Jessica McCambly

b. Massachusetts
lives and works in San Diego, CA

Education

2007        M.F.A.        Painting and Drawing        University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts

1998        B.F.A.        Painting and Drawing        University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts

1994                                                                 Brookhaven College, School of the Arts

Current Position

Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA

Residencies

2007- 2008        Artist in Residence, Southside on Lamar, Dallas, TX
2006- 2008        Officer & Member, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX

Exhibition Record

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions (* denotes solo exhibition)

2008
Leave a Tender Moment Alone*, IGLOO, Portland, OR
The Moment After a Wave Crashes*, VAL, Lewisville, TX

2007
to move smoothly and slowly *, site- specific installation, good good things, Dallas, TX
Cool and Warm, good good things, Dallas, TX
You Are Here *, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
Pretty Wonderful, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX (collaborative installation with Thomas Feulmer)
Cast, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX (collaborative installation with Paul Booker)

2006
Sweet Tart, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX

Group Exhibitions

2009

Sculpting with Color (Invitational), Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA(upcoming)

2008

Corners, Garage Gallery, San Diego, CA (upcoming)
Paper Jam, My House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
5x7, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
5x7, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
5x7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Island, The Art Gallery at the College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY
Nightmares, Morton J. May Foundation Gallery, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
Wish! (Invitational), The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
Your Favorite Artist Was a Member: 30 Years at 500X (Invitational), 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX

2007

Drawing Conclusions, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
Saturday Night Fever, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
Brookhaven College Faculty Exhibition, Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College School of the Arts,
   Farmers Branch, TX
Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
2007 Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, University of North Texas, COVAD Gallery, Denton, TX
Summer Breeze Makes Me Feel Fine, good good things, Dallas, TX
5x7, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
Visual Directions: Texas (Invitational), Craighead- Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
5x7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Continuum, The 2007 Art Ball (Invitational), Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (Catalogue)
   Curators: Laura Elcock & Nancy Hanley
5x7, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
The Best MFA Program in Texas, Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Paint Trap, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
On Paper, Gallery 219, Eastfield College, Mesquite Texas
   Curator: David Willburn, Director, Gallery 219 & President, 500X Gallery
Wish! (Invitational), The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (Catalogue)
Valenshine (Invitational), The Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (Catalogue)

2006

I-35 Biennial Invitational, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
   Curators: Talley Dunn and Lisa Brown, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Tight, And/ Or Gallery, Dallas, TX
   Curator: Vance Wingate
Formica Formatted (Invitational), The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (Brochure)
   Curator: Joan Davidow, Director/ Curator, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art
Big as Night 2, Turner St. Lofts, Dallas, TX
   Curators: Veronica DeAnda & Erik Tosten
EASL Art Heist, Southside on Lamar, Dallas, TX
White Trash Delight, Arttruck Productions, Mighty Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
   Curator: Brennan Bechtol
Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
Annual Members’ Show 2006, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
5x7, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
500X: Love Us For Good, The Bungalow Show: Motel 3 at Johnson Courts, Contemporary Art Month,
   San Antonio, TX
   Curator: Anjali Gupta, Artl!es Magazine
Draw_Drawing 2, London Biennale, The Foundry Gallery, London, England
   Curator: Giacomo Picca
5x7, Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX
5x7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Force, The Dallas Natural History Museum, Dallas, TX
Voertman’s Annual Exhibition, SoVA Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
   Curator: Rainey Knudson, Founder/ Director of Glasstire
30th Annual Union Art Competition, Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
   Juror’s Award
   Juror: Holly Johnson, Director/ Owner, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
Organic Edge, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX
   Curator: Jen Rose

2005

Mosaic, Awalt Building, Dallas, TX
   Curator: Susan Cheal, Assistant Professor of Painting/ Drawing, University of North Texas
Art Conspiracy, Texas Theater, Dallas, TX
   Curator: Sarah Jane Semrad, Founder/ Director, La Reunion Residency, Dallas, TX
The Exchange Show, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
   Curator: Galo Moncayo, Associate Professor of Sculpture, Indiana University
Celestial Conflicts, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
   Curator: Brian Spolans
The White Show, the Murchison Performing Arts Center, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
   Curator: Kristen Butler, Founder, Crooked Space Gallery, Denton, TX
Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
Art in the Metroplex 2005, Templeton Art Center, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
   Juror’s Award: Raucus Science Club Award
   Juror: James Elaine, Curator, Hammer Projects, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Out of Site: An Altered Environment, Site- Specific Installation, Denton, TX
5x7, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
New Texas Talent 2005, Craighead- Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
   Juror: Nancy Cohen Israel, Adjunct Professor of Art History, Southern Methodist University
New Art ’05: Reason and Squalor, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
   Juror: Laura Steward- Heon, Director/ Curator, Site Santa Fe
5x7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Practicum, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
Voertman’s Annual Exhibition, SoVA Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
   Juror’s Award
   Juror: Regine Basha, Adjunct Curator, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Crossing2, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
29th Annual Union Art Competition, Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
   Juror: Diane Walker-Gladney, Craighead- Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Crossing, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
Expo 2005, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
   Juror: Beth Taylor, The Barron Foundation

1998

Open Up and Say Ahhhhh!, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
Emerging Art Experiment, Salt Lick, Dallas, TX
B.F.A Exhibition, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX

1996

Deep Ellum Art, July Alley, Dallas, TX

1995

Sophomore Exhibition, Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College School of the Arts, Farmers Branch, TX
Spring Exhibition, Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College School of the Arts, Farmers Branch, TX

Viewing Programs

Artists Space: The Irving Sandler Artists File
ArtSlant LA
Saatchi Online

Bibliography

2008
Anjali Gupta, “500X Gallery”, Artlies, #56 Winter 2008, p. 74-79. (reproduction of work p. 77)

Steve Carter, “X-Box Live: Launch Pad for Cutting-Edge Artists Celebrates the Big 3-0!”,
Dallas Modern Luxury Magazine, January 2008, p. 54-55.

Your Favorite Artist Was a Member: 30 Years at 500X, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX p.36 (Catalogue)

Wish! 2008, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (Catalogue)

2007
Continuum: The Art Ball 2007, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas,TX (Catalogue)

Wish! 2007, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (Catalogue)

2006
David Wilson, “Art Front,” The Dallas Observer, December 7, 2006, p.33. (reproduction of work)

Risa Puleo, “Formica Formatted,” Exhibition Brochure Essay for Formica Formatted.

Jeff Prince, “Best of 2006- Gallery Show, Staff Choice: Organic Edge,” FW Weekly, September 20.

Formica Formatted, Video Interview with Quin Matthews, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art

Charissa Terranova, “I-35 Biennial Invitational,” ARTnews, v.105 number 8, September 2006, p.153.

Noah Simblist, “Out of Site: An Altered Environment,” Artl!es, #49, Winter 2006, p. 108-109.

Valenshine, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX (Catalogue) p.22.

2005
Gaile Robinson, “Adopt and An Artwork,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 25, 2005, Fine Arts, p.5D.

Curatorial Experience

2007
Luscious Edge: New Works by Shannon Sullivan, good good things, Dallas, TX
(co-curated with John Oliver Lewis)

Summer Breeze Makes Me Feel Fine, good good things, Dallas, TX
(co-curated with John Oliver Lewis)

2005
Out of Site: An Altered Environment, Site-Specific Installations, Denton, TX

Selected Collections

Nancy & Tim Hanley, Dallas, TX
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Levine, Dallas, TX
Helen & Gary Gardner, Dallas, TX
Jacqueline Sewell, Dallas, TX
Kristina & Wyatt Pettus, Graham, TX
Vincent Falsetta, Denton, TX
Annette Lawrence, Denton, TX
Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
Thomas Feulmer, Dallas, TX
Southside on Lamar, Dallas, TX
Iris & Brennan Bechtol
Hampton Burwick & Rusty Scruby, Dallas, TX
Lisa Ehrich & Rick Maxwell, Dallas, TX
Matthew Bourbon, Denton, TX
David Willburn, Fort Worth, TX
John McDonald, Austin, TX
Caroline Finlay, Dallas, TX
Aqsa Shakil, Dallas, TX
Beau Comeaux, Dallas, TX
Kristen Butler, Denton, TX
Julie Stephenson, Dallas, TX
Jane Cohen, Austin, TX
Harlan Butt, Denton, TX
Dr. Alan Silverman, Sacramento, CA
John Adelman, Houston, TX
Patti Black, Dallas, TX