b. 1971 Lives and works in Portland, Oregon and New York City Education MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1999 B.A. Art History, Oberlin College, 1994 Solo Exhibitions 2008 "The Exponent of Earth (You Make Me_)," Derek Eller Gallery, New York “Hours and Ours," small A projects, Portland, OR 2007 “Stylite Optimism,” Eric V. Hauser Memorial Library (Case Works Project), Reed College, Portland, OR 2006 "Peace at Home, The War Never Left,” small A projects, Portland, OR Derek Eller Gallery; New York (project room) 2004 Derek Eller Gallery, New York Group Exhibitons 2009 "Dirt on Delight," Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA "An Expanded Field of Possibilities," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA "The Mood Back Home," Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY "Are You With Me?" small a projects, NY 2008 "Begin Again Right Back There," curated by B. Wurtz, White Columns, NY "20059721410022008," small A projects, New York, NY "Journey to the Center of Uranus," CANADA, New York, NY "Summer Group Exhibition," Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2007 "Home/Office Landscapes,"”Chapman University, Orange, CA "Michelle Grabner's Never Quite Happy Home," Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, NY “Ceramics,” Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL “NeoIntegrity,” curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York “ hump," Paul Kotula Projects, Forndale, MI “Place of the Transcommon,” curated by Nicholas Frank, INOVA/Vogel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 2006 “Summer Group Exhibition,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY “Your Beauty’s Gold is Clay,” organized by Ellen Robinson, Alexandre Gallery, New York, NY “Atlas of the Unknown,” curated by Tina Kukielski, small A projects, Portland, OR “Gone Formalism,” Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA “Inaugural Group Exhibition,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 2004 Jessica Jackson Hutchins, "Ascend to the End," solo project in Cabin, for the Herbert Read Gallery, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Canterbury, UK 2003 “Drawings,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY “Jessica Jackson Hutchins and Kim Fisher," Midway Contemporary, St. Paul, MN “Really Real,” Gallery 312, Chicago, IL “Finnar Arnar Arnarson, Hlynur Hallson, Jessica Jackson Hutchins,” The Living Arts Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland “Jessica Jackson Hutchins Land Forms,” Listagil, Akureyri, Iceland 2002 “The Stray Show,” Chicago, IL “The Drawing Center's 25th Anniversary Benefit Selections Exhibition,” NY, NY “I Just Can't Pretend,” Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY “East International Exhibition,” Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England “Artist to Artist,” Ace Gallery, New York, NY (catalog) “Different Class,” Debs & Co., New York, NY 2001 “Darryl's Tears and Other Work,” Ten In One Gallery, New York, NY (project room) “Drawings,” Hermetic Gallery; Milwaukee, WI “SKYBOX,” Times Square Window Display; New York, NY “Winter Selections 2001,” The Drawing Center; New York, NY 2000 “Under the Influence,” Zolla-Lieberman Gallery; Chicago, IL “Jessica Hutchins, Pedro Velez,” Hermetic Gallery; Milwaukee, WI “Open Studios,” Sharpe Foundation; New York, NY 1999 “No Metaphors,” FGA; Chicago, IL “All Girls All Live,” Bodybuilder and Sportsman; Chicago, IL “Smart Living,” FGA; Chicago, IL “True Value,” Swallow Gallery; Chicago, IL Bibliography 2009 Butler, Sharon. "The Mood Back Home," The Brooklyn Rail, April Raymond, Camela. "Introducing Jessica Jackson Hutchins," Modern Painters, pg. 32-33, February 2008 Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review: Begin Again Right Back Here," The New York Times, October 2 Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review: Jessica Jackson Hutchins," The New York Times, May 30 Jenks, Debra. "Paying tribute and talking trash," Chelsea Now, June 13-19 Libby, Brian. "A touch of the sublime in the disposable," The Oregonian, January 11-17 Bowie, Chas. "Jessica Jackson Hutchins," The Portland Mercury, January 10-16 2007 Snyder, Stephanie. "Jessica Jackson Hutchins," PLAZM, Issue No. 29, p 100 Bowie, Chas. “Jessica Jackson Hutchins”, The Portland Mercury, February 8-14 Porter, Jenelle. "Ten Contemporary Artists," The Believer, December/January Vollmayer, Fufkin. "Borders Don't Always Matter," Portland Tribune, Sept 25 2006 Johnson, Ken. “Your Beauty’s Gold is Clay,” The New York Times, July 28 Cohen, David. “Not Consigned To the Realm of Craft,” The New York Sun, July 27 Smith, Roberta. “Art in Review: David Dupuis, Jessica Jackson Hutchins,” The New York Times, March 3 Pym, William. “Gone Formalism,” Art Forum, Critic’s Picks, February 2003 Westphallen, Olav. "Top Ten," Art Forum, October, p. 64 Bjarnason, Thoroddur. "Blakaldur Veruleikinn," Lesbok Morgunbladsins, February 1 2002 Slyce, John. "East International," Art Monthly, September p. 33-34 Fierst, Max. "The Agony of Influence", essay accompanying I Just Can't Pretend East International 2002, Norwich Gallery; Norwich, England Smith, Roberta. "Artists to Artists," The New York Times, May 24 "Artists to Artists A Decade of the Space Program," Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation; Colorado Springs, Co 2002 p. 288-289 Cattalan, Mauritzio, ed., Charley Magazine, Les Pres du Reel, January, p. 315 The New York Times blurb for A Different Class February 1 2001 "Drawing Papers 12", The Drawing Center, January Velez, Pedro. "Under the Influence", New Art Examiner, December-January, p. 47 2000 Grabner, Michelle. "Jessica Hutchins Pedro Velez", Frieze, November-December, p.118-119 Mutscheller, Chuck. "No Metaphors", New Art Examiner, April, p.50 LUNG, no.8 (Spring 2000), Chicago, IL, pgs. 122-125 1999 Bulka, Michael. "Midnight Rant: Art Chicago 1999" June 2, spacesupoint.net/rants/rant7.htm 1998 Chicago Review, vol. 44, no. 1, (1998), cover illustration Honors Listagil Residency, Akureyri, Iceland Winter 2003 East Award, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England July 2002 Yale University Sculpture Dept. guest lecture, Spring 2002 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Center (New York, NY) 2002 The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program (New York, NY) September 1999-August 2000 Full Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1997-1999 Public Collections Porland Museum of Art, Portland, OR Go to top