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AboutJessica Fallis is a Torrington, CT based artist, educator, and writer. Her work explores themes related to the environment, time, and memory. Her work has been displayed in group shows throughout New England, including the New Britain Museum of American Art, Five Points Gallery, and the West Hartford Art League, and Annemarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center in Maryland. She is currently a member of the Five Points Launchpad in Torrington, CT. Jessica is also a full time art teacher in West Hartford.
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Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2017 Teacher Certification Program, CCSU 2014 MA University of Vermont, English 2012 BA University of Hartford, English summa cum laude, University Honors BFA Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Painting summa cum laude |
Installation view at Five Points Art Center.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 9 for 19, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Flowers, Trees, & Roots: The Wild World of Plants, View Center for Arts and Culture, Old Forge, NY
The Four Elements, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Salon de Litchfield, Silo Gallery, New Milford, CT
CT Women Artists 2022 Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Art Fluent, Virtual Exhibit
2021 In Color, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA
104th Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
Shine: Catching the Light, Annemarie Art Center, Solomon, MD
The Art of Water V, James May Gallery, Artsy
Favorite Things: Trees, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Virtual Exhibit in Sebastopol, CA
Artists to Watch in 2021, Michael Rose Fine Art, Providence, RI
The Magic of Water, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Virtual Exhibit
2020 Think-Again, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT, Curated by Karl Goulet
CT+6, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
Terra and Tide, Envision Arts, Virtual Exhibit
Emerald II, Envision Arts, Virtual Exhibit
2019 Expanded Vocabularies, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 108th Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
2018 In.Sight, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT
And By Necessity, Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT
Land, Sea & Sky, Saltbox Gallery, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
2017 New New, Five Points Gallery Annex, Torrington, CT
The Nor’Easter: 47th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, The New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
Emerging Artists 2017, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
2016 Small Works Show, The Underground Gallery, Collinsville, CT
Art Educators Show, CCSU Art Galleries, New Britain, CT
Open Studio Hartford Open Studio Weekend, EcoSpace, Hartford, CT
Open Studio Hartford Group Show, ArtSpace Hartford, Hartford, CT
CT Women Artists 86th Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 105th Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
Jessica Fallis: Recent Works, The Underground Gallery, Collinsville, CT
6th Annual Juried Open Call, Paris in Plantsville, Plantsville, CT
The Nor’Easter: 46th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, The New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
2015 Water, Water Everywhere: Paean to a Vanishing Resource, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, Groton, CT
Both One and Another, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2014 Winter, Burlington Beer Company, Williston, VT
2013 Large Works/Small Works, The SPACE Gallery, Burlington, VT
Creative Competition #25, The Root Gallery, Burlington, VT
Represent Exhibit, The Soda Plant, Burlington, VT
2012 An Interruption, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
Metonymy: Painting and Drawing BFA Thesis Show, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Open II: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books and Broadsides, Mortensen Library, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Manchester Community College Annual Juried Art Show, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
23rd Annual Alexander A. Goldfarb Juried Student Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2021 Reviewer, CT Artist Fellowship, CT Office of the Arts
2018 Co-Curator, InŸSight, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT
SELECTED AWARDS
2020 Emerging Artist Recognition Grant, CT Office of the Arts
2016 President’s Award, CT Academy of Fine Arts 105th Annual Exhibition
2012 Jeffrey A. Shoham/Jerry’s Artarama of CT Purchase Prize For Painting, Hartford Art School
2009 Freshman Foundations Merit Award, Hartford Art School
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 – 2021 High School Art Teacher, West Hartford Public Schools
2017 – 2021 Launchpad Artist and Volunteer, Five Points Arts Center
2020 -- 2021 Education Coordinator, Five Points Arts Center
2021 Artist Talk Moderator, Five Points Gallery, December 3, 2021
Artist Talk Moderator, Five Points Gallery, March 26, 2021
Artist Talk Moderator, Five Points Gallery, February 5, 2021
2020 Artist Talk Moderator, Five Points Gallery, July 2020
2017 – 2019 Freelance Arts Writer, Art New England
2012 – 2014 Gallery Assistant, Department of Art, University of Vermont
ART WRITINGS
Destination: Coastal Connecticut, Art New England September/October 2019
Review: Tom Burr New Haven, Art New England November/December 2017 Vol. 38 Issue 6
FPG October Blog, Five Points Gallery Blog, October 12, 2017
Review: untitled Artspace Hartford, CT ArtList, September 2017
Destination: Hartford, Art New England September/October 2017 Vol. 38 Issue 5
"A Range of Contradictions" Five Points Gallery Blog, July 20, 2017
"Meet the Launchpad Artists!" Five Points Gallery Blog, June 28, 2017
"An Interview with Patricia Carrigan and Cat Balco" Five Points Gallery Blog, May 10, 2017
"What Does Abstraction Mean in the 21st Century?" Five Points Gallery Blog, March 29, 2017
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2019 Artist Talk, Expanded Vocabularies, Moderated by Judy McElhone, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2018 And By Necessity: Critical Conversation, Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT
Guest Artist, Mental Health CT, Waterbury, CT
2017 Artist Talk, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
2016 Artist Talk, The Underground Gallery, Collinsville, CT
2023 9 for 19, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Flowers, Trees, & Roots: The Wild World of Plants, View Center for Arts and Culture, Old Forge, NY
The Four Elements, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
Salon de Litchfield, Silo Gallery, New Milford, CT
CT Women Artists 2022 Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
Elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Art Fluent, Virtual Exhibit
2021 In Color, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA
104th Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
Shine: Catching the Light, Annemarie Art Center, Solomon, MD
The Art of Water V, James May Gallery, Artsy
Favorite Things: Trees, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Virtual Exhibit in Sebastopol, CA
Artists to Watch in 2021, Michael Rose Fine Art, Providence, RI
The Magic of Water, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Virtual Exhibit
2020 Think-Again, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT, Curated by Karl Goulet
CT+6, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
Terra and Tide, Envision Arts, Virtual Exhibit
Emerald II, Envision Arts, Virtual Exhibit
2019 Expanded Vocabularies, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 108th Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
2018 In.Sight, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT
And By Necessity, Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT
Land, Sea & Sky, Saltbox Gallery, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
2017 New New, Five Points Gallery Annex, Torrington, CT
The Nor’Easter: 47th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, The New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
Emerging Artists 2017, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
2016 Small Works Show, The Underground Gallery, Collinsville, CT
Art Educators Show, CCSU Art Galleries, New Britain, CT
Open Studio Hartford Open Studio Weekend, EcoSpace, Hartford, CT
Open Studio Hartford Group Show, ArtSpace Hartford, Hartford, CT
CT Women Artists 86th Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 105th Annual Exhibition, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
Jessica Fallis: Recent Works, The Underground Gallery, Collinsville, CT
6th Annual Juried Open Call, Paris in Plantsville, Plantsville, CT
The Nor’Easter: 46th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, The New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
2015 Water, Water Everywhere: Paean to a Vanishing Resource, Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, Groton, CT
Both One and Another, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2014 Winter, Burlington Beer Company, Williston, VT
2013 Large Works/Small Works, The SPACE Gallery, Burlington, VT
Creative Competition #25, The Root Gallery, Burlington, VT
Represent Exhibit, The Soda Plant, Burlington, VT
2012 An Interruption, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
Metonymy: Painting and Drawing BFA Thesis Show, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Open II: An Exhibition of Artists’ Books and Broadsides, Mortensen Library, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Manchester Community College Annual Juried Art Show, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
23rd Annual Alexander A. Goldfarb Juried Student Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2021 Reviewer, CT Artist Fellowship, CT Office of the Arts
2018 Co-Curator, InŸSight, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT
SELECTED AWARDS
2020 Emerging Artist Recognition Grant, CT Office of the Arts
2016 President’s Award, CT Academy of Fine Arts 105th Annual Exhibition
2012 Jeffrey A. Shoham/Jerry’s Artarama of CT Purchase Prize For Painting, Hartford Art School
2009 Freshman Foundations Merit Award, Hartford Art School
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 – 2021 High School Art Teacher, West Hartford Public Schools
2017 – 2021 Launchpad Artist and Volunteer, Five Points Arts Center
2020 -- 2021 Education Coordinator, Five Points Arts Center
2021 Artist Talk Moderator, Five Points Gallery, December 3, 2021
Artist Talk Moderator, Five Points Gallery, March 26, 2021
Artist Talk Moderator, Five Points Gallery, February 5, 2021
2020 Artist Talk Moderator, Five Points Gallery, July 2020
2017 – 2019 Freelance Arts Writer, Art New England
2012 – 2014 Gallery Assistant, Department of Art, University of Vermont
ART WRITINGS
Destination: Coastal Connecticut, Art New England September/October 2019
Review: Tom Burr New Haven, Art New England November/December 2017 Vol. 38 Issue 6
FPG October Blog, Five Points Gallery Blog, October 12, 2017
Review: untitled Artspace Hartford, CT ArtList, September 2017
Destination: Hartford, Art New England September/October 2017 Vol. 38 Issue 5
"A Range of Contradictions" Five Points Gallery Blog, July 20, 2017
"Meet the Launchpad Artists!" Five Points Gallery Blog, June 28, 2017
"An Interview with Patricia Carrigan and Cat Balco" Five Points Gallery Blog, May 10, 2017
"What Does Abstraction Mean in the 21st Century?" Five Points Gallery Blog, March 29, 2017
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2019 Artist Talk, Expanded Vocabularies, Moderated by Judy McElhone, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
2018 And By Necessity: Critical Conversation, Melanie Carr Gallery, Essex, CT
Guest Artist, Mental Health CT, Waterbury, CT
2017 Artist Talk, West Hartford Art League, West Hartford, CT
2016 Artist Talk, The Underground Gallery, Collinsville, CT
From Left to Right:
Installation View, Think-Again, Five Points Annex Gallery, Torrington, CT; Installation View, Shine: Catching the Light, Annemarie Art Center; Installation View, Expanded Vocabularies, Five Points Gallery |
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StudioMy studio is a part of the Five Points Launchpad Initiative, through Five Points Center for the Visual Arts. For more info, click here.
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