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Jess Hume-Pantuso
(b. 1989, Chicago, Illinois)
A visual journalist, photographer, and mixed-media artist residing in Corvallis, Oregon.
Current Work
Staff Visual Journalist
Corvallis Gazette-Times
Albany Democrat-Herald
Mid-Valley Media
May 2023 - Present
Education
2013 - A.A. Fine Art
Tarrant County College
2022 - B.F.A. Photography & Digital Studio
Oregon State University
Jess' art practice is centered around the experiences of people with marginalized bodies and how they intersect with and relate to the environment.
Themes often revisited in her work echo feeling small in a big spaces, the cycles of life, and reconnecting with the world around us.
Her impetus for creating work is the result of residual and generational trauma of growing up in a society obsessed with image ideals.
In addition to her art practice Jess has 15+ years of commercial experience with weddings, portrait, landscape and product photography, and social media content creation.
She seeks to work with brands & companies who are inclusive of BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S, and Fat communities.
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Jess is an artist member of Light Rider Studios in Corvallis.
Light Rider Studios is a community darkroom, artist hub, and digital printing studio.
Keep up with Light Rider:
Jess is a co-creator of a group called The Basement Collective
Formed in 2022, alongside friend, artist, and peer Alex Ozeran.
The Basement Collective, named for the "basement" of Snell Hall, is a Corvallis-based mixed media art collective hosting community based events, workshops and critique.
Keep up with The Basement Collective
@basemmentcollectivecorvallis on Instagram
Exhibitions
2025
Potential Spam - A Zine Library
The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
2024
rockbottom - The Basement Collective
Umpqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg, OR
Howland Open
The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
2023
You ARE a scientist.
Reynolds Law Firm, Corvallis, OR
Parallel Exhaustion
The Core Gallery, Corvallis, OR
Howland Open
The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
2022
The Study of Marginalized Body
Praxis Gallery, Corvallis, OR
Montage Juried Student Exhibition
Oregon State University
Truckenbrod Invitational
Truckenbrod Gallery, Corvallis, OR
Major Arcana
Corvallis Museum, Corvallis, OR
Publications
2025
The Oregonian
Albany Democrat-Herald
Corvallis Gazette-Times
2024
The Oregonian
Albany Democrat-Herald
Corvallis Gazette-Times
Lincoln Star Journal
The North Platte Telegraph
York News-Times
Sioux City Journal
Wisconsin State Journal
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Billings Gazette
Morganton News-Herald
Bismarck Tribune
Grand Island Independent
2023
Albany Democrat-Herald
Corvallis Gazette-Times
Beavers Digest Magazine
A Thought Zine
2022
The Daily Barometer
DamChic Magazine
Beavers Digest Magazine
A Thought Zine
2021
The Daily Barometer
DamChic Magazine
Beavers Digest Magazine
2020
The Daily Barometer
DamChic Magazine
Beavers Digest Magazine
2017
Atlas Magazine
Awards
2025
Second Place - Best Photo Essay
Shredding New Ground
Second Place - Best Feature Photo
Lambs Run
Oregon Newspapers Publishers Association
2024
First Place - Audio/Podcast
Small: Crime & Law Enforcement Reporting
"A Place to Sleep" -- Ep. 7, Grants Pass
Penny Rosenberg, Shayla Escudero,
Jess Hume-Pantuso
Listen to Episode 7
Society of Professional Journalists - Oregon
2022
Second Place - Best Magazine News Page/Spread
Designer: Alan Nguyen
Photographer: Jess Hume-Pantuso
Beaver's Digest: Roe v What?
Media Association Pinnacle Awards
Third Place - News/Feature/Sports
PNW Association of Journalism Educators
Internships
2021
Documentary Storytelling
with Chris Johns (Former Nat Geo EIC)