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Jessica Mia Vito
www.jessicamiavito.com
jessicamiavito@gmail.com
Gallery Affiliation
2022-Present Sugarlift Gallery, 508 W. 28th St. New York, NY. 10001
2015-2016 Ann Nathan Gallery, 212 W. Superior St. Chicago, IL. 60654
Education
2020 MFA Painting and Drawing
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
2018 Transcending the Photo Reference Workshop, New York Academy of Art
Instructor and artist: Alyssa Monks
2015 BFA Painting and Drawing cum laude, Minor Fine Arts Instruction
Bowling Green State University
2015 Atelier Neo-Medici, Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
Instructor and artist: Gregory Pelizzari
Teaching Experience
2022 Beginning Painting, Adjunct Professor of Painting, Bowling Green State University (Spring)
2020 Drawing I, Adjunct Professor of Drawing, College for Creative Studies (Fall)
2020 Intermediate Figure Drawing, GA Instructor of Record, SIUC (Spring)
2019 Intermediate Figure Drawing, GA Instructor of Record, SIUC (Fall)
2019 Introduction to Drawing II, GA Instructor of Record, SIUC (Spring)
2018 Introduction to Figure Drawing, GA Instructor of Record, SIUC (Fall)
2017-18 Beginning Drawing I, GA Instructor of Record, SIUC (Fall and Spring)
2017-18 Assistant Instructor for Middle School Saturday Young Artists Classes, Graduate Assistantship Art Education Support, SIUC (Fall
and Spring)
Group and Solo Exhibitions
2022 TFAS 100+5 Juried Regional Exhibition, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.
2021 ICADE “Ask Our Diverse World”, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
2021 92nd Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI.
2021 Disrupted Realism, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI.
2020 MASTERPIECES, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati , OH.
2020 Sanctuary, MFA Thesis, Surplus Gallery, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2019 MFA Thesis Preview, University Museum Galleries, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2019 On Being, Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI; Artlink Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN; ArtSpace Lima, Lima, OH
2019 Figurative Works II, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO
2018 In the Meantime…, Surplus Gallery, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2018 National Wet Paint Biennial, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2017 Openings, Surplus Gallery, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2017 Visions, Vergette Gallery, SIUC, Carbondale, IL
2015 Advanced Artists in Painting Pop Up Exhibition, Bowling Green, OH
2015 ArtsXtravaganza Damsels in Stress All Women’s Exhibition, School of Art,
BGSU,Bowling Green, OH
2015 Fremont Art Festival, (BG Collective Artists) Fremont, OH
2014 Bowling Green Art Walk, Bowling Green, OH
2014 Art-O-Matic, Toledo, OH
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition at BGSU, Dorothy Uber Bryan Galleries at BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2014 ArtsXtravaganza, School of Art, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2014 Findlay Art League Annual Juried Exhibition, Findlay Art League Gallery,
Findlay, OH
2014 Broadwing Tattoo Gallery, Broadwing Tattoo Shop, Bowling Green, OH
2013 Black Swamp Arts Festival, Bowling Green, OH
2013 Myle’s Baker Street Café Gallery, Bowling Green, OH
2013 NOWOH 7: The 7th Annual Northwest Ohio Community Art Exhibition, BGSU galleries, Bowling Green, OH
2012 Broadwing Tattoo Cancer Benefit Exhibition, Broadwing tattoo shop,
Bowling Green, OH
2012 President’s Suite Exhibition at the Bowen Thompson Student Union, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2012 Annual Undergraduate Exhibition at BGSU, BGSU galleries, Bowling Green, OH
2012 Studio 14 Gallery, Studio 14 tattoo shop, Bowling Green, OH
2012 Black Swamp Arts Festival, Bowling Green, OH
2012 Annual Undergraduate Exhibition at BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
2012 ArtsXtravaganza, Bowling Green, OH
2012 Celebrating Women in the Arts, BGSU galleries, Bowling Green, OH
Awards, Grants, Fellowships
2019 SIU Art History Award for travel to New York City.
2018 Windgate Charitable Foundation Graduate Research Award ($550)
2015 Stuart R. Givens Memorial Fellowship Grant ($6,000)
2014 Toledo Federation of Art Societies Award, NOWOH 7: The 7th Annual
Northwest Ohio Community Art Exhibition, Bowling Green, OH
2013 President’s Suite Award President’s Suite Exhibition at the Bowen Thompson
Student Union, Bowling Green, OH
2013 James W. Strong SACI Scholarship Portfolio Competition Award
2013 Honorable Mention in Drawing, Annual Undergraduate Exhibition at BGSU
Related Experience
2021-Present Showroom Attendant, Art Restorer, and Production, American Frame
2016-17 Certified Custom Framer, Michaels Custom Frame Department
2015 Primary Framing Assistant to artist Peter Pagast
2015 Studio Assistant to artist Dennis Wojtkiewicz
2014 Primary Framing Assistant to artist Jessica Summers
2013-15 Gallery Assistant for the Bowling Green Art Galleries Dorothy Uber Bryan and
Willard Wankelman Galleries, BGSU
Service
2018-19 President of Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers (GAPP), SIUC.
2018 Volunteer for Art Over Easy Auction and Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, SIUC.
2018 Host to Museum Education Specialist at the Guggenheim Museum, Sharon
Vatsky: Visiting Artist), SIUC.(April).
2017 Volunteer for Art Over Easy Auction and Exhibition, Surplus Gallery, SIUC.
Artist Talk
2019 Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship Artist Series, Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship Church, Carbondale, IL.
Presented Artist Talk on current works along with artists Becca Howe, Johnny Hammond, and Briana Mason.
1/23/2019
Podcasts
2017 Creative Cohorts Podcast, “Not Getting Distracted with Jessica Vito”, Episode 21
2015 Creative Cohorts Podcast, “Never Paint Plaid with Jessica Short”, Episode 1
Blogs
“Artist Profile: Jessica Mia Vito” July 28, 2022.
https://www.americanframe.com/pictureframeblog/artist-profile-jessica-mia-vito
“4 Cleveland-Based Artists to Follow on Instagram” July 24, 2017.
Website Publications
Sergio Gomez, “National Wet Paint MFA Biennial 2018 - Award Recipients”. January 23, 2018. http://www.wetpaintmfa.com/archives/441
SIU News “2017-2018 Student News” www.cola.siu.edu/artanddesign/news/studentnews-2017-18
Foreign Languages
Semi-Fluent French and Italian