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jeffrey whittle

EDUCATION                                    
1997    Cornell University                  Ithaca, New York         MFA, Painting
1992    University of Georgia             Athens, Georgia           BFA, Drawing and Painting
1991    The Cooper Union                 New York, New York     Painting and Film
1989    Scoula di Lorenzo de’Medici    Florence, Italy             Studio Art, Italian Language

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016    BOTH SIDES NOW, Linda Matney Gallery, Williamsburg, Virginia
           Constructing Fables,  Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
2015    Speaking in Tongues, XXO Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2014    Paintings and Works on Papers, North Georgia University, Watkinsville, Georgia
2013    Objects in Space, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine
2012    New Paintings, Arts@1820 Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2011    The Fabric of Things, CINE Theatre, Athens, Georgia
           Paper Boats, Kent State University Trumball, Warren, Ohio
2007    Twilight Birdland, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine
2006    Recent Paintings,Flicker Theatre, Athens, Georgia
2005    MAPWORKS, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine
           Recent Paintings, Updown Gallery, Athens, Georgia
2004    MAPWORKS, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
2003    Draw!, Tate Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
           Departures – Recent Drawings, University of Texas-Pan American, McAllen, Texas
2000    Maps and Legends,Gallery 320, Waterloo, Iowa
1997    Gravity of the Situation – MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1996    Buckets of Light, Student Center Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015    Cortona Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 307, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia
2014    The Artist as Cartographer: Maps and Journeys that Made Them, curated by James Scarborough,
           Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
           HOME, curated by Didi Dumphy, Classic Center, Athens, Georgia
2013    Emerging Artists 2013 Invitational, Macon Museum of Arts and Science, Macon, Georgia
2012    META - Gallery 263, Cambridge, Massachusetts
           Small Works Invitational Show, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine
           64 ARTS National Juried Exhibition: America Here and Now, Juror: Eric Fischl, Buchanan Center for the  
           Arts, Monmouth, Illinois
           Over Yonder/Right here - Two Person Show (with Dennis Harper) Auburn University, Alabama
           37th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia
           SOUTHWORKS National Juried Exhibition, OCAF Arts Center, Watkinsville, Georgia
2011    Faculty Exhibition, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
           ATHICA Mystery Triennial, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
           Small Works Invitational Show, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine
2010    Professori di Cortona, Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
           Small Works Invitational Show, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine
2009    34th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia
           Cortona Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 307, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, Georgia
2008    Faculty Exhibition, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
           Il Mostra, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy
2007    Internal Landscapes, Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, Georgia
           Animal Instincts, ATHICA Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, Georgia
           Dennis Harper and Jeffrey Whittle, Two Person Show, Flicker Theatre, Athens, Georgia
2005    30th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia
2004    Exposición de los Artistas, Fundacion Valparaiso, Almeria, Spain
2003    Re-Figuration: 5 Contemporary Figurative Painters, Howard County Center for the Arts,
           Ellicott City, Maryland
2002    In Response – National Juried Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
           Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
2001    Conflux of Figures, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming
           A LIKENESS –Re-Examinations of the Contemporary Portrait, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
           Realism 2001, Cultural Center and Gallery, Parkersburg, West Virginia
2000    12 ARTISTS, H.F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York
           The Art of the Portrait, Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
1999    New Art 99, Kingston Gallery, Boston

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2005         Juror’s Award     Lyndon House Juried Exhibition, Athens, Georgia, Juror: Benny Andrews
2004         Artist-in-Residence     Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain                  
2001         Artist-in-Residence     Eastern Frontier Society, Maine
                Juror’s Purchase Award     Mable House Nat’l Juried Exhibition, Mableton, Georgia
                Artist-in-Residence     Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
2000         Grant Recipient     Iowa Arts Council
1999         Artist-in-Residence     Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont
                Juror’s Award     Second Place Prize Works on Paper, LSU, Baton Rouge
                Juror’s Award     SOUTHWORKS National Juried Exhibition, OCAF Arts Center, Watkinsville, GA
1996         Artist-in-Residence     Saltonstall Foundation, Ithaca, New York
                Grant Recipient     Cornell Council of the Arts, Ithaca, New York                                        
1995-97    Graduate Assistantship     Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1994         Grant Recipient     Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
1992         Scholarship Award     The Cooper Union, New York, New York

ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS                                                      
2013-15     Interim Gallery Director, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
2006-pres   Adjunct Faculty, Painting and Drawing/Foundations, The University of Georgia
                 Courses:Color and Composition, Drawing II, Figure Drawing, Intermediate Painting, Advanced
                 Painting, Directed Study in Painting, Graduate Directed Study in Painting, Costa Rica Studies Abroad
                 Program: Drawing, Maymester, Cortona Italy Studies Abroad Program: Drawing and Painting
2008-2013  Gallery Director (Academic Professional) The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
                 Duties: Curate, schedule, install and promote exhibitions at the Lamar Dodd School of Art.
                 Other duties: Fabricate exhibition furniture, design show cards, labels, wall signage and    
                 posters, update website, cater art receptions, supervise gallery student workers, organize                  
                 gallery committee and teaching painting, drawing and foundations courses.
2003-07     Part-Time Preparator, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
                 Duties: Art handling, matting and framing, exhibition installation, gallery preparation                                       including lighting and wall painting, and general and finish carpentry in the manufacture of                              permanent and temporary exhibition furniture.
2004-06     Exhibitions Assistant, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, Georgia
                 Duties included: exhibition installation and gallery preparation
2002          Adjunct Lecturer, Two-dimensional Design, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
                 Adjunct Lecturer, Intermediate Painting, The University of Georgia
2000          Full-time Lecturer, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, Texas (spring semester)
                 Courses:  Painting I, II, Advanced Painting, Design I, Art Appreciation
1998-01     Full-time Lecturer, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
                 Courses:  Drawing I, II, III, Advanced Drawing, Advanced Painting
1997-98     Gallery Director,Gallery 320, Waterloo, Iowa
                 Duties included: Promotion and installation of regional exhibitions, public relations, gallery                                    database/desktop publishing, organizing and supervising the advisory/jury board.
1997          Lecturer, Landscape Painting, Summer Semester, Cornell University
1996          Instructor, Drawing I, Fall Semester, Hobart/William and Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York

 


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