Jolene Lupo is a New York City-based artist who utilizes the photographic medium as a tool for investigation. Exploring themes of death, memory, and identification, her practice is backed by over 15 years of experience and uniquely informed by her dual roles as Senior Photographer at the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner and Adjunct Professor at FIT.

Specializing in the wet plate collodion process, Jolene is the 2026 Artist in Residence at Maple Grove Cemetery. Her process-based practice, which emphasizes the physicality of the medium, has been featured in the New York Times, Metro, and Caitlin Doughty’s Ask A Mortician series.