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Jorge Ariel Escobar

  • Lecturer, Photography & Imaging
  • Lecturer, First Year Program

Education

  • MFA, Art - Photography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • BFA, Studio Art - Photography, James Madison University

Biography

Jorge Ariel Escobar (b. 1994) is a queer Latinx image-maker whose photographic practice explores intimacy, desire, and the ephemeral nature of queer connection. His work centers on short-term romantic encounters between queer men, rendering the male form with tenderness and vulnerability. Escobar holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was an Ed-GRS Fellow and the recipient of the Temkin Exhibition Award.

His recent solo exhibitions include Perspectives Gallery (Milwaukee, WI) and Task Gallery (Milwaukee, WI). His work has also been featured in group exhibitions at the Trout Museum of Art (Appleton, WI), the Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, CO), Candela Gallery (Richmond, VA), The Image Flow (San Anselmo, CA), and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago, IL). His photographs are part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Contemporary Photography and earned First Place at the TMA Contemporary Exhibition at the Trout Museum of Art.

Escobar has participated in residencies and workshops at AZULE (Hot Springs, NC), the Penland School of Craft (Bakersville, NC), and the Anderson Ranch Arts Center (Snowmass Village, CO). He currently lives in Milwaukee, WI, where he is a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

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Recent & Selected Work

Photograph by Jorge Escobar of a shirtless person looking over their shoulder at the camera in soft peach tones.
“As We Say Goodbye”, lumen print, 2024
Photograph by Jorge Escobar of lower legs in a bed in soft peach tones.
“Resting”, lumen print, 2024
Photograph by Jorge Escobar of a shirtless male torso with a nipple ring in soft peach tones.
“Nipple Ring”, lumen print, 2024
Cut off photograph by Jorge Escobar of a shirtless bearded man in soft peach tones.
“Lingering”, lumen print, 2024
Photograph by Jorge Escobar of a shirtless person from the waist up, head tilted upward with their eyes closed and one arm raised in soft peach tones.
“Reaching”, lumen print, 2025

Artistic Exhibitions & Artwork

  • Escobar, Jorge. In Another Life. September 26, 2025 - October 28, 2025, Perspectives Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
  • Escobar, Jorge. Aftertaste. January 12, 2025 - March 30, 2025, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA.