Education
| 1993 | Graduate Studies in Film Production, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1988 | B.A. English, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2009 | Boys, dnj Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Church and State, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2008 | In the Paths of Righteousness, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA | |
| 2007 | Lincoln High: ROTC, Project Room Two, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA | |
| 2005 | Selections from High School, Wildwood Gallery Visiting Artist Series, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2004 | High School, Foley Gallery, New York, NY Still/Motion Studies, 101 California, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2003 | High School, Residency Exhibition Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2002 | Interpreting High School, Jackson Street Gallery, University High, San Francisco, CA High School, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1998 | School Pictures 1995-1997, Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah | |
| 1997 | School Pictures 1995-1997, SCI-ARC, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2007 | Time Lapse, Mind Section, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA From Mind to Hand: Artists and Graphology, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2006 | Joint Venture, Contemporary and Vintage Photography The Ramer Collection and Other Selected Work, Richard L. Nelson Gallery / Pence Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA |
| 2005 | Beyond the Portrait, Tommy Hilfiger, Milan, Italy Contemporary American Photography, Internationale Fototage, Mannheim/Ludwigshafen Germany When We Were Young, Foley Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2004 | Village Roadshow Pictures, Santa Monica, CA, Berman Collection: Recent Acquisitions FRAME Analysis of Movement, Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York, NY Never Been Better, Dintaman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Schoolin', a.o.v. Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2003 | Still/Motion, a.o.v. Gallery, San Francisco, CA Exhibition Game, San Francisco Arts Commission, CA Self Performed,Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 2002 | Bay Area Now 3 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA About Face, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2001 | Don't Ever Change, The Tuttle Gallery, Baltimore, MD Vivid: Photographs by Camerawork Members, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA |
| 2000 | Member's Exhibit, Hallmark Society of Contemporary Photography Kansas City, MO |
| 1999 | Tender, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA Current Works 99, Society of Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO Photography 18, Perkins Center for the Arts, NJ |
| 1998 | Nothing But Time, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA Emerge GenArt/SF Premiere Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, CA |
Publications
| 2009 | Adam Pockross, Cover Photo and Interview, "Photography is in the Airport," The Argonaut, January 8 Kevin Eckstrom, "Ten Minutes with Jona Frank" Religion News Service, religionnews.com, January 5 "Book Notes: Right, The Public Square," Zocalo, zocalo.com, January 4 | |
| 2008 | Jeanette Kohl, "Gottes Kaderschmiede," Sueddeutsche Zeitung, December 9 Jeff Sharlet, "The Best Media of 2008," ReligionDispatches.com, December Charles Dee Mitchell, "Book Review: Right," Photo-Eye Magazine, December 12 "Exposure: Photojournalism at Mother Jones," motherjones.com, Photo Essay: RIGHT, November John McAlley, "Books We Like: Inside 'The Evangelical Ivy League'" npr.org, October 22 Andrew Sullivan, "Face of the Day," The Daily Dish, The Atlantic.com, October 8 Macy Halford, "Photo Finish: Higher Calling," New Yorker.com, The Book Bench, September 29 Conor Risch, "Book Review: RIGHT," PDNonline, September 18 | |
| 2006 | Joint Venture, Exhibition catalogue, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, January | |
| 2005 | Beyond the Portrait: Young American Photography, One, TH Inside, Milan, December You Can Do It, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, April Edgar Allen Beem, "Clicking Cliques," Photo District News, January | |
| 2004 | "Last Minute Gift Guide: Top 10 Books," The Advocate, December 21 "Last Minute Gifts: Art Books and Literature," New York Magazine, December 13 Vince Aletti, "Art: WhatÕs Up? Foley Gallery," Village Voice, November William Meyers, "Photography Shows in Chelsea," The New York Sun, October 28 Tara Weiss, "Images of High School Manners," The Hartford Courant, October 18 Stacy Tornio, "Understanding High School Hierarchy," Waukesha Freeman, October 14 "School Days," Daily Candy Calendar Feature, The New York Sun, September 27 Marisa Olsen, "Jona Frank, High School," Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Volume 31, No.2 Fall/Winter Philip Sherburne, "Sort/Filter/Form: Database Art" Camerawork: A Journal of Photographic Arts, Volume 31, No.1 Spring/Summer D. Dominick Lombardi, "In Geometric Forms, Bending Nature at Will," New York Times, August 15 Jonathan Rauch, "The Power of Two," New York Times Magazine, March 7 Theresa Ha, "Showcase," Popular Photography, January | |
| 2003 | Christine Sienkiewicz, "This is So High School: The Photography and Films of Jona Frank," Kitchen Sink, Summer Marisa Olson, "Still/Motion Hosfelt Gallery," Afterimage, p.14, March/April Alison Bing, "Hosfelt Still/Motion," sfgate.com, February 10 | |
| 2002 | Bay Area Now, Exhibition Catalogue, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco Marisa Olson, "'Bay Area Now 3' at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts," Artweek Adrienne Gagnon, "Anxious Times," SF Weekly, December 4 Glen Helfand, "Ages of Youth 'Bay Area Now 3' Returns to the Fountain," San Francisco Bay Guardian, November 27 "Yerba Buena Selects Wattis Artists-in-Residence," Artweek, November Alison Bing, "'B A N 3' Local Artists Make Good," SFGate.com, ePicks, Oct. 31- Nov. 6 Stephanie Cash, "Report From San Francisco: Surviving & Thriving," Art in America, November Lisa Hom, "Night & Day: November 5, Bay Area Now," SF Weekly, October 30-November 5 Meredith Tromble, "Bay Area Now 3," Stretcher, November Karen Hildebrand, "Bay Area Now 3: Visual Art," DigitalCity.com, October 21 "Events: 'About Face'" soonja.com, August 2 Diana Gaston, "Jona Frank: High School," Art on Paper, July-August Steven Jenkins, "Jona Frank at Robert Koch Gallery," Artweek, May Marisa Olson, "Jona Frank: Decodification," Planet Magazine, Spring Kenneth Baker, "CriticsÕ Picks," San Francisco Chronicle, April 12 Alison Bing, "Jona Frank: 'High School'", SF Gate, April 4 Kenneth Baker, "'High School' Confidential From an Adult Perspective," SF Chronicle, April 3 Lisa Hom "Back to School," SF Weekly, March 6-12 | |
| 2001 | Marisa Handler, "Their Art's In the Right Place," SF Examiner, October 21 Mark Mardon, "Out and About: 'Vivid' at Camerawork," Bay Area Reporter, August 2 Manfred Zollner, "Portfolio: High School," FOTO Magazine, July | |
| 2000 | Marisa S. Olson, "Prodigy: Jona Frank," Surface Magazine, November Robyn Israel, "Clique Here." Palo Alto Weekly, April 21 Alan T. Saracevic, "Paly High: A Tech of A School", SF Examiner, April 19 Carolyne Zinko, "Pressures of Silicon Valley Lifestyle," SF Chronicle, April 19 Thomas Leupold, "Paly Teens Tell of Life in Tech Boom," Palo Alto Daily News, April 18 | |
| 1999 | Julia Sefrove-Jaurigui, "Arts and Minds, SF Festival Sends Filmmakers Back to School." Release Print, July/August Sarah Hepola, "The Territory Begins A New Season, Small Screen, Big Ideas," Austin Chronicle, October 8 Kati Toivanen, "Projects, Story Telling Mark Juried Photos at SCP," Gallery Guide, October Fred B. Adelson, "Up-to-the-Minute Show With Echoes of the Past," The New York Times, February 14 R. Pitman, "Catholic School," Video Librarian, March-April | |
| 1998 | Josh Massey, "Kudzu Film Fest Covers Diverse Range of Topics," The Red & Black, October 9 Eric Bergeson, "Kudzu Film Festival Takes over Downtown," The Athens Observer, October 8 Meredith Alexander, "Emerge, at the SF Art Institute," Artweek, September Jay Boyar," Catholic School Is Spirited Fun," Orlando Sentinal, June 17 Carl Peters, "Catholic School Captured In Photos and Film," Catholic Star Herald, May 8 John Beck, "Pictures at 11: St. John's Catholic students journey to Sundance in SF filmmaker's documentary." The Napa Valley Register, January 22 Elizabeth Schub, "Sundance Shorts," Indie Wire, January 21 Mick La Salle, "In the Discovery Zone," SF Chronicle, January 14 | |
| 1990 | "A View From the South," The New York Times, September 2 Mitchell Seidel, "Southern Vision' Unclear but Still a High-quality Exhibit," The Star Ledger, September 16 Edward J. Sozanski, "'Visions' of South Jersey Photographers," The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 19 |
Grants and Awards
| 2008 | American Photo Magazine: Best Books,RIGHT: Portraits of the Evangelical Ivy League |
| 2003 | Wattis Artist-in Residence, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts |
| 2001 | Individual Arts Commission Grant, San Francisco Arts Commission |
| 1999 | Dockers Grant for Excellence in Short Film Directing |
Books
| 2008 | RIGHT: Portraits From the Evangelical Ivy League, Chronicle Books |
| 2004 | High School, Arenas Street Publishing, Los Angeles |
Films
| 2000 | Between Classes, Broadcast on KQED, San Francisco Senior Portrait, Broadcast on KQED, San Francisco |
| 1998 | Catholic School |
Collections
California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
Center For Photography at Woodstock
Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Johnson & Johnson Corporate Collection
SF Camerawork Fine Print Collection Program
Albright Photography Collection, New Orleans
Berman Photography Collection, Los Angeles
Ramer Photography Collection, Sacramento