Jen Waters
EDUCATION
2005 - M.F.A. Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
·Dean’s Scholarship Recipient; Teaching Assistantship (Sophomore Sculpture)
1997 - B.F.A. With Distinction, (Studio Art), Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
·In-Course Bursary Recipient, three years consecutively; Assistant to Silkscreen Technician
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 - Following Mrs J, The Mariboe Gallery, Peddie School, Highstown, NJ
2003 - Bea Wades In, Zsa Zsa Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2002 - Bea's Reconnaissance, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2001 - Tinted Smear, Resource Centre for the Arts, St. John's, NF
2000 - Painting Red (not nap time), A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto
1999 - Painting Red (once upon a girl), Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 - Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2006 - Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005 - This Time Next Year, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
2004 - Generations.04, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2004 - Paper Airplanes – brute force will win the day, two person show with Dale Thompson, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2003 - 42nd Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2002 - WhOLE, A.W.O.L. Gallery satellite exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2001 - Standard, A.W.O.L. Gallery satellite exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2000 - Blindness, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1999 - Unfolding, Alchemy Artists Centre, Toronto, Canada
1998 - A-Space Light/Lite, A-Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1997 - Women's Art Exhibition, Galerie ISART, Montréal, Canada
AWARDS
2004 - Nomination: Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship
2002 - Toronto Arts Council - Grants to Visual Artists - Level One (Emerging Artists)
MEDIA COVERAGE
2001 - Fast Forward, Canadian Art Magazine, Vol 18, no. 2
Newfoundland Today video segment: Tinted Smear, The Telegram Online
Arts Atlantic Magazine, Review of Tinted Smear by Elizabeth Mackenzie, Volume 18, no. 2
ART EMPLOYMENT
July-August 2011 - Instructor, 1118 Drawing Fundamentals
HEOP Program, Newschool University
August 2005 to June 2006 - Admissions Counselor, Parsons School of Design, New York
·Reviewed Undergraduate applications
·Represented Parsons at Portfolio Days in the US and Canada
·High schools for recruitment
2004 – 2005 - Teaching Assistant, Parsons School of Design, New York
Instructor: Vince Gargiulo Course: Sophomore Sculpture
·Instructed students on use of tools, equipment and projects
·Participated in critiques and grading of students
1998 – 2003 - A-Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
·Part time Gallery Assistant
·Co-coordinator of group exhibition In/Between (2001)
·Programming Committee Member (1999 – 2001)
·Exhibition Jury Member (1999 and 2001)
2000-2003 - Sistering Drop-In Centre, Toronto, Canada
Coordinator, Sistering Visual Representation Project
·Contracted to design paintings about the centre and facilitate their production by participants.
·Taught painting technique and supervised work sessions
2000 - Facilitator, Toronto East End Community Mural Painting Project
(A collaboration between the theatre troupe Mixed Company, the East End Community Health Centre and Roden Public School)
·Developed curriculum for project
·Worked with 11-12 year-old students in the classroom, from thematic and image development to building and creation of a three-panel 8‘ x 12‘ mural.
1996-98 - Artist Assistant to Gordon Sheppard, Montreal, Canada
·Painting, photo shoot and studio renovation assistance
·Archived photographs and negatives
1995-96 - Technician’s Assistant, Silkscreen Studio at Concordia University, Montreal
·Oversaw operation of studio on weekends
·Maintained equipment and facilities
1994-96 - Artist Assistant to painter Susan Scott, Montreal
·Prepared materials (canvas, paper, paint)
·Labelled and archived slide documentation
·Assembled press packages
Jennifer Waters, painting, still life, Parsons, The New School, MFA, text, art, artist
