Jennifer McCandless
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
Artist Representation
Soapbox Arts, Burlington,VT
A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
ArtAxis
Awards and Residencies
ChaNorth, 2021 summer, Pine Plains, NY
MASS MoCA, artist in residence, fall, 2018
The Millay Colony, artist in residence, fall, 2018
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Full Fellowship (Kiln God Award), 2017
Joseph and Anni Albers Foundation Grant Recipient 2013-2015
Abba House Resident Artist in Figurative Sculpture, Ghana, Africa, 2012
Oaxacan Studies, Palmer Fellow in Art, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2011
Gaya Center for Ceramic Arts, 2014, Bali, Indonesia
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
Artistic Development Grant, Detroit, MI, 1996-1999
Skowhegan Fellowship Resident,co-granted by Skowhegan and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate Program 1995
First Place Representing Sculpture in Parsons Artists’ Award Exhibition, 1990, Los Angeles, CA Lloyd Hamrol, Juror
Exhibitions
Jennifer McCandless, Living Among the Humans, 2021, Soapbox Arts, Burlington, VT
Seeing Red, Feeling Blue, Jennifer McCandless and Nanette Vonnegut, A.P.E. , Northampton, MA 2020
Jennifer McCandless, Scenes from the Apocalypse, The Melanie Carr Gallery, CT, 2020
Jennifer McCandless, Mired in Humanity, the Sue E. and Eugene Mercy Gallery, Hartford, CT, 2019
Blue Line Arts, Off Center, Curated by ceramic artist Tony Natsoulas, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Birthday Suit, Curated by Benjamin Sutton, 2019,
Gerald Epperson Gallery of Ceramic Art, Clay Matters, Curated by Beth Ann Gerstein, Director of the National Museum of Ceramic Art,
2019
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT, Our Bodies Ourselves, 2019
A.I.R. National Member’s Exhibition, Brooklyn,NY, 2020, 2019
Fehrenheit 2018, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, CA. 2018
Visions in Clay, LH Horton Gallery, curated by Beth Ann Gerstein, American Museum of Ceramic Arts
Northeast Ceramic Sculpture Invitational, Art Centro Gallery, NY, 2017
Utopia/Dystopia, Main Street Arts, NY, May-June 2017, Curator: John Massier , Director of Hallwalls, NY
Superfine Contemporary Art Fair, NYC, May 2017
2017 Ceramic Innovations, Davenport Gallery, Wayne, PA, Curator: Chris Gustin
Leggo My Ego, Freeform Art Space, Santa Fe, MN June 2016
X Contemporary, Art Miami, 2016, Miami, Art Shape Mammoth
Light, Industrial, Ecosystem, Garner Arts, NY 2015
Body Eden, Wayfarers Gallery, Brooklyn , NY. Jan-Feb, 2015
Noreaster, The New Britain Museum of American Art, CT. Jan/Feb, 2015
Jennifer McCandless, Mired In Humanity, The Sue E. and Eugene Mercy Gallery, 2014
Body Double: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture, The Meijer Museum of Sculpture, Curator of Sculpture, Joseph Becherer, Sept 2012- Jan. 2013
To Go, National Ceramic Exhibition, curated by Christa Assad, Mendocino Art Center 2011-12
Love, National Sculpture Society, 2011
Craft Triennial, Silvermine Gallery, 2011, Curator, H.Hochner, Director, Museum of Art and Design,NY
2008 Why Not, The Housatanec Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2008 Jennifer McCandless, The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, curator, AaronTimlin 2008
Avatar, East Central College Gallery, MI.,
Celebrating Women Artists of the East, The John Sly Ely Museum, New Haven, CT
Wayne State University Faculty Show, Community Arts Gallery, 2002-6
The New Ceramics, Gallery 451, Baltimore, MD 2005, in conjunction with NCECA
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, Jennifer Barry, Reisse/La Breque Gallery, Venice, CA 1989
The Next Generation, Reisse/La Breque Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1987