Image, courtesy of the artist: West Texas Detention Facility, Sierra Blanca, TX, Detainee Capacity 450, Town Population 544, 2024, archival inkjet print, 27.5 x 41 inches framed
Solo exhibition featuring works by Marni Shindelman.
October 2 – 30, 2025
For the past four years, Georgia-based artist Marni Shindelman has been photographing the light that travels miles from detention centers located in rural America. While the economic impact of detention centers is much-covered by local and national press, the experiential changes in the communities near these centers are less understood by those who do not live near them. At times linear and stark, and sometimes gradual and delicate, the lines of light Shindelman records through long exposures on her camera document one aspect of how these centers change the landscapes around them, altering rural night skies.
Artist Lecture & Closing Reception:
When
Thursday, October 30, 2025
Artist Lecture: 5:00 – 6:00 pm CDT
Reception: 6:00 – 7:00 pm CDT
Where
Artist Lecture: 005 Biggin Hall
Reception: Biggin Gallery, 101 Biggin Hall
This event is free and open to the public. 005 Biggin Hall and Biggin Gallery are handicap accessible.
About the Artist
Marni Shindelman’s practice investigates the data tracks we amass through a networked world. Her work ties the invisible to actual sites, anchoring the ephemeral in photographs. Her latest work Restore the Night Sky looks at the influence privatized immigration detention centers have on the rural landscapes they inhabit. Since 2007, Shindelman has been part of the collaborative team Larson Shindelman with photographer Nate Larson. Larson Shindelman’s work has been shown at the Denver Art Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Portland Art Museum; their work is also held in multiple collections.
Shindelman received her MFA from the University of Florida and her Bachelor of Philosophy from Miami University. She is a Professor at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, where she heads the photography area.
Presented by the Auburn University Department of Art & Art History, and the Auburn Honors College.
