Jennifer McCandless
Represented by: Melanie Carr Gallery in Essex,CT, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. , ArtShape Mammoth, Brooklyn, NY and Burlington, VT
Education
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Post Graduate Program1995
M.F.A. (Sculpture), The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL 1994
B.F.A. (Sculpture) – Parsons School of Art and Design,1990
Employment
The Loomis Institute, Art Department Chair, Director and 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. Dept. of Ceramics and Sculpture, 2000-2007, Department Chair Sabbatical year long replacement 2003, 2005, Taught beginning through Graduate Studies in Ceramics and Sculpture 1999-2007
The Parade Company, Detroit, MI. Resident Sculptor (kinetic floats) 2000-2007
University Liggett School, FT Faculty, Fine Arts Department 1995-2000
The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. Curriculum Development 1999-2007
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Foundation and Summer Programs, 1991-1994
Grants, Fellowships, Residencies
Joseph Albers Grant Recipient, 2013-18
Palmer Fellowship, 5 year Fellow, 2012-2017
Named Nichols Fellow in Art, 2010-present
Professional Honorarium Grant, The Loomis Institute, 2008-2016
Michigan Mud, first place award honorarium, 2007
Michigan Arts League Honorarium, 2003 and 2004
Michigan Council for the Arts Year 2000 Creative Artist Grant
Skowhegan Fellowship, full fellowship award co-granted by Skowhegan and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Graduate Program 1995
Parsons Artists’ Award Exhibition, 1990, Los Angeles, CA Lloyd Hamrol, Juror
MASS MoCA, October, 2018
The Millay Colony, NY, full fellowship residency, September, 2018
Vermont Studio Center, full fellowship residency, Johnson, VT 2014 and 2018
Haystack, Maine, 2016
Oaxaca Artist Resident, summer 2015, Mexico
Maya Center for Ceramics, Bali, Indonesia, 2014
Aba House, Accra, Ghana 2013
Exhibitions
The Imagined and Invented Figure, Melanie Carr Gallery, CT June-July, 2018
Fehrenheit 2018, The American Museum of Ceramic Art, CA. 2018
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
Narrative Abstract, Perspectives Gallery, curated by Debbie Hess, Jan. 2017
MixMaster, Mattatuck Museum, curator, Meg White, Gallery NAGA, Boston, Jan. 2017
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 Mercy Gallery, CT June, 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
Faculty Exhibition, The Mercy Gallery, 2007-2011 Contemporary 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, curator, AaronTimlin 2008
Avatar, East Central College Gallery, MI., 2008
Celebrating Women Artists of the East, The John Sly Ely Museum, New Haven, CT, 2008
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, in conjunction with National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference, 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 McCandless, 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