H. Jennings Sheffield

H. Jennings Sheffield is an Associate Professor of Art at Baylor University, specializing in lens-based media, video, and sound. Her work explores themes of memory, time, and familial relationships, often using familial imagery to illustrate complex roles and dynamics. She also engages in landscape-driven projects focused on climate change and transient environments.

Education: BFA in Photography and Digital Media from Atlanta College of Art, MFA in Photography and New Media from University of Texas at San Antonio.

Research interests include:

• Concept-driven art addressing memory and time
• Familial relationships through visual narratives
• Landscape art documenting environmental change

Her work is exhibited internationally, including at The Print Center (Philadelphia), Houston Fine Art Fair, and Medien Kultur Haus Wels (Austria). Collections holding her work include the Museum of Fine Art Houston and University of Virginia.

Professional roles: Board member of Texas Photographic Society. Provides workshops and lectures on digital photography techniques and artistic methodologies across the U.S. and Europe.

Key projects include the Going Away from Here series on Tangier Island climate displacement and the Collective Glitch installation exploring family roles. Collaborative works like Family as the Vernacular with Libby Rowe and Margaret Hiden combine alternative image structures to evoke collective memory.