Resume
Institutional/Community based Experience
Part-time, Faculty, Georgia State University and Perimeter College; Clarkston, GA. – Current
Term to Term Faculty, Georgia State University and Perimeter College; Clarkston, GA. – 2017 - 2019
Long-term Substitute, Morrow Middle School, Clayton County Public Schools; Morrow, GA – 2016/2017
Drawing and Painting Instructor, Callanwolde Art Center; Atlanta, GA – Current
Figure Drawing Instructor, Binders Art Supply; Atlanta, GA. – 2015
Adjunct Faculty, Georgia Perimeter College; Clarkston, GA. – 2014 - 2017
Artist Panel, Emory University; Atlanta, GA. – 2013
Instructor, Fulton County Art Council: Atlanta, GA. – 2013
Adjunct Faculty, Georgia Perimeter College; Dunwoody, GA. – 2011 - 2015
Commission Artist; Atlanta, GA. – 2010-Current
Graduate Assistant, Teacher on Record, Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA – 2008 - 2010
Artist Talk, Agnes-Scott College; Decatur, GA. – 2009
Artist Talk, Kennesaw State University; Kennesaw, GA. – 2009
Private Home Instruction in Watercolor; Atlanta, GA. – 2009 - 2014
Curatorial Experience
Art in Odd Places 2022: STORY; New York, NY – 2022
INCLUSION Performance Night, Facet Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2019
The Telling of Firsts Performance, The Bakery; Atlanta, GA. – 2019
Minutiae, Studio Gallery, Georgia State University, Clarkston; Atlanta, G.A. – 2019
Students Show, Binders J Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2018
STAGES, Binders Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2017
The Bodies’ Narratives, Mattress Factory Lofts; Atlanta, GA. – 2012
Couer Brise`, Eyedrum Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2009
Girls on Film, Plaza Theatre; Atlanta, GA. – 2007
Education
Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA – MFA: Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking, 2010
Kennesaw State University; Kennesaw, GA. – BFA: Drawing and Painting, 2005
Private Collections
Woffard College; Spartanburg, SC. – 2016
The HIGH Museum of Art; Atlanta, GA. – 2015
Awards
Nexus Emergency Relief Grant, Atlanta and Contemporary; Atlanta, GA – 2022
Idea Capital Grant; Atlanta, GA – 2022
Artists Fellowship, Inc., New York, NY– 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021
Artist Relief: Cycle VII, New York, NY. – 2021
Foundation for the Contemporary Arts Bridge Fund, New York, NY. – 2021
Foundation for the Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY. – 2020
C4 Artist Relief, Atlanta, GA. – 2020
Franklin Furnace Awardee, New York, NY. – 2019
Foundation for the Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, New York, NY. – 2018
Change, Inc. Artist Grant, Sanibel, FL. – 2012
Finalist, Forward Arts Emerging Artist, Swan Coach House Gallery; Vinnings, GA. – 2011
POV Award, HOTDOCS Film Festival; Toronto, Canada – 2010
Nancy Goyer Endowed Scholarship, Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA. – 2009-2010
Joe De Prix Award, Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA. – 2008
Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, Kennesaw State University; Kennesaw, GA. – 2006
Blinkhorn-Holland Scholarship, Kennesaw State University; Kennesaw, GA. – 2005
Churches-Holmes Scholarship, Kennesaw State University; Kennesaw, GA. – 2004
Fred Bentley Scholarship, Kennesaw Sate University; Kennesaw, GA. – 2004
Exhibitions
The Normal Depot: The Cost of Normal, AiOP21: Normal; New York, NY. – 2021
Good News Art; High Springs, FL.- 2020
We FUCK, Y’all Take Care: The Bakery (Online Performance); Atlanta, GA. – 2020
Well KEMPt (Online Performance), Aunts_Here; NY, NY. – 2020
Lay With Me, PASEO Performance Festival; Taos, NM. – 2019
Whores Bath, INCLUSION Performance Night, FACET Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2019
Bubbly Creek Performance Festival, Defibrillator Gallery at the Zhou B Art Center; Chicago, IL. – 2019
Callanwolde Faculty Art Show, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center; Atlanta, GA. – 201
Westbeth Gallery, Art in Odd Places Exhibition; New York, NY. – 2018
Georgia State University Faculty Show; Clarkston, GA. – 2018
Murmur Gallery, Southern Fried Queer Pride Exhibition; Atlanta, GA. – 2018
Georgia State University Faculty Show; Clarkston, GA. – 2017
STAGES, Binders Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2017
No Limits, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA. – 2016
Callanwolde Art Festival, Callanwolde Art Center, Atlanta, GA. – 2016
Sprawl, The HIGH Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA. – 2015
Untitled Show, P’Cheen, Atlanta, GA. – 2013
Humans Being II, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL – 2013
Emerging Artist’s Award Exhibition, Swan Coach House Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2012
Indie Grits Film Festival; Columbia, SC. – 2012
Featured Performer, National FEMME Conference; Baltimore, MD. – 2012
Wholly Georgia, Mint Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2011
Pin-up, Mint Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2011
Hot Docs Film Festival; Toronto, Canada (winner American Doc/POV award
International Documentary Challenge) – 2011
International Health Film Festival; Kos, Greece – 2011
Bay Street Film Festival; Thunder Bay, Canada – 2011
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival; Missoula, MT – 2011
Oxford Film Festival; Oxford, MS. – 2011
Portland Women’s Film Festival; Portland, OR. – 2011
Gasparilla Film Festival; Tampa, FL. – 2011
Atlanta Film Festival; Atlanta, GA. – 2011
Puerto Rico International Film Festival; Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. – 2011
Art on Atlanta, Emerging Art Scene; Atlanta, GA. – 2011
KSU Alumni Show, Kennesaw State University; Kennesaw, GA. – 2010
No Limits: VSA Art of Georgia, Mason Murer,; Atlanta, GA. – 2010
Art Ability Exhibition, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital; Malvern, PA – 2010
Kennesaw State University Artwork Exchange; Turkey. – 2009
Small and Cheap Show, Mint Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2009
Student Juried Exhibition, Georgia State University; Atlanta, GA. – 2009
Spring Open Studio’s, Mattress Factory; Atlanta, GA. – 2009
Little Things Mean A Lot;Vinnings, GA – 2009
CONTEMPORARY WOMEN: Self Reflections, VSA Arts of Georgia; Atlanta, GA. – 2009
Pin-ups and Pistons, Lowbrow Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2008
Four On The Floor, Lowbrow Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2008
Solo Exhibitions
Ephemeral Flights, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC – 2016
Vicariously Blue are the Remains of the Day, Emerging Art Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2010
Stories From A Chair: A Life Exquisite-Thesis Show, Georgia State University;
Atlanta, GA. – 2010
Open, The Mattress Factory Lofts; Atlanta, GA. – 2010
Performance
The REVENANT Warrior, Art on the Atlanta BeltLine; Atlanta, GA. – 2022
REVERENCE, Performance is Alive at Satellite Art Show, Miami Art Basel; Miami,FL – 2022
REVERENCE: We 3, Paseo Project; Taos, NM. — 2021
The Normal Depot: The Cost of Normal, AiOP21: Normal; New York, NY. – 2021
The Bath, Good News Art; High Springs, FL.- 2020
We FUCK, Y’all Take Care: The Bakery (Online Performance); Atlanta, GA. – 2020
30 minutes/30 years (Online Guerilla Performance); Atlanta, GA. – 2020
Well KEMPt(Online Performance), Aunts_Here; NY, NY. – 2020
Lay With Me, PASEO Performance Festival; Taos, NM. – 2019
Whores Bath, INCLUSION Performance Night, FACET Gallery; Atlanta, GA. – 2019
Gyrate, Bubbly Creek Performance Festival, The Zhou B Art Center; Chicago, IL—2019
DROUGHT Performance, The Bakery; Atlanta, GA. — 2019
Art in Odd Places Performance Festival; Atlanta, GA. — 2018
Inverse Performance Festival; Fayetteville, AR. — 2018
Allegory of Spring, Eyedrum Art, Music & Performance Gallery, Atlanta, GA. —2016
I Think We’re Alone Now: Performance, Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. —2014
RAPID PUSLE INTERNATIONAL Performance Festival, Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery, Chicago, IL. —2014
ASSISTANCE: Performance, 489 Edgewood; Atlanta, GA.—2012
So, It Is Written Performance, Eyedrum, Gallery; Atlanta, GA.— 2010
Writers Asylum Performance, Seen It Gallery; Decatur, GA.— 2010
Vowels, Eyedrum Gallery; Atlanta, GA.— 2009
Marked Performance Piece, Artistry, Atlanta, GA.— 2008
Publicity
Miss Art World Podcast; Atlanta, GA – 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwB5fEf9RVY&ab_channel=MissArtWorld
VoyageATL; Atlanta, GA – 2021
Speaking of the Arts, WWBE; Atlanta, GA – 2021
https://www.wabe.org/speaking-of-the-arts-jessica-elaine-blinkhorn/
In Protest and Performance, Tempo, Taos News; Taos, NM.—2021: https://www.taosnews.com/tempo/arts/in-protest-and-performance/article_9b549e42-da2b-5528-aa74-8bdd05ac9ad8.html SHOUTOUTATL; Atlanta, GA. — 2021: https://shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-jessica-blinkhorn-disabled-artist-and-performances-artist/
National FEMME Conference, http://www.femme2012.com—2012
The BADASS Project, Johnny B. Truant, http://thebadassproject.com—2011
Grounded By Reality, P.O.V Award, Shed Collective Documentary Short; Atlanta, GA.—2011
La Daily Musto, Michael Musto; New York, NY. —2010
Good Morning America, ABC News; New York, NY.—2010
Flourish Magazine, Kennesaw State University; Kennesaw, GA.—2010
Georgia State University Website; Atlanta, GA.—2009
Flourish Magazine, Kennesaw State University; Kennesaw, GA.—2009
Residencies
Art on the Atlanta BeltLine, Atlanta, GA. – 2021
Artist in Residence, Paseo Project; Taos, NM. – 2021
INVERSE_ MOMENTARY Residency; Bentonville, AR. – 2020