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
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
