-Portrait Mentored by Shala Miller, Special Award, Global Platform, US
2023 American Photography Annual 39, Chosen, Preacher Teacher + Trailer Park Resident (images from work Next Seven Exits), NY, NY, US
2022 International Photography Awards, Official Selection, Non-Professional Category: Book, Self Published, Man’s Search For Meaning, NY, NY, US
2022 American Photography Annual 38, Chosen, Age 6. Looking For Library Book in Santa Barbara. (1982) (image from Man’s Search For Meaning), NY, NY, US
2022 The Photobook: An Overview of Traditional Publishing, Limited Editions & The Artist’s Book, Sponsored Fellowship, La Luz Workshop, Oaxaca, México
2020–2021 Arnold & Augusta Newman Foundation, ICP Director’s Fellowship, the International Center of Photography, NY, NY, US
2021 United Arts Council, Artist Support Grant, Raleigh, NC, US
2020 United Arts Council, Artist Support Grant, Raleigh, NC, US
2021 American Photography Annual 37, Chosen, Untitled from artist book World Around, NY, NY, US
2020 American Photography Annual 36, Chosen, Untitled from L O S T: A Photographic Journey, NY, NY, US
2020 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Analog/Film, L O S T: A Photographic Journey, LA, CA, US
2020 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Editorial (cover) - NSEW Magazine: Issue 02, LA, CA, US
2020 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, Editorial (contemporary photography) - NSEW Magazine: Issue 02, LA, CA, US
2019 Durham Art Guild, Swing Into Spring, Featured Artist, Durham, NC, US
2012 Contemporary Art Museum, Exposure Time, Featured Artist, Raleigh, NC, US
2006 Communication Arts Advertising & Design Annual, Fresh, Menlo Park, CA, US
2004 International Photography Awards, First Place, Nude Telephone (self-portrait, formally titled Calling Cindy Sherman), LA, CA, US
2004 International Photography Awards, Third Place, Bourgouse Fatcat, Los Angeles, CA, US
2004 International Photography Awards, Judge’s Choice (Esteemed Juror Kathy Ryan of NYT Magazine), NY, NY, US
2003 ASMP, Judge’s Choice, NY, NY, US
2003 ASMP, Judge’s Choice, Los Angeles, CA, US
2002 PDN Annual, Emerging Artist, NY, NY, US
2002 Graphis Annual, Emerging Artist, NY, NY, US
2002 Applied Arts & Illustrations Annual, Emerging Artist, NY, NY, US
2000 CMYK, Emerging Artist, San Francisco, CA, US
PUBLICATIONS AND FAIRS
2025 The Hand Magazine, Issue 50 (back cover), Kodak. Sheet Holder. Large Format Film Made In 1973. (2024) (image from project 10 Sheets 1973 Expired Film. MFA. Summer), Prairie Village, KS, US
2025 Printed Matter, Envelope (iTi MFA cohort publication), ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA, US
2024 Polycopies, Envelope (iTi MFA cohort publication), Paris, France
2023 End Paper, Lyrical Lullabies: Contemporary Reimagined Poems (presented work), North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, US
2023 End Paper, Artists and Americans, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, US
2021 Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair, The Concern A Magazine Issue 03, NY, NY, US
2021 GELATIN Magazine Issue 05, Featured Artist, World Around, US
2021 PÔSTAL Magazine, POSTCARD BOX, Healing is the Earth (self-portrait), Mexico
2021 The Concern: A Magazine, ISSUE 03 - ShaCarol Stewart + Thomas Sayre (images from project Artists and Americans), Chapel Hill, NC, US
2020 SHOTS Magazine No. 149, Open Theme, William Paul Thomas (from project Artists and Americans), Saint Paul,
MN, US
2020 GELATIN Magazine, Issue 02 - Featured Artist, Jamella F. Dallis (rom project Artists and Americans), US
BIBLIOGRAPHY /PRESS
2025 L’ Oeil De La Photographie, Weekend Portfolio, 10 Sheets 1973 Expired Film. MFA. Summer, Paris, France
2022 Barton Art Galleries, Inaugural Solo Exhibition, Artists and Americans, Wilson, NC, US
2021 All About Photo Magazine, Photo Article, World Around, Digital Platform, USPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2025 My Mirror: Rethinking the Photographic Self-Portrait Mentored by Shala Miller, NewCrits, Global Platform, US
2025 Forgotten Formats: Odd Corners in the History of Image Making, The Photo Farm, Chapel Hill, NC, US
2025 Contact Printing: Van Dyke Brown + Cyanotypes, The Photo Farm, Chapel Hill, NC, US
2025 Tintype Workshop, The Photo Farm, Chapel Hill, NC, US
2022 The Photobook: An Overview of Traditional Publishing, Limited Editions & The Artist’s Book, La Luz Workshop, Oaxaca, México
2019 Peter Marín & Mexican Modernist Painting Workshop, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, US
COLLECTIONS
2023 Lenny Allen, Private Collection, Cigarette Pencil (self-portrait) (2021), Durham, NC, US
2022 the International Center of Photography, Library Collection, Man’s Search For Meaning, New York, NY, US
2022 Susan kae Grant, Private Collection, Man’s Search For Meaning, Dallas, TX, US
2022 Timothy Walter, Private Collection, Homage to Pierre Molinier (2021), Durham, NC, US
2022 Timothy Walter, Private Collection, Illogical Note: 94939.7.7.4.3.7 (2020), Durham, NC, US
2022 Timothy Walter, Private Collection, Salty Air and Wonder Bread, Potrero Hill, Mom’s Work. 1981. (2020), Durham,
NC, US
2022 Timothy Walter, Private Collection, Thanksgiving Weekend. Twilight Zone Marathon. 1988. (2020), Durham, NC, US
2022 Timothy Walter, Private Collection, 34.1234885. -118.7478516. 1993. (2020), Durham, NC, US
2022 Timothy Walter, Private Collection, Zeitgeist. “What’s your name?” he asked me at the urinal. 1997. (2020), Durham,
NC, US
2022 Timothy Walter, Private Collection, Caught Using Vacuum Suction – Weldon Rd. 1985. (2020), Durham, NC, US
2022 Timothy Walter, Private Collection, Granny’s Pool. Playing Harry Houdini with Jut. 1991. (2020), Durham, NC, US
2019 Allen Thomas Jr, Private Collection, Nude Telephone self-portrait (2004), Wilson, NC, US
2019 Allen Thomas Jr, Private Collection, Untitled (2000), Wilson, NC, US
2026 The Fruit, Residency, Durham, NC, US
2025 The Soil Factory, Residency, Ithaca, NY, US
2024 The Soil Factory, Residency, Ithaca, NY, US
2023 The Fruit, Residency, Durham, NC, US
2022 Barton College School of Visual Performing & Communication Arts, Residency, Wilson, NC, US
2020 Allen Thomas Jr, Commission, Visigoth (nude self-portrait), Wilson, NC, US
2019 Big Ink Large Scale Woodblock Printing, Residency, Artspace, Raleigh, NC, US
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
2025 Artists and Americans, Art Department, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, US
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024–2020 Community Outreach, The Fruit, Durham, NC
2017–2020 CAM/now Advisory Board Member, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC, US
2018 Creative Director, Charis Art Therapy Summer Camp, Wake Forest, NC, US
2017 Principle Photographer, Historic Unveiling: Opening, Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park & Museum, Wilson, NC, US
2013–17 Principle Photographer, Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC, US
2016 Principle Photographer, Historic Unveiling: Ann & Jim Goodnight Museum Park, NCMA, Raleigh, NC, US
2014 Principle Photographer, Autism Awareness Carnival, Franklin, NC, US
2002–12 Principle Photographer, Joseph Rafferty Editorial Photography, Pasadena, CA, US
2003–04 Outer Circle Board Member, Art Center College of Design Alumni Periodical, Pasadena, CA, US
1995–99 United States Navy, Honorable Discharge + Navy College Fund, Disabled Veteran, Naval Special Warfare Center, Coronado Island, CA, US
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS & AFFILIATIONS
2024 Co Founder, Collage Club, The Fruit, Durham, NC, US2020 L’ Oeil De La Photographie, Paris, France
2022 Association of Registrars & Collections Specialists, Chicago, Il, US
CLIENTS
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, BLOOMBERG FINANCIAL, GQ GERMANY, ESQUIRE, PANTHEON BOOK
