Jessica Slaven, b. 1979 Lansing, MI; lives and works in New York and Connecticut

EDUCATION

MFA, Sculpture, University of Pennsylvania 2005
BFA, Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2001
Universität der Künste Berlin 1999

RESIDENCIES

Yaddo 2013
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 2005

EXHIBITONS

2018
- SOUND AND VISION: Courtney Puckett + Jessica Slaven, Field Projects, New York, NY
2016
- Darkwater Revival: After Terry Adkins, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
- in over out under through, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2015
- Flatfiles 2015-2016, TSA New York, Brooklyn, NY
- Impossible Geometries, (#28 online), Field Projects, NYC
2012
- From the Mezzanine, Kresge Gallery, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ (curated by Jennifer Dudley)
2010
- We Pictured You Reading This, curated by Paper Monument, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2009
- Parlour, Curated by Jennifer Dudley, Brooklyn, NY
2008                       
- Add Art, Curated by Paddy Johnson
2007                       
- Free Frisbee, Curated by Anat Egbi and Jen DeNike, Circus of Books, Los Angeles, CA
2006                         
- Free Frisbee, Curated by Anat Egbi and Jen DeNike, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL                     
- I Was a Sunbeam, David Krut Projects, NYC                       
- The Seventh Side of the Die, Alona Kagan Gallery, NYC
2005                        
- Five into One, Moore College, Philadelphia
- Penn MFA Thesis Exhibition (curated by Judith Stein), IceBox Project Space, Philadelphia
2004                         
- Print Ten, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (winner of Best Series)                      
- Folio, Burrison Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia                      
- Solemn, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2003                         
- Office, Uncle Freddy’s Gallery, Hammond, IN                       
- 16th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial (curated by Michael Rooks, Museum of Contemporary Art,Chicago), Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2002                         
- Variations, Apt.1R Gallery, Chicago
2001                         
- BFA Thesis Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
2000                         
- Hochschule der Kunste Rundgang, Hochschlule der Kunste Berlin, Berlin                   
- Leipziger Buch Messe, Leipzig, Germany

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2018
- Rachel Frank: Landscapes of the Future Past, Standard Space, Sharon, CT
2008
- Preternatural Selection, Gallery 51, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA

PUBLICATIONS

2014
- Essay Barbara Where Now in Marvin Gates's exhibition catalog for Barbara, March - April, Upper East Side (itinerant)
- Interview with Terry Adkins, Paper Monument, February, web
- IRL, Paper Monument, January, web #2
2013
- IRL, Paper Monument, November, web #1
- Works from the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Paper Monument, August, web
2009
- Mullican, Mullican, Paper Monument, V3, NYC
- I like your work: art and etiquette, Ed. Paper Monument, NYC, ISBN 978-0-9797575-2-5
- Nick Cave, Whitewall, Summer 2009, NYC
- The Bullying Muse, (with Scott Indrisek) Anthem V38, Los Angeles, CA
- Kalup Linzy for Hire, (Well, Sort of…), Time Out New York, January, web
2008
- Throw Away Architecture, (with Konrad Graser) Anthem V37, Los Angeles, CA
- Sculpture in the Expended Field, Paper Monument V2, NYC
- Falled Up Beyond All Recognition, Paper Monument, web
2007
- September-October, Paper Monument, web
- Reviews, Beautiful Decay, January, Los Angeles
2006
- Sports Report in The Seventh Side of the Die, newspaper published by Alona Kagan Gallery, NYC
2005
- The Annotated Grocery List, The Daily Constitutional, V1 N1, Richmond, VA
2004
- INVENTING SADAPTLSILNYHBWX-likeFTFB, in All Hands On, A The2ndHand Reader. Ed., Todd Dills, Elephant Rock Books/TNI Books, Chicago
- Catalogue entries for JJ Tissot and C Pissarro, in Master Drawings (1800-1914) from the Ashmolean Museum, Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania
- Latin and Greek, EP with Simon Fröhlich, AA Records, Lisbon/Hamburg

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2017
- Mariel Roberts Expertly Navigates Four Premieres on Cartography, (w/image) Jason Charney, I Care If You Listen, 7 June 2017
2016
- Expressing Music Physically, (w/ image), Edith Newhall, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 13 Nov 2016
- Darkwater Ripples, (w/ image), The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 2016
- Darkwater Revival, (cover and image), Burt Waserman, Icon Magazine, November 2016
- Bennie’s Picks, Fall 2016 and Beyond, (w/ image), International Review of African American Art, Fall 2016
- Darkwater Revival, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2016 (catalogue)
- Artist Spotlight: Jessica Slaven, Arthur Ross Gallery Blog, 20 October 2016
2013
- Field Projects (NYC) Blog
2009
- Free Booze, Expensive Art, Katie Luscombe, Real Detroit Weekly, 15 September 2009
- Hot Magazine: Whitewall, Derek Loves Shopping.com, 29 June 2009 (on Nick Cave in Whitewall)
2008
- Add-Art & AFC, Bad at Sports Contemporary Art Talk.com, 10 November 2008
- Preternatural Selection Opens at Gallery 51 February 28 Gail M Burns, Greylock News, 27 February
2006
- Review, The Daily Constitutional V1 N1, Umbrella Online, Volume 29, No. 1, March 2006
2005
- Schools’ Clout, Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, May 18, 2005
- Judith Stein, MFA Thesis 2005 Catalog, University of Pennsylvania, p.5
- Weekly Update, Roberta Fallon, ArtBlog May 18, 2005
- Philly’s 2005 Skowhegan Connection, Roberta Fallon, ArtBlog June 6, 2005