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

2007
Foreign Exchange, Malmö Art Academy
Malmö, Sweden
Solo Shows

2012
working title, Galleri Vitrine, KHiO, Oslo

2011
Full Circle, Galleri P0, KHiO, Oslo

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

2007
Let's Build A Home, Duduá, Barcelona

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

Group Exhibitions

2012
Kunstpublikationer 2012, Overgaden, Copenhagen
Pluss Pluss, March 26, Black Box Teater, Oslo

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

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

2009
Salon, The Cave, Brooklyn, New York
Medium Rare, Golden Age, Chicago
Cutters, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Civilization and Its Discontents, The Junction, Toronto, Canada
NY Art Book Fair, Printed Matter + P.S.1, Queens, New York
Everything is Possible, Space 15 Twenty, Los Angeles
I Don't Believe in Miracles, SpaceWomb, Long Island City, New York
Involved, Socially, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco
Zine's Mate, Vacant, Tokyo
Park Life: The New Utopia, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles
Mistakes, Papa B Studios, Brooklyn, New York
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, Utah
ASDF: In Real Time, Capricious Space, Brooklyn, New York

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

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

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

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

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

Published Works

2012
Wilder Quarterly #2

2011
Wilder Quarterly #1
Vow Magazine #1, Germany
S N I M K Y, UK
Mékanik copulaire #3, France
Adbusters #98, American Autumn, Canada
ELLEGirl Korea March, South Korea
Cutting Edges, Die Gestalten Verlag, Germany

2010
Kinki Magazine 31, Germany
book of books, Miniature Garden
Brooklyn Diary, Lines & Shapes
AREAWARE Catalog
ELLEgirl Korea August, South Korea
SCHEMATIC #1
Estate, Triangle Triangle, UK

2009
Murren Vol. 6, Utrecht, Japan
AREAWARE Catalog
book of houseplants, Miniature Garden
Kingsboro Press #5

2008
Anthem Magazine 37
RE:UP Magazine #17
Vogue Girl Korea August, South Korea
Lines & Shapes Vol. 4
Zine Parasita #5, Brazil
Totally Rad, Something Secret, Canada
Chief Magazine #12

2007
(dik'sas) Volume 1
‹VISION› China September, China
Semi-Permanent 2007, Australia
'Sup Magazine #17
babybabybaby #7, Mexico
Ruby Mag Book #2, Argentina

2006
babybabybaby #6, Mexico

2005
The Great Escape, Die Gestalten Verlag, Germany
2 Magazine Winter, Canada
The Drama Issue 4

2004
The Drama Issue 2
Artist Publications

2012
Diary, Nieves

2011
Zine Subscription, N S E W

2010
by myself / I was born / lil la-z-y boy, with Espen Friberg

2009
Glance, Mediabus
Open Windows Open Doors, Medium Rare
My Favorite Items He Didn't Win, with Reference Library
Wild Kindness, self-published zine
Sensitive, self-published zine

2008
Imperfect Archives, self-published book

2007
Some Thoughts, Mediabus
Yes, Goodbye, self-published zine
Sverige, self-published book

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

2005
A collection of snapshots, self-published zine
make everyone happy pt.2, self-published zine

2004
wash your hair more #2, self-published zine

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


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

GatoPoder
I like this blog
01 Magazine
Old SC

Manystuff
I Heart Photograph
Booooooom
Reference Library
DailyCandy
It's Nice That
Bevel and Boss
Design for Mankind
Urban Outfitters
Getty Images


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