Jessica Ingram, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, explores social progress and resistance in American culture through narrative, archives, and representational media, with a focus on the American South. Her commitments to acknowledgment, care, and social justice infuse her explorations of communities and histories. Ingram holds a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and an MFA from California College of the Arts. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Oxford American, Vice, Wired Magazine, NPR, and as an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival. Her first book Road Through Midnight: A Civil Rights Memorial (UNC Press 2020) was named a “Best Art Book of 2020” by The New York Times. Beyond her creative practice, Ingram advocates for young people who are juvenile justice involved in Nashville, teaches art and art history in Tennessee prisons, and facilitates peacekeeping circles.