JESSICA FUQUAY | [email protected] Based in Pittsburgh, PA
Education
2022 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA MFA Candidate 2019 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME 2014 Rice University, Houston, TX BA in Studio Art, cum laude with Distinction in Research & Creative Works
Selected Group Exhibitions & Performances
2019 Performance of Set Your Voice Free! at Shelf Life, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX 2018 Performance of Intake and A Compelling Performance, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX 2017 North Set Studios Opening Exhibition, North Set Studios, Houston, TX. Curated by Ariana Thrasher. 2016 April 1968, Common House, Houston, TX. Curated by Charles Satterlee. 2014 Summer Studio Residency Exhibition, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX New Art/Arte Nuevo, University of Texas at San Antonio Art Gallery, San Antonio, TX Feed, Senior Thesis Exhibition, Rice University Sewall Hall, Houston, TX Groundwork, Mavis Pitman Fellowship Exhibition, Rice Media Center, TX 2013 God Save the Screen!, Matchbox Gallery, Houston, TX. Curated by Yelzaveta Biletska
Curatorial Work & Programming
2018 Co-curator, Banana Splint, Solar Studios, Houston, TX Co-curator, Get Yours!, Alabama Song, Houston, TX 2017 Co-curator, Could Be Loved, Solar Studios, Houston, TX 2014 Curator, You Are Damn Wrong!, Matchbox Gallery, Houston, TX
Residencies
2017 - 2019 Delia’s Lounge Studio Resident, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX 2014 Summer Studio Residency, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
Awards
2019 Cross Purposes Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University Houston Arts Alliance Support for Individual Artists Grant, Houston, TX 2017 Idea Fund Catalyst Grant, Houston, TX 2015 Bennington Writing Prize in Poetry, Bennington, VT 2014 Mavis C. Pitman Memorial Prize in the Arts, Rice University Louise Sudler Prize in the Arts, Rice University Eleanor & Frank Freed Travel Grant, Rice University Bill Wilson Student Initiative Grant, Rice University Phi Beta Kappa inductee 2013 Eleanor & Frank Freed Travel Grant, Rice University 2010 Trustee Distinguished Scholarship, Rice University
Presentations
2017 Lecturer and panelist, Amplifying the Margins, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX 2014 Artist talk, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX, Aug 5, 2014.
Press
2017 Houston Press, “Amplifying the Margins with DAMN GXRL,” jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjhttps://www.houstonpress.com/event/amplifying-the-margins-with-damn-gxrl-9588484 2014 Houston Style Magazine, “Project Row Houses: Summer Studios 2014” http://stylemagazine.com/news/2014/aug/11/project-row-houses-summer-studios-2014 Humanitas Magazine, “Pitman Exhibition Fellowship Displays Student Collaboration” The Rice Thresher, Kachkou, Danya, “Pitman exhibition showcases student work,” http://www.ricethresher.org/article/2014/02/pitman-exhibit-showcases-student-work
Teaching
2015 - 2016 Teaching Artist, DaVinci Lab for the Arts & Science, Houston, TX Teaching Artist, Fotofest International, Houston, TX 2012 Teaching Assistant, Writers in the Schools, Houston, TX
Related Experience
2018 - 2019 Member, DiverseWorks Artist Advisory Board 2015 Curatorial Intern, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX 2013 - 2014 Assistant Preparator & Gallery Attendant, Rice Gallery, Houston, TX 2013 Artist Assistant to Michelle Teran, Berlin, Germany Artist Assistant to Marina Zurkow, Houston, TX