Jessamyn Lovell

Jessamyn Lovell (born 1977 in Syracuse, NY) is a visual artist who primarily uses photography, video, and performance. She has a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and an MFA from California College for the Arts. In 2007 Lovell won the first Aperture Portfolio Prize for her work entitled Catastrophe, Crisis, and Other Family Traditions. However, Lovell is most well known for her work entitled Dear Erin Hart, in which she found, followed, and photographed her identity thief, Erin Hart. More recently Lovell obtained her private investigator license, as part of her artwork entitled D.I.Y. P.I..