441 S Rocksprings Street Athens, Georgia 30606 (402) 319-1379 jessica.machacek@gmail.com jessicamachacek.com EDUCATION 2015 Master of Fine Arts Lamar Dodd School of Art The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2014- Instructor of Record 2015 Digital Printmaking Introduction to Printmaking Intaglio Introduction to Printmaking Screen print 2012- Graduate Assistant 2013 Printmaking and Book Arts area Studio Assistant Project Space Administrator 2012 Teaching Assistant Introduction to Printmaking Screen print RESIDENCIES 2015 The Wassaic Project Artist Residency Wassaic, New York Vermont Studio Center Johnson, Vermont 2014 Frans Masereel Centrum School Residency, Kasterlee, Belgium 2009 Santa Reparata International School of Art School Residency, Florence, Italy AWARDS + SCHOLARSHIPS 2015 Artist Grant Vermont Studio Center 2014 Teaching Assistantship
AWARDS + SCHOLARSHIPS continued 2013 Teaching Assistantship Graduate Research Award Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, The University of Georgia 2012 Graduate Assistantship 2011 William Randolph Hearst & Presidential Scholarship Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado 2010 Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Thomas P. Coleman Memorial Printmaking Award Francis William Vreeland Scholarship Award Jean R. Faulkner Memorial Art Exhibition Award 2009 Nellie May Schlee Vance Memorial Scholarship 2008 G & L Schleich Scholarship INVITED + GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2015 Fresh: New Master Artists Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana Emerges VIII ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia Master of Fine Arts Candidate Exhibition Rogue Space, New York, New York Atlanta Decorative Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia Southern Hospitality FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Found Under a Bridge Fieldwork Projects, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama In Bloom Ciné, Athens, Georgia Ornament Gallery@ Hotel Indigo, Athens, Georgia 2014 Suspended Preservatives Plaza Gallery & Bridge Gallery, *two-person
INVITED + GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued 2014 Crossfire Latticeworks, 2085 Milledge Avenue, Athens, Georgia Pop-up show 2013 Making Masters Madison Museum of Fine Art, Madison, Georgia Double Space Site-specific project supported by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts Greetings from Paradise Bulldog Inn, Athens, Georgia Collaborative, site-specific installation 2012 NUE WRK Plaza Gallery, 2011 BFA Capstone 2011 Our Printed World Collection and Response 13th Annual Art Auction and Exhibition Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska Under the Influence Kiechel Fine Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska 2010 Echo Rotunda Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2009 Students in Residence Exhibition Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy JURIED EXHIBITIONS 2013 26th Annual Juried Printmaking and Book Arts Exhibition Suite Gallery, Juror: Karen Kunc, Willa Cather Professor of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln *Materials Award 2012 PRINTWORK 2012 Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Juror: Nicholas Chambers, Milton Fine Curator of Art, The Andy Warhol Museum 4th Annual Juried Student Juried Exhibition Gallery 307, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia Juror: Lloyd Benjamin, Get This! Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
JURIED EXHIBITIONS continued 2012 Stand Out Prints 2012: Highpoint s National Juried Exhibition Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota Jurors: Mark Pascale, Curator in the Department of Prints and Drawings, The Art Institute of Chicago & Susan Inglett, Founder of Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC, New York 32nd Annual National Print Exhibition Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2011 31st Annual National Print Exhibition Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery Juror: Randy Bolton, Head of Print Media Department and Artist in Residence, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan *Juror Award Bemis Center Regional Exhibition Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Underground, Omaha, Nebraska Juror: Kate Hackman, Associate Director of Charlotte Street Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri 2010 Small Treasures: 7th Annual Juried Members Exhibition Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, Nebraska Juror: Julie Farstad, Assistant Professor of Painting, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri SERVICE New World/Old World: Mid America Print Council Members Exhibition Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota Juror: Thomas E. Rassieur, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Minneapolis Institute of Arts Juror Award Regionalism: New Art by North American Printmakers Downtown Initiative for Visual Arts, Eugene, Oregon Jurors: JenClare Gawaran, President at Whitdel Arts, Detroit Michigan & Gualberto Orozco, Vice President of Digital Media and Technology at Whitdel Arts 24th Annual Juried Undergraduate Competition Juror: Keith Jacobshagen, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2013- Selection Committee 2015 Lamar Dodd School of Art Visiting Artist & Scholar, The University of Georgia 2013- Contributor 2014 A-4P (Air Purifying Plants Proliferation Project) 2012- Treasurer 2014 Printmaking Student Association
PRESS 2015 Linnea West, Suburban Backyard Aesthetics: Jessica Machacek at the Georgia Museum of Art, Art Ravels, May 3, 2015. 2014 Jessica Smith, The Dodd Galleries Open Four New Exhibitions, Flagpole, September 17, 2014. 2013 André Gallant, Double Space opens Friday, Athens Banner-Herald, October 17, 2013. Nadine Wesserman, Printwork 2012 Shows the Genre s Newfound Diversity, Pittsburgh City Paper, January 16, 2013. 2012 Kurt Shaw, Printwork 2012 Brings Together Work from Top Artists, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, December 22, 2012 2010 Kent L. Wolgamott, All Work is Strong in Kiechel Show, Lincoln Journal Star, May 10, 2010.