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Harper Thomson is a butch lesbian photographer, poet, and multimedia artist currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio. After high school, she lived and made art all over the country, mostly in New England and Appalachia, before eventually settling in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati. Harper works with many different medias in their practice, the primary medium being photography (both film and digital). A lot of Harper's work centers around her experiences as a queer, transgender, disabled person in 21st-century America. In the past, she has made bodies of work about life in Appalachia, childhood trauma, mental illness, and their queer community and friends. In their free time, Harper can be found discovering new music, browsing eclectic flea markets, and watching experimental horror movies. 

Education 

2022 - Current

Art Academy of Cincinnati, BFA in Photography, Minor in Art History, Creative Writing, and Print Media

2020 - 2021

Maine College of Art and Design, BFA in Photography

Awards 

2024

2023

Faculty Portfolio Award

AAC Alumni Scholarship

2022

Thomas Satterwhite Noble Entrance Scholarship

Exhibitions 

Group

2025

Beyond Color, Redtree Art Gallery and Coffee, Cincinnati OH

2024

Crazy Eight, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

2024

Fotofocus: Student Reflections, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

2024

Fotofocus: Generations, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati OH

2024

The Camera As Narrator, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

2024
New Woman, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
2024

Weston Works Art Challenge, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2023

Breaking Boundaries - A Retrospective: 50 Years of Images, Culture Lab LIC, New York, NY

2023

Open and Honest, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Professional Experience

2025

Gallery Attendant/Curatorial Assistant, The Carnegie, Covington KY

Photography lab moniter, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

2024

2024

Gallery Intern, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati OH

Curatorial/Juror Experience

2024

Juror, Fotofocus: Generations exhibition, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati OH

2024

Assistant Curator, Fotofocus: Generations exhibiton, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati OH

2024

Assistant Curator, Crazy Eight Exhibition, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

2024

Assistant Curator, The Camera as Narrator Exhibition, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH

Contact Me

(937) 765-3108

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