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About the Exhibition: Inherited Moments

Inherited Moments brings together Chris Ireland and H. Jennings Sheffield in a collaborative exhibition exploring family, memory, and identity through photography and installation. Ireland's Ordinary Time uses diptychs to document a decade of family life, revealing how everyday rituals - both mundane and profound - shift through moments of change, resilience, and loss. Sheffield's Tethered layers hundreds of images into composite works that reflect the fluid, overlapping roles we inhabit over time, capturing the rhythm and complexity of daily life. Together, these works offer an intimate reflection on the evolving nature of family, time, and human connection. 

Find out more about the Artists:

Chris Ireland is an exhibiting artist, designer and art administrator, originally from Cleveland, OH. Chris has been interested in photography ever since he risked being grounded as a child when he took his mother’s cherished 35mm Canon AE-1 camera to school without her permission. She not only didn’t ground him but supported his education that led to a BFA in Photography from the Cleveland Institute of Art (2003) and an MFA in Digital Media at Washington State University (2007).

His current research is based on representations of family and personal experience through the vernacular of photography. His works have been featured in exhibitions at numerous venues both nationally and internationally, including the Center of Contemporary Art in Seattle, WA, the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver, CO, Filter Photo Space in Chicago, IL, the San Antonio Public Library, and the Houston Center for Photography.

Ireland resides and works in Fort Worth, TX. For 15 years he was the founding head of the Department of Visual Arts & Design at Tarleton State University, and now is the Executive Director of the Texas Photographic Society.  His work is represented by Masure Gallery in Fort Worth, TX.

Website: https://www.chris-ireland.com 

 

H. Jennings Sheffield was born in Richmond, Virginia. She is a contemporary artist working in lens-based media, video, and sound. Sheffield received her BFA in photography and digital media from the Atlanta College of Art and her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio in photography and new media. Her lens-based work explores memory, identity, and the passage of time. Drawing from personal narratives and collective experiences, her practice merges photography, new media, and alternative processes to visualize the fragmentation and persistence of memory, as well as the intimacy and diverse roles individuals play over a lifetime.

In parallel with her core conceptual research, Sheffield also develops landscape-driven projects that respond to climate change. These works—most notably her series Going Away from Here—document disappearing environments through direct engagement with the land, mirroring the temporal shifts central to her broader practice.

Sheffield is a Professor of Art at Baylor University and serves on the board of Texas Photographic Society. Her work has been widely exhibited internationally and nationally and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Art Houston, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Capital One, several private collections, as well as in the special collections at William and Mary, University of Virginia, Baylor University, University of North Texas, and Virginia Commonwealth University. 

Website: www.jenningssheffield.com 

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