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Jessica Langley is an artist currently based in Colorado
email:jessica[dot]langley[at]gmail[dot]com

EXHIBITIONS
SOLO / TWO PERSON

2017
By Cooling Shade, Hilsbach Kunst Kultur, Hilsbach, Germany

2016
Stellar Cartography (with Matthew Northridge), los Ojos, Brooklyn, NY

2013
Voids, STLCC Forest Park Gallery of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

2012
Harry Smith Was So Skinny… A Janks Archive, in collaboration with Jerstin Crosby and Ben Kinsley, Practice, Philadelphia, PA
Killin’ It, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH
Jessica Langley & Tree, House Show, Pgh, PA

2010
Running Animal (with Mimi McCann), Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH

2009
Home Game, Cosign Projects, St. Louis, MO 
The Thirteenth Day (with Ben Kinsley), Skaftfell Arts Center, Seyjðisfjörður, Iceland

2008
Campos De Color (with Rebecca Kaler), Kiosko Gallery, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

2007
Wilderness, Solo Show, Brew House Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA

2006
Emerging In Summer Eyries, TAI+LEE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

GROUP
2018
Event Horizon, SPACE, Pittsburgh, PA
Blanket Statements, The Overlook, Chicago, IL

2017
Sine Gallery: Berlin, Téte, Berlin, Germany
Other Nature, Lump, Raleigh, NC
Partial.download, Starlight Studio, Buffalo, NY

2016
Object Trap, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY
Queens International, Queens Museum, Queens, NY 
Meddwl, The Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Partial.png, Starlight Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2015
Music Box, Gildar Gallery, Denver, CO

2014
Pittsburgh Biennial, Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 
Janks Archive, Pittsburgh Biennial, Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 
Static Cling, Penelope Gallery, Queens, NY
Of Land & Local, Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT
The Last Brucennial, Vito Schnabel and The Bruce High Quality Foundation present, New York, NY
Mixed Geometry, Survival Kit, Cleveland, OH

2013
Relay Relay, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Queens, NY
Janks Archive: Helsinki, Kallio Kunsthalle Taidehalli, Helskink, Finland
Soft Blanket Slow Thaw, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH
The CATopian Dream, Acid Rain Productions, New York, NY 
iMotion, Delicious Spectacle, Washington D.C.

2012
Curators & Artists, Concept Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Welcome To The Neighborhood, Askeaton Art Center, Askeaton, Ireland 
From the Mezzanine, Kresge Gallery, Ramapo College, Mawah, NJ

2011
Make CATopia Real, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Rustmelt, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Worn Torn Wet & Wild, with Christi Birchfield, Parse Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Climate, Artprojx Cinema, SVA Theater, New York, NY
Spacelift, Wall Eye Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2010
And Beyond, Parse Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2009
Terra Non Firma, Front Room Gallery/ Legation, Cleveland, OH
For Lovers, Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Almost Famous, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Mixology I: Paintings and Works on Paper, Curator’s Office, Washington D.C.
Dream+Reality, About Glamour Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The AWW, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Watershed, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA

2007
If I Remember Right, Front Room Gallery, Cleveland, OH
When We Go Swimming (Candidacy Show), Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
Don’t Fear the Future, Sweetness, Gallery Five, Richmond, VA
We and Us, Playspace, San Francisco, CA
Blueprints (In collaboration with Sebastiaan Bremer), Plant Zero, Richmond, Va

2006
Run for your money, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Homo Ludens: Yip Yap Yelp and Holler, Brew House Association, Pittsburgh, PA
Endlessforms, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

2005
NEO+ONE, Murray Hill Galleries, Cleveland, OH
B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
CIA Graduates, E. Gordon Gallery, Cleveland, OH
59th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH (with jurors; Sue de Beer, Amy Jean Porter, and Dominic Nahas)

2004
58th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH (with jurors: Patty Chang, Jeanne Dunning, and Charles LeDray)

2003
Inside Out, Long Gallery, Newcastle University, England
57th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH (with jurors Nikki S. Lee, M. Sayyid, and Brad Brown)
The Grotesque, Doubting Thomas Gallery, Cleveland, OH

GRANTS/AWARDS/HONORS
2015
Platform Artist Residency, Vaasa, Finland
Digital Painting Atelier, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, CA

2013
Artist-in-Residency, Luminary Center for the Arts, St. Louis, MO

2012
Artist-in-Residence, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH

2011
SPACES World Artist Program, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2010
Regional Transit Authority Public Art Commission, Cleveland, OH

2009 
Skaftfell Arts Residency, Seyðisfjörðdur, Iceland

2008
J. William Fulbright Scholarship, Iceland
Leifur Eiriksson Scholarship, Iceland
NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
SÍM Artist Residency,Korpulfsstadir, Reykjavík, Iceland
SÍM Artist Residency,Seljavegur, Reykjavík, Iceland
Virginia Commonwealth Graduate Student Travel Grant, Ojai, CA

2007
Virginia Commonwealth Graduate Student Travel Grant, Cleveland, OH
Virginia Commonwealth Graduate Student Travel Grant, Pittsburgh, PA

2006
Virginia Commonwealth Graduate Student Travel Grant, Pittsburgh, PA

2005
Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series Finalist, MOCA, Cleveland, OH
Sue Wall Award for Excellence in Painting, 59th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland, OH

2004
Joseph McCullough Scholarship for Excellence in Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

2003
Multicraft Award for Excellence in Painting, 58th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
Albert Murray Scholarship for Excellence in the Arts, Cleveland, OH
Mary Seymour Brooks Award for Excellence in Paiting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

2001-2005
Cleveland Institute of Art Renewable Portfolio Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

PUBLICATIONS/ REVIEWS
Cleveland Plain Dealer, “40th anniversary show at Spaces offers vital self-portrait of an essential arts institution,” April 21, 2018 by Steven Litt
Art F City, “The Artist-Centric Movement has its Milestone Moment: SPRING/BREAK,” March 7, 2016 by Paddy Johnson
Hyperallergic, “Spring/Break, a Sprawling Alternative Art Fair That Delivers,” March 3, 2016 by Jillian Steinhauer
Cleveland Scene, “RTA’s New Red Line Rapid Station Public Art,” March 2, 2015 by Josh Usmani
Pittsburgh Tribune, Art Review: Pittsburgh Biennial 2014″, October 1, 2014 by Kurt Shaw
Columbus Alive, “Profile: Skylab artist in residence Jessica Langley”, May 16, 2012
Beautiful Decay, April 5, 2012, by James Payne
Outpost Journal, Issue 1, Fall 2011
Pittsburgh Tribune, August 31, 2011
Locus Magazine, Issue 5
New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Region, Issue 75

EDUCATION
2008
MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2005
BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH