Jesse Harrod
jesseharrod@gmail.com
Exhibitions
2012
Forthcoming exhibition: Lost and Found: Belief and Doubt in Contemporary Pictures, Museum of New Art Detroit
The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids Michigan.
The Living Room Gallery, Chicago.
2011
The Evanston Art Center, Chicago.
The MDW Fair: Visual Arts Landing in Chicago.
Burnham Hotel, Installation, Chicago.
Threewalls CSA project, Chicago.
2010
Pop-Up Art Loop, Chicago Loop Alliance.
Interlochen Center for The Visual Arts, Faculty show, Michigan.
Six Rooms, group show at Longman and Eagle, Chicago, Illinois.
9, group show, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, Illinois.
2009
Installation and public lecture, School of The Art Institute of Chicago.
“That’s So Gay”, group show, San Jose California.
Common Thread, group show, Oakville Museum, Oakville Ontario.
Sense and Form, group show, School of The Art Institute of Chicago.
2008
Installation and public lecture, School of The Art Institute of Chicago.
Eyelevel Mentorship Show, group show, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Eyelevel Re-Shelving Intiative:3, group show, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2007
Beasties, group show, The Khyber Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Ross Creek Secret, group show, Argyle Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
BIG FIBRE, Little Fibre, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.
The Moorings Gallery, , group show, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.
Art in a Box, Visual Arts Nova Scotia.
Argyle Fine Art, group show of emerging artists, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2006
“Oh So Pretty”, solo show, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Small Talk, national Canadian traveling group show, in conjunction with the 10th Biennial of the Textile Society of America.
The Khyber Institute of Contemporary Art, group show curated by Michael Fernandes, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Line Notation,Group Show Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2005
Feminist Group Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2004
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design group textile show, Halifax, N.S.
Invited Lectures
School of The Art Institute of Chicago, 2012
School of The Art Institute of Chicago, 2011
Mess Hall, 2011
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, 2010
Publications
Chicago Magazine, Fall 2011
http://fnewsmagazine.com/2011/05/11339/
http://badatsports.com/2011/chicagos-mdw-fair-in-notes-photos/
World of Threads, http://www.worldofthreadsfestival.com/artist_interviews/010_jesse_harrod_11.html
Visual Arts News, Fall 2008 Vol. 30 Number 2.
Akimbo www.akimbo.ca, November 9th, 2007
Residency
2012
Forthcoming residencies: Vermont Studio Center
2011
Oxbow, Saugutuck, Michigan
Harold Arts Residency Program, Chesterhill, Ohio
2010
Harold Arts Residency Program, Chesterhill, Ohio
Sanskriti Dehli, India
2007
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery and Parks Canada Residency, Newfound Land.
Awards/Scholarships
2010
Finalist in the Juried National Sculpture Exhibition of Outstanding Art College Graduates
Beijing HuaQiaoCheng
2008
Halifax Regional Municipality Grants to Individuals
2007
William J. Smith Memorial Scholarship, NSCADU.
Scholarship Endowment: Robert G. Merritt Memorial Fund, NSCADU.
2006
Scholarship Endowment: Thomas George & Ethel Pearson Mackenzie Fund, NSCADU.
2005
Robert G. Merrit Memorial Scholarship, NSCADU.
Alexander J. McDonald Memorial Award, NSCADU.
SUNSCAD Scholarship for Student Development, NSCADU.
Education
School Of The Art Institute of Chicago || 2008-2010
Master of Fine Arts Chicago, Illinois
Fiber and Material Studies Department
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University || 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts Halifax, Nova Scotia