JESSICA WEISS  

B. 1951 New York, NY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
www.jessicaweiss.net
@jessicaweisspaint

EDUCATION
1973      BA Oberlin College , Oberlin, OH
1975-6   NY Studio School, New York, NY
 
 ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 PRESENT, 490 ATLANTIC, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Pin the Tail on the Tiger, Outlet Fine Art, Bushwick, Brooklyn.
2008 The Woods, A. M. Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Replay, A. M. Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003 The Art Wall, Bowery Poetry Club, NY, NY
1993 Stephen Vlamis Gallery, Kent, CT
1992 Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, NY, NY
1983 New Math Gallery, NY, NY
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Salon de Refuse, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Alliance, NYC

2024 100 Women of Spirit,  Zurcher Gallery, NYC.

2023 Sketchbook Show #1, Talking Pictures, Brooklyn, NY
2022 11 Women of Spirit Part 6, Zurcher Gallery, NYC.
2021 Mercedes Matter Award Exhibit, 122 Grand St Gallery, NYC
2019 NY Studio School Invitational, curated by Judith Linhares and David Humphrey,
2017 Strange Flowers, curated by Elizabeth Condon, Westbeth Art Gallery, NYC
2016 Domesticated, Old Stone House Gallery, Gowanus, Brooklyn.
2016 Big Tent Show, Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Chasing the Rose, Dutch Barn, Clinton Corners, NY
2015 Ulterior Motif, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2015 Wizards and Sorcerers, Showboat #11, Brooklyn, NY
2015 If Walls Could Talk, Firework Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 NY Studio School Alumni Invitational, New York, NY
2015 Between a place and candy: new works in pattern + repetition +
motif, UBS Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Archile Gorky and a Selection of Contemporary Drawings, Outlet Fine
         Art, Booklyn, NY
2014 Between a place and candy: new works in pattern + repetition + motif,
         Mattawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
2014 Soft Substitutes/Heavy Thinking, Elgin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Drunk-Tank Pink, Field Projects, New York, NY
2013 Nation II, At The Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Mic:Check, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Alumni Exhibit, curated by John Newman, NYSS, New York, NY
2010 Take Five, Plus Gallery, Denver, CO.
2009 Contemporary Bestiary, AM Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Open City, NY Studio School, NY, NY
2008 No Wonder in Winter, AM Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Ink, Milk, and Lead, AM Richard Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Seaworthy, Edward Thorp Gallery, NY, NY
2006 Two Friends and So On, Andrew Kreps Gallery, NY, NY
2005 New Art – New York, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2004 In Polytechnicolor, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, NY, NY
2002 Conversation: Karl Petrunak & Jessica Weiss, Art Resources Transfer,
         Inc., NY, NY
2002 Reaction, Exit Art, NY, NY
2001 Voices in Response, RC Fine Art, Maplewood, NJ
1999 The Stroke, Exit Art, NY, NY, Selected by Elizabeth Murray
1999 Abstraction?, RC Fine Art, Maplewood, NJ
1995 Full House, White Street Gallery, NY, NY
1993 4 Women, Perspective Fine Arts, NY, NY
1994 Three Degrees of Separation, Sonnabend Gallery, NY, NY. Curated by
         Kay Larsen
1993 The Medium is the Medium”, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, NY, NY
1993 Growth and Atrophy: The Empathetic Landscape, School 33 Art Center,
         Baltimore, MD
1992 360 Degrees, Pino Molica Gallery, NY, NY and Pino Molica Gallery,
         Rome, Italy
1992 1.5, 138 Duane Street, NY, NY Curated by Russet Lederman, Yvonne
        Muranushi and Kathleen Cullen
1991 Value, 252 Lafayette Street, NY, NY.
1986 Six Abstract Painters, 55 Mercer Street Gallery, NY, NY
 
AWARDS
1989 National Endowment Visual Artist’s Fellowship in Painting
2021 Mercedes Matter Award
 
VISITING ARTIST
1992 Mount Royal School of Art, Graduate Studies Program
Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gorky’s Granddaughter Interview, December,2016 
Two Coats of Paint, Sharon Butler, July 4th, 2014
The Denver Post, April 22, 2010, review by Kyle MacMillan
The New York Times, Jan. 26, 2007, review by Roberta Smith
James Wagner.com, Dec. 25,2006.
The New York Times, July 28, 2006, review by Roberta Smith.
The Village Voice, July 12, 2006, review by Jerry Saltz
Time Out New York, July 20, 2006, review by Sarah Schmerler
The New York Observer, June 28, 1999, review by Mario Neves
Danbury Times, August 26, 1993, review by Frank Merkling
Baltimore Chronicle, March 1993, review by Louise Sheldon
The Baltimore Sun, February 24, 1993, review by John Dorsey
Art in America, March 1984, review by Jonathan Fineberg
 
COLLECTIONS
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
Mead Art Museum, Amhurst College, MA 
Elisabeth Condon
Susan Bolotin and John Rothman,
Linda Daniels and Karl Pertrunack
Hermine Ford and Robert Moskowitz
Judith Linhares
Alice Kaltman and Daniel Weiner
Jill Levine and Steve Keister
Suzanne McClelland and Drew Vogel
Dr. Diane Meier and Dr. Sean Morrison
Hattie Myers and David Neuwirth
John Newman
Pernille Ovesen
Meg and David Roth
Mary Salter and Mel Kendrick
Susan Scheftel and Rick Finkelstein
Arlene Shechet and Mark Epstein
Dr. Pieter Smit
Dr. Warren Sherman
Marianne Soderberg
Abby Subak
Lindsay Walt and Colin Thompson
Susan Wanklyn