after the party
is the after party
endless columns
l.o.s.s.
battlefield
gail
supine dome
drowning, same as you
painting of posters
toga party
disaster ball
sweet jesus saves
precious and few
snail
war between the states
thank you blanket
key to death
and how
(portrait by Carrie Schneider )
Jessica James Lansdon
b. 1980 Tucson Arizona
Projects
And How (in process) artist book with moca-Tucson's Multiple Projects
Ed Abbey Abbey Award (2007-Ongoing) administration of residency with Greg Lansdon, Oso Mountains NM
Too Much to Go Around (2005- Ongoing) collaboration with Keith Kukolich of web and printed presentation of collections
Optimist Club (2003-Ongoing) facilitator of weekly dance night with deskilled disk jockeys, contests, and video screenings. Hotel Congress, Tucson AZ
Solo Exhibitions
2006
Precious and Few, (curated by Anne-Marie Russell) moca-Tucson AZ
Strip, Monkey Box, Tucson AZ
2004
Frenetic Transmission, Platform Gallery, Tucson AZ
Selected Group and Two Person Exhibitions/ Events
2009
Post Post Post Studio, (curated by Carrie Schneider) HIAP Project Room, The Cable Factory, Helsinki Finland
Jam Session: West Coast Public and Social Practice, Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA
Typography: Language & Landscape, Gallery ARCN, San Francisco CA
2008
From Panic to Power (curated by Brian Bress) Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles CA
HOW FAST YOUR WORLD IS CHANGING (curated by Lori Gordon)
Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco CA
Autopoises (curated by Scarlet Coley) Splinter Brothers, Tucson AZ
MFA Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson AZ
Double Bounce (with Lauren McDonald) Ephemeroptera Gallery, Brooklyn NY
and Xpace, Toronto ON
Open Engagement: Art After Aesthetic Distance (facilitated by Jennifer Delos Reyes)
Regina SK
Infinite Exchange Gallery Nuit Blanche in collaboration with
Kensignton Art Project, Toronto ON
Here, Now: Selections from the Collection, moca-Tucson AZ
Resolution, Monkey Box, Tucson AZ
2006
Come Together, The Kitchen, NYC
Visions of Independence, Monkey Box, Tucson AZ
H2O, Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson AZ
2005
Blow Out (curated by Kenny Schachter) MOCA|Denver CO
Arizona Biennial (curator Siri Engberg) Tucson Museum of Art
2003
Drawn, moca - Tucson, AZ
Cedar Valley (collaboration with Evelyn Omari, with support of the National Science Foundation) Freemont House, Tucson AZ
MEET, (with Jason Manley) Lionel Rombach Gallery, Tucson AZ
2002
Humdrum, Shane House Gallery, Tucson AZ
Safety in Numbers, Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson AZ
2000
Dirty Girls Pretty Boys: Faster, Faster, Faster, (curated by Christine Denehe) Screenings in Tucson AZ and Pensacola FL
1999
Ze Nature Vatercolors, The Ace Tomato Co, Tucson AZ
Education
2008 MFA (Visual Communications) University of Arizona.
2007 Skowhegan School of Painting and Drawing
2006 Sydney Kahn Summer Institute, The Kitchen, NY
2006 BFA (New Genres and Painting) University of Arizona
Bibliography/Broadcasts
Higgins, Polly. "Getting Lost in Found-Object Art" Tucson Citizen: 4/24/2008
Lee, Sooyeon. "H2O" & "Precious and Few" Arizona Illustrated KUAT: 2006
Regan, Marget. "Stuff on Display" Tucson Weekly: 23/03/06
Regan, Marget. "Arizona's Best" Tucson Weekly: 6/9/05
Volez Chandler. "A Wide View of the West" Rocky Mountain News: 7/8/05
Elizabeth Marglin. "Part Urban Cowboy, Part Suburban Angst" Boulder Daily Camera: 7/17/05
Holub, Annie. "Nine Questions" Tucson Weekly: 10/7/2004