Jacquelyn Gleisner

Curriculum Vitae

Solo Exhibitions & Installations

2019 Pegasus Gallery, Middlesex Community College, Middletown, CT

2018 Splice, Constance Lavino Bell Gallery, Ethel Walker School, Simsbury, CT ​ 2017 Folds of the Cloak, Sharon Arts Center Gallery, New Hampshire Institute of Art, ​ Peterborough, NH

Paper Over, Crown Street Window Display, Artspace, New Haven, CT ​ Ouroboros, Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA ​ 2016 Rochester Museum of Art, Pop Up Show, Rochester, NH

2014 Sunshine Art & Design Gallery, Lancaster, PA

2011 Galleria Atski, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

Selected Group Exhibitions

2020 Witchy & Extra Human, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT ​ Mill Street, Fair Haven, CT ​ 2019 Sanctuary City and the Politics of the New American Dream, Creative Arts ​ Workshop, New Haven, CT

Faculty Exhibition, Seton Art Gallery, University of New Haven, CT

near orbit: in state and on paper, Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT ​ 2018 Everything Happens So Much, Kelley Stelling Gallery, Manchester, NH ​ Folded: New Acquisitions to the Artspace Flat File Program, New Haven, CT ​ Social Patterns, The Whitney Center, Hamden, CT ​ Satellite Show at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

2017 TSA New York, Flat File Program 2017-18, Brooklyn, New York ​ At Work: New Faculty Exhibition, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, CT ​ Interaction of Color, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY ​ Nasty Women Show, The Institute Library, New Haven, CT ​ 2016 Artists in Residence Exhibition, Studio 550, Manchester, NH ​

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Selected Group Exhibitions (continued) ​ 2015 Faculty Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH ​ Art in Embassies Program, United States Government, Department of State, ​ Botswana, Africa

“Minumental,” New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH ​ 2014 Flat Files: Year 2, TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY ​ 2014 Thrive, Sunshine Art & Design Gallery, Lancaster, PA ​ The Principle of the Thing, Daylight Savings Gallery and Sadie Halie Gallery, ​ Brooklyn, NY

Graduate Faculty Exhibition, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH ​ Parallel Grounds, Daylight Savings Gallery, Brooklyn, NY ​ 2011 Artists of Fulbright, FinnFest 2011, San Diego, CA ​ 2010 Out of the Woods, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, ​ MI Awards & Grants

2020 Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Office for the Arts ​ 2015 Art in Embassies Program, Botswana, Africa: Artist Exchange funded by the U.S. ​ Department of State including ten days of cultural programming featuring workshops, panel discussions, and public presentations in Maun and Gaborone, Botswana

2010 J. William Fulbright Postgraduate Research Grant, Helsinki, Finland

Visiting Researcher, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland: Postgraduate research grant to study the history of surface and pattern design in architecture, fashion design, and fine art in Finnish culture

Artist in Residence, Artist Residencies, Residency Fellowships

2019 Co-Creative in Residence, Ives Branch, New Haven Free Public Library, New ​ Haven, CT

Visiting Artist Critic, hosted by The Chart, Portland, ME ​ ​ ​ 2016 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA

A.I.R. Studio Paducah, KY

2014 Studio 550, Manchester, NH

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Education

2008-2010 M.F.A., Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2002-2006 B.F.A., Studio Art, minor in Art History, summa cum laude, Boston University, ​ ​ Boston, MA

Academic Appointments

2017 – present Practitioner in Residence, University of New Haven, CT

2014 – 2017 Adjunct Professor, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

2017 Adjunct Professor, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT

2015 – 2016 Visiting Lecturer, Framingham State University, Framingham, MA

Teaching Awards & Nominations

2018 Excellence in Teaching Award Nominations: Practitioner in Residence & ​ Experiential Learning

Related Professional Experience

2011 – 2018 Columnist, Art21 Magazine, Columnist, New York, NY ​ Guest Editor for the “Sincerity Issue” in July 2015; Worked with artists, writers, museum/gallery administration, and copy-editors to solicit, edit, and produce content and images for Volume XI of the Art21 Magazine, featuring texts from Angela Dufresne, Summer Wheat, and Inka Essenhigh

Visiting Artist Talks, Symposiums, Conferences, Panels

2019 Workshop leader: Writing Successful Grant Proposals, College Art Association ​ Annual Conference, New York, NY *anticipated

2018 Guest Speaker: Arts Leaders Symposium, Boston University, Boston, MA ​ Panelist: Artist as Curator, Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT ​ 2017 Presentation: The Writing Artist, College Art Association Annual Conference, ​ New York, NY

2011 Speaker: America in Living Color, Tampere University, Finland ​ 2010 Presentation: American Voices xviii, Turku University, Finland ​ Curatorial Projects

2018 Spotlight, Student Work from the University of New Haven and the Lyme ​ Academy College of Fine Arts, Mitchell Branch Library, New Haven, CT

2017 State of Abstraction, Washington Arts Association, Washington Depot, CT ​

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Publications & Press Andlesmith, Leah. “New Haven Makes Makers,” The Arts Paper, February 13, 2018. ​ ​ ​ —. “The World of Westville’s PODs,” The Arts Paper, October 15, 2018. ​ ​ ​ "Art Teacher's Lengthy Installation Challenges Assumptions about Art," West Hartford News, ​ ​ February 2, 2017.

Conant, Ben. "Making Her Point." Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. June, 2017. ​ ​ “In Poor Taste,” Jani Leinonen: Funeral Notice. Galerie Gmurzynska: Zurich, 2011. ​ ​ Jillson, Tessa. "Jacquelyn Gleisner’s Cycles of Art." The Gatepost. July 27, 2017. ​ ​ Knuckles, Dawud and Russell Simmons, eds. The Art Album: Hip Hop And The Visual Arts. Fiell ​ ​ Publishing Limited: New York, 2012.

Slater, David. "Art in Embassies." Peolwane, pp. 59 - 65. February 2016. ​ ​ Steele, Rosemarie. "AIR Paducah: A Space for Making, Creating, and Mindfulness." Paducah ​ Life Magazine, pp. 24-26. ​ Tlhankane, Mompati. "American Artists in Botswana for Cultural Exchange." Mmegi. October 21, ​ ​ 2015.

Woolston, Samuli, ed. The Aalto Ornament Studio: Theory as a Design Tool, Ornament in ​ ​ Architecture, A Research-Based Design Studio, Aalto University, School of Engineering, Department of Architecture: Helsinki, 2011. Podcast Interviews

“Infinite Scrolling: Jacquelyn Gleisner.” Table to Stage. December 11, 2018. ​ ​ “Fragility, Strength and the Infinite: Jacquelyn Gleisner.” The First Stop. July 15, 2018. ​ ​ ​ Critical Writings

Art New England Magazine ​ Exhibition Review — Diane Simpson at the Zilkha Gallery at Wesleyan University, online. ​ ​

Exhibition Preview — Exiled: Harriet Diamond at the Loomis Chaffee School, Jan/Feb 2020. ​ ​

Exhibition Review — Afrocosmologies at the Wadsworth Museum of Art, Jan/Feb 2020. ​ ​

Exhibition Preview — June Ahrens, Nov/Dec 2019.

Studio Visit — Megan Craig, Sept/Oct 2019.

Exhibition Preview — “Utility Suite: Natalie Beall” at Standard Space, Sept/Oct 2019.

Exhibition Preview — “Close to the Line” at Housatonic Museum of Art, Sept/Oct 2019.

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Critical Writings (continued) ​ Spotlight Review — “Fragile Earth: The Naturalist Impulse in Contemporary Art” at the Florence Griswold Museum, July/August 2019.

Exhibition Review — “Harmony Hammond: Material Witness, Five Decades of Art” at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, July/August 2019.

Exhibition Review — “Deborah Dancy: The Weight of the World” at Five Points Gallery, July/August 2019.

Exhibition Review — “Matthew Barney: Redoubt at Yale University Art Gallery”, May/June 2019.

Exhibition Review — “Erin Lee Antonak: Seven Spans at ArtSpace New Haven,” May/June 2019.

Studio visit – “Jaclyn Conley,” Art New England magazine, March/April 2019. ​ ​ Preview – “Blue Collar Aesthetic,” Art New England magazine, March/April 2019. ​ ​ Spotlight Review — “Hong Hong: Dark Segment” at Real Art Ways, Art New England ​ magazine, January/February 2019.

Review — “Francesco Clemente” at the Brant Foundation, Art New England magazine, ​ ​ January/February 2019.

Exhibition Preview — "All Together" at Flinn Gallery, Art New England magazine, ​ ​ November/December 2018.

Exhibition Preview — "Downsized" at the Bruce Museum, Art New England magazine, ​ ​ ​ November/December 2018.

Feature — "Think Local: New England Galleries Find Their Niche," Art New England ​ magazine, September/October 2018.

Exhibition Review — "Walking on Sunshine" at Amy Simon Fine Art, Art New England ​ magazine, September/October 2018.

Exhibition Review — "My Vicious Throbbing Heart" at Franklin Street Works, Art New ​ England magazine, July/August 2018. ​ Exhibition Review — "Fold In and Fall Flat" University of Connecticut at Storrs, Art New ​ England magazine, May/June 2018. ​ Exhibition Review — "Might Minis," Melanie Carr Gallery, Art New England magazine, ​ ​ ​ March/April 2018.

Exhibition Review — "Alignable Angles", The Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Art New England magazine, January/February 2018. ​

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Critical Writings (continued) ​ ART21 Magazine ​ "Reading Critically: Alexandra Bell's 'Counternarratives,'" Art21 Magazine, December 22, ​ ​ 2018.

"Robots, Race, and Algorithms: Stephanie Dinkins at Recess Assembly," Art21 Magazine, ​ November 7, 2017.

"Making Paper: Hong Hong's Performative Process," Art21 Magazine, September 13, 2017. ​ ​ "Highway to the Sun: Truth and Fiction in Maureen Drennan's Photography," Art21 Magazine, ​ August 15, 2017.

"Mohammed Hafez's Models of Syrian Destruction," Art21 Magazine, May 8, 2017. ​ ​ "Meriem Bennani's Holiday Headscarf," Art21 Magazine, February 17, 2017. ​ ​ "Is There Racism in Heaven," Art21 Magazine, January 17, 2017. ​ ​ "Dushko Petrovich's The Daily Gentrifier," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, ​ ​ December 16, 2016.

"Places Within Us: Jesse Chun's On Paper Series," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, ​ October 12, 2016.

"Dr. Moseley Answers Your Questions," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, August 4, ​ ​ 2016.

"Randa Mirza's Burning Sky," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, June 15, 2016. ​ ​ "Caitlin Berrigan's Unfinished State," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, April 13, 2016. ​ ​ "Gina Siepel's Listening Trips," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, January 26, 2016. ​ ​ ​ "Saya Woolfalk's Happy People," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, October 20, 2015. ​ ​ "Letter from the Editor," Art21 Magazine, Guest Editor: “Sincerity Issue,” Volume 11: ​ ​ ​ July/August 2015, July 6, 2015. ​ "Still Points in Erin Wiersma's Drawings," Art21 Magazine, August 17, 2015. ​ ​ "The Archives of Kameelah Rasheed," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, February 15, ​ ​ 2015.

"The Absurd Magic of Vincent Como," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, February 5, ​ ​ 2015.

"The Demands of Dread Scott," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, November 4, 2014. ​ ​ "The Go! Push Pops on Future Feminisms," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, August ​ ​ 18, 2014.

"BFAMFAPhD: An Imaginative School of Thought," Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, ​ April 1, 2014.

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Critical Writings (continued) ​ “Victoria Fu’s Five Attempts at a Palindrome,’” Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, ​ January 7, 2014.

“Paolo Cirio’s Lovely Faces,’” Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, August 12, 2013. ​ ​ “Nails Across America with Breanne Trammell,’” Art21 Magazine: New Kids on the Block, ​ ​ July 8, 2013.

“Summer Wheat on her Flight away from ‘Cowboy Space Gangsters,’” Art21 Magazine: New ​ Kids on the Block, April 8, 2013. ​ “Angela Dufresne: Self-Confessed Storyteller, Punk, Image-Maker and Feminist,” Art21 ​ Magazine: New Kids on the Block, February 11, 2013. ​ “Baudrillard for Bozos: An Interview with Sean Joseph Patrick Carney,” Art21 Magazine: New ​ Kids on the Block, November 12, 2012. ​ “Creative Criticism with Christopher K. Ho | Hirsh E.P. Rothko,” Art21 Magazine: Praxis ​ Makes Perfect, May 10, 2012. ​ “Trial & Error: On Teaching with Beverly Fishman,” Art21 Magazine: Praxis Makes Perfect, ​ February 9, 2012.

“Hustling with Jennifer Catron and Paul Outlaw,” Art21 Magazine: Praxis Makes Perfect, ​ ​ November 10, 2011.

“End-troducing,” Art21 Magazine: Praxis Makes Perfect, October 13, 2011. ​ ​ “Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds,” Art21 Magazine: Open Enrollment, May 18, 2011. ​ ​ “In Poor Taste: Lunch with Jani Leinonen,” Art21 Magazine: Open Enrollment, April 20, 2011. ​ ​ “An Afternoon with Miina Äkkijyrkkä,” Art21 Magazine: Open Enrollment, February 23, 2011. ​ ​ “Artists Are like Rats,” Art21 Magazine: Open Enrollment, posted January 26, 2011. ​ ​ Artedoilia

"A Living Art: On Courbet," Arteidolia, April 2017. ​ ​ "Botswana's Dust," Arteidolia, April 14, 2016. ​ ​ Arts Paper The Hypogean Tip' Unearths Bridgeport's Past, Housatonic Museum of Art, February 19, 2020.

“Artists Continue the Campaign for Legal Sanctuary,” The Gallery Upstairs, February 6, 2020.

“Jennifer Davies and the Possibilities of Paper,” City Gallery, December 12, 2019.

“A Light in the Dark,” Housatonic Museum of Art, November 14, 2019.

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Critical Writings (continued) ​

“Peterloo Misses the Mark,” Yale Center for British Art, October 7, 2019.

“Beyond Banal: The Still Life Paintings of William Bailey,” Yale University Art Gallery, September 17, 2019.

“Dark Matters,” Institute Library, August 5, 2019. ​ WOW / Huh

"Dear Life: A Letter," Wow/Huh, February 2, 2015. ​ ​ “Dear Dave: A Letter to Dave Hickey and Other Quitters,” Wow/Huh, January 21, 2013. ​ ​ ​ “The ‘Un-Whored Path’ of Leo Tolstoy and Voina,” Wow/Huh, March 31, 2012. ​ ​ Hyperallergic

"Interview with Mary Reid Kelley," Hyperallergic, October 26, 2016. ​ ​ United States Embassy of Finland, Beat of America ​ “Cranbrook: Not an Art School in the Ordinary Sense,” United States Embassy of Finland Blog: Beat of America, June 28, 2011. ​ ​ “All Aglow with Marimekko,” United States Embassy of Finland Blog: Beat of America, April 8, ​ ​ 2011.

Collections & Commissions

U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, Earl R. Miller

Kathy Battista, Program Director, Sotheby’s Institute New York, NY

Private collections (USA): AR, CT, FL, GA, MA, MI, NY, PA, WA

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