Jessica Dickinson

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1975, St.Paul, MN
Lives: Brooklyn, NY

Education
1999, MFA, Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art

1997, BFA, Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Summa Cum Laude

University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy

Solo Exhibitions
2009
"Here", James Fuentes LLC, New York, NY

2007
"What Remains After A Fire?" Brooklyn Fire Proof (Project Space), Brooklyn, NY

2006
"Jessica Dickinson: The View From Here", Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami, FL


Group Exhibitions
2010
"Come Through", Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York, NY (upcoming, Sept,)
"Lush Life / Chapter Four: Let It Die", Curated by Franklin Evans & Omar Lopez-Chahoud Lehman Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
"Precarity and The Butter Tower", Curated by Jackie Gendel and Tom McGrath, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX

2009
"Besides, With, Against, and Yet:Abstraction and the Ready-Made Gesture" , The Kitchen, NY
"Kings County Biennial", Kidd Yellin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Insomnia", Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, NY
"On From Here", Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
"Wow, We Have Come So Far", Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami
"My Tokyo! Benefit Auction", Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis


2008
"UT Artist In Residence Biennia: Jessica Dickinson, Jeff Gaunt, Munro Galloway, Wallace Whitney", Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2007
"Unfathom". Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
"Neointegrity", Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

2006
"The Difficult Shapes of Possible Images", Zieher Smith, New York, NY
"The Sanctuary and the Scrum", Curated by David Hunt, Black & White Gallery, NY
"The Milwaukee International Art Fair", Bas Fisher Invitational Booth, Milwaukee, WI
"Strictly Painting", Galerie Michaele Janssen / Dogenhaus Galerie / Voges + Partner
(KLF), Guest Curator David Hunt, New York, NY

2005
"Excitations", Andrew Kreps Gallery, a project arranged by Matt Keegan, NY
"The Seismologist", Curated by David Hunt, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY
"Festival Of Dreams, Part 2", Lombard Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY

2004.
"Grotto 2", Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2003
"Super Assembly", Artist's Space Curatorial Grant, 111 N. Third Street, Brooklyn, NY

2002,
"Artist to Artist: A Decade of The Space Program", Ace Gallery, New York, NY
"718: Bridge to Brooklyn", Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Bibliography
2010
Hudson, Suzanne, "Besides, With, Against, and Yet", mention, Artforum, January

2009
Wolin, Joseph, "Jessica Dickinson: Here," Time Out New York, September
Kunitz, Daniel, "'Naked!' at Paul Kasmin; Jessica Dickinson's 'Here'; 'Looking at Music: Side 2' at MOMA," The Village Voice, September
Art Review, The New Yorker, September
Keegan, Matt, "We're Not There", Here, exhibition artist book, Monday Dinner Publications
Johnson, Paddy, "Featured Artist: Jessica Dickinson", Art Fag City blog, July 14

2008
Buckner, Chris, "Resident Art", Metro Pulse, Knoxville, TN, Jan. 24
Artist-In-Residence Biennial Exhibition, exhibition catalog, Ewing Gallery, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2007
Baker, R.C., "Best In Show: NeoIntegrity", mention, Village Voice, Aug.14
PaintersNYC, Featured Artist, July 17, painternyc.blogspot.com

2006
Feinstein, Roni, "Miami Preview", Art in America, December issue
Johnson, Ken, "The Sanctuary and The Scrum", The New York Times, July 7
Weinberg, Michelle, "Edging In: Fringe Actions Initiated by Artists, Curators and
Others During Basel Weekend", Miami Sun Post, December
Raskin, Lisi, "Introducing�Jessica Dickinson", feature, NYFA Current, April 19,
www.nyfa.org
Flash Art Online, "Studio Visit: Halsey Rodman", Nov.11, Andrea Bellini, mention
"Etc. Projects", published by Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

2005
Harrison, Helen, "Landscapes: Fantastic, Elemental, or Formal: 'The Seismologist',
Sara Nighthtingale Gallery", The New York Times, Long Island Edition, Nov. 13,
Kim, Min and Dickinson, Jessica, "Expanding Narratives of Interiority", Interview,
North Drive Press, Volume #2, Edited by Matt Keegan, 2005


2002
"Artists to Artists: A Decade of The Space Program", exhibition catalogue, published by
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Edited by David Frankel
"718: A Bridge to Brooklyn", exhibition guide, Cranbrook Art Museum




Grants/Awards
2008
Farpath Grant, Residency in Dijon, France

2003
Change Inc., Artist's Grant

2001
The Space Program, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Artists Residency

1998
Marguerite Kimball Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art

1997
The Shipley's of Maryland Award, Maryland Institute, College of Art


Projects
2010
Free Draw!, organized and facilitated workshop as part of The Union of Initiatives for Education Assembly for Anna Craycroft: Subject of Leaning / Object of Study, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX

2008
Organized the group exhibition The Grey House That Thinks Itself Into Your Head Without Asking, Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY

2007
Ballad of The Breathless Performance and Exhibition, site-specific drawing installation created for Emily Graves' Poetry Reading and Book Launch, Jax Building Studio 401, St.Paul, MN



Publications
2009
"Here", exhibition artist book, Monday Dinner Publications

2008
Ballad of The Breathless, An Anthology of Poetry by Emily Graves, featured artwork,
Spout Press, Mpls., MN

1994-2001
The following self-published chapbooks are collaborations with the poetry of Emily Graves through our continuing project Monday Dinner Publications:
Remember the Absurdity and The Monkey's of the Street (2001); thirsting for the big
scrub(1998); Learning the Art of Motion (1997); a rare occurrence in which we are
entirely permeable (1995); In The Trunk Of The Female (1994)