Snow falling at night with the silhouette of tree branches visible against a dark blue sky.

Close-up of butterfly wing with intricate pattern of black spots and delicate veining in black and white.

Collage of torn paper pieces forming images of a person's face, text, and various colors.

Jay Muhlin

PHOTOGRAPHY • VISUAL RESEARCH • CREATIVE PRACTICE

Rooted in curiosity, observation, and collaboration.

A flock of birds flying over a rural landscape with houses, trees, and a cloudy sky.

White cat lying on crumpled white bedsheet, looking at the camera with yellow eyes

Broken chain-link fence with black background, two sections separated, with ripped and bent wires.

A tiger in a cage being fed by a person.

A mounted dog head on a wooden plaque.

A cat is lying on a wooden dollhouse with a kitchen interior, indoors during Christmas. A girl with striped shirt is nearby, and a decorated Christmas tree is in the background.

Jay Muhlin is a Rochester, New York–based visual artist and photographer working across long-term photographic projects, artist books, archives, visual research, and collaborative creative practice. His work examines memory, place, intimacy, systems, and the ways images accumulate meaning over time.

Exhibition / Book Trilogy

2012-2018 Vox Populi Gallery

Philadelphia, PA

Three long-term photographic projects developed through exhibitions, books, and image-based storytelling.

Black book with white text that reads 'Guilty Pleasures' by Jay Muhlen.

Guilty Pleasures

A black and white photo of a book titled 'Sleeve On My Heart' by Jay Muhlin, featuring three small decorative trees on the cover.

Sleeve On My Heart

A hardcover children’s book with a pink and yellow floral cover standing upright.

Kid

A Maine lake seen through tall pine trees.

A newsletter with radio-station energy, by 🍋 Lemon Juice.

📡 A MILLION SCATTERED PIECES
A publication from Lemon Juice 🍋

Photographs, music, research, and the connections between them.

Edition 001 arrives September 15.

Edition 000

AN INVITATION

Welcome to the beginning of

A Million Scattered Pieces.

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Our Bones & Their True Name

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