| Jessie Mott |
b.1980, NYC
Lives and works in Chicago, ILEDUCATION
2009 MFA, Art Theory & Practice, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2002 BFA, Studio Art, New York University, New York, NY
2012
threewalls SOLO
Chicago, IL (scheduled, November)
2011
The Winners - Big Cartoon Festival
Moscow, Russia
Animation Fornication - The Sydney Underground Film Festival
Sydney, Australia
18th Chicago Underground Film Festival
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
The 24. Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival
Stuttgart, Germany
57th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Oberhausen, Germany
Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art
Swimming Pool Project Space booth, Chicago, IL
The Swimsuit Edition
Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL, curated by Lisa Majer
Animality
DOVA Temporary, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010
Steve Reinke - The Tiny Ventriloquist
Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
Not Just Another Pretty Face IV
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
VIDEOEX International Experimental Film & Video Festival
Zürich, Switzerland
The 13th Annual Antimatter Film Festival
Victoria, BC, Canada
Decibelle Music and Culture Festival: Objects and Personifications
Chicago, IL, curated by Latham Owen Zearfoss
BEN RUSSELL: UR
Chicago, IL, curated by Ben Russell
The Sydney Underground Festival
Sydney, Australia
Animal Drag Kingdom
The Power Plant/Pleasure Dome, Toronto, ON, Canada
The Calgary International Film Festival
Calgary, AB, Canada
Ground Floor
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
17th Chicago Underground Film Festival - Best Animation Award
Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago
CFC Worldwide Shortfilm Festival
Toronto, Canada
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cinema X: I Like to Watch
Curated by Paco Barrágan
Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Presented in conjunction with the 23rd Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
2009
Impakt Festival 2009
Utrecht, Netherlands
video_dumbo
Curated by Caspar Stracke and Gabriela Monroy
Art Under the Bridge Festival, powerhouse Arena, D.U.M.B.O. Brooklyn, NY
Empathy is a Tool for Making the Cruelty More Precise
Film and video program curated by Abina Manning and Steve Reinke.
Block Cinema, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL
How to Die Like an Animal
Film and video program curated by Steve Reinke.
Keno Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art, Berlin, Germany
No More Worlds
Curated by Corinna Kirsch and Katherine Pill
Concertina Gallery, Chicago, IL
MaxMultiple
Curated by Dan Devening. devening projects + editions, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL2008
Paper Love
Curated by Dan Devening. devening projects + editions, Chicago, IL
The Vega Caucus
Curated by Roxane Hopper and Julie Rudder. Vega Estates, Chicago, IL2007
Neointegrity
Curated by Keith Mayerson. Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY2006
Anthropomorphism
Juried by Laurie Hogin. Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL2002
Neointegrity: This is Your Dinner.
American Fine Arts. New York, NY
Permanent Vacation
NYU Senior Thesis Exhibition. Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
Neointegrity: This Land is Your Land.
Kosher Pickle Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY2001
The Young Americans
Curated by Hiroshi Sunairi. galleri sunairi, New York, NY
Is the Revolution Over Yet?
Curated by David Rimanelli. Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
Publication
“Dialogue Between Animals” in Blast Counterblast, edited by Anthony Elms and Steve Reinke
Selected Bibliography
Ruiz, Steve. "Interview - Jessie Mott," Chicago Art Review, September 28, 2010.
Viera, Lauren. "Making Way For What's Coming Next," Chicago Tribune, September 24, 2010.
Weber, Candace. "No More Worlds," Time Out Chicago, Issue 240, Oct 1-7, 2009.
Weinberg, Lauren. "Paper Love," Time Out Chicago, Issue 177, Jul 17–23, 2008.
Cotter, Holland. "NeoIntegrity: Go Ahead, Expect Surprises," New York Times, August 9, 2007.
“Portraitists We Love,” domino magazine/October 2005.
installation painting & drawing collage video
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