Artist Bio

 

  • Born in Greenwood, Mississippi and raised in Jackson.
  • Bachelor of Science in Journalism, emphasis in Photojournalism, from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
  • Selected as a member of the Mississippi Museum of Art’s 2021 class of Mississippi Invitational.
  • Awarded a Mississippi Arts Commission Visual Artist Fellowship in 2026

Early photography highlights include:

  • Photographer for Mississippi Public Broadcasting
  • Personal photographer for Vice President Al Gore during his appearances in Jackson
  • Photographer for Environmental Protection Agency on a Superfund site in Columbia, Mississippi
  • Photographer for USA International Ballet Competition

The artist’s work has been published by:

  • Associated Press
  • The Clarion Ledger
  • Hattiesburg American
  • Mississippi Business Journal
  • Mississippi Magazine
  • Portico Magazine
  • Elevation
  • Pointe Magazine
  • NHK World-Japan
  • The Japan News
  • The Scout Guide
  • Yomiuri Shimbun
  • China Daily

Commissions can be found in private collections throughout the United States, in Canada and the UK.

Community work includes the Board of Directors for Stewpot Community Services; Past President of Jackson Advertising Federation; board member for Millsaps College’s Arts & Lecture Series; Past President of Crossroads Film Society; Festival Director for Crossroads Film Festival; Board of Directors for Ballet Mississippi; and volunteer photographer for Central Mississippi Down Syndrome Society.

 


 

Contact information

601.954.5640

kgilder@karengilderimages.com

www.karengilderimages.com