Jane Terry is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina. She received her BFA degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MFA degree in photography from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Currently, Terry is Professor of Art at Meredith College in Raleigh, where she has taught since 1993.

Terry has exhibited her work at regional and national venues, including the San Francisco Art Institute, CA; Louis K. Meisel Gallery, NY; Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, FL; North Carolina Museum of Art; and Wake Forest University Fine Arts Gallery. She was awarded First Place, Fine Art Photography in the fourth Merry Moor Winnett Triennial at Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art. Recently, Terry’s video work has been screened at two annual international Dallas Video Festivals.

Terry has received numerous awards and grants, including a grant from the Peter and Madeleine Martin Foundation for the Creative Arts, two United Arts Council of Raleigh Regional Artist Project Grants, and an artist residency at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, CO. She is represented in prominent private collections in San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Greensboro.