ladyjessiefisher@yahoo.com / 816-206-3572
born 1971-Omaha, Nebraska
Current Awards:
2008 Miami University Young Painters Competition- Hiestand Galleries, Miami University- Oxford, OH.
Juror Peter Plagens
$10,000.00 William and Dorothy Yeck Purchase Award
Upcoming Exhibitions:
H&R Block Artspace at KCAI, "Kansas City Flatfile 2008", Kansas City, MO. Feb-Apr 2008
Solo Exhibition at Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH. Dec-Feb 2009
Education:
August 2007 Ecourche: Anatomical Sculpture for Painters, Studio Incamminati
May 2004 MFA, Painting/Drawing, Minor in Printmaking, University of Iowa.
July 2002 Scoula Internationale della Grafica, Venice, Italy.
Sept -Apr 2001 Associate Artist with Studio Balma- Studio Balma, Mpls.
Sept 1997-May 1998 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
May 1993-May 1996 Apprenticeship with Studio Balma- The Frescoes of St. Thomas
Dec 1996 BFA in Fine Art, University of Minnesota
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2006 Marvin Cone Gallery, "Aesthete", Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA.
2004 Oulous Repair Shop, “Mr. Hoof”, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA.
2003 Lo River Arts, “Realities”, Beacon, NY.
2003 Eve Drewelowe Gallery, “Recent Work”, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
2002 Eve Drewelowe Gallery, “Recent Work”, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
2001 Eve Drewelowe Gallery, “Recent Work”, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Selected Two Person Exhibitions:
2006 Paragraph, "Aesthete: Re-framing the Forlron", Sarah Vandersall and Jessie Fisher, Kansas City, MO.
2004 Lo River Arts, “Flora/Fauna; Recent work by Scott Seebart and Jessie Fisher”, Beacon, NY.
1998 Sexton Studios, “The Divine Comedy Paintings”, Minneapolis, MN.
1996 Studio Arts Gallery, University of Minnesota, “BFA Exhibition”, Minneapolis, MN.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 KCAI Painting Department Gallery, "Other Views", KCAI, Kansas City, MO.
2005 H&R Block Artspace at KCAI, "Kansas City Flatfile 2005", Kansas City, MO.
Des Moines Art Center, "Iowa Artist's Exhibition 2005", Des Moines, IA.
Lo River Arts, "A 21st Century Salon", Beacon, NY.
2004 Claire Oliver Fine Arts, “Recent Work by Gallery Artists”, New York, NY.
University of Iowa Museum of Art, MFA Exhibition, Iowa City, IA.
2003 Oulous Repair Shop, “Factorial Debut”, Chinatown-Los Angeles, CA.
New American Paintings-The MFA Annual 2003, “Juried Exhibition in Print”, Juror:
Lawrence Rinder, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, NY.
2002 Des Moines Arts Center, “Iowa Artist’s Exhibition 2002”, Des Moines, IA.
2001 Watkins Gallery, “Another Twist”, Winona State University, Winona, MN.
Weisman Museum of Art, “Minnesota with a Twist”, Minneapolis, MN.
Gus Lucky’s Gallery, “Group Show”, Minneapolis, MN.
1998 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts-PAFA Gallery, “Graduate Exhibition”, Philadelphia, PA.
1997 Museum of American Art, “Fellowship Exhibition”, Philadelphia, PA.
1995 Minnetonka Center for the Arts, “The Apprentice Exhibition”, Minnetonka, MN.
The University of St. Thomas, “The Apprentice Exhibition”, Minneapolis, MN.
Professional Experience:
Present Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing, The Kansas City Art Institute
2005-2007 Instructor of Painting and Drawing, The Kansas City Art Institute
2007 Artist's Talk, SLIDESHOW Series, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO.
Bethany Colege, Lindsborg, KS. Jurer, Annual Senior Show, March, 2007
Visiting Artist's Lecture, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA.
KCAI International Painting Symposium: Hybridity in Contemporary Painting, Panelist
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture, Kansas City Art Institute
KCAI Summer Intensive High School Teachers Wokrshop- Painting, Professor
2005 Assistant-Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa. Painting and Drawing department
Visiting Artist Lecture and Sophomore Critiques, Kansas City Art Institute
2004 Assistant-Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa. Painting and Drawing department
Guest Lecturer- Undergraduate Forum, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA.
2003 Teaching Assistant, Teacher of Record, University of Iowa. Painting and Drawing department
2002 Teaching Assistant, Teacher of Record, University of Iowa. Painting and Drawing department
2000 Associate Artist, Studio Balma, Minneapolis, MN.
1998 Teaching Assistant, Temple University, Philadelphia. Drawing.
Co-leader and developer, Graduate Drawing Seminar, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Awards:
2008 Ohio Young Painters Prize
KCAI Faculty Development Grant- Academic drawing at the Nelson-Atkins Museum
2007 Nomination: Charlotte Street Award, Kansas City, MO.
KCAI Faculty Development Grant, Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA Summer 2007
2003-4 Graduate Fellow: Mildred Pelzer-Lynch Fellowship, University of Iowa.
2001-2 Graduate Fellow: Virgil M. Beall Fellowship, University of Iowa.
Publications:
2008 Pearce, Sara, "Miami Displays Winning Work: Ohio Young Painter’s Prize", The Cincinnati Inquirer, Jan, 24th.
2007 Self, Dana, "Wild Things : The Greenlease Gallery's Beasts brings out the animal in all of us", The Pitch, Kansas City, MO. Feb, 8th.
2006 Sue Coe reviews “Aesthete”, a recent solo exhibition of work at Coe College for REVIEW Magazine, December.
"The Art of Food: Artists Speak on the Use of Food as Subject Matter", Relish Magazine, Des Moines, IA. December.
"Crass Menagerie: Jessie Fisher and Sarah Vandersall at Paragraph", The Pitch, Kansas City, MO. Oct 19th-24th.
"Exhibition Preview, Jessie Fisher and Sarah Vandersall in AESTHETE at Paragraph", REVIEW Magazine; Oct .
Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing, Pleiades Press: Central Missouri State University, May and December Covers.
New American Paintings, Volume 65- Midwestern Edition 2006. Curated by Carl Belz, Director Emeritus of the Rose
Art Museum of Brandeis University. Catalogue
2005 Betancourt, Michael, "Whatever Happened to Post-Modernism?", ArtScene Magazine, August 2005.
Duncan, Jim, "Art Pimp-Young Guns", Citiview Magazine, June 9, 2005.
Duncan, Jim, "Summer of the Dead Queens- Who is Jessie Fisher?", Citiview Magazine, June 2, 2005.
Duncan, Jim, "Art Pimp- Aces High", Citiview Magazine, May 12, 2005.
Pierre, Amanda, "Wit and Inagination Feul this Art Show", Des Moines Register, May 8, 2005.
Iowa Artists 2005, Des Moines Art Center, Exhibition Catologue
Edwards, Nicole, “Gallery Crams Space for Salon Exhibition”, Poughkeepsie Journal, Feb 11, 2005.
2004 Press Release, “Flora/Fauna to open at LoRiver Arts”, Putnam County Recorder, Cold Spring, NY, Sept 8, 2004.
Maresca, Dean; "A Nerveracking Menagerie- Jessie Fisher‘s “Bunny on Bull“, Fran Magazine; April 2004.
2003 Spire, Todd; “Jessie Fisher at Lo River Arts”, New York North Arts-http://www.nynarts.com, September 2003.
Zevitas, Steven T.,Ed: New American Paintings, The MFA Annual 2003; Open Studios Press; December 2003.
2002 Iowa Artists 2002, Des Moines Art Center, Exhibition Catologue
1997 The Unbroken Line-The Fellowship Centennial Exhibition 1887-1997, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts and The Museum of American Art, 1997. Exhibition Catologue
Public Collections:
The G-Spot Hair Salon, Iowa City, IA.
On-Line Collections:
Your Daily Palette- Artists in the Year of the Arts and Humanities, The University of Iowa
Graduate Archive- Univeristy of Iowa
Private Collections:
The Cohen collection, Iowa City, IA.
The McDade collection, Philadelphia, PA.
The Barnhouse and Oliphant Collection, Minneapolis, MN
The Susan Crysler-White Collection, Iowa City, IA.
The Wendel P. Oulous Repair Shop collection, Los Angeles, CA.