Artist Talk with Toni Pepe

Toni Pepe constructs prints and three-dimensional assemblages from discarded newspaper images, family snapshots, and obsolete photographic equipment to explore how photography shapes our perception of time, space, and self. Her practice considers the layers of information a print can impart to the viewer beyond the image. Whether it is the presence of text, subtle stains, or crop marks, each element offers a glimpse into the photograph's journey and its significance as an object in the world. Photographic prints are more than static images; they suspend our likenesses and histories beneath surfaces that are continually transformed by the effects of time and physical contact.

 Pepe currently serves as the Chair of Photography and Assistant Professor of Art at Boston University. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, including at Blue Sky Gallery, the Center for Photography at Woodstock and The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). Pepe's work is in the permanent collections at the MFA; the Boston Athenaeum, Fidelity, the Danforth Art Museum; Candela Books + Gallery; The Magenta Foundation; and many private collections. She received a MacDowell Fellowship in 2024 and completed a residency at Frans Masereel Centrum in 2023.

In her talk with the Leica Gallery Boston, Toni will be in conversation with Greer Muldowney, an artist, photography professor and independent curator based in Boston, Massachusetts. Her work often tackles the relationship of policy making and how it affects landscape, housing and community. She received an undergraduate degree in Political Science concentrating in Urban Policy and Studio Art from Clark University, and an MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She has acted as the Curator for the Desotorow Gallery in Savannah, GA, and was the Regional Coordinator for the Flash Forward Festival on behalf of the Magenta Foundation in Boston, MA. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Griffin Museum of Photography, and is the Founder and Director of Undergraduate Photography Now, an arts organization bolstering the work and professional development of photography students. She has juried and curated exhibitions nationally, and, previous to her role at BC, has taught photography at Lesley University and Boston University.

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