Jonas N.T. Becker
Jonas N.T. Becker has been teaching at SAIC since 2017. He took his sabbatical during the AY2024–25.
Jonas N.T. Becker makes photographs, videos, and performances that explore how systems of power place value on the body and the resource-rich landscape. His practice is research based, excavating layers of mainstream and marginalized histories, particularly in rural America. Each of Becker’s projects focuses on a specific landscape, drawing attention to interrelated histories and human impact. Becker has exhibited internationally, including the MCA Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Photography, ICA LA, and LAXART. Becker works between his home state of West Virginia and Chicago, IL, where he is a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Education
MA and MFA, University of California, Irvine, 2010
Coro Fellowship in Public Policy and Leadership, 2007
BA, Smith College, 2004
Notable Classes Taught:
Constructing the Rural
Land as Material
Grad Projects
