JESSICA DICKINSON

Born 1975, St. Paul, MN 
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY 

EDUCATION
1999
MFA Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 

1997
BFA Painting, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Summa Cum Laude, Baltimore, MD 
Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia Studies Abroad, Cortona, Italy, Spring term Junior Year 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
And, James Fuentes, New York, NY (May 2 - June 15)

2022
From: Know-Here-With-This, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA

2021
With, James Fuentes, New York, NY

2020
from: notebook drawings and notations, James Fuentes Online

2019 
As: Now, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA 

2017
Are: For + remainders, James Fuentes, New York, NY

2016
Are: , Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA 

2015
Close/Close, James Fuentes, New York, NY 

2014
Of-It: notebook drawings / works on paper / traces/ remainders, The Armory Show with James Fuentes, NY 

2013
Of-, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
final remainders 2011-2013, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis 

2012
Under, Maisterravalbuena Galeria, Madrid, Spain 

2011
BEFORE/BESIDE, James Fuentes, New York, NY 

2010
Towards- / Full-See / Already., Solo Presentation at Frieze, Frame section, James Fuentes LLC, London UK 

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 


TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016
Jessica Dickinson and Alison Knowles, James Fuentes, New York, NY 
 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Therein the Beauty, organized by Lindsay Burke, Marinaro, New York, NY 
A Study In Form (Chapter Two), Curated by Arden Wohl, James Fuentes, NY

2023
A Study In Form (Chapter One), Curated by Arden Wohl, James Fuentes, NY

2022
Sensory Poetics: Collectiong Abstraction, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

2021
With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomifield Hills, MI 
Painters Drawing, Cooper Union School of Art, 41 Cooper Square Gallery, New York, NY

2020
Slow Burn, John H. Baker Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA

2019
Friends and Family, Curated by Keith Mayerson, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017
DOUBLES, DOBROS, PLIEGUES, PARES, TWINS, MITADES, curated by Rodrigo Moura, The Warehouse, Dallas, TX
New Ruins, The American University Museum at The Katzen Arts Center, Washingnton D.C. 
Surfacing, James Harris Gallery, curated by Cameron Martin, Seattle, WA 
Thy Majestic Loose Eye, And Only Thus, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA

2016
Will and Be Going To It, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
O / U, P! and Room East, New York, NY
See Sun, And Think Shadow, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY 
Future Developments, David Petersen Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2015
The Home Show, curated by Asad Raza, private residence of Asad Raza, New York, NY
Same But Different, Eleni Kornoeou Gallery, Athens, Greece
Gray Would Be The Color If I Had A Heart., Curated by Tim Hawkinson, Marc Straus, New York, NY
Stirring Still, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY

2014
Room by Room: Monographic Presentations from The Faulconer and Rachofsky Collections, The Warehouse, Dallas, TX
Jessica Dickinson, Shannon Ebner, Matt Keegan, Trevor Paglan, Will Rogan, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013
BiennaleOnline 2013, curated by Jan Hoet, https://www.artplus.com/ 
Jessica Dickinson, Liam Everett, Yorgos Sapountzos, Elani Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece 
Paintings from the Zabludowicz Collection: Painting in the 2.5th Dimension, London UK 
MICA Then and Now, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts at Kunsthalle Beacon, Beacon, NY 
Peripheral Prose: Jessica Dickinson, Nathan Dilworth, and Max Warsh, curated by Keith Varadi, Longhouse Projects, New York, NY 

2012
Jessica Dickinson, Liam Everett, Alex Olson, Josh Smith, Garth Weiser, Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011
Jessica Dickinson, Oscar Murillo, Cammie Staros, and Phil Wagner, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 
paper a-z, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY 
Becoming Something Found, Jolie Laide Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
RISD Faculty Biennial, RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI 

2010
In Side Out, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY 
Come Through, Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York, NY 
New Work from New York, Golden Auxiliary Space, Chicago, IL 
Lush Life / Chapter Four: Let It Die, Curated by Franklin Evans &Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Lehman Maupin Gallery, New York, NY 
Parts & Labor, Soloway, Brooklyn, 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, curated by Debra Singer, 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
8 1/2 X11" / A4, James Fuentes LLC, New York, NY 
The Grey House That Thinks Itself Into Your Head Without Asking, Peter Fingesten Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY 
Artist-In-Residence Biennial Exhibition: Jessica Dickinson, Jeff Gaunt, Munro Galloway, Wallace Whitney , Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN  

2007
Unfathom, Max Protetch Gallery, Curated by Aaron Williams and Stuart Krimko, New York, NY 
NeoIntegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, Curated by Keith Mayerson, 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, New York,NY 
The Milwaukee International Art Fair, Bas Fisher Invitational Booth, Milwaukee, WI 
Strictly Painting, Galerie Michaele Janssen / Dogenhaus Galerie / Voges + Partner (KLF), New York, NY 

2005
Excitations, Andrew Kreps Gallery, a project arranged by Matt Keegan, New York, NY 
The Seismologist, Curated by David Hunt, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY 
The Festival of Dreams, Part 2, Curated by James Fuentes, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York,NY 

2004
Grotto 2, Jessica Murray Projects, Brooklyn, NY 

2003
Super Assembly, 111 N. Third Street, Brooklyn, NY 

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

2000
Flat File Show, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY 

1999
it is a story in technicolor to add a touch of luxury, Swallow, Brooklyn, NY 
Juried Degree Exhibition, curated by Susan Yelavich, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
The Rachofsky Collection, Dallas, TX
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021
Brian Alfred, Sound & Vision Podcast, "Jessica Dickinson", Feb. 11

2020
Arthur Peña, "Solo Show", Dallas Art Fair preview, Patron Magazine, April

2018
Westfall, Stephen, "Slow Painting", Art in America, February
Cohen, Alina, "What Makes a Monochrome Painting Good", Artsy, March 5

2017       
Art Review, The New Yorker, September 
Saltz, Jerry, "Jessica Dickinson: Are: For + remainders," Three Sentence Reviews, Vulture, New York Magazine Online, Sept. 18
MacFarlane, Rachel, “The Best Work At Frieze New York 2017 Was By Woman Artists”, Format Magazine, May 13

2016
Zachary Royer Scholz, "Are:", Review, Art Practical, June 7 
Dayal, Mira, "Juxtaposing Exhibitions", review of group exhibition "O/U" at P! and Room East, Aesthetica Magazine, September 

2015
Mysliwiec, Danielle, "In Covnersation: JESSICA DICKINSON with Danielle Mysliwiec", interview, The Brooklyn Rail, June 2015 (full cover feature)
Singer, Debra, "Up Close / Moving Back", Essay, from Jessica Dickinson: Under | Press. | With-This | Hold- | Of-Also | Of/How | Of-More | Of:Know, Inventory Press
Treib, Patricia and Dickinson, Jessica. “Jessica Dickinson and Patricia Treib in Conversation in Madrid November 2012", interview, from Jessica Dickinson: Under | Press. | With-This | Hold- | Of-Also | Of/How | Of-More | Of:Know, Inventory Press, 2015

2013
Martin, Cameron, "Painting Has Issues", Paper Monument Issue 4 
Smith, Nathaniel "Art & Vision: Intermittent Archives, l'etoile, June 20th 
Griffin, Nora, "Peripheral Prose: Jessica Dickinson, Nathan Dilworth, and Max Warsh", artcritcal, Aug 2 
Spector, Nancy, Curator Synopsis, BiennaleOnline 2013

2012
Hirsch, Faye, "Exhibition Reviews: Jessica Dickinson", Art in America, January 

2011
Art Review, The New Yorker, November 
Johnson, Paddy, "Jessica Dickinson's Paintings Are Full of Emptiness", L Magazine, November 23 

2010
Wullschlager, Jackie, “Engerised by youthful chaos,” Financial Times, October 
Pollock, Lindsay, “Standing out from the crowd,” Art Newspaper,October 
Luke, Ben, “London is gripped by the big Frieze,” London Evening Standard, October 
Clausi, Leonardo, “Cecilia Alemani: Interview with the curator of one of Frieze’s sections,” Vogue Italy, October 
O'Neill Butler, Lauren, "Come Through", Artforum, Critic's Picks review, Oct. 29 
Levy, Michelle, "Uncertainty Sets the Stage: Come Through", ArtSlant, October 
Hudson, Suzanne, "Besides, With, Against, and Yet", mention, Artforum, January 

2009
Scrimgeour, Alexander, "Jessica Dickinson, James Fuentes LLC", Review, Artforum, December issue 
Baker, R.C., "Let's Renegotiate! 'Abstraction and The Ready-Made Gesture' at The Kitchen", The Village Voice, Dec.1 
Wolin, Joseph, "Jessica Dickinson: Here", Review, Time Out New York,September 
Kunitz, Daniel, "'Naked!' at Paul Kasmin; Jessica Dickinson's 'Here'; 'Looking at Music: Side 2' at MOMA," Review, The Village Voice, September 
Art Review, The New Yorker, September 
Keegan, Matt, "We're Not There", HERE, exhibition book, August 
Horner, James, "Staying Up With 'Insomnia' at Pace University", Manhattan Fine Arts Examiner, Nov.17 
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, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

2007
Baker, R.C., "Best In Show: NeoIntegrity", mention, The 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 
Flash Art Online, "Studio Visit: Halsey Rodman", interview with Andrea Bellini, mention  
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 
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 
 
PUBLICATIONS
2024
JESSICA DICKINSON, James Fuentes Press, New York, NY

2020       
With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932, published in conjunction with the exhibition With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2017
Raza, Asad, The Home Show, Exhibition Book, New York, NY
 
Moura, Rodrigo, DOUBLES, DOBROS, PLIEGUES, PARES, TWINS, MITADES, Exhibition Catalogue, The Warehouse, Dallas, TX
 
Campbell, Natalie and Mysliwiec, Danielle, “New Ruins”, exhibition brochure, The American University Art Museum at The Katzen Arts Center

2015
Jessica Dickinson Under / Press. / With-This / Hold- / Of-Also / Of-How / Of-More / Of: Know, Inventory Press, New York, NY

2013
Painting from the Zabludowicz Collection, Exhibition Catalog, interview, Edited by Ellen Mara DeWachter, published by Zabludowicz Art Projects

2008
Ballad of The Breathless, An Anthology of Poetry by Emily Graves, featured artwork, Spout Press
Artist-In-Residence Biennial Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

2006
Etc. Projects, published by Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY

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 catalogue, Cranbrook Art Museum 

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES 
2017
Steep Rock Arts Residency, Washington, CT 

2014
Belle Foundation Individual Grant

2008
Farpath Grant and Residency in Dijon, France 

2006
Artist-In-Residence, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Fall 

2003
Change, Inc., artists grant 

2001
The Space Program, The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, NY 

1998
Marguerite Kimball Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art 
 
COLLABORATIONS AND 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 Finsgesten Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY 

2007
Ballad of the Breathless Performance and Exhibition, site-specificdrawing installation created for Emily Graves' poetry reading to launch publication of Ballad of The Breathless, Jax Building, Studio 401, St. Paul, MN 

1994-2001 
The following self-published chapbooks are collaborations with the poetry of Emily Graves through our 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) 

LECTURES  

2022        Visiting Artist, Yale University, Graduate Painting and Printmaking Department, New Haven, CT
                Visiting Artist, SUNY Purchase, MFA Prgram, School of Art + Design, Purchase, NY
                       
2021        Virtual Gallery Visit, Graduate Painting Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art
 
2017        Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Program, Painting, Providence, RI
 
2015        Session Participant and Presenter, "A Dialogue With The Art of Alberto Burri", in conjunction with Alberto Burri: The                           Trauma of Painting, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
 
2013        Visiting Artist, Columbia University Summer Painting Intensive, New York, NY 
 
2012        Artist-Led Walk Through, Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and The Guggenheim, 1949-1960, The                                  Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, July 25 
                Visiting Artist, Yale Summer School of Art and Music, Norfolk, CT 
 
2011        Visiting Artist, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY 
 
2010        Visiting Artist, MA Program, New York University, New York 
                Visiting Artist, MFA Program, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of The Arts, New Brunswick, NJ 
                Visiting Artist, MFA Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 
 
2009        Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 
 
2007        Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art, MFA Program, Boston
                Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA Program, MI 
 
2006        Artist-In-Residence Lecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
 
2002        Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 
 
 
TEACHING

2022         Visiting Artist, Graduate Painting Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2018-20   Adjunct Faculty, Visiting Artist, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY, Fall semesters
 
2018        Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY, Spring
                 
2016        Visiting Critic, Columbia University School of the Arts, MFA Program, New York, NY
 
2013-15  Adjunct Faculty, Critic, Yale University School of The Arts, MFA Program, New Haven, CT, Spring semesters
 
2011-14  Adjunct Faculty, Visiting Artist, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY, Fall semesters
 
2010        Adjunct Faculty, Part-Time Critic, Rhode Island School of Design 
 
2009        Adjunct Faculty, Part-Time Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 
                Part-Time Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 
                Drawing Instructor, Cooper Union School of Continuing Education, NY  
 
2008        Part-Time Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
                Drawing Instructor, Cooper Union School of Continuing Education, NY 
 
2007-12  Adjunct Associate Professor, Pace University, New York, NY 
 
2007        Part Time Faculty, The New School for General Studies, New York, NY 
                Guest Critic for Junior/Senior Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 
 
2006        Artist-In-Residence: Graduate Seminar, Painting III, Drawing III, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
                Guest Critic for Junior/Senior Painting, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA 
 
2005        Guest Critic for Senior Thesis, Painting, Drawing, and GFA, Maryland Institute College of Art 
 
2004        Guest Critic for Senior Thesis, Painting, Drawing, and GFA, Maryland Institute College of Art 
                 Part-Time Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 
 
2003        Guest Critic for Senior Thesis, Painting, Drawing, and GFA, Maryland Institute College of Art