EDUCATION:

Master in Fine Arts, Studio Art, 2010
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Fine Art, 2006
Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT

Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, 2003
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Combined Major in Studio Art and Art History


HONORS/ AWARDS:


2009 Blue Sky Project Artist Residency
2008 REMET “Shaping the Future” Project Grant
2008 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2008 Vermont Studio Center Full-Fellowship Artist Residency
2006 Yaddo Sculpture Residency
Roger T. Williams Prize: National Sculpture Society
2003 Phi Beta Kappa

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2010 -Foil, Walls and Toil, Group Show, Robert Bills Contemporary, Chicago, IL (upcoming)
-Public Light and Space, Group Show, John Hancock Center; Chicago, IL
-Dayton Flight, Temporary Installation, Dayton International Airport, Dayton, OH
-Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
-ABC Collaborative: NFO XPO: Version Festival; Chicago, IL
-UnCommon, Group Show, Heaven Gallery; Chicago, IL

2009 -Urban Nights Festival, Group Show, Dayton Arcade; Dayton, OH
-Blue Sky Project, Group Show, Excelsior Lofts: Dayton, OH
-Population Survey, Solo Show, BaseSpace, SAIC; Chicago, IL
-Shaping The Future, Finalists Exhibition, BaseSpace, SAIC; Chicago, IL
-Department (Store), Collaborative Exhibition organized by J. M. Puett, Sullivan -Galleries, SAIC, Chicago, IL

2008 -Mostra Primavera, Siena School of Liberal Arts, Siena, Italy

2007 -73rd Annual Awards Exhibition, National Sculpture Society, Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield University, CT
and Brookgreen Sculpture Gardens, SC

2006 -Silent Crowd, Sill House Gallery, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT
-Crossing the Bridge, Juried Invitational, Hygienic Gallery, New London, CT
-Thesis Exhibition and Open Studios, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT

2005 -“Arts Gone Wild” Summer Art Exhibition, Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
-“Faculty Selects” Chauncey-Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT
-Spring Art Exhibition, Juried Show, Chauncey-Stillman Gallery, Lyme Academy, Old Lyme, CT
-Spring Student Exhibition, Paier College of Art, Hamden, CT

2003 -“Siteworks/Watercourse way,” Collaborative Installation/Performance, South Hadley, MA
-Senior Thesis Exhibition, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, S Hadley, MA


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA:

Articles/ publications discussing my work:

Swann, Jessica, "SAIC Students Breathe Soul Into Chicago’s Public Spaces" FNews Magazine, May/June 2010

Weiss, Hedy "Fountain creator challenges young artists' imaginations" Chicago Sun-Times, May 22, 2010

Larsen, Dave, "Blue Sky Project works installed at Dayton Airport" Dayton Daily News, May 17, 2010

McCoy, Mary Bucci, “Artists’ Communities in the Northeast,” Art New England, February/March 2007

The Corporation of Yaddo, Highlighted Artist, Annual Report, 2006

Edgecomb, Kathleen, “Class Superlatives,” The New London Day, May 5, 2006

“2006 Young Sculptor Awards,” News Bulletin, National Sculpture Society, July/August 2006

Description of my residency at Blue Sky Project.

Video documenting the Blue Sky Project Residency, 3 mins.

My current MFA Program

Where I completed my post-baccauarate program.

My alma mater

A unique liberal-arts study-abroad program, where I taught in 2008.

An excellent residency program.

An excellent residency program.

The Maritime Studies Program of Williams College and Mystic Seaport. A great semester-long liberal-arts program. An unforgettable experience.

An invaluable Summer Fellowship program.

An invaluable teaching internship program.

My undergraduate senior exhibition.

Article includes image of me during my 2006 Yaddo residency!

Website for SAIC's "Public Light and Space" course, including information about my "Upwards" public sculpture proposal.