Jessica Langley is an artist currently based in Pittsburgh, PA and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University. She has lived in Iceland carrying out the Leifur Eiriksson Foundation Scholarship and Fulbright fellowship, has exhibited nationally and internationally, and was a SWAP artist in residence at SPACES gallery in Cleveland, OH. She earned her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008, and was featured in issue 75 of New American Paintings.
EDUCATION
2008
MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2005
BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2003
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne England
2000
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
EXHIBITIONS
2012
TBA, Skylab, Columbus, OH (forthcoming)
From the Mezzanine, Kresge Gallery, Ramapo College, Mawah, NJ
2011
Make CATopia Real, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Rustmelt, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Worn Torn Wet & Wild, Parse Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Climate, Artprojx Cinema, SVA Theater, New York, NY
Spacelift, Wall Eye Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2010
And Beyond, Parse Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Running Animal, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH
2009
Home Game, Cosign Projects, St. Louis, MO
Terra Non Firma, Front Room Gallery/ Legation, Cleveland, OH
The Thirteenth Day, Skaftfell Arts Center, Seyjðisfjörður, Iceland
Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Almost Famous, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
Mixology I: Paintings and Works on Paper, Curator's Office, Washington D.C.
Campos De Color, Kiosko Gallery, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Dream+Reality, About Glamour Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The AWW, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Watershed, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
2007
Wilderness, Solo Show, Brew House Space 101, Pittsburgh, PA (SOLO)
If I Remember Right, Front Room Gallery, Cleveland, OH
When We Go Swimming (Candidacy Show), Plant Zero, Richmond, VA
Don't Fear the Future, Sweetness, Gallery Five, Richmond, VA
We and Us, Playspace, San Francisco, CA
Blueprints (In collaboration with Sebastiaan Bremer), Plant Zero, Richmond, Va
2006
Emerging In Summer Eyries, TAI+LEE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Run for your money, FAB Gallery, Richmond, VA
Homo Ludens: Yip Yap Yelp and Holler, Brew House Association, Pittsburgh, PA
Endlessforms, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2005
NEO+ONE, Murray Hill Galleries, Cleveland, OH
B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
CIA Graduates, E. Gordon Gallery, Cleveland, OH
59th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH (with jurors; Sue de Beer, Amy Jean Porter, and Dominic Nahas)
2004
58th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH (with jurors: Patty Chang, Jeanne Dunning, and Charles LeDray)
2003
Inside Out, Long Gallery, Newcastle University, England
57th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OH (with jurors Nikki S. Lee, M. Sayyid, and Brad Brown)
The Grotesque, Doubting Thomas Gallery, Cleveland, OH
GRANTS/AWARDS/HONORS
2011
SPACES World Artist Program, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2010
Regional Transit Authority Public Art Commission, Cleveland, OH
2009
Skaftfell Arts Residency, Seyðisfjörðdur, Iceland
2008
J. William Fulbright Scholarship, Iceland
Leifur Eiriksson Scholarship, Iceland
NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
SÍM Artist Residency,Korpulfsstadir, Reykjavík, Iceland
SÍM Artist Residency,Seljavegur, Reykjavík, Iceland
Virginia Commonwealth Graduate Student Travel Grant, Ojai, CA
2007
Virginia Commonwealth Graduate Student Travel Grant, Cleveland, OH
Virginia Commonwealth Graduate Student Travel Grant, Pittsburgh, PA
2006
Virginia Commonwealth Graduate Student Travel Grant, Pittsburgh, PA
2005
Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series Finalist, MOCA, Cleveland, OH
Sue Wall Award for Excellence in Painting, 59th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
2004
Joseph McCullough Scholarship for Excellence in Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2003
Multicraft Award for Excellence in Painting, 58th Annual Student Independent Exhibition, Cleveland, OH
Albert Murray Scholarship for Excellence in the Arts, Cleveland, OH
Mary Seymour Brooks Award for Excellence in Paiting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2001-2005
Cleveland Institute of Art Renewable Portfolio Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
PUBLICATIONS/ REVIEWS
Outpost Journal, Issue 1, Fall 2011
Pittsburgh Tribune, August 31, 2011
Locus Magazine, Issue 5
New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Region, Issue 75