Jennifer McCandless [email protected]
Education
M.F.A. (Sculpture) - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1994
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Post Graduate Program,1995
Professional Certification in Art Education–The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1995
B.F.A. (Sculpture) – Otis/Parsons School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA 1990
Employment
The Loomis Institute, Windsor, CT.
Art Department Chair, Director and Head Curator,
The Sue E. and Eugene Mercy Gallery
Director, The Richmond Art Center
Palmer and Nichols Fellow in Visual Art 2007-present
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
Adjunct Professor, Dept of Ceramics and Sculpture
Beginning through Graduate Studies in Ceramics and Sculpture 2000- 2007
The Parade Company, Detroit, MI.
Resident Sculptor 2000 - 2007
University Liggett School, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
Faculty, Fine Arts Department 1995 – 2000
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI.
Curriculum Development Committee 1996 – 1998
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Foundation and Summer Programs, Visual Arts Instructor & TA
Department of Sculpture 1991 – 1994
Awards
Joseph Albers Grant Recipient 2013
Palmer Fellowship full award, 5 year Fellow, 2012-2017
Named Nichols Fellow in Art, 2010-present
Professional Honorarium Grant, The Loomis Institute, 2008
Michigan Mud, first place award honorarium, 2007
Michigan Arts League Honorarium, 2003 and 2004
Michigan Council for the Arts Year 2000 Creative Artist Grant
Summer Professional and Artistic Development Grants, University Liggett School,
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Skowhegan Fellowship, full fellowship award co-granted by Skowhegan and the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate Program 1995
Merit Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1991-1993
First Place Representing Sculpture in Otis/Parsons Artists’ Award Exhibition, 1990,
Los Angeles, CA Lloyd Hamrol, Juror
Exhibitions
Upcoming: Jennifer McCandless: Mired In Humanity, The Sue E. and Eugene Mercy Gallery, April 24- June 10, 2014
Body Double: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture, The Meijer Museum of Sculpture, Grand Rapids, MI. juried by Head of Sculpture, Joseph Becherer, Sept 2012- Jan. 2013
To Go, National Ceramic Exhibition, juried by Christa Assad, Mendocino Art Center 2011-12
Love, National Sculpture Society, 2011
Craft Triennial, Silvermine Gallery, 2011, Juror, H.Hochner, Director, Museum of Art and Design,NY
Faculty Exhibition, The Mercy Gallery, 2007-2011
ArtSpace Exhibitor and Sales, Hartford, 2010
Contemorary Visions in Ceramics, The Mercy Gallery, 2010
2008
Why Not, The Housatanec Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT 2008
Jennifer McCandless, The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI 2008
Avatar, East Central College Gallery, MI.,
Celebrating Women Artists of the East, The John Sly Ely Museum, New Haven, CT
Jennifer McCandless, New Work, The Sue and Eugene Jr. Mercy Gallery, 2008
Wayne State University Faculty Show, Community Arts Gallery, 2002-6
The New Ceramics, Gallery 451, Baltimore, MD 2005
Michigan Council for the Arts Grant Recipient Exhibition, The Padzieski Gallery, MI 2003
Art for the People, The Scarab Club Main Gallery, Detroit, MI 2002-3,
Michigan Annual, Art Center, Mt. Clemens, MI 2001. Z. Sikora, Juror
New Work, Jennifer Barry, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI 2001
…Documenta USA, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Pontiac, MI 1999
Intersections, Stevens/George Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998
Our Town, Exhibition of Michigan Artists, Community House Gallery, Birmingham, MI 1998
First Annual Juried Competition, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL 1998
Arts Faculty Exhibition, University Liggett School, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 1997
Potentiality, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL 1996. Juried exhibition curated by Melanie Feerst
Fifteenth Annual Fresco Show, Skowhegan Fresco Barn, Skowhegan, ME 1995
Drive In Display, collaborative work with Mel Chin & Ashley Thorner, Skowhegan, ME 1995
Works on Paper, National Juried Competition, Center for Visual Arts, Normal, IL 1995
Works on Paper, C.A.G.E. Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 1995
Toy Bomb, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL 1994
MFA Thesis Exhibition,The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1994
National Juried Competition, Greenview Arts Center, Chicago, IL 1994
American Painting, Women’s Caucus for Art, Houston, TX 1994
New Forms in Contemporary Sculpture, Opus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1990
Annual Juried Exhibition, 1st Place Sculpture, Otis/Parsons, Los Angeles, CA 1990
Lloyd Hamrol, Juror
Playing Games, Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1989
The Art of Humor, Reisse/La Breque Gallery, Venice, CA 1989
The Next Generation, Reisse/La Breque Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1987