Jessica McCambly
b. Massachusetts
Education
M.F.A. Painting and Drawing, University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design
B.F.A. Painting and Drawing, University of North Texas, College of Visual Arts and Design
Exhibition Record
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions (* denotes solo exhibition)
2020
A Pact to Be Tender*, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2016
The Invisible Thread of the Marvelous*, JoAnne Artman Gallery, New York, NY
2014
The Gentle Act of Disappearing*, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA
2013
Tiny is the Last Refuge of the Enormous*, Not an Exit Gallery, San Diego, CA
2012
Shattered*, Art San Diego 2012: A Contemporary Art Fair, San Diego, CA
2009
Jessica McCambly & Janis Goodman, JK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Go West, CR Gallery, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
Curator: Shannon Sullivan
2008
Leave a Tender Moment Alone*, IGLOO, Portland, OR
The Moment After a Wave Crashes*, Lewisville Art Center, Lewisville, TX
2007
to move smoothly and slowly*, site- specific installation, 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
2021
SD Practice, Bread & Salt/ San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Curators: Andrew Utt, Executive Director, ICA San Diego & Guusje Sanders, Associate Curator, ICA San Diego
2020
Recurrence, TOA Presents, Minneapolis, MN (3- person show)
2019
This is 40, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX (invitational)
Cool & Collected CT, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT
2017
2017 Great Lakes Drawing Biennial, University Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
Juror: Claire Gilman, Senior Curator, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Palm Springs Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA, Scott White Contemporary Art
Diverge/Convene: Contemporary Mixed Media, SDAI, San Diego, CA
Curators: Ginger Shulick- Porcella & Kate McNamara
Extra-Ordinary Collusion, SDAI, San Diego, CA
Curator: Chi Essary
All Natural, SDSU Downtown Gallery, San Diego, CA
Curator: Chantel Paul, Galleries and Exhibitions Coordinator, San Diego State University
Nasty Women: San Diego, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
2016
Facet, Wriston Art Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Curator: Dr. Beth Zinsli, Director & Curator, Wriston Art Galleries
Under Pressure: Contemporary Printmaking, Hyde Art Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA (catalogue)
Curator: Jennifer Anne Bennett
MAS Attack 11, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Curator: Ginger Shulick Porcella in collaboration with Artra Curatorial
Significant Others, San Diego Public Library- Central Library Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
Curator: Kara West
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA, Scott White Contemporary Art
2015
Women and Abstraction, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL
Curator: Amy Galpin, Ph.D.
Art Miami, Miami, FL, Scott White Contemporary Art
Art Miami New York, Pier 94, New York, NY, Scott White Contemporary Art
Abstract San Diego, City Gallery, City College, San Diego, CA
Curator: Stephan P. Curry
Reimagined, Cornell Museum of Art, Delray Beach, FL
Curator: Melanie Johnson, Curator, Cornell Museum of Art
Show Me Your Lone Star, Brick City Gallery , Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Curator: Sarah Williams
New Contemporaries VIII, Valencia Gallery, San Diego, CA
MAS Attack 8, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Curator: Ginger Shulick Porcella in collaboration with Artra Curatorial
Inaugural Group Show, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo
Curators: Nick Wilkinson & Ryan Travis Christianson
2014
Horizon, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
Sublime, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
Crystal Methods, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
Curator: Michael Hernandez
Object Object!!: A Selection of Smaller Works, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA (catalogue)
Intersecting Lines: The Tenth Annual Drawing Invitational, Central Library Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
Curator: Kara West
Between Oak and Mulberry, Norwood Flynn Gallery, Dallas, TX
Curator: Vincent Falsetta
We Love Art: 50 Artists Show Their Love, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2013
New American Paintings Juried Exhibitions-in-Print, No. 109, Pacific Coast Issue
Juror: Janet Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Botanically Inclined, Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA (catalogue)
Curator: Shannon Sullivan
Object Object! A Selection of Smaller Works, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA (catalogue)
2012
Superposition and Lateral Continuity, Boehm Gallery, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
Curator: Ingram Ober
Into Abstraction, Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA
Curator: Jennifer Anne Bennett
Temporary Occupants, Eastfield College, Mesquite, TX
Curators: David Willburn and Iris Bechtol
2011
Trash, New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA
Curators: Rachel Teagle and Lauren Lockhart
Pattern Plan, grayDUCK Gallery, Austin Texas
Curator: Jill Schroeder
Objects of Desire, Art San Diego 2011, San Diego, CA
Laid Bare, The Loft Studios and Galleries, San Pedro, CA (catalogue)
Curator: Lara Bullock
Suspension, DN/ZA Projects, San Diego, CA
Curator: Lauren Lockhart
Welcome to Anywhere: Southern California Abstraction, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
Cartographic, Roy C. Moore Art Gallery, Gainesville State College, Oakwood, GA
Curator: Beth Sale
Love Show 2011, Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR
2010
Here Not There: San Diego Art Now, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Curator: Lucía Sanromán
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Love Show, Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR
Midnite Snacks: Chicago, 1366 Space, Chicago, IL
Curators: Josh Reams, Brian Hubble, Travis Wyche, and Amie Cunat,
2009
Sculpting Color, Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA
Curator: Kathleen Dustin
Sound Migrations, BLOK Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Trade Show, 11th Istanbul Biennial, Parallel Exhibition, Isik University Gallery
Family Show, Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR
5x7, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Shades: Drawing the Space, O’Kane Gallery, Houston, TX
Curator: Anila Agha
2008
Paper Jam, My House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
5x7, (traveling exhibition)
Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
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!, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
Your Favorite Artist Was a Member: 30 Years at 500X, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
2007
Drawing Conclusions, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
Saturday Night Fever, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
Red Hot Red Dot, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
Summer Breeze Makes Me Feel Fine, good good things, Dallas, TX
5x7, (traveling exhibition)
Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Visual Directions: Texas, Craighead- Green Gallery, Dallas, TX (Invitational)
Cool and Warm, good good things, Dallas, TX
Continuum, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
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
Wish!, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
Valenshine, 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
Tight, And/ Or Gallery, Dallas, TX
Curator: Vance Wingate
Formica Formatted, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (brochure)
Curator: Joan Davidow
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
AMS 2006, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
5x7, (traveling exhibition)
Dunn and Brown Gallery, Dallas, TX
Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX
500X: Love Us For Good, The Bungalow Show: Motel 3 at Johnson Courts, Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio, TX
Curator: Anjali Gupta
Draw_Drawing 2, London Biennale, The Foundry, London, England
Curator: Giacomo Picca
Force, The Dallas Natural History Museum, Dallas, TX
Voertman’s Annual Exhibition, SoVA Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Curator: Rainey Knudson
30th Annual Union Art Competition, Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Juror’s Award/ Juror: Holly Johnson
Organic Edge, Gallery 414, Fort Worth, TX
Curator: Jen Rose
2005
Mosaic, Awalt Building, Dallas, TX
Curator: Susan Cheal
Art Conspiracy, Texas Theater, Dallas, TX
Curator: Sarah Jane Semrad
The Exchange Show, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Curator: Galo Moncayo
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
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/ Juror: James Elaine
Out of Site: An Altered Environment, Site- Specific Installation, Denton, TX
5x7, (traveling exhibition)
Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX
New Texas Talent 2005, Craighead- Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
New Art ’05: Reason and Squalor, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Juror: Laura Steward- Heon
Practicum, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
Voertman’s Annual Exhibition, SoVA Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Juror’s Award/ Juror: Regine Basha
Crossing2, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
29th Annual Union Art Competition, Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Juror: Diane Walker-Gladney
Crossing, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
Expo 2005, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
Juror: Beth Taylor
1998
Open Up and Say Ahhhhh!, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX
Emerging Art Experiment, Salt Lick, Dallas, TX
Softer, Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
1996
Deep Ellum Art, July Alley, Dallas, TX
Bibliography
2016
Under Pressure: Contemporary Printmaking, Hyde Art Gallery (catalogue)
2015
Women and Abstraction, Cornell Fine Arts Museum (catalogue)
2014
Ekaterina Popova, “Jessica McCambly”, Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 4, July 2014
Ekaterina Popova, “Studio Visit: Jessica McCambly”, Fresh Paint Magazine, July 2014 (online)
Andy Horowitz, “Small Works in Object Object!! Pack a Collective Punch”, San Diego Citybeat, 11/24/14
Kinsee Morlan, “Made You Look: San Diego’s Best Art of 2014”, nominated by Kathryn Kanjo, Chief Curator, MCASD, San Diego Citybeat, 12/31/14
Object Object!! A Selection of Smaller Works (catalogue)
Art Attack, Modern Luxury Riviera San Diego, 7/14
In Shatters: Jessica McCambly, The Artsy Forager, 5/14
Re:Creation- Admired Artist: Jessica McCambly, Pacific Magazine, 3/14
The Gentle Act of Disappearing, Morris Graves Museum of Art (catalogue)
We Love Art: 50 Artists Show Their Love, Kenise Barnes Fine Art (catalogue)
Agenda- United States, Art- “Sublime”, Wall Street International Magazine, 1/21/14
PEEK blog, 1/16/14 (reproduction of work)
2013
New American Paintings Juried Exhibitions-in-Print, No. 109, Pacific Coast Issue
Juror: Janet Bishop, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Botanically Inclined, Morris Graves Museum of Art (catalogue)
Object Object!: A Selection of Smaller Works, Helmuth Projects (catalogue)
Arts & Power, Modern Luxury Riviera San Diego, 11/13
Kinsee Morlan, San Diego Art that Made an Impact in 2013, San Diego City Beat, 12/13
2012
Amy Galpin, “Art Struck in 2012”, San Diego CityBeat 12/26/12
The Radar: Art- Tres Magnifique, Modern Luxury Riviera Magazine San Diego, 1/12 p.62 (reproduction of work)
brightstupidconfetti.com, (reproduction of work), 3/12
2011
New Children’s Museum, Float, video interview
Laid Bare, The Loft Studios and Galleries (catalogue)
Brian Fee, “Pattern Plan”, Fee’s List (blog) 10/12/11
Brian Fee, “Heart to Art: Jill Schroeder of grayDUCK Gallery”,
Jessica McCambly, New American Paintings (blog), 10/13/11
Angela Carone, “Turning Trash into Art”, Culture Lust, KPBS, video & radio interview, 10/21/11
“Around the Nation”, Art Beat, video interview, PBS.org 10/25/11
Todd Camplin, Review: “ Pattern Plan at grayDUCK Gallery”, Modaustin.net (blog)10/30/11
2010
Leah Ollman, “Art Review: Here Not There: San Diego Art Now at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego”, Culture Monster, Los Angeles Times, 7/15/10
“Found: SD MOCA”, Cultural Spelunking, 8/25/10
“Fuller Craft Museum Polymer Exhibit”, Your Daily Muse (blog) 1/30/10
2009
“Jessica McCambly”, Orange Sherbet Moon: Diary of Art Viewed in LA (blog) 12/25/09
“The Possibility of Everything” @ Culver City”, Drawing Bees (blog) 11/15/09
“Janis Goodman & Jessica McCambly Exhibition”, SHIFT Blog (blog) 10/09
Grant Diffendaffer, “Fuller Craft Museum”, Many Parts (blog) 8/15/09
“Go West” Exhibit Features Two CR Artists, The Times-Standard, 2/27/09
“Shades- Drawing the Space”, Visit Houston (blog) 3/26/09
2008
First Thursday Picks, PORT-Portland Art+News+Reviews, 11/04/08
WW Picks- Visual Arts, Willamette Week, 11/19/2008
“Jessica McCambly: Leave a Tender Moment Alone”, IGLOOart (blog) 11/3/08
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, 1/08, p. 54-55
“McCambly’s Polymer Clay Installations Inspire”, Polymer Clay Daily (blog) 7/08
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
Holly Johnson Presents “Drawing Conclusions”, Pegasus News, 7/07
Continuum: The Art Ball 2007, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
Wish! 2007, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, TX (catalogue)
Dan Goddard, “Artists Find Another Use for Motel”, San Antonio Express News, 6/30/07
2006
David Wilson, “Art Front”, The Dallas Observer, 12/7/06, 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, 9/20/06
Quin Matthews, “Formica Formatted”, Video Interview, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art
Charissa Terranova, “I-35 Biennial Invitational”, ARTnews, v.105 number 8, 9/06, 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 p.22. (catalogue)
2005
Gaile Robinson, “Adopt and An Artwork”, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9/25/05, Fine Arts, p.5D
Curatorial Experience
2014
Object Object!!, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA (co-curated- a project of good good things)
5 from 1, Glasstire Southern California, online virtual curatorial project (co-curated- a project of good good things)
2013
Object Object!, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA (co-curated- a project of good good things)
2011
Big and Bright: New Work from Texas, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA
2007
Luscious Edge: New Works by Shannon Sullivan, good good things, Dallas, TX (co-curated- a project of good good things)
Summer Breeze Makes Me Feel Fine, good good things, Dallas, TX (co-curated- a project of good good things)
2005
Out of Site: An Altered Environment, Temporal, Site-Specific Installations, Denton, TX
Selected Public Collections
City of San Diego Civic Art Collection, San Diego, CA
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
Dallas College, Eastfield Campus, Mesquite, TX
Southside on Lamar, Dallas, TX