Jean Blackburn

www.blackburnartproject.com           email: jblackbu@risd.edu

EDUCATION

Yale School of Art, Yale University, M.F.A., painting.

Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A., painting, design.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1982 to present             Professor, Rhode Island School of Design. Courses taught include: Drawing I and II, Painting I and II, Scientific Illustration, Visible Cities,

The Domestic Object, Advanced Drawing, 3D Illustration, Senior Portfolio.

Oct. 2015                      Visiting Critic, Roger Williams University

Dec. 2011                      Visiting Critic, Brown University. Critic for sophomore painting project.

Summer 2010, 08, 06    Vermont Studio Center, Painting and Sculpture, Johnson, Vt.

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Nov. 2006                      Visiting Critic, Anderson Ranch. Critic for winter residency program.

Summer 2005                Instructor, Anderson Ranch. Course taught: Sculpture.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Jan.-Feb 2018               Pierogi Gallery, sculpture installation and works on paper, N.Y., N.Y.

March-April 2017          Rafius Fane Gallery, sculpture and painting, Boston, Ma.

Sept.-Oct. 2006             Dolly and Richard Maass Gallery, School of Art  and Design, Purchase  College, Purchase, N.Y.

Fall 2004                       Jean Blackburn, McDough Museum of Art, Youngstown State  Univ., Youngstown, Ohio, curated by Leslie Brothers. 

March-April 2004          Holed, paintings and sculpture, Caren Golden Fine Arts, N.Y, N.Y.

Oct. –Nov. 2002            Livingroom, sculpture and paintings, Caren Golden Fine Arts, N.Y., N.Y.

March 1999                   Deven Golden Gallery, sculpture and drawings, N.Y., N.Y.

March 1997                   Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, sculpture, N.Y., N.Y.

Oct. 1995                      Dahn Gallery, sculpture and drawings, N.Y.,N.Y.

Nov. 1994                      Reconstruct, Pierogi, sculpture and drawings, Brooklyn, N.Y.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

April 2024 There’s a Fly on the Canvas, TSL Gallery, Hudson, N.Y., curated by Harryet Candee.

Aug. 2023 Placing, Two Person Show (Jean Blackburn and Jay Stern), Turley Gallery, Hudson, N.Y.

June-July 2023 Striking the Set, Overlap Gallery, Newport, R.I., curated by Alicia Renadette.

Aug. 22-March 23 Take Care, RISD Museum, Prov., R.I., curated by the Climate Emergency Sustainability Task Force.

July-Aug. 2022 Fragile Force, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., curated by Joe Amrhein and Susan Swenson.

May-June 2022 Make Art Not War, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., curated by Joe Amrhein and Susan Swenson.

Nov.-Dec. 2021 Pulp, Pierogi, Brooklyn, N.Y., curated by Joe Amrhein and Susan Swenson.

Dec. 2021 Paying the Rent, Jay Taylor Gallery, Providence, R.I., curated by Tyler Mills and Fernando Pezzino.

Summer 2019                Mind’s Eye, Pierogi, N.Y., N.Y.

Summer 2017                Summer Show, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, N.Y., N.Y.

Aug. 2-27  2017             Group Show, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, Ma., curated by Ben Shattuck.

June 25-Aug.12  2017    Double Down, Pierogi, N.Y., N.Y.,

Winter 2017                   Annual Survey Show, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Fall 2016                       Kennard Park Sculpture Trail, Kennard Park, Newton, Ma., curated by Alison Newsome.

Sept. 5- Oct. 5 2014       Pierogi XX,, Pierogi, Brooklyn, N.Y.     

July-Oct. 2013               Locally Made, R.I. School of Design Museum, Prov. R.i

March-April 2013   Raid the Attic,  Granoff Center, Brown University, Prov., R.I.

March 2012                   Group Show, Chazan Gallery, Wheeler School, Prov., R.I.

June 16-Aug. 29, 2010   A Separate Piece, McNeill Art Group, N.Y., N.Y., curated by Anna Ort and Shane McAdams

Feb.5-May 16, 2008      Informed by Function, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, N.Y. , curated by Susan Hoeltzel and Claudia Calirman.

Jan.-March 2008 Domesitco, Ierimonti Gallery, Milan Italy.

Dec.4-21 2007               Brief Encouters, Caren Golden Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.

Sept. 2006 - Jan. 2007   Transitional Objects, Neuberger Museum, Purchase College, Purchase, N.Y., curated by Dede Young.

Oct-Nov., 2006              Material Abuse, Colgate U., N.Y.

June 29-Aug.4, 2006     Material Abuse, Caren Golden Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.

Spring 2006                   Group Show, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, curated by Jennifer Gately.

April 21-May 26 2006    Plastic Fantastic, The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, N.J., curated by Christopher Chambers.

Feb.16-March 8 2006     Secretive, Wheeler Gallery, Prov, R.I., curated by Annette Cyr.

Jan. 5-14, 2006              Synthetic Aesthetic, The LAB, curated by Christopher Chambers.

Sept. 21-Nov. 20 2005   Design for Living, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, N.Y., curated by Karen Shaw.

April 30- July 30 2005    ­Annual Summer Invitational Exhibition, De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Ma.

May13-June 8               Rearranged/Redefined: Domestic Objects Reconsidered, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA, curated by Mary Salvante.

Jan.22-March 20 2005   Material Matters, sculpture, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.  curated by Andrea Insellman.

Nov. 26-Dec.24 2005     Three person show, ceramics, David Florio Gallery, Aspen, Colorado.

June 2004-Jan. 2005     About Sculpture, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., curated by Ian Berry.

Fall 2003                       Undomesticated Interiors, Smith College Art Museum, curated by Linda Muelig.

June- Aug. 2003            Perforations, McKenzie Fine Arts, group show, curated by Valerie McKenzie, N.Y., N.Y.

Spring 2003                   Form to Function, John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Dec. 2002                      3 person show, Bettcher Gallery, Miami, Fla., curated by Cora Bettcher.

Jan.-May 2002               Floor to Ceiling, 3 person show, Aldrich Museum , Ridgefield, Conn., curated by Harry Philbrick.

Jan. March 2002            Imprints, Punctures & Other Pointed Maneuverings, paintings and sculpture, University of Rhode Island,  curated by Judith Tolnick.

Nov. 2001-Jan.2002       LOUDLY MINIMAL quietly baroque, highlights of 1/4 Hora Project Space, Elgin, Texas, Group Exhibition, Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, Tx.,

curated by Margo Sawyer.

Nov. -March 2001          The Chasanoff Collection, The Mint Museum of Craft & Design, group show of the Chasanoff  Collection, Charlotte, NC.

Sept.-Feb.2001             Multiple Sensations, a traveling group show curated by Joe Amrhein,  Pierogi, Brooklyn, N.Y. for the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco,                                      Post Gallery in Los Angeles, and Block Art Space  in Kansas City, Mo.

Sept.- Nov. 2000            Threshold, Virginia Center for the Arts, traveling show, curated by Andrea Inselmann, Virginia Beach, Va.                                          

May-Aug. 2000              Welcome, group show, curated by Jennifer McGregor, Wave Hill, Bronx, N.Y.

Sept. -Nov.1999             Best of the Season, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Ct.

Dec.98- June 99             Working in Brooklyn, 4-person show, curated Charlotta Kotik, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y. 

April - Aug. 1999           Threshold: Invoking the Domestic in Contemporary Art, curated by Andrea Inselmann, John Michael Kohler Arts Center,                                       Sheboygan, WI

Sept. 1999                    Rage for Art, inaugural show of artists who have had one-person shows, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Summer 1998                Southern Exposure, curated by Sean Gelb, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami.

May 1998                      Annual Benefit Show, The New Museum, N.Y., N.Y.

March 1998                   Out of the Frying Pan, curated by Linda Gottesfield, Pace University Art Gallery, Pace University, N.Y., N.Y.

Nov. 1997 Redefinitions: A View from Brooklyn, curated by Sue Joyce, Main Art Gallery, Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, Ca.

Sept., Oct. 1997             New York Drawers, drawing files, curated by Shawn Cummins, Gasworks, London and

Corner House, curated by Joe Amrhein, Manchester, England.

Jan. 1997                      Slad, curated by Janice Krasnow and Mary Jones, Apex Art, N.Y., N.Y.

Sept. 1996                    A Walk in the Woods,, sculpture, curated by Karen Shaw, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, N.Y.

June 1996                     Downtown Art Exchange, Bronwyn Keenan, sculpture.

May 1996                      Gramercy International Art Exhibition, Gracy Mansion and Fred Dorfman Art Projects, Gramercy Park Hotel, N.Y., N.Y.

May 1996                      Annual Benefit Show, The New Museum, N.Y., N.Y.

March 1996                   Wish You Were Here, Bronwyn Keenan, sculpture.

March 1996                   Annual Benefit Show, White Columns, N.Y., N.Y.

Dec. 1995                      Multiples, Pierogi 2000, sculpture edition, Brooklyn, N.Y.

May 1995                      Way Cool, Exit Art, The First World. sculpture, biennial survey show, N.Y., N.Y.

Dec. 1994                      Furniture, Jack Tilton Gallery, sculpture, N.Y., N.Y.

Oct. 1994                      Backroom, Four Walls, sculpture, 2 person show, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Fall 1994                       New York Biennial of Glass, Robert Lehman Gallery, Urban Glass, sculpture,  Brooklyn, N.Y.

Jan 1994                       Photonominal, photo-based sculpture, The Forum Gallery, Jamestown, N.Y.

Jan. 1993                      Boundaries, Light, Paint and Constructions, sculpture, 148 Gallery, N.Y., N.Y.

1992                             Body and Soul,  photography, curated by Laura Battle and Kiki Smith, Warren St. Gallery, Hudson, N.Y.

1992                             Against the Tide, photo-based sculpture, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, N.Y.

1992                             Travel and Leisure Show,  photography, Four Walls, Brooklyn, N.Y.

1992                             Neurotic Art Show, sculpture, Artist’s Space, N.Y., N.Y.

1991                             Photo Projects,  photo-based sculpture, White Columns, N.Y., N.Y.

1990                             Manipulation and Photography, The Gallery, photo-based sculpture, group show, N.Y., N.Y.

1987                             Four Corners of Abstract Painting, , paintings, curated by Bill Arning, White  Columns N.Y., N.Y

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2022 The Artful Mind, March 2022, “Jean Blackburn”, interview by Harryet Candee.

2017                             ArtForum, April 2017, Critic’s Pick, Boston, by Abraham Adams.

2017                             design-milk.com, July 18, “Broken Chairs and Floating Trash: 4 Mysterious Summer Artworks”, by David Behringer

2017                             Manual Issue-8 Spring 2017, Give and Take/ Portfolio, pub. by the RISD Museum.

2017                             Sculpture Magazine, March 2017, Kennard Sculpture Trail, by Marty Carlock.

2016                             NewTV, Museum Open House Program, interview of Allison Newsome and Caroline Kraft about the Kennard Sculpture Trail,

http://vp.telvue.com/preview?id=T01443&video=289990

2016                             Newton Tab, Sept. 7, Newton’s Kennard Park Transformed by Sculptures,  by Laura Lovett

http://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20160902/newtons-kennard-park-transformed-by-sculptures

2012                             ­Resource, Sept. 10, “Go Brooklyn Open Studios”,  by Janet Alexander.

http://resourcemagonline.com/go-brooklyn-open-studios/

2012                             ­Providence Journal, March 15, “In the Galleries”, by Bill Van Siclen.

2006                             Transitional Objects: Contemporary Still Life, exhibition catalogue, by  Dede Young, Neuberger Museum, Purchase,  N.Y.

2006                             The Advocate/ Greenwich Time,  Sept. 17, “Still  Life in Motion”, by Abby Luby.

2005                             Material Matters, exhibition catalogue, by Andrea Insellmann, Herbert Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

2004                             New York Times, June 6, Art/Architecture , “This Old Museum”, by Fred Bernstein.

2003                             Sculpture, Vol. 22 No. 9 / Nov. 2003, Reviews, “Jean Blackburn” by Michael Amy.

2004                             Undomesticated Interiors, exhibition catalogue, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Ma.

2002                             Time Out, Oct.31-Nov. 7, 2002, Art Reviews, “Jean Blackburn” ’Living Room’, by Noah Chasin.

2001                             American Craft, Vol. 61 No.4, Aug / Sept.’01, “The Allan Chasanoff Collection”, by Joy S. Kasson.

2001                             Allan Chasanoff CERAMIC Collection, permanent collection catalogue, by Mary Douglas, Curator, Mint Museum of Art and Craft, Charlotte, N.C.

1999                             Art in America, Dec., Review of Exhibitions, “Jean Blackburn”, Deven Golden Fine Art.

1999                             New York Times, April 2, Weekend Section, Art in Review, "Jean Blackburn”, by Ken Johnson (designated highly recommended show).

1999                             New Art Examiner, June, “Jean Blackburn”, by Wesley Gibson.

1999                             New York Times, Jan. 15, Weekend Section, Art in Review, ”Domestic Transformations”, by Ken Johnson.

1999                             Threshold, exhibition pamphlet, by Andrea Inselmann, John Michael Kohler Center, Sheboygen, WI

1998                             Domestic Transformations, exhibition pamphlet, by Charlotta Kotik, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, N.Y.

1997                             New York Times, April 11, Weekend Section, Art in Review, “Jean Blackburn”, by Roberta Smith.

1997                             Art Net, April, Reviews, “Jean Blackburn at Bronwyn Keenan” by Meaghan Dailey, a.k.a. Walter Robinson.

1996                             New York Times Magazine, Sept. 1, cover photo, “The Do-It-Yourself Dealers”, by Ellen Pall.

1996                             Bijutsu Techo, March, by Manami Fujimori.

1996                             Le Millenium, No . 15, Tokoyo, Japan.

1995                             New York Press, Nov. 29, “Good Ship, Arty Pop” by Stuart Servetar.

1995                             New York Press, Oct. 25-31, Picks by Stuart Servetar.

1995                             The Daily News, June 3, by Stuart Klawans.

1995                             New York Newsday, May 19, “Young Artists Exploring By Light of Imagination” by Amie Wallach.

1994                             Glass Magazine, Nov. 1994, “The Newest Biennial: Ideas in Glass”, by John Perreault

1992                             New York Times, Sunday, June 19, “Artistic Visions Make a Case for a Troubled Environment”, by Vivian Raynor re Pelham Art Center Show.

1991                             Zyma-Art Today, Stuttgart, no. 5 (Nov.-Dec.), pp. 6-15, “New York Discovered”, by Susan Felleman and Peter Chametzky.

1991                             The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J., June 7 by Eileen Watkins.

SELECTED WRITINGS

Fall 2021 Healing Fissures, article for the issue ‘Nature’, Colouring In, Stephanie Black and Luise Vormittag, editors.

Fall 2015                       Double Take, analysis of Von Kobel’s painting on paper in the RISD collection, by the RISD Museum in their award-winning publication Manual.

2006                             Furniture as Prop in the Social Theatre of Life, article for Furniture Studio 4: Focus on Materials, Annual Journal of the Furniture Society, John Kelsey.  

RESIDENCIES ATTENDED

Fall 2021 Wedding Cake House Artist Residency, Prov., R.I.

Summer/Fall 2021 Millay Arts, Austerlitz, N.Y.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATION

2016-19,13,12               Scientific Illustrator, Etruscan Archaeological Excavation, U. Mass Amherst, Poggio Civiate, Murlo Italy, Antony Tuck, lead archaeologist.

1995 to  2001                Scientific Illustrator, Roman/Nabatean Archaeological Excavation, Southern Temple Project, Brown University, Petra, Jordan, Dr. Martha Joukowsky.

1992-96                         Scientific Illustrator, for a book on the archaeological history of Turkey for Dr. Martha Joukowsky of Brown University.

1997, 94, 91                  Scientific Illustrator, for publications on Mayan Archaeology, for Dr. Michael Coe, Dept. of Archaeology, Yale University.

1991                             Scientific Illustrator, reconstruction of a Roman bath at Kasfiki, Cyprus for Dr. Martha Joukowsky, Brown University.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2014                             Frazier Teaching Award, given to one full-time and one part-time faculty member each year in recognition of teaching excellence

2017, 11, 07, 02,          Faculty Development Grant, R.I. School of Design, Prov., R.I.

98, 94, 91         

1999                             New York Foundation for the Arts, sculpture, N.Y., N.Y.

1989                             Symposium Participant, Art and Education, R.I. School of Design.

1988                             Mass. Council-on-the Arts State Lottery Grant, for production of a painting for the Marine Museum of Fall River.

1981                             Ford Foundation Summer Grant, Yale University, given to 5 students.

1980                             Ford Foundation Grant, Yale University, given during the year to promote special projects.