A close up photo of artist Paul Thulin-Jimenez. He wears glasses and looks at the camera with a neutral expression.

Paul Thulin-Jimenez

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​I use photography, collage, video, and installation to explore the contextual and material constructs of history, cultural identity, consumerism, memory and myth.

Paul Thulin-Jimenez’s photographs have been exhibited nationally and internationally at United Photo Industries, NYC; Ogden Museum, New Orleans; Miami Scope; Candela Gallery, Richmond Va.; Grand Prix Fotofestival Lodz, Poland; the Athens Photo Festival, Greece; the Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado; Mt. Rokko Photography Festival, Japan; the Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards, Nera di Verzasca Photo Festival, Switzerland, FIF\_BH -International Festival of Photography, Brazil; El Cuadrado Gris, San Juan, PR; and the Noordelicht Photo Festival, The Netherlands.Thulin-Jimenez has received various photographic awards, including a 2006 Virginia Commission for the Arts Fellowship, a 2013 Conveyor Exhibition Grant, a 2015 Hariban Award Honorable Mention, a 2015 Critical Mass Top 50, and the 2015 Lensculture Emerging Talent Grant. His first monograph, "Pine Tree Ballads," was published by Candela Books. A limited edition self-published book “Isla de Las Palmas” was released in 2024. He currently lives in Richmond, Virginia and works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Photography and Film at Virginia Commonwealth University.

A golden-hued image of a woman standing thigh-deep in water under a waterfall. she holds up a palm frond to the falling water away from the camera.
Paul Thulin-Jimenez. In Honor of Yuiza, 2020. Archival inkjet on gold fleck paper, 19.25 x 24 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.
An image of a person standing at the top of a cliff by the sea juxtaposed by a letter about the future by Ani Cordero in 2020.
Paul Thulin-Jimenez and Ani Cordero. Cliff and Letter, 2022. Archival inkjets, 8.5 x 11 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.
A descendant of the Tainos, Baracutey sits in his house holding up a wooden carved object with Taino symbols on it.
Paul Thulin-Jimenez. Portrait of Baracutey, 2022. Archival inkjet, 19.25 x 24 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.