Jayce Knerr

Most likely to bring a huge water bottle to class

The art of storytelling is what drives me to create. Through still photography or with the use of motion in cinematography, creating a piece that is inspiring to the viewer is my goal as an artist. Being born in Washington state has fueled my passion for nature and using its beauty in my artwork. Preserving this beauty to live on for future generations is the fundamental backbone of my pieces. While double majoring in Photo/Media and Environmental studies my artwork combines these to create compelling work showcasing our surrounding environment in artistic and educational ways. My documentary styled work hopes to preserve what may be lost, with hopes to inspire future change on environmental related issues.

ruinous war, 2023

Photographic series

Jayce is an artist who specializes in photomedia and cinephotography. His work focuses on the environment and it always has a sense of mystery and self reflection. The viewer is encouraged to figure out and grapple with the subtle ideas and story that is being told so that they have a full understanding of the work. The sense of mystery that oozes out of his work is created by the sounds and colors that he chooses to highlight.

I think his work is aesthetically pleasing to look at while also having a deeper message to it. I believe that type of storytelling is great at getting the viewer to engage and want to ask more questions. I think that this is even more apparent with his most recent work that was shown in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery. The black frame that contained the pictures adds a kind of gravity to the images that shows that he has mastery of his style and subtle story telling. It emphasizes an ominous and devious undertone that is felt but not seen.