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Jill Slosburg-Ackerman


 
 

 

   

Born: Omaha, Nebraska, 1948. Lives and works in Boston.

   

Education:

1983 MFA, Tufts University and the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
1971 Diploma, School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
1970 BFA, Tufts University

   

One Person Exhibitions:

2004 Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston
1999 Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston

Univ. of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
1996 Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Lois Foster Exhibition of Boston Area Artists

Elgin Community College, Elgin, Illinois, Natural Discourse
1995 Manwaring Gallery, Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London

Genovese Gallery, Boston
1985 Body Sculpture, Boston

Van Buren/Brazelton/Cutting Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Folding Screens: A Collaboration with Jo Sandman
1982 Helen Shlien Gallery, Boston, MA

Cohen Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1980 Helen Shlien Gallery, Boston

Harcus-Krakow-Rosen-Sonnabend Gallery, Boston
1978 Harcus-Krakow-Rosen-Sonnabend Gallery, Boston

   

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2007 Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, Drawing the Line
  Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, Rock, Paper, Scissors
2004 Mills Gallery, BCA, Boston, The Drawing Show
2003 Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Call & Response
2003 Concord Art Association, The Art of Drawing
2002 Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, Flat / Not Flat

Forest Hills Educational Trust, Spirits in the Trees
2001 Mills Gallery, BCA, Boston, The Drawing Show

National Museum of China, Beijing,International Exhibition and Global Symposium of Art & Science
1999 University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Works on Paper

Museum of Fine Arts, Travelling Scholars Show
1998 Mills Gallery, BCA, Boston, Material Force
1997 Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, Enchanted Earth

Mills Gallery, BCA, Boston, The Drawing Show
1996 Crafts Council Gallery, London, England,Jewlry in Europe and America: New Times, New Thinking

Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 3 Generations

Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Signals

Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
1995 Boston Center for the Arts, The Drawing Room

Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, Small

Thomas Mann Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Museum, Racine, WI, Double Vision

Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Art Jewelry: An Historical View

The Wetsman Collection, Birmingham, MI, One of a Kind X One: Master Art Jewelers
1994 Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, One of a Kind

Barbara Singer Fine Arts, Cambridge, MA, About Trees
1993 Starr Gallery, Jewish Community Center, Newton, MA, Inside/Out

Munich, Germany, Schmuckzene '93

   

Grants and Awards:

2001 Berkshire Taconic Award
1999 Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council
1998 New England Foundation for the Arts, Work on Paper Fellowship

School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Traveling Scholars Award
1991 Finalist, The Artists Foundation, MA
1988 20 x 24 Photography Grant, The Polaroid Corporation
1987 Professional Development Grant, Massachusetts College of Art
1986 Fellowship, National Endowment for the Art
1985-6 Fellow, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1984 Patricia Jellinek Prize for Jewelry Fellowship, The Artists Foundation, MA
1983 Professional Development Grant, Massachusetts College of Art
1982 Finalist, Fulbright Fellowship to Japan
1980 Distinguished Service Award, Massachusetts College of Art
1976 Fellowship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
1975 Artist in Residence to the Public, NEA
1974 Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1973 Fellowship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

   

Selected Bibliography:

   

  Lloyd, Ann Wilson, Jill Slosburg-Ackerman at Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Art in America, June/July 2005
  Bucci McCoy, Mary, Jill Slosburg-Ackerman, Art New England, April-May 2005
  McQuaid, Cate, Arts, Boston Globe, Dec. 16, 2004
  Millis, Christopher, Exquisite Imperfections, Boston Phoenix, Dec. 3, 2004

Barahal, Susan, Wearable Sculpture, Art New England, Nov. 1984

Baran-Mickle, William, Of Magic, Power & Memory, Metalsmith, Fall, 1992

Calo, Carol Gold, Art New England, Fall, 1995

Dunas, Michael, Form Beyond Function Metalsmith, Spring,1986

Glowen, Ron, These art works can be worn, be expressive and evocative Everett Herald, 5/15/92



Lewin, Susan Grant, One of a Kind American Art Jewelry Today, 1994

McQuaid, Cate, Up from the protean stew, South End News, 6/1/95

Millis, Christopher, New Faces on Newbury St. The Boston Phoenix, 7/18/02

Millis, Christopher, Visual Art as Anthology, South End News, 02/16/98

Millis, Christopher, The Drawing Show, South End News, 12/21/95

Nemser, Rebecca, Places in the heart, The Boston Phoenix, 5/4/90

Parcellin, Paul, About Trees, Art New England, Feb/Mar 1995

Silver, Joanne, Drawing Show, The Boston Herald, 12/1/95