JILL SYLVIA

was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts (1979) and currently lives and works in San Francisco

 

EDUCATION

M.F.A., Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco. 2005 B.A., Studio Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. 2001

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

Finalist & Recipient of “Special Mention” Co.Co.Co Contemporary Contest, Spazio Natta, Como, Italy. 2011 Guest Lecturer, Sacramento City College. 2011

Visiting Artist & Lecturer, San Francisco State University. 2010

M.A. Curatorial Practices Class Studio Visit, California College of the Arts. 2009

Ella King Torrey Award for Excellence and Innovtion in the Arts, San Francisco Art Institute. 2005 Stanley Landsman Scholarship Award, Bard College. 2000

 

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Busywork, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California. March 2012 Tulipomania, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, California. September 2012

 

EXHIBITIONS

Individual

Lacunae, Magrorocca Galleria d’Arte, Milan, Italy. 2011

Volta NY, represented by Magrorocca, New York, New York. 2011

Recent Work, Julian Page, London, UK. 2008

Ledger, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, California. 2007

Accounted For, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California. 2004 Swallowed To Skin, Fisher Studio Arts Center Gallery, Bard College, New York. 2001

 

Group

Productive Steps, Mount Tremper Arts, Mount Tremper, New York. July 9 -August 21, 2011Microwave, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, New York. June 30 -September 3, 2011

Busywork, Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, California. 2011

Out of Order, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California. 2010

Salon No.6, Marine Art Salon, Los Angeles, California. 2010

Illiterature, University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, California. 2010

Compelled, Root Division, San Francisco, California. 2010

Refresh, Christina Ray Gallery, New York, New York. 2010

The Art of the Artist’s Book, Oakland University Art Gallery, Detroit, Michigan. 2010

Altered States, Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. 2010

X Libris: The Re-Purposed Book, Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2009 Allegories of Control, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, California. 2009

Illiterature, Arena 1, Los Angeles, California. 2009

Close Calls, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, California. 2008

Musée D’Honneur Minuscule, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, California. 2007

Maximinimalist, Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 2007

Drawn, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California. 2006

Inscape, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California. 2006

Momentum, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California. 2006

Paper Pushers, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, California. 2005

Cream, from the Top, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California. 2005

New California Masters, Works/San José, San José, California. 2005

Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco, California. 2005

By Any Means Un/Necessary, Mission 17, San Francisco, California. 2005

Epic, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California. 2004

SFAI +CCA, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute,, San Francisco, California. 2004

Continuing M.F.A Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. 2004 Falmouth Artists’ Guild Annual Juried Show, Falmouth Artists’ Guild, Cape Cod., Massachusetts. 2002 Exhibition de l’École des Arts Lacoste, Lacoste École des Arts, Provence, France. 2001

Exhibition de l’École des Arts Lacoste, Lacoste École des Arts, Provence, France. 2000

Old Masters Through Modern Eyes, Bard College Campus Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. 2000

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Valdez, Aldrin. “Re-Heating Tips,” ARTSlanT, July 2011.

Inteview: IN THE MAKE, http://inthemake.net/#2081985/Jill-Sylvia 2011 Dalky, Victoria. “Buried In Paperwork,” Sacramento Bee, March 28, 2011, p.1D. Kelly, Danielle, “Turning The Page,” Las Vegas Weekly, November 4, 2009. McGuinness, Ross, “They Billed, She Builds,” Metro (UK), May 18, 2009, p.3. Maloney, Patricia, “Laura Paulini and Jill Sylvia,” Artforum.com, 2009. <http://artforum.com/picks/section=us#picks22825>

Jeanne Storck, “Allegories of Control,” Artweek, July/August 2009.

Ollman, Leah, “Illiterature at Arena 1 Gallery,” L.A. Times, March 5, 2009.

Warner, Tonya, “Jill Sylvia: Ledger,” Percolator Magazine, Summer Issue, 2007.

Baker, Kenneth. “Sylvia in San Francisco,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 9, 2007, p.E10. Feinststein, Lea. “Jill Sylvia: Ledger,” SF Weekly, June 13-19, 2007, p.37.

Brehmer, Debra. “Maximinimalist,” Susceptible to Images, April 2007.

Baker, Kenneth. “Incape,in Oakland,” San Francisco Chronicle, August 19, 2006, p.E10. Dalky, Victoria. “Paper Transformed,” Sacramento Bee, November 6, 2005, p.TK30.

Chin Lui, Diane. “Pushing the Envelope,” Davis Enterprise, October 20, 2005, p.C4.

Berry, Colin. “Cream From the Top,” Artweek, October 2005, p.13.

Feldman, Melissa. “Cream,” artUS, Issue 10, October/November 2005.

Taylor, Robert. “Show Offers A Taste of the Cream of the College Crop,” Contra Costa Times,

July 29, 2005, p.18.

Bing, Alison, “By Any Means Un/Necessary,” SF Gate, January 2005.

Hanratty, Maureen, “Epic: Southern Exposure’s 14th Annual Juried Exhibition Emerging Artists:

North of King City to South of the Oregon Border,” SF Station, November 2004.