Jessica Yatrofsky

Who is Jessica Yatrofsky?

Jessica Yatrofsky is an American artist, photographer and filmmaker.

Yatrofsky was born in East Brunswick, New Jersey and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She studied Art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2002–2006 and later received her masters in photography in 2009 from Parsons the New School for Design. Her first photography monograph, "I Heart Boy," was published in 2010 by Powerhouse Books. Her first solo show was in 2011.

Yatrofsky wrote and directed her first film, SUN IN MY MOUTH, in 2010 which premiered at the Northside Festival in Brooklyn, New York.

Her work has been exhibited in New York City, Las Vegas, Ghent and Copenhagen, including a live performance at Daniel Cooney Fine Art that was featured in New York Press. She is the founder of the photography blog, I Heart Boy, and has contributed to publications such as East Village Boys, Brooklyn Magazine and The New York Times Style Magazine.

Yatrofsky has guest lectured at the International Center of Photography, Parsons the New School, The Camera Club of New York, Pratt, and the Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht in the Netherlands.

A featured article on Yatrofsky appeared in the "It Girl" issue of Nylon Magazine in October 2010. She was also featured in ELLE Magazine, The New York Press, Ados Puntos, Brooklyn Magazine, The L Magazine, OUT Magazine, Trysatate Magazine, I.T. Post Magazine, Attitude Magazine and Next Magazine.