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Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, Jackie now lives and works in the Los Angeles area.
EDUCATION:
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art, 2013
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland and San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry/Metal Arts, 2004
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo Exhibitions/Installations
2021
The Little Gallery of San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. The Pillow Lounge
Neon Moon Gallery, Claremont, CA. The Image, Captured.
2019
Bunny Gunner Gallery, Claremont, CA. Violet Hour
2018
Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA. Starburst, part of the Window Dressing Exhibition Series (catalog)
2014
Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA. Deflated/Defeated
2013
Peggy Phelps Gallery, CGU, Claremont, CA. MFA Thesis: There Be Dragons
Installation Gallery, CGU, Claremont, CA. Installation: In Between The Moment
DC Gallery, CGU, Claremont, CA. Of Architecture And Line
2012
Peggy Phelps Gallery, CGU, Claremont, CA. Installation: Feminization of Space (Wax Paper Room)
Installation Gallery, CGU, Claremont. Ribs
Studio 113, CGU, Claremont, CA. War of Two Cities
2004
Young Women’s Christian Association, Oakland, CA. BFA Thesis: Landscapes in Metal
Group Exhibitions
2021
Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA. NOMAD
Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN. Spectrum (catalog)
Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucmamonga, CA. (Dis)Comfort
Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA. Flux By Mail
Arts Connection, San Bernadino, CA. We Count
2020
Cerritos College Art Gallry, Cerritos, CA. Hindsight is 2020, Dispatches from the Edge of an Apocalypse
Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA. TYPE
Maloof Foundation, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Preserving Creative Spaces
Fat Canary Gallery, online.Self-Portraits in the Pandemic
2019
Flux Art Space, Long Beach, CA. Small Works
Maison Riz, Redondo Beach, CA. CA 101 2019
The Little Gallery, San Bernardino, CA. Unbuntu (catalog)
BoneHouseBridge, Claremont, CA. ARTCRIB 19
The Nook Gallery, (aka Supercollider), Inglewood, CA. Locating Form in Virtual Spaces
Creative Commons Summit, Lisbon, Portugal. Open Press Collection, Ed 2
Hall Of Writers/Park View Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. We Are One
ACE/121 Gallery, Glendale, CA. There Is No End To Her
dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA. Mail Art Love
Kölner Graphikwerkstatt, Cologne Germany. Open Press Collection
LRC Gallery, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA. Faculty Exhibition
2018
The Little Gallery, San Bernardino, CA. Uncle Bacon's Mail Art Flux
Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA. 50/50: The Creative Magic of Collaboration (catalog)
UCR Artsblock , Riverside, CA. Imperial Lofts Exhibition
BoneHouseBridge, Claremont, CA. ARTCRIB 18
Garcia Center of the Arts, San Bernardino, CA. Printmaking Show
Norco College Gallery, Norco, CA. Faculty Show
2017
Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA. Peak and Ground of Creativity (catalog)
Studio 6, Claremont, CA. Creating Community
Brand Gallery, Glendale, CA. Man Made
Art Share LA at Angel City Brewery, Los Angeles, CA. Resurgence
Artweek, Miami, FL. Fair, curated by Anthony Spinello and Zoe Lukov
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, United Kingdom. Starless Midnight
2016
Keystone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Broadcast, curated by Kim Abeles & Ken Marchionmo
Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH. Gallery Talley, curated by Courtney Kessel
Los Angeles Contempoary Exhibitions (LACE), Hollywood, CA. Gallery Talley
Groundspace Project, Los Angeles, CA. Holiday Show
Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA. Mutual Appreciation Society (MAS) Attack Last
Redondo Art Association, South Bay Galleria, Redondo Beach, CA. CA 101 2016
2015
Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM. Gallery Talley
Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile. Gallery Tally
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. Gallery Tally Poster Project
Private Residence, Garden Grove, CA. JUST IGNORE ME
Industrial Cathedral, AES Power Plant, Redondo Beach, CA. CA 101 2015
Formation Gallery, Pomona Artwalk, Pomona, CA. SUBLMNAL
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM. Looking Forward, Looking Back
2014
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA. XX Redux: Revisiting a Feminist Collective
ForYourArt on Wilshire, Los Angeles, CA. (en)Gendered (in)Equity
Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA. OC Academy
Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Tracers Takes Over
Artra Curatorial, Barker Hanger Studios, Santa Monica, CA. MAS Attack 7
Gallery Conceal Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. The Butterfly Effect: Moment by Moment (catalog)
Sukedo Public Hall & Kominka House, Ashikaga, Japan. The Butterfly Effect (catalog)
WIHTO, Fullerton, CA. LGT! presents What I Have To Offer (catalog)
Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA. LA N CV (catalog)
dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA. Strange Comfort (catalog)
2013
West LA College Gallery, Culver City, CA. Margin Release Right
Private Residence, Garden Grove, CA. Just Ignore Me
Groundspace Project, Los Angeles, CA. Plastic Sunshine
Peggy Phelps and East Galleries, CGU, Claremont, CA. You Are The Ocean And I Have A Fear Of Drowning
Gallery 3, CGU, Claremont, CA. A Special Thanks to the Sculptures and Sculptors of Early Monumentalism
Studio 112B, CGU, Claremont, CA. Four Sculptures and a Floor
The Lawn, CGU, Claremont, CA. Large Scale Sculpture
2012
Mosaic Gallery, Pomona, CA. Untitled.
CGU Campus Main Galleries, Claremont CA. INDecent Proposal
CGU Campus Main Galleries, Claremont, CA. While You Were Out
Harper Hall, CGU, Claremont, CA. Underwater Cathedral
The Loft, Pomona, CA. Island Fever
Mosaic Gallery, Pomona, CA. Women to Women
Da Center For The Arts, Pomona, CA. Trilateral Exchange: The MFA Candidate Exhibition
Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA. Something Superbly Small: Pint Sized Art
Studio 113, CGU, Claremont, CA. Collaborative Installation: Form and Fester
Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA. So-Cal a Graduate Introspective
2011
Studio 127, CGU, Claremont, CA. Exquisite Corpse
East and Peggy Phelps Galleries, CGU Claremont, CA. 27+3
2007
Progress Space, Pomona, CA. UnProfessionals
2006
Progress Space, Pomona, CA. Renaissance Women
2004
California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA. Graduating Student Show
California College of Arts & Crafts, San Francisco, CA. Jewelry/Metal Arts Departmental Senior Show
PUBLIC ART / SOCIAL PRACTICE / COLLABORATION
2020
Call & Response virtual collaboration, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
2019
SoundPEDRO at Angel's Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA. Debuted "Lightwave" a sound sensitive sculpture that lights up when it "hears" sound.
2017
Art: Eyes on Healing, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA. Festival culminated in group collaboration between presenters, artists, faculty, staff, and students on campus. Created an installation connecting atrium garden performance space outside to inside lobby.
2013-2017
(en)Gendered (in)Equity: The Gallery Poster Project, Los Angeles, CA. Spearheaded by Micol Hebron, participants make "data visualizations" of the statistics of representation (of male vs. female)
2016
CURRENT:LA: Public Art Biennial, Los Angeles, CA. Exhibited Sculpture Rain Chains under “KPARK,” KCHUNG’s event programming, at both South Weddington Park and Point Fermin.
2013-2015
LGT! (acronym for Let's Get This!) A grass-roots curatorial project that connected artists with curators, and curators with space, producing over a dozen pop-up and month-long exhibitions throughout southern California.
2014
WHITE HOUSE Curated by Kio Griffith at Roppongi 605, Tokyo, Japan. Provided a voice recording of a recited quote and personal story responding to it.
Butterfly Effect, Los Angeles, CA & Okinawa, Kyoto, Ashikaga, & Tokyo, Japan. Collaborating with Artists Takeshi Kanemura and Snezana Petrovich to create a series of performances and exhibitions for both American and Japanese Audiences.
www.facebook.com/ButterflyEffectArtProject
2013
Choose Your Objectification, Los Angeles, CA. An affordable art project that highlights the American culture of objectification through consumerism of novelty objects.
2013
Crit Sessions, Claremont CA. Participant in project created by curator Jennifer Frias, to engage and empower the public in art by conducting critiques in of work in the artist’s studios.
Drucker School of Business, Claremont, CA. Sculpture on loan to the Arts Management department office: Woven Wire
2012
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. Sculpture on loan to the Arts and Hummanities department office: Flesh Sacs
2005
Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center Gallery, Pomona, CA. Onsite painting (various projects) every Saturday for 6 months. Visitors were encouraged to ask questions about the process of painting, or about the art.
1998
Grace Chemicals, Baltimore, MD. Collaborative mural: Maryland’s Wetlands
1997
Patapsco High & Center For The Arts, Baltimore, MD. Collaborative mural: Art Through Time
CURATORIAL
2014-2015
The Apothecary Gallery, Pomona, CA. Various Exhibitions
2014
Mosaic Gallery, Pomona, CA. Clarke Latta Henry III: These Things Happen
dA Center For The Arts, Pomona, CA. Trilateral Exchange 2.0
Villa Riviera Ballroom, Long Beach, CA. LGT! Presents Out of Place
2013
Pomona Packing Plant, Pomona, CA. LGT! presents You Are Here: Installations and Space Expanse. Co-curated with Jennifer Frias
Private Residence, Los Angeles, CA. LGT! Presents Parallel
Groundspace Project, Los Angeles, CA. Co-Curated with Takeshi Kanemura. LGT! Presents Plastic Sunshine
Groundspace Project -Project Room, Los Angeles, CA. LGT! Presents tried to nap on a cloud but i fell to the ground
PUBLISHED ART
2021
We Go Down Sewing: The Auntie Sewing Squad, Radical Care and Racial Justice During Covid-19, University of California Press
2014
“Crochet as a Model for the Elasticity of Skin Cells” published in Vol. 1, Is. 2 of the STEAM Journal: The Quantified Self published online at http://scholarship.claremont.edu/steam/vol1/iss2/
2013
Fall 2013 issue of online zine Viral Cat. http://www.viralcat.com/fall2013issue.htm
PUBLISHED WRITINGS AS AUTHOR
2020
Catalog Essay, Shhh... Say Nothing: An Honest Look At Silenced Voices, Suzanne Gibbs
2019
Catalog Essay, Caron Rand solo Exhibition at Tolerance Education Center, Rancho Mirage, CA.
2017
Thought piece: Beauty is Resistance. Published online at Riot Material:
https://www.riotmaterial.com/?s=jacqueline+bell+johnson
2014
Contributed an article and imagery to the Baby Elephants Project. Publication date TBA. http://dwillsonblog.wordpress.com/babyelephantproject/
“The Importance of Drawing to Bring Ideas to Life” published online at Notes on Art blog: http://suzannegibbs.com/installation/guest-blog-post-jackie-bell-johnson/
2008
“Vanity Galleries: Emerging Artists Beware!” published online at Artists At Work, A Professional Practices Blog on www.gyst-ink.com
2007
“The Art of Critique” published in The Pomona Valley Art Association Newsletter, Pomona, CA
LECTURES, JURIES, PANELS, & WORKSHOPS
2020
Lecture: Online Artist Talk, The Maloof Foundation, Rancho Cucamonga, CA. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfxUaJ6PdSaJTN9UwjpmYdQ
2018
Lecture: Artist Talk and studio visits with MFA students, California State University, San Bernardino
Panel: On Beauty at Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA.
2017
Panel: Discussing the exhibition "Line-Five Different Stories" at the Inland Empire Museum of Art, Upland, CA.
Lecture: Artist Walkthrough of Man Made Exhibition, Brand Library in Glendale.
Lecture: Artist lecture at Mount San Jacinto College, Menifee campus for Art History class.
2014
Lecture: Artist Lecture at Riverside City College for Art Appreciation class.
Panel: Butterfly Effect artist panel at City Hall, Ahikaga, Tochigo, Japan
Lecture: Butterfly Effect lecture at Toyo Institute of Art, Tokyo, Japan.
Lecture: Artist lecture at Mount San Antonio College exploring the role of drawing in creating my installation work.
2009
Jury: Worked with several other artists to judge End of Year Student Art Show, Victor Valley High School, Victorville, CA.
2008
Jury: Sole Juror for La Habra Art Association Group show.
Lecture: Environmentalism As An Art Movement, Invited to do lecture as part of their “Green Week.” Baltimore County Community College, Dundalk Campus, Dundalk, Maryland.
2007
Instructor: “The Art of Critique” workshop discussing and practicing the basics of critiquing artwork. Held at The Progress Space, Pomona Valley Art Association, Pomona, CA.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES
2020
The Artists is In Residency, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY.
2014
Hatchfund Grant, crowd funded grant to support the project Deflated/Defeated.
2012
Art Fellowship, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
2011
Transdiciplinary Reading/Working Group Grant, Claremont Graduate University. Awarded for research group Methods of Innovation: The Process of Gaining Inspiration From the Other Side.
2000
Creative Achievement Award, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA.
Maryland Senatorial Scholarship, State Senate of Maryland
BIOGRAPHIES / REVIEWS
2018
Curatorial Essay: The Gruen Transfer: Culture, Placemaking, and the Semiotics of Window Displays by James MacDevitt for Window Dressing. http://www.blurb.com/books/8793870-window-dressing
Article: https://artandcakela.com/2018/01/15/cerritos-college-gallery-window-dressing/
Exhibition Preview of the Window Dressing exhibition series.
2017
Review: "Wo(Man) Made" at the Brand Library and Art Center written by Genie Davis. Published online at https://artandcakela.com/2017/05/07/woman-made-at-the-brand-library-and-art-center/
Review: Man Made written by Michael Shaw. Published in print in ArtScene, vol. 36, No. 7. Published online at http://www.visualartsource.com/index.php?page=editorial&aID=3932
Article: Exhibition preview of Man Made at Brand Library and Art Center. Published online at the Glendale News Press of the Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/entertainment/tn-gnp-me-man-made-20170314-story.html
2014
Article: Coverage of Butterfly Effect Exhibition in Ashikaga. Published in newspaper Shimotsuke Shinbun, on Monday, November 17, 2014. Written by Editor Yumiko Ono.
Article: featuring recent artwork as shown on my website. Written by Dallas Jeffs. http://artistrunwebsite.com/blog/886/Fabric+and+Hanging+Objects:+Art+by+Jacqueline+Bell+Johnson
Review: Deflated/Defeated installation. Published online in El Intruso.
2013
Review: YOU ARE HERE: Installations and Space Expanse. Published newspaper IE Weekly.
http://ieweekly.com/2013/10/arts/arts-feature/sculptural-splendor/
2012
Artist Interview with Suzanne Taski-Gibbs. Published on the blog Notes on Art. http://suzanneutaskigibbs.blogspot.com/2012/07/jackie-bell-johnson-artist-interview.html
Article featuring myself and my art work. “Student Acheivements” published in The Pedant (spring Issue), Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2008
Article featuring myself and my art work. “Art In The Real World” published in newspaper The Dundalk Eagle, Dundalk, MD
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
2021
“The Auntie Sewing Squad Guide to Mask Making, Radical Care, and Racial Justice,” by Mai-Linh K. Hong, Chrissy Yee Lau, Preeti Sharma, Kristina Wong, artwork and article
2020
Critical Essay, “Shhh... Say Nothing: An Honest Look At Silenced Voices,” by Suzanne Gibbs
"LigthWave: Visualizing the Wind" article and artwork, The STEAM Journal, Volume 4, Issue 2
2019
“’These Creatures’ at Wignall Museum” published online for Art and Cake
Catalog Essay, “Zohar Meditations by Caron Rand,” Tolerance Education Center, Rancho Mirage, CA.
"Secrets of the Universe: Tim Hawkinson at DENK” for Art and Cake
“How the World and Time Intersect, Visiting the Studio of Susan Ossman” for Art and Cake
“Things Are Brewing In The Inland Empire” for Art and Cake
2018
“Artcrib 2018 at BoneHouse Bridge” for Art and Cake
“SoCal MFA 2018 at Millard Sheets Art Center” for Art and Cake
“Breaking Illusions: Artist as Scientist at Claremont Graduate University” for Art and Cake
2017
“Beauty is Resistance.” Published online at Riot Material
“Hypoxia by James Peterson at Montclair Place,” for Art and Cake
“Time Traveler – Rotem Reshef” for Art and Cake
“STARDECK Academy, Erica Ryan Stallones” for Art and Cake
“Pomona Personified – Dee Marcellus Cole and Carnival Seekers at the Claremont Museum of Art” for Art and Cake
"Process is King: Conceptual Craft @ DENK Gallery” for Art and Cake
“WALLS: The Quest for Immersive Space at Produce Haus” for Art and Cake
“Claremont Graduate University MFA Open Studios” for Art and Cake
“Drawing Lines: The Only Way Out Is In at Citrus College Art Gallery” for Art and Cake
“Mugwort, Mogusa & Art, the Building Blocks of an International Exchange” for Art and Cake
“Guerrilla Girls Part 2: Heroes of the Past and Present” for Art and Cake
“Fighting For Survival, Black Mirror at Charlie James Gallery” for Art and Cake
“Where the Sidewalk Ends, a Group Exhibition at Moran Bondaroff” for Art and Cake
“Advocating for the Arts in the Inland Empire: An Interview with Quinton Bemiller” for Art and Cake
“Lisa Adams, Petrichor at CB1 Gallery” for Art and Cake
"Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls in the Art World & Beyond, Part 1” for Art and Cake
“Looking Back: Art Palm Springs 2017” for Art and Cake
“Looking Forward, Pacific Standard Time Round 3: LA/LA” for Art and Cake
“All Women are Dangerous at Building Bridges Art Exchange” for Art and Cake
“Matisse/Diebenkorn Artistic Soulmates” for Art and Cake
“Beatriz Cortez’s “Nomad World” at Vincent Price Art Museum” for Art and Cake
2016
“A MAS Attack: The End Is Just The Beginning” for Art and Cake
“Chenhung Chen at Crafton Hills College Art Gallery” for Art and Cake
“London Is Calling” for Art and Cake
“A Miniature World Awaits at Grand Central Art Center” for Art and Cake
“Kim Kei’s ‘I See Who You Are’” for Art and Cake
“Past, Present, Future: An Interview with Tulsa Kinney on the 10th Anniversary of Artillery” for Art and Cake
“Sally Bruno: “SURF SKATE SNOW” at Chimento Contemporary” for Art and Cake
“Stanton Hunter & Michael O’Malley: Intimate Corners, Interrupted Surfaces” for Art and Cake
“‘Phantom Limb,’ Figures in a State of Mind” for Art and Cake
“Biomythography: Currency Exchange opens at Claremont” for Art and Cake
“Claire Falkenstein goes ‘Beyond Sculpture’ at the Pasadena Museum of California Art” for Art and Cake
“A conversation with Southern California Art Maven Jennifer Frias” for Art and Cake
2014
Personal Essay, Baby Elephants Project
Essay/Photos, “The Importance of Drawing to Bring Ideas to Life” published online at Notes on Art
2008
“Vanity Galleries: Emerging Artists Beware!” published online at Artists At Work
2007
“The Art of Critique” published Pomona Valley Art Association Newsletter, Pomona, CA
ACCOLADES
2007
Three sculptures chosen to decorate the set of MTV’s Real World, Season 20, Hollywood, CA. (aired in February 2008)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2017-2021 Adjunct Professor at Norco College, Norco, CA.
Beginning Sculpture, Beginning Drawing, Color Theory, Art Appreciation,
2016-2020 Adjunct Professor at Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA.
3D Design, Life Drawing 1 & 2, Art History II, Art Appreciation, Exhibition Design
Other Employment:
Contributing Writer at Art and Cake, Los Angeles, CA. Reviewing exhibitions in Southern California, published online at https://artandcakela.com/