Jessica Williams
+47 97860240
dearjessica@gmail.com

Oslo, Norway (currently)
b. 1986 Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Education

2011 - 2013
Master of Fine Arts, Oslo Academy of Fine Art
Oslo, Norway

2004 - 2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Cooper Union
New York City, USA

2007
Fine Art Program, Malmö Art Academy
Malmö, Sweden
Solo Shows

2011
Full Circle, Galleri P0, KHiO, Oslo, Norway

2008
Missing The Moon, KRETS, Malmö, Sweden
Simple Gestures, The Cooper Union, New York City

2007
Let's Build A Home, Duduá, Barcelona, Spain

2006
Let Me Show You, The Cooper Union, New York City

Group Exhibitions

2011
Attn: Library, curated by BOOKLET, Kosmos Lane Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Communicate and Circulate, Good Press, Glasgow, Scotland
If inside, to get out—if outside, to get in, Holodeck, Oslo, Norway
PIY 2, Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent sur Marne, France
Show and Tell, mobile pop-up gallery and shop, New York City, USA
Chain Letter, curated by David Horvitz, Berlin, Germany
You are My Favorite, Lokal, Hamburg, Germany
Hunter/Gatherer, Booklyn, Brooklyn, USA
Post, Affordable Art Fair, New York City, USA
Cutters Edges, Gestalten Space, Berlin, Germany
Sraunus Vancouver, Drop In/Drop Out / BYOB, W2 Storyeum, Vancouver, Canada
Pick Me Up, curated by Nous Vous, Somerset House, London, UK
Assembly, The Book Club, London, UK
Open Books, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Twice Removed: A Survey of Take Away Work, Golden Age, Chicago, USA
Cutters/Cork, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland

2010
Sraunus, Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden
General Public Library, Art in General, New York City, USA
even my mum can make a book, Manzara Perspectives, Istanbul, Turkey
Publish It Yourself, Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent sur Marne, France
Exhibition IV, Appartment, Berlin
Summer Sun, Capricious Space, Brooklyn, USA
Being is what it is, 38 Elderfield Road, London, UK

2009
Salon, The Cave, Brooklyn, USA
Medium Rare, Golden Age, Chicago, USA
Cutters, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
Civilization and Its Discontents, The Junction, Toronto, Canada
NY Art Book Fair, Printed Matter + P.S.1, Queens, USA
Everything is Possible, Space 15 Twenty, Los Angeles, USA
I Don't Believe in Miracles, SpaceWomb, Long Island City, USA
Involved, Socially, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Zine's Mate, Vacant, Tokyo, Japan
Park Life: The New Utopia, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Mistakes, Papa B Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Live Archive, Younger Than Jesus, New Museum, New York City, USA
Installation at PROJECT MINT, Seoul, South Korea
Forms of Melancholy, SEGO Art Center, Provo, UT, USA
ASDF: In Real Time, Capricious Space, Brooklyn, USA

2008
The Canteen Reading Room, Pulse Fair, Miami, USA
Papercut, Heist Gallery, New York City, USA
Qompendium Time Capsule Series Featuring MANYSTUFF, Qompendium Work Shop, Berlin, Germany
Meet Waradise: Fjord, New York City, USA
Helsinki Biennale, Helsinki, Finland
Summer Reading, Capricious Space, Brooklyn, USA
RETURN TO SENDER, KRETS, Malmö, Sweden
Means to an End, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, USA
Deep in the Heart of Southie, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, USA
Ruffles & Rot, Mandrake Bar, Los Angeles, USA

2007
Emerging Lines, Temporary Gallery, New York City, USA
White Light, White Heat, Mahan Gallery, Columbus, OH, USA
Årsutställning, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden
Forever Is Not Long Enough, EDA / Gallery 1250, Los Angeles, USA

2006
You're a Serpent; And There's No Use Denying It, curated by Poketo, Domy, Houston, USA
Kontempora: Stereo, LINDA, Hamburg, Germany
End of Year Show, The Cooper Union, New York City, USA
A Clearing, The Cooper Union, New York City, USA

2005
My Back Pages, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, USA
Paper!Awesome! Pigman Gallery, San Francisco, USA
FIVE, Artguise, Ottawa, Canada
He Said/She Said, Pr1mary Space Gallery, Detroit, USA

2004
All The Best, 37 Vestry Street Gallery, New York City, USA
The Drama Presents: RPM, Zirkle House Galleries, Harrisonburg, VA, USA
Publications


2011
Wilder Quarterly #1
Vow Magazine #1
S N I M K Y
Mékanik copulaire #3
Adbusters #98, American Autumn
ELLEGirl Korea, March Issue
Cutting Edges, Die Gestalten Verlag
Zine Subscription, NSEW

2010
by myself / I was born / lil la-z-y boy, with Espen Friberg
Kinki Magazine 31
book of books, Miniature Garden
Brooklyn Diary, Lines & Shapes
AREAWARE Catalog
ELLEgirl Korea August
SCHEMATIC #1
Estate, Triangle Triangle

2009
Glance, Mediabus, Korea
Open Windows Open Doors, Medium Rare, USA
My Favorite Items He Didn't Win, with Reference Library
Murren Vol. 6, Utrecht
AREAWARE Catalog
book of houseplants, Miniature Garden
Kingsboro Press #5
Wild Kindness, self-published zine
Sensitive, self-published zine

2008
Anthem Magazine 37
RE:UP Magazine #17
Vogue Girl Korea August
Lines & Shapes Vol. 4
Zine Parasita #5
Totally Rad zine, Something Secret
Chief Magazine #12
Imperfect Archives, self-published book

2007
Some Thoughts, Mediabus
(dik'sas) Volume 1
‹VISION› China September
Semi-Permanent 2007
'Sup Magazine #17
babybabybaby #7
Ruby Mag Book #2
Yes, Goodbye, self-published zine
Sverige, self-published book

2006
babybabybaby #6
Maybe you're right, self-published zine
One Year, self-published book

2005
The Great Escape, Die Gestalten Verlag
2 Magazine Winter
The Drama Issue 4
A collection of snapshots, self-published zine

2004
The Drama Issue 2
make everyone happy pt.2, self-published zine
wash your hair more #2, self-published zine

2003
make everyone happy, self-published zine
wash your hair more #1, self-published zine


Awards

2009
Bourse Jean-Claude Reynal 2009 Scholarship Finalist

2008
Ethel Cram Memorial Prize for Excellence in Art

2006
O'Brien Scholarship for Study Abroad

2004
Cooper Union Full Tuition Scholarship
Conrad and Marcel Schlumberger Scholarship
Look-Look Magazine Grant for Summer Studies in Photography


Online

Books On Line : Tenderness
I Heart Photograph : Making Time
White Label, curated by Jaakko Pallasvuo
I like this blog : Hello, I would like to talk about #8
Interview Magazine : Two of (Paper) Hearts
01 Magazine : Issue 7
Certain plus Webzine : Issues 2 and 6
Waterfall Magazine : Issue 4
Excerpt Magazine : Issue 01
New European Photography Club: 01/10
The Selby : Everyday Life Objects

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