The Think Potato Institute and Jeffrey Allen Price have produced and contributed to a growing body of essays, abstracts, exhibition texts, catalogs, printed materials, and foundational writings exploring the potato’s role in art, culture, history, media, folklore, and society.
The publications documented here trace the development of Potato Humanities and POTATOISM while preserving key texts associated with exhibitions, conferences, educational programs, and research initiatives.
Foundational Texts
The Dialectical Potato: Potato in Art, Art in Potato
Foundational essay introducing the concept of POTATOISM and examining the symbolic role of the potato in art and culture.
Potato Humanities
Foundational text defining the interdisciplinary field of inquiry devoted to the cultural, historical, artistic, symbolic, scientific, and imaginative life of the potato.
POTATOISM
Foundational text outlining the philosophical framework through which the potato may be examined as a cultural, symbolic, artistic, and historical subject.
The Potato Manifesto
Living statement of POTATOISM that positions the potato as a cultural engine, artistic medium, philosophical tool, and symbolic lens through which to examine history, society, and human experience.
Conference Abstracts
2026
POTATOISM: The Mythic and Symbolic Life of the Potato
World Potato Congress • Nairobi, Kenya (upcoming)
2024
POTATOISM: Exploring the Cultural Ascendancy of the Potato from Ancient Peru to Global Icon
World Potato Congress • Adelaide, Australia
2024
A Brief History of Potatoes in Art and Culture
United By Potato Power • Cēsis, Latvia
2023
THINK POTATO: A Potato-Centric View of Health and Wellness Through Art and Culture
Scientex Conference • Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2018
POTATOISM: How Potato Symbolism in Art and Culture Advances the Potato Revolution
World Potato Congress • Cusco, Peru
Exhibition Catalogs & Printed Materials
2024
Global Potato Cinema Exhibition Materials
Exhibition texts, promotional materials, posters, and related documentation produced in conjunction with the Global Potato Cinema exhibition in Cēsis, Latvia.
2018
POTASIA: Potatoism in the East Exhibition Materials
Exhibition texts, promotional materials, posters, educational programming, and related documentation produced for the Charles B. Wang Center exhibition.
2012
Occupying Potato Exhibition Catalog
Exhibition catalog and printed materials produced in conjunction with the Occupying Potato exhibition.
2009
Front and Back Cover, River Styx Quarterly #79. Literary Journal, printed in St. Louis, MO. Potato drawing on the front and potato fiction and recipe inside.
2008 International Year of the Potato Calendar. Commissioned by TDS Printing, Rotterdam, Holland.
Essays & Articles
2026
POTATOISM and the Cultural Life of the Potato: On the Interdisciplinary Practice of Jeffrey Allen Price
An overview of Jeffrey Allen Price’s artistic practice, research methods, collecting activities, exhibitions, lectures, and the development of Potato Humanities and POTATOISM.
2025
On Potato Collecting: Evidence, Meaning, and the Potato Archive
An essay examining potato collecting as a form of cultural preservation, artistic research, and archival practice through the lens of the Think Potato Institute collection.