JP Terlizzi

Waterford Lismore Lace with Watermelon Radish, limited edition photograph, sign

2019

Royal Albert Rose Confetti with Radish, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered Eating is a physical need, but meals are a social ritual. Utilizing the passed down heirlooms...

Villeroy & Boch Artesano with Grapefruit, limited edition, archival ink, signed Eating is a physical need, but meals are a social ritual. Utilizing the passed down heirlooms of fri...

Noritake Hertford with Tomato, limited edition photograph, signed and numbered Eating is a physical need, but meals are a social ritual. Utilizing the passed down heirlooms of frien...

Wedgwood Sapphire Garden with Pineapple Beets, limited edition photograph, archival, signed and numbered. The Good Dishes integrates memory, legacy, and metaphor with my response to loss. As I witnessed an early generation of family members pass, my cousins and I were each faced with the emotional task of cleaning out the family home. Sorting through the heirlooms, we would determine which items to toss, sell, or preserve. Without fail, when it came to the family’s fine china, that item was always given to the person who most cherished its memory and sentimental value. Growing up in a large Italian family, everything was centered around food and the family table. I remember vividly my mother’s vintage marigold stoneware dishes that she bought at the grocery store back in the early 1970s. She used them every day for as long as I could remember, and they had a life of their own. Along with my mother’s everyday...

From "The Good Dishes" Collection. Marchesa Camellia with Rhubarb, 2020 30" x 20" Photograph Archival Pigment Print Artist's Bio: US, Born in New Jersey, 1962 Lives in New York Cit...

From "The Good Dishes" Collection Kate Spade Birch Way with Dragonfruit, 2019 30" x 20" Photograph Archival Pigment Print Edition of 5 + 2 APs Signed in Verso Artist's Bio: US, Bor...

From "The Good Dishes" and "Creatures of Curiosity" Collection Wedgwood Sapphire Garden with Pineapple Beets 36" x 24" Edition of 5 +2AP Other sizes and Editions available Artist's Bio: US, Born in New Jersey, 1962 Lives in New York City. NY JP Terlizzi (American, b.1962) is a New York City photographer whose contemporary practice explores themes of memory, relationship, and identity. His images are rooted in the personal and heavily influenced around the notion of home, legacy, and family. He is curious how the past relates and intersects with the present and how the present enlivens the past, shaping one’s identity. Born and raised in the farmlands of Central New Jersey, JP earned a BFA in Communication Design at Kutztown University of PA with a background in graphic design and advertising. He has studied photography at both the International Center of Photography in New York and Maine Media College in Rockport, ME. His work has been exhibited widely in galleries including shows at The Center for Fine Art Photography, Vicki Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver, The Griffin Museum, Tilt Gallery, Panopticon Gallery, Candela Gallery, The Los Angeles Center of Photography, University Gallery at Cal Poly, Sohn Fine Art in Lenox, MA, and The Berlin Foto Biennale, Berlin, Germany, among others. His solo exhibits include shows at Foto Relevance...

From "The Good Dishes" Collection Aram Butterfly Ginkgo with Melon, 2019 Archival Pigment Print Signed en verso/Signed Certificate of Authenticity Artist's Bio: US, Born in New Jersey, 1962 Lives in New York City. NY JP Terlizzi (American, b.1962) is a New York City photographer whose contemporary practice explores themes of memory, relationship, and identity. His images are rooted in the personal and heavily influenced around the notion of home, legacy, and family. He is curious how the past relates and intersects with the present and how the present enlivens the past, shaping one’s identity. Born and raised in the farmlands of Central New Jersey, JP earned a BFA in Communication Design at Kutztown University of PA with a background in graphic design and advertising. He has studied photography at both the International Center of Photography in New York and Maine Media College in Rockport, ME. His work has been exhibited widely in galleries including shows at The Center for Fine Art Photography, Vicki Myhren Gallery at the University of Denver, The Griffin Museum, Tilt Gallery, Panopticon Gallery, Candela Gallery, Sohn Fine Art, The Los Angeles Center of Photography, University Gallery at Cal Poly, and The Berlin Foto...