Contact: jtawczynski@gmail.com
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Massachusetts College of Art, 2017.
B.F.A. The University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2014.
b. 1991, Worcester, Massachusetts
RESIDENCIES
• Akureyri Art Museum A.I.R., Akureyri, Iceland, 2021.
• Akureyri Art Museum A.I.R., Akureyri, Iceland, 2019.
• Listhús ArtSpace A.I.R., Olafsfjordur, Iceland, 2018.
• Gilfelagid Listagil A.I.R., Akureyri, Iceland, 2017.
• Es Ef Eff Artist in Residence, Brooklyn, New York, 2017.
• Shenkar College of Design and Architecture Artist Exchange, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2013.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
• FiveMyles Gallery, “May The Tide,” Plus/Space, Brooklyn, New York, 2023.
2021
• Deiglan Gallery, “Jessica Tawczynski: Lost at Sea”, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland.
2019
• Akureyri Art Museum, “Jessica Tawczynski: Art, Science and Spirituality”, Residency Studio Exhibition / Lecture Series, Akureyri, Iceland.
2018
• Olafsfjordur Museum, “Strange Element”, Listhús ArtSpace, Olafsfjordur, Iceland
• Arts Research Collaborative, ”A Tendency Towards Becoming", Lowell, MA.
2017
• Deiglan Gallery, Gilfelagid, ”Rhizome", Akureyri, Iceland.
2013
• UMass Lowell University Gallery, “Jessica Tawczynski", University Gallery at Lydon Library, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
• MassArt x SoWA Gallery, “PANDORA: Metamorphosis of Curiosity,” Curated by Jessica Tawczynski, Boston, MA.
• UMASS Lowell University Gallery and Artist’s League of Lowell, “DRAW LOWELL: Confluence,” Curated by Tomas Vu, Artistic Director at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University, Lowell, MA.
• Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, “Works on Paper 2024,” Curated by Kim Conaty, Chief Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Loveladies, NJ.
2023
• LaiSun Keane, “Abstractionism,” Boston, MA.
2022
• Hera Gallery, “Erosion,” Wakefield, RI.
• MassArt x Sowa Gallery, “Little Splinters,” Boston, MA.
• SPRING/BREAK Art Show, “A Sinking Vision ~ A Rise Above,” Curated by Janet Loren Hill, “NAKED LUNCH” 2022, 10th Anniversary of SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY.
• Piano Craft Gallery, “Finding a Memory,” Curated by Erika B. Hess, I Like Your Work Podcast Fall Exhibition, Boston, MA.
• Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, “Works on Paper 2022,” Curated by Esther Adler, Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA New York, Loveladies, NJ.
• MassArt x Sowa Gallery, “SOURCE,” Curated by Diana Jean Puglisi and Courtney Stock, Boston, MA.
2021
• BossCritt, “#AnythingGOEStober”, online exhibition, Boston, MA.
• Field Projects “Porous Modes”, online and in-person exhibition, Curated by Marine Cornuet, New York, NY.
• WoArtBlog, “Mostly Monochrome”, online exhibition.
• Long Island City Artists, LIC-A, “Drawings in a Time of Renewal”, Long Island City, NY.
• Dōdōmu Gallery, “Tactile Sublime”, online exhibition, Brooklyn, NY.
• Akureyri Art Museum, “Recent Acquisitions”, curated by Museum Director Hlynur Hallsson, Akureyri, Iceland.
• BossCritt, “#BossCrittDailyJanuary”, online exhibition, Boston, MA.
2020
• Amos Eno Gallery, “Where’re His Silent Beams Intrude,” curated by Gallery Director Audra Lambert, Brooklyn, NY.
• Lower Columbia College, Rose Center for the Arts, Forsberg Gallery, “A Quiet Stand,” curated by Jennie Castle, Longview, WA.
• “Midnight Milk Show Number 2”, Auction, Animation Series in collaboration with Jordan Wason and Eric Ashcraft, Brooklyn, NY.
2019
• John Goudreault Fine Art, “Salvation: Jessica Tawczynski and Stevi Matijevic”, Two-Person Exhibition, Millerton, NY.
• Boston City Hall’s Scollay Square Gallery, “MassArt Alumni Exhibition”, Boston, MA.
• JAWS Art Collective, “Boston Key Party”, Boston, MA.
• Five Myles Gallery, “Benefit Exhibition”, Brooklyn, NY.
• Atlantic Gallery, “ESCAPE/ISM”, New York, NY.
2018
• FiveMyles Gallery, “Unreality Bomb”, Brooklyn, NY.
• The Old Stone House, “Sweet Action Poetry Collective, Benefit Auction for 350.org", Brooklyn, NY.
• “Midnight Milk Show”, Auction, Brooklyn, NY.
2017
• Boston City Hall, ”Boston Emerging Artists Awards Exhibition", Boston, MA.
• Boston University Gallery, ”Boston Young Contemporaries", Stone Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA.
• Es Ef Eff Pop-up Gallery, “High Rock Tower", Es Ef Eff Programming, Brooklyn, NY.
• Bakalar and Paine Gallery, ”MFA Thesis Exhibition", MassArt Art Museum, Boston, MA.
• Bakalar and Paine Gallery, “Annual MassArt Auction”, Auction, MassArt Art Museum, Boston, MA.
• MassArt University Gallery, ”Surfaces", Doran Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA.
2016
• Arnheim University Gallery, ”seeSELFsee", MassArt, Boston, MA.
• Doran University Gallery, ”The Work of Being Here", MassArt, Boston, MA.
• Arnheim University Gallery, ”That Thing You Said", MassArt, Boston, MA.
• Wareham Studios Boston Pop-Up, “One Night Only", Studios at 49 Wareham Street, Boston, MA.
• MassArt Art Museum, “Annual MassArt Auction”, MassArt, Boston, MA.
• Student Life University Gallery, ”Ways to Use Walls", MassArt, Boston, MA.
2015
• UMass Lowell University Gallery, “UMass Lowell Alumni”, UMass Lowell, curated by Deborah Santoro, Lowell, MA.
2014
• Boston Art and Framing Gallery, ”Downstairs, Watch your Step", Boston, MA.
• UMass Lowell University Gallery, “BFA Thesis Show”, UMass Lowell, curated by Deborah Santoro, Lowell, MA.
• 119 Gallery, “Perspectives VI”, curated by Walter Wright and Stephen Mishol, Lowell, MA.
• 119 Gallery, “Benefit Art Auction”, Lowell, MA.
2013
• UMass Boston University Gallery, “y Bos 2”, Harbor Gallery UMass Boston, Boston, MA.
• “Process Made Visible 4”, Dugan Gallery, UMass Lowell, curated by Stephen Mishol and Deborah Santoro, Lowell, Ma.
• UMass Lowell Chancellor’s House, UMass Lowell Benefit Art Auction, Lowell, MA.
• Shenkar University Gallery, “Connected”, Shenkar Gallery, Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, curated by Uri Tzaing, Mati Herald and Stephen Mishol, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
• 119 Gallery, “Double Your Fun”, curated by Walter Wright, Lowell, MA.
• 119 Gallery, “Perspectives V”, curated by Stephen Mishol, Lowell, MA.
2012
• UMass Boston University Gallery, “y Bos”, Harbor Gallery UMass Boston, curated by Harbor Gallery, Boston, MA.
• 119 Gallery, “Members Juried Show”, curated by Walter Wright, Lowell, MA.
• “Process Made Visible 3”, Dugan Gallery, UMass Lowell, curated by Stephen Mishol and Michelle Gagnon, Lowell, MA.
• 119 Gallery, “Perspectives IV”, curated by Stephen Mishol, Lowell, MA.
• “29th Annual BIG Show”, Dugan Gallery, UMass Lowell, curated by Michelle Gagnon, Lowell, MA.
2011
• “Process Made Visible 2”, Dugan Gallery, UMass Lowell, curated by Stephen Mishol, Lowell, MA.
• 119 Gallery, “Perspectives 3”, curated by Stephen Mishol, Lowell, MA.
• “28th Annual BIG Show”, Dugan Gallery, UMass Lowell, curated by Michelle Gagnon, Lowell, MA.
AWARDS
• Becker Scholarship, presented by Massachusetts College of Art, 2015-2017.
• “Award of Excellence in Painting”, Award for Best Thesis in Painting, presented by Head of Department of Art and Design Jeanna-Marie Gavarini and Professor of Painting Stephen Mishol, BFA Thesis Show, UMass, Lowell, 2014.
• “Award of Excellence”, Award for excellence in Painting, presented by Vice Provost Donald Pierson, UMass Lowell, 2013.
• “Second Place”, Members Juried Show, 119 Gallery, presented by Walter Wright, 2012.
• “First Place”, Award for First Place in Painting, 29th Annual BIG Juried Show, UMass Lowell, presented by Michelle Gagnon, 2012.
• “Award of Excellence”, 29th Annual BIG Juried Show, UMass Lowell, presented by Michelle Gagnon, 2012.
ACHIEVEMENTS & EXPERIENCE
• Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Painting 1, Foundations: Drawing 2, Spring 2025, Lowell, MA.
• Discussion Panelist, “DRAW: NOW,” A panel discussion on the importance of drawing in Contemporary Art now, part of the exhibition series, “DRAW” by Tomas Vu, and part of the exhibition, “DRAW LOWELL: Confluence,” UMass Lowell O’Leary Library and University Gallery, Lowell, MA.
• Curator, “PANDORA: Metamorphosis of Curiosity,” MassArt x SoWA Gallery, Boston, MA.
• Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Foundations: Art Concepts 1 (Two Sections), Drawing Directed Study, Fall 2024, Lowell, MA.
• Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Painting 1, Foundations: Drawing 1, Spring 2024, Lowell, MA.
• Teaching Faculty, Brookline Arts Center, Fall 2023, Brookline, MA.
• Curating Collaborative Partner, “SOURCE,” MassArt x Sowa Gallery, Boston, MA, 2022.
• Archivist, Researching Registrar and Administrator, The Estate of Norman Bluhm LLC, 2021 - 2023.
• Founder, Inside Voices Art, Instagram platform, interviews with international artists during the 2020 global pandemic shutdown period, online, 2020.
• Visiting Critic, Final Review Board Critic, Sophomore Undergraduate Painting, Kayla Mohammadi painting section, Massachusetts College of Art, 2020.
• Visiting Artist, “Artist Tour Around the World Zoom Meet-Ups", MassArt Undergraduate Painting, Kayla Mohammadi and Elizabeth Mooney Painting Sections, 2020.
• Artist Talk, “Painter’s Conference,” Online Zoom Group, by moderator Matthew Murphy, 2020.
• Visiting Critic, Final Review Board Critic, Junior and Senior Undergraduate Painting, Sam Reibe painting section, Massachusetts Collage of Art, 2020.
• Artist Talk, Junior and Senior Undergraduate Painting, Massachusetts Collage of Art, 2020.
• Artist Talk, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Undergraduate Painting, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2020.
• Artist Talk and Lecture Event, “Jessica Tawczynski: Art, Science and Spirituality”, Akureyri Art Museum, Artist in Residence Lecture Series, Akureyri, Iceland, 2019.
• Visiting Critic, Final Review Board Critic, Junior and Senior Undergraduate Painting, accompanied by Richard Ryan, Roger Tibbetts painting section, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2018.
• Spring Break Art Fair, Assistant to Coordinator of Booth, Times Square, New York, NY, 2018.
• Visiting Critic, Final Review Board Critic, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Undergraduate Painting, Stephen Mishol painting sections, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2017.
• Visiting Critic, Final Review Board Critic, Junior and Senior Undergraduate Painting, Roger Tibbetts section, accompanied by Breehan James and Alfredo Gisholt, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2017.
• Artist Talk, Akureyri Art Museum, Visiting Lecturer, Akureyri, Iceland, 2017.
• Teaching Assistant Position, "Major Studio: Junior Senior Painting", assisted Professor Roger Tibbetts, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Spring semester 2017.
• President of SGA group MFA Student Alliance, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2017.
• Teaching Assistant Position, "Major Studio: Junior Senior Painting", assisted Professor Roger Tibbetts, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Fall semester 2016.
• President of SGA group MFA Student Alliance, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2016.
• Teaching Assistant Position, "Major Studio: Sophomore Printmaking", assisted FA2D department coordinator Professor Fred Liang, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Spring semester 2016.
• Visiting Critic, "Major Studio: Freshman Painting", Final Review critic for Professor Kayla Mohammadi, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 2015.
• Academic Merit, Award for Best Thesis in Painting, BFA Thesis Show, UMass Lowell, 2014.
• Academic Merit, First Student to win UMass Lowell Painting Scholarship and Award, 2013.
• Exchange with Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, Tel-Aviv and Ramat-Gan, Israel, 2013.
• Teaching Assistant Position, “Introduction to Painting Form and Space”, assisted Adjunct Professor Sarah Lubin, UMass Lowell Department of Art and Design, 2013.
• Inducted into National Honor Society, College Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, 2010.
ARTICLES, PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
• Iterant Magazine, Issue #13, Fall 2023, “SUNEATER,” Artist Feature and Cover Essay by Candace Jensen, online and physical publication.
• CanvasRebel Magazine, Interview, “Meet Jessica Tawczynski,” online, 2023. https://canvasrebel.com/meet-jessica-tawczynski/
• Clotheslines, In Print Magazine, Issue 1, Cover Page and Artist Feature, Magazine Editors Francesca Hyatt and Marine Cornuet, 2022.
• I Like Your Work Podcast, Exhibition Catalogue, In Print, “Finding A Memory,” Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA, 2022.
• The Sandpaper, “Works on Paper: 71 Artists All on the Same Page,” review of “Works on Paper” curated by Esther Adler, curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at MoMA, exhibition at Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, written by Victoria Ford, online: https://www.thesandpaper.net/articles/works-on-paper-71-artists-all-on-same-page/
• Boston Art Review, “Mark Your Calendars: Eight Shows to Check Out in Greater Boston This Spring,” review of “SOURCE” at MassArt x SoWa Gallery, written by Leah Triplett Harrington, online: https://bostonartreview.com/reviews/calendars-spring-2022-exhibition-roundup/
• Akureyri Art Museum Website, Article, “Jessica Tawczynski: Lost at Sea,” online.
• Deiglan Gallery Website, Article and Press, “Jessica Tawczynski: Lost at Sea,” online.
• Music Video, Collaborative Showcase with Kat Chamberlin, YouTube, Artist collaboration with Midnight Milk Show, “The Beaters,” Album Release, “As Far as the River” from “Where is John Star?”, 2021.
• BossCritt Instagram take-over, artist collective project based in Boston, MA, online virtual exhibition feature, 2021.
• I Like Your Work Podcast, Studio Visit Artist, Interview, Feature on blog and social media, by Erika B. Hess, 2020.
• Akureyrarstofa, “Event: Lecture Series at Akureyri Art Museum: Jessica Tawczynski”, Akureyri City News Website: Online Press, http://www.visitakureyri.is/is/dagatal/item/view/thridjudagsfyrirlestur-jessica-tawczynski, 2019.
• Allevents.in Akureyri, “Tuesday Lecture: Jessica Tawczynski”, Online News Outlet, https://allevents.in/akureyri/Þriðjudagsfyrirlestur-lecture-jessica-tawczynski/200018049248523, 2019.
• Sim Residency Website, “News from Akureyri Art Museum: First Artist in Residence: Jessica Tawczynski”, Art News and Events Press, https://sim.is/listasafnid-a-akureyri-fyrsti-thridjudagsfyrirlestur-vetrarins-2/, 2019.
• Morgunbladid, “List, vísindi og andleg mál” / ”Art, Science and Spirituality”, Iceland Online News Publication, https://www.mbl.is/mogginn/bladid/innskraning/?redirect=%2Fmogginn%2Fbladid%2Fgrein%2F1733539%2F%3Ft%3D895434911&page_name=grein&grein_id=1733539, 2019.
• Kaffid.is News, “Winter Events Akureyri Art”, Online Press, https://www.kaffid.is/fyrsti-thridjudagsfyrirlestur-vetrarins-2/, 2019.
• Akureyri Art Museum Website, “Jessica Tawczynski: Artist in Residence Studio Exhibition”, Online Press, http://www.listak.is/is/frettir/frettasafn/thrir-vidburdir-um-helgina, Hlynur Thormodsson, 2019.
• Akureyri Art Museum Website, “Jessica Tawczynski: Art, Science and Spirituality”, Online Press, http://www.listak.is/is/frettir/frettasafn/fyrsti-thridjudagsfyrirlestur-vetrarins-2, Hlynur Thormodsson, 2019.
• “NINE: This Land”, NINE Magazine, Artist Feature, Biography and Statement, Works by Jessica Tawczynski, 2019.
• Hyperallergic, “Best of 2018: Our top 15 Brooklyn Art Shows”, Jeffery Grunthaner on “#6. Unreality Bomb at FiveMyles Gallery”, 2018.
• Listhús Artist in Residence Video Interview: “Strange Element”, Works by Jessica Tawczynski, Listhús ArtSpace Video Channel Vimeo/Youtube, 2018.
• Studio Visit Magazine, Online and in print, “Artist Feature: Jessica Tawczynski”, Volume 41 and 42, 2018.
• Artscope Magazine, ”Great Minds Think Alike: Arts Research Collaborative: Selected Works by Jessica Tawczynski", Online and in print, https://artscopemagazine.com/2018/01/great-minds-think-alike-arts-research-collaborative/ , Flavia Cigliano, 2018.
• "Massive Trends Now: Jessica Tawczynski sýnir í Deiglunni", Online, http://now.trend-massivhaus.info/jessica-tawczynski-synir-i-deiglunni/ , 2017.
• "What to do in Iceland?" Akureyri Art Museum, Listasafnid a Akureyri, Online ad for "Rhizome", http://www.whattodo.is/i/gk4oEXsjiW/eJdUikTk2- , 2017.
• "Rhizome – Myndlistarsýning", Gilfelagid Listagil, Online, http://listagil.is/?p=847 , 2017.
• Advertisement, Baendabladid, https://www.bbl.is/frettir/frettir/verslunin-tharf-ad-leggja/ , 2017.
• Akureyri City Website, ”Christmas and New Year in Akureyri: Events: "Rhizome", selected works by Visiting Artist, Jessica Tawczynski", "Visit Akureyri”, http://www.visitakureyri.is/en/moya/news/christmas-and-new-year-in-akureyri , 2017.
• Online Student Profile, UMass, Lowell, Department of Fine Art and Design, Julia Gavin, 2014.
• UMass Lowell Arts and Ideas, “Art Students Get Interdisciplinary in Israel”, Julia Gavin, 2013.
• UMass Lowell Online, “Trip to Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem Opens Eyes And Doors”, Julia Gavin 2013.
• UMass Lowell Online, “Jessica Tawczynski: Award Winning Solo Show”, Julia Gavin, 2013.
• UMass Lowell Newspaper, “Process Made Visible”, in print, 2013.
• UMass Lowell Online, “BIG Show Awards”, Julia Gavin, 2012.