Jeanne Jo was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts and raised in Reno, Nevada. She is a new media artist who works in performance, sculpture and video. She recently received her MFA in Digital+Media from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she was a President's Scholar and recipient of many awards, including a Graduate Award of Excellence. She received her BFA in Digital Media from the University of Nevada, Reno, where she minored in Art History and was the singer for a hardcore band, Arabella. Her recent and upcoming exhibitions are at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland, the INPORT Festival in Tallinn, Estonia, and SOCIAL FABRICS: Wearable+Media+Interconnectivity, the 2008 exhibition for the Leonardo (Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology) Education Forum at CAA in Dallas, Texas. She will present at ISEA 2008 in Singapore.
EDUCATION
2008
MFA with honors, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Digital Media
2008
Certificate in Collegiate Teaching, Brown University, Harriot W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning2004
BFA with honors, University of Nevada Reno, Digital Media
EXHIBITIONS
2008
Conflux Festival-New York City, NY
Coded-Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
Modattu/Modded-with Rachelle Beaudoin, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
Social Fabrics-curated by Patrick Lichty and Susan Ryan, College Art Association, Dallas, Texas
LABOR [ETHEREAL] web exhibition-curated by J. D. McPherson, Jr
MFA Thesis Exhibition-Convention Center, Providence, RI
Rites of Passage: The Mortality of Time-Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
fear/less-Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
Women in Film & Video/New England (screening)-curated by Rosalie Fay Barnes, Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA
Parallel Realities: Artist, Writer, Viewer-Sol Koffler Gallery2007
INPORT-Tallinn, Estonia
Pixilerations [v.4]-FirstWorksProv, Providence, RI
MFA Review Exhibition-The Space at Alice, Providence, RI
Whimsy Sex-Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
Bars and Tone (screening)-Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI
Little is the New Big-RISD Fletcher Building, Providence, RI2006
Synthetic-Neopolitan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Proximity-Joint show with Bud Fujikawa-Brew House, Space 101, Pittsburgh, PN
art4auction-Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
8th Biennial Valentine Invitational Exhibition and Benefit Auction-Sheppard Gallery, Reno, NV2005
Leashes-Nevada Museum of Art
Nevada Triennial-Nevada Museum of Art
dialogue/monologue-Joint show with Jake Lee-High-Bleulion Art Gallery, Reno, NV
Bleulion Benefit-Bleulion Art Gallery
Work on Paper-Joint show with Jake Lee-High- Never Ender Gallery, Reno, NV2004
art4auction-Nevada Museum of Art
7th Biennial Valentine Invitational Exhibition and Benefit Auction-Sheppard Gallery
Capital City Arts Initiative UNR BFA Exhibition-Joint show with Diana Snyder-Carson City Courthouse, Carson City, NV
Museum School Faculty Exhibit-E.L. Cord Museum School, Nevada Museum of Art
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition-Sheppard Gallery, Juried by Lawrence Rinder
Home Spun, BFA Thesis Exhibition-Chapterhouse Gallery, Reno, NV
Work-Phantom Gallery, Reno, NV
The Pink and The Black-Bleulion Art Gallery
SPCA of Northern Nevada 2004 Annual Benefit and Auction-Reno Hilton, Reno, NV
Grand Opening-Café Tat2 Gallery, Reno, NV
Art in Public Spaces- Jot Travis Student Union, University of Nevada, Reno2003
Small-The Chapterhouse Gallery
Street-The Chapterhouse Gallery
BFA Review Exhibition-Front Door Gallery
Collective Identities, Wallworks: Light, Sound, Image-Sheppard Gallery
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition-Sheppard Gallery, Juried by James Gobel
Increment-Joint show with Pete Froslie-McNamara Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno
Thick Heads, Cat Hearts-Black Box Gallery
Scary Art Auction-Church Fine Art Building, University of Nevada, Reno
Groups Shows-Knecht Ruprecht Gallery2002
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition-Sheppard Gallery, Juried by Beryl Graham
Art in Public Spaces- Jot Travis Student Union, University of Nevada, Reno
Turning Japanese- Tiny Box Gallery
Scary Art Auction-Church Fine Art Building, University of Nevada, Reno2001
The Women Show-Tiny Box Gallery
Scary Art Auction-Church Fine Art Building, University of Nevada, Reno
Wallworks-Sheppard Gallery and Front Door Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno2000
Wallworks-Sheppard Gallery
AWARDS
President's Scholar, Rhode Island School of Design, 2006-2008
Graduate Award of Excellence (juried by Ian Berry), Rhode Island School of Design, 2008
Graduate Dean's Graduate Award for Teaching, Rhode Island School of Design, 2008
Academic Honor Roll, Rhode Island School of Design, 2006-2008
Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, 2006-2008
Best in Interactive Visual Art, eviltv.net, March, 2006
Sheppard Gallery Purchase Prize, 2004
Juror's Award, Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition (juried by Lawrence Rinder), 2004
Cherie Duhart Scholarship, 2003
Houghton Foundation Scholarship Art-Music, 2003
Juror's Award, Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition (juried by Beryl Graham), 2002
Capital City Arts Initiative Juried UNR BFA Award, 2004
Dean's List, College of Liberal Arts, UNR, 2002-2004
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Digital Art, Brown University, 2008
Visiting Lecturer, Modern Culture and Media Department
Sculpture, RISD Pre-College Summer Program, 2008
Instructor of Record
Digitalia: An Introduction to Digital Media, RISD, 2008
Instructor of Record
Fusion Arts Exchange, US State Department, 2007
Teaching Assistant
Textiles Futures, RISD graduate level class, 2007
Teaching Assistant to Gina Gregorio, Kelly Dobson, Lira Nikolovska
E. L. Cord Museum School, Reno, Nevada, 2003-2005
Museum School Instructor
Misguided Machines and Cultural Loops, curated by Christiane Paul, 2006
Project Manager, Duo Theater, NYC
Pixilerations v.3, First Works Prov, 2006
Assistant Exhibitions Manager
International Symposium on Electronic Art, 2006
New Media Venture Hall Facilitator
Capitol City Arts Initiative, 2005
Board Member
Nevada Museum of Art, 2003-2005
Curatorial Assistant
CURATORIAL INITIATIVES
Body and Ritual-Sol Koffler Gallery, 2008
Tell-Chapterhouse Gallery, co-curated with Jen Graham, 2004
Jensen Ward-Tiny Box Gallery, 2003
The Art of the Polaroid-Tiny Box Gallery, 2003
The Tiny Box Show-Tiny Box Gallery, in conjunction with the Knecht Ruprecht Gallery, 2003
ARTISTS LECTURES
Upgrade!, Boston-2008
International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA), Singapore-2008
The Putney School, Vermont-2007
Reno Interdisciplinary Festival of New Media-2006
University of Nevada, Reno, BFA Students-2003, 2004
Carson City High School Senior Art Class-2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Intelligent Agent, 8.1, 2008
Art4Auction (catalogue), Nevada Museum of Art, 2004, 2006Nevada Triennial (catalogue), Nevada Museum of Art, 2005
Capitol City Arts Initiative, Exhibition Essay, August 26, 2004
Nevada Appeal, Unconventional Media Used by UNR Artists, August 25, 2004
Reno Gazette-Journal, Unusual Art Wins Group's First Awards, August 14, 2004
Reno News and Review, Surveying Women, July 1, 2004
Reno News and Review, Camp Song Ladies, February 12, 2004
Reno News and Review, Kinetic Like a Cat, November 13, 2003
Reno News and Review, Joy Club Luck, June 12, 2003
Reno News and Review, Music with Mammaries, November 7, 2002
The Sagebrush, God, Hair Candy found in Student Show, April 30, 2002