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Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

American, b. 1971
Jeanine Michna-Bales is a fine artist working in the medium of photography. Her work explores our fundamentally important relationships – to the land, to other people and to oneself – and how they impact contemporary society. Her work lives at the intersection of curiosity and knowledge, documentary and fine art, past and present, anthropology and sociology, and environmentalism and activism. Her practice is based on in-depth research – taking into account different viewpoints, causes and effects, political climates – and she often incorporates primary source material into her projects. Michna-Bales’s work is in many permanent collections including Archive of Documentary Arts, Duke University, Durham, NC; Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Louisiana State University, Hill Memorial Library, Baton Rouge, LA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX; and University of North Texas, Denton, TX. Her work has been featured in numerous publications and online blogs, including BBC World News, CityLab from The Atlantic, Dallas Morning News, DCist.com, Feature Shoot, Geo Historie, Hyperallergic, In Sight by The Washington Post, In the In-Between, Los Angeles Times, Lenscratch, Musée Magazine, NBC4 Washington D.C., New York Times Lens Blog, Orion Magazine, O The Oprah Magazine, Oxford American Eyes on the South, pdn Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, Spot Magazine, Transition from Harvard University, UK Daily Mail, Virginia Quarterly Review, WABE 90.1 Atlanta’s NPR Station, WCPN-NPR and WVIZ-PBS ideastream Cleveland, Wired Raw File, Zoom Magazine, among others. Including other honors, her work was selected for the 2016 Documentarian of The American South Collection Award from the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University. She was awarded the top Portfolio Review Prize at PhotoNOLA 2015, resulting in a solo show at the New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery during PhotoNOLA 2016. Michna-Bales was named to the Critical Mass Top 50 in 2014 and in 2017. She conceives and presents her projects in a way that spark curiosity about a given subject and encourage discourse among audiences of all backgrounds. Whether exploring the darkened stations along the Underground Railroad in Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad (2002 - 2016), a campaign trail for women’s votes in Standing Together: Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign for Women’s Suffrage (2016 - 2020), long-forgotten nuclear fallout shelters in Fallout: A Look Back at the Height of the Cold War in America, circa 1960 (2013 - present), or the invisible epicenters of environmental turmoil through the project Terra Fractura: A Visual Survey of Manmade Earthquakes (2015 - present), her work seeks out places that are hidden in plain sight.
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Leaving Helena, Montana

Leaving Helena, Montana

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 5 Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeanine Michna-Bales Archival pigment print Image size: 24 x 36 in. Paper size: 29 x 40 in. From series, Standing Together: Inez Milholland's Final Campaign for Women...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Archival Pigment

Amber Waves of Grain, Montana
Amber Waves of Grain, Montana

Amber Waves of Grain, Montana

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Ed of 3 Archival pigment print Image size: 44 x 66 in. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered. Series: Standing Together: Photographs of Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign For Woman’s Suffrage Frame NOT included. In 1916, Inez Milholland Boissevain (1886–1916) embarked on a grueling campaign across the Western US on behalf of the National Women’s Party appealing for women’s suffrage ahead of the 1916 presidential election. Standing Together, by artist Jeanine Michna-Bales (born 1971), retraces Milholland’s journey. The 30-year-old suffragist delivered some 50 speeches to standing-room-only crowds in eight states in 21 days: Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Utah, Nevada and California. She battled chronic illness and lack of sleep during her travels and died a month after her last speech in Los Angeles, where her final public words were, “Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?” Through her photographs, combining dramatic landscapes and historical reenactments of important vignettes of Milholland on her journey with archival materials, Michna-Bales captures a glimpse of the monumental effort required to pass the 19th Amendment...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Mirrored Worlds, Big Cypress Swamp, Florida
Mirrored Worlds, Big Cypress Swamp, Florida

Mirrored Worlds, Big Cypress Swamp, Florida

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 15 Archival pigment print Paper size: 30 x 41 in., Image: 25 x 36 in. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered by Jeanine Michna-Bales Series: The Four Moments of the Sun: Hidd...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Archival Pigment

Taking Cover with the Fireflies. North of Winchester, Indiana

Taking Cover with the Fireflies. North of Winchester, Indiana

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 8 Dye-sublimation print on aluminum Signed, titled, dated and numbered. Series: Through Darkness to Light: Seeking Freedom on the Underground Railroad Framed. Michna-Bales’ work explores the relationships between what has occurred, or is occurring, in a society and how people react to those events. She meticulously researches each topic — considering different viewpoints, causes and effects, and political climates — and often incorporates found or archival text and audio into her projects. Whether exploring the darkened stations along the Underground Railroad, long-forgotten nuclear fallout...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Digital

Standing Together: Limited Edition Portfolio by Jeanine Michna-Bales
Standing Together: Limited Edition Portfolio by Jeanine Michna-Bales

Standing Together: Limited Edition Portfolio by Jeanine Michna-Bales

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Standing Together: Photographs of Inez Milholland’s Final Campaign For Woman’s Suffrage, a Limited Edition Portfolio by Jeanine Michna-Bales. Edition of 12 Outer box size: 13.5 x 17....

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Mixed Media, Archival Pigment

Look for the Gray Barn Out Back by Jeanine Michna-Bales, 2013

Look for the Gray Barn Out Back by Jeanine Michna-Bales, 2013

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Full title: Look for the Gray Barn Out Back. Joshua Eliason Jr. barnyards and farmhouse, with a tunnel leading underneath the road to another station. Centerville, Indiana Edition of 8 Dye-sublimation print on aluminum Signed, titled, dated and numbered. Ready to install Michna-Bales’ work explores the relationships between what has occurred, or is occurring, in a society and how people react to those events. She meticulously researches each topic — considering different viewpoints, causes and effects, and political climates — and often incorporates found or archival text and audio into her projects. Whether exploring the darkened stations along the Underground Railroad...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Digital

Circle of Souls, Everglades, Florida

Circle of Souls, Everglades, Florida

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Archival Pigment Print Image size: 12.5 x 18 in. Paper size: 16.5 x 22 in. Edition of 15 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered. Series: The Four Moments of the Sun: Hidden Lands of Flo...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Archival Pigment

Back to the City. Leaving Phoebe Hearst’s Estate, Pleasanton, California

Back to the City. Leaving Phoebe Hearst’s Estate, Pleasanton, California

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 3 Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeanine Michna-Bales Archival pigment print Image size: 32 x 40 in. From series, Standing Together: Inez Milholland's Final Campaign for Women...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Archival Pigment

A Brief Respite. Abolitionist William Beard’s house, Union County, Indiana

A Brief Respite. Abolitionist William Beard’s house, Union County, Indiana

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 8 Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeanine Michna-Bales Digital C-print Paper size: 30 x 41 in., Image size: 25 x 36 in. From the series, Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Digital Pigment

The River Jordan. First view of a free state, crossing the Ohio River to Indiana
The River Jordan. First view of a free state, crossing the Ohio River to Indiana

The River Jordan. First view of a free state, crossing the Ohio River to Indiana

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Digital C-Print Image size: 17 x 70.75 inches, Paper size: 21 x 74.75 inches Edition of 9 Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeanine Michna-Bales Series: Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Digital

Blue Gem, Washington

Blue Gem, Washington

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Ed of 3 Archival pigment print Image size: 44 x 66 in. Paper size: 52 x 72 in. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered. Series: Standing Together: Photographs of Inez Milholland’s Final ...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Archival Pigment

Railroad Trestle Bridge, Montana

Railroad Trestle Bridge, Montana

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 3 Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeanine Michna-Bales Archival pigment print Image size: 32 x 40 in. From series, Standing Together: Inez Milholland's Final Campaign for Women...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Archival Pigment

Special Flying Envoys, Montana

Special Flying Envoys, Montana

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 3 Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeanine Michna-Bales Archival pigment print Image size: 32 x 40 in. Paper size: 38 x 45 in. From series, Standing Together: Inez Mi...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Archival Pigment

Mountain Pass in Fog, Oregon

Mountain Pass in Fog, Oregon

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 5 Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeanine Michna-Bales Archival pigment print Image size: 24 x 36 in. Paper size: 29 x 40 in. From series, Standing Together: Inez Mi...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Archival Pigment

Moonrise, Virginia City, Nevada

Moonrise, Virginia City, Nevada

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 3 Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeanine Michna-Bales Archival pigment print Image size: 32 x 40 in. Paper size: 38 x 45 in. From series, Standing Together: Inez Mi...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Archival Pigment

Moonlight Over the Mississippi, Tensas, Parish, LA
Moonlight Over the Mississippi, Tensas, Parish, LA

Moonlight Over the Mississippi, Tensas, Parish, LA

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 8 Dye-sublimation print on aluminum, 25 x 36 in. Signed, titled, dated and numbered by Jeanine Michna-Bales Dye-sublimation print on Aluminum, wall mount on back. From the series, Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Digital

Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, Portfolio
Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, Portfolio

Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, Portfolio

By Jeanine Michna-Bales

Located in Denton, TX

Edition of 15 + 3 APs Signed, titled, dated and numbered. Portfolio box: 13 1/4 x 16 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. A limited edition portfolio was published by Jeanine Michna-Bales in the spring of 2018. The numbered books (1-15 + 3ap) along with twelve images selected by the artist are enclosed in a hand-crafted box. The images are interleaved with vellum sheets that have quotations from those who played an integral part in the Underground Railroad...

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2010s Contemporary Jeanine Michna-Bales Art

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Digital Pigment, Mixed Media

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