JP Terlizzi
Remembering EDEN
Montclair Art Museum
Exhibition
“Remembering Eden”
November 22nd, 2025 - June 28th, 2026
Montclair Art Museum, McCullen West Gallery
3 SOUTH MOUNTAIN AVENUE, MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY 07042
The exhibition presents a series of contemporary still-life photographs by New Jersey artist JP Terlizzi (b. 1962), exploring the intimate connection between memory, meaning, and beauty. Through thoughtful arrangements of food, flora, heirlooms, and textiles, JP considers how the objects we keep and the rituals we repeat become vessels for personal and collective histories. Each image exists in a space between joy and decay, comfort and uncertainty—inviting viewers to look beyond the surface, to “hear with their eyes,” and to witness how the familiar becomes tender, unexpected, and transformative. Rooted in domestic tradition and childhood memory, the work reflects on themes of belonging—how we gather, what we inherit, and the fragile ways memory endures through what we use, preserve, and share.
About JP
JP Terlizzi
JP Terlizzi ( American, b. 1962 ) is a New York City metro-based photographer who weaves memory, material, and metaphor into deeply personal explorations of family, legacy, and identity. His work reflects a curiosity about how the past and present continually shape and enliven one another, influencing the ways we understand ourselves. Drawing on his own history and lived experience, JP often turns to objects, rituals, and storytelling to navigate these connections. His photographs balance intimacy with universality, inviting viewers to reflect on their own relationships, traditions, and sense of belonging.
Born and raised in the farmlands of Central New Jersey, JP earned a BFA in Communication Design at Kutztown University of PA with a concentration in graphic design and advertising. He has studied photography at both the International Center of Photography in New York and Maine Media College in Rockport, ME.
JP’s work has been exhibited extensively in galleries and museums across the United States and abroad, including juried, invitational, and solo exhibitions, notably at Koslov Larsen Gallery, (Houston, TX), Vicki Myhren Gallery (Denver, CO), Gilman Contemporary (Ketchum, ID), Klompching Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) Florida Museum of Photographic Art, Danforth Museum (Framingham, MA), The Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA), Ft. Wayne Museum of Art (Ft. Wayne, IN), and The Montclair Museum of Art (Montclair, NJ), among others.
JP has been recognized four times in Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 50 and three times as a Finalist. His work has appeared in AIPAD and The Photoville Fence, and his portfolios have won notable awards from Klompching Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Sohn Fine Art Gallery (Lenox, MA), and Soho Photo Gallery (New York, NY).
Print and online publications include: PDN, National Geographic, Shots Magazine, Yogurt Magazine (Italy), Art Market Magazine, (Israel), Lens Magazine (Israel), Photographer's Companion (China), Abridged Magazine (Ireland), New England Review, Mono Chroma Magazine, Artdoc Magazine, All About Photo, L’oeil de la Photographie, and The Photo Review.
JP’s work is represented in the permanent collections of The Royal Caribbean Group, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, and Candela Gallery Acquisitions, in addition to private and corporate collections across the US, Canada, and internationally.
