Biographical Note
Alt’s photographs explore universal issues of humanity, reflecting an interest in the mysteries of life and the non-material world. Her photographs ask us to consider issues of love, loss, and spirituality, which transcend all notions of race, religion and culture.

Jane Fulton Alt was born in Chicago in 1951. Alt attended the University of Michigan (BA, 1973) and the University of Chicago (MA, 1975). She has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally. Alt is the recipient of numerous awards and her work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, New Orleans Museum of Art, Beinecke Library at Yale University, University of Illinois Comer Archive, Centro Fotografico Alvarez Bravo in Oaxaca, Mexico, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, De Paul University Art Museum, Wilmette Public Library and the Dancing Bear collection of William Hunt. Alt is the recipient of the 2007 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award and the 2007 Ragdale Foundation Fellowship Award.In addition to photography she is a licensed clinical social worker, with a practice of over 30 years.

More of her work can be viewed at http://www.JaneFultonAlt.com.