About Jaime Aelavanthara

Jaime (Johnson) Aelavanthara grew up in the woods of Mississippi where whippoorwills, coyotes, and other wild animals outside her window became her daily melody. Jaime received her B.F.A. from the University of Mississippi in Imaging Arts & completed her M.F.A. in Photography at Louisiana Tech University in 2014. 

Currently an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Tampa, Jaime's work explores themes of the human condition and an interconnectedness with nature. She has actively exhibited nationally and internationally and her work is in public and private collections, including the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, and the International House Hotel in New Orleans. 

Jaime Aelavanthara has been recognized as a finalist for the Clarence John Laughlin Award, which recognizes photographers who utilize the medium of photography for creative expression. In 2015, Aelavanthara won the Grand Prize in Maine Media Workshops’ international competition Character:Portraits and Stories that Reveal the Human Condition. Aelavanthara's work has received past funding through a visual arts fellowship award from the Mississippi Arts Commission in 2016.