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JESSICA SERRAN / MAY ILLUSTRATION AND EXHIBITION

01.05. 2014

Author od May illustration and exhibition is Canadian Artist, Guide and Psycho-cartographer Jessica Serran. Over the past 15 years she has used drawing and painting to make visible and give physical form to the parts of self that often remain hidden and hardest to touch – memory, trauma, the past, identity, desire.

Jessica participated in a lot of solo or group exhibition and residencies. Following summary is shortened to recent activities.

Her portfolio is on www.jessicaserran.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 Aug | Field Guide to the Czech Psyche, Divus Gallery, Prague, CZ
2013 May | Field Guide to the Czech Psyche, Behal Fejer Institute, Prague, CZ
2009 Oct | Frequency Between You and Me, CESTA, Tábor, Czech Republic

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 May | Re-Imagining the Spaces that Surround Us, Art Effects Gallery, Detroit, MI
2011 Sept | New Collection of Work, Dell Pryor Gallery, Detroit, MI
2011 Mar | 14th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Oct | Rawness of Real, Dell Pryor Gallery, Detroit, MI
2010 Jun | Positive Art that Uplifts the Spirit, Manhatten Arts International, New York

AWARDS, RESIDENCIES

2013 Sept | Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Award, Toronto, ON
2011 Apr | Grant, Arts Institute, Prague, CZ
2010 Nov | Accepted at MeetFactory, Artist Residency, Prague CZ
2010 July | Ontario Arts Council National and International Residency Award, Toronto, ON

LECTURES, ARTIST TALKS

2014 Apr | Kreatívne Ráno (Creative Mornings), The Power of Mark-Making, Bratislava, SK
2014 Feb | Artist Talk, The Art of Being Where You Are, New York University, Prague, CZ
2013 Oct | Artist Talk, John F Kennedy University, Berkeley, CA
2013 May | Artist Talk, Field Guide to the Czech Psyche, Anglo-American University, Prague, CZ
2011 Nov | Artist Talk, Dell Pryor Gallery, Detroit, MI

ARTICLES, REVIEWS

2014 Jan | Safranek, Simon, The Pagan Current in the Czech Mentality, Lidove Noviny
2013 Dec | Dwelly, Rosie, 6 Leaders of the New cool, expats.cz
2013 May | Mortkowitz, Siegfried, Turning Talk into a Visual Art, Prague Post
2013 Apr | Plockova, Joann, Field Guide to the Czech Psyche: How does a place shape identity?, expats.cz
2013 Apr | Rasmussen, Lisa, Sharpton, Lauren, Yes! This is What I Do and I Believe in it, artismoving.blogspot.com

EDUCATION

2006 Jun | MA Transformative Arts, John F. Kennedy University, Berkeley, CA
2000 Dec | BFA Illustration, Center for Creative Studies College of Art & Design, Detroit, MI