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Jessica Barnett DeCuir
Education:
University of Texas at San Antonio MFA, May 1996
Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence,
Italy, June 1994
Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri BFA, May
1993
Semester in Oxford, England (St. Louis Community
College) Fall 1989
St. Louis Community College, Florissant, Missouri
1988 - 1989
University of Missouri, St. Louis (High-School College Credit), 1987
Professional and Academic Experience:
2006-2007 2000-present 1999-present 1997-2001 1995 1994 1993-95 1990-92 1991 Photography Laboratory Assistant, Media
Communications Department of Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. Selected Visiting Artist & Volunteer Work: Artist/Presenter, Evening for Educators, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas.
October 3, 2007
Art Instructor, Young Artist's Program, Southwest School of Art & Craft,
San Antonio, Texas. Courses Taught & Developed: Op Art, Abstraction from Nature, Drawing Nature, Landscape,
& Still Life, and Drawing & Design for Teens 2003-present (one week summer courses)
Art Instructor, "Op Art" for ages 10-14, San Antonio Academy, San Antonio, Texas.
2006-2007 (one-week summer class)
Event Organizer & Volunteer, PET JAM 2005, a silent art auction & live music event to
benefit the Southern Animal Rescue Association Invited Artist, Chalk it Up! A community art event sponsored by Artpace, San Antonio, Texas.
October 2004 & 2005 Visiting Artist, Mobile Arts Program (MAP), working with children, grades 3-6.
Barkley-Ruiz Elementary, San Antonio, Texas. Spring/Summer, 2005 Visiting Artist, Mobile Arts Program, working with special needs children, grades 4-6.
Gonzales Achievement Center, San Antonio, Texas. Spring, 2003 & Fall/Spring, 2004-2005 Sunflower House, San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Student Literacy Corp Tutor, Vashon High School, St.Louis, Missouri
Solo Art Exhibitions: VIVA LEON: New Works by Jessica Barnett DeCuir (soundtrack by Hyperbubble)
REM GALLERY, San Antonio, Texas. February, 2007 MASH IT UP! Record Cover collages with audio mash-ups by Chris Shaw, UK You Spin Me...>A Multimedia Installation with soundtrack by Hyperbubble.
Three Walls, San Antonio, Texas. April, 2004 Grid Rhythm: Mixed-Media Works on Wood, Southwest School of Art & Craft, Ursuline Hall Groovy/Spectrosphere:
a site-specific installation (soundtrack by Crevice).
Contemporary Art Month, Blue Star Art Silos, San
Antonio, Texas. July ,
2002 Stonemetal Press Presents: New Works by Jessica
Barnett, Stonemetal Press, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, Texas.
Memory, Malady, Obsession: An exhibition of alternative photo-works in Gallery E,
Division of Art & Architecture Recent Work: Jessica Barnett Collaborative and Group Exhibitions: Lullabies for Little Albert, Live Audio Art Installation by sound art collaborative: Crevice.
Cactus Bra Space, San Antonio, Texas Visions International, International Juried Exhibition, Art Center Waco, Waco,
Texas. Curated by: Peter Frank Faculty Invitational Exhibition, Visual Arts & Technology, San Antonio College, San
Antonio, Texas. Sugar Shock! A Super-Chewy Delicious Multimedia Extravaganza by Pink
Filth (Jeff & Jess DeCuir, Bryan Stanchak,& Joe Wallace) All School Juried Exhibition 2001, Russell Hill Rogers Gallery, Southwest School of Art
& Craft, San Antonio, Texas Open Show,
500x Gallery, Dallas, Texas. April 28 - May 2001 Faculty Exhibition, Southwest Texas State University, Department of Art &
Design, San Marcos, Texas. Garden Illuminata, Gala Art Sale and Exhibition, Southwest School of Art
& Craft, San Antonio, Texas. October, 2000 Gum-a-rama:
A Super-Chewy Delicious Installation by Jessica Barnett and Jeff Decuir
(featuring live music by: Pink Filth), Red Dot Art Exhibition, Benefit for Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio,
Texas A Fresh Look at Texas Art, a juried exhibition at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary,
Dallas, Texas. Artworks, An Exhibition of Faculty & Student art from Southwest Texas State University
69th Annual Juried Group Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, Texas.
Artworks:
Exhibition of Faculty and Student work from Southwest Texas State University,
San Marcos Activity Center, Hommage: An Exhibition Honoring Professor Leon Hicks, Master Printmaker,
Webster University. Benefit Art Exhibition for the Battered Women's
Shelter, sponsored by Jayne Lawrence and
Leigh Anne Lester Third Annual Blue Star Ball; Exhibition and Sale, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio,
Texas. Blue Star 12: y(not)? Contemporary Art Month Group Exhibition, Blue Star
Art Space, San Antonio, Texas. Sprockets: a Contemporary Exhibition of Photo
Works, Lost Dog Studios, San Antonio,
Texas. Film and Video Night: A Multimedia Extravaganza, Blue Star Art Space, Installation And Vocal Performance,
San Antonio, Texas
(-post-)
: Recent Works by Jessica Barnett and Karen Mahaffy, Satellite Space, San
Antonio, Texas. June 7 - 28, 1996 Poison: Painting, Objects, and Other Images, Satellite Space, Graduate Student Exhibition
no. 696,
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Division of Art and Architecture Gallery,
University of Texas, San Antonio. Group Exhibition Celebrating Women's History
Month: Jessica Barnett, Mara
Korkola, Karen Mahaffey, and Nancy Orr
Bits and Pieces, American On-Line Internet Exhibition and Catalogue
Grabados,
Universidad de Texas, San Antonio, Galeria ICPNA Miraflores (Cultural Institute
of Peru). The Unconditional Love and Acceptance Show, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Texas, San
Antonio. Hand-Pulled Prints III: International Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Jansen-Perez
Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. MFA at CAA: Profiles, Satellite Space at Blue Star Art Complex, San
Antonio, Texas. Jessica Barnett: Open Studio & New Work, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, Texas.
Juried Printmaking Exhibition, University of Texas, San Antonio, Library, San Antonio,
Texas. Curator: Casey Williams New Work:
Jessica Barnett, Nancy Orr, & Mark Smith, Blue Star Art Complex,
(Open Studio and Featured Artists)
Open Studio Exhibit: Callida Borgnino &
Jessica Barnett, Blue Star Art Complex
Pallotine Art Exhibition, Pallotine Renewal Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
September - October, 1994 The Next Wave, 1203 Artspace, San Antonio, Texas. Curated by:
Connie Lowe, Ken Little, & Mark Hansen New Form '94, Contemporary Print Exhibition, Dougherty Art Center Gallery, Austin,
Texas. Annual Student Juried Exhibition, University of Texas, San Antonio. Juror:
Jeffrey Moore, Gallery Director/Owner. 12 Artist's, 12 Expressions: Group Exhibition of Prints by Women Artists,
Stonemetal Press, San Antonio Texas. Hand Pulled Prints II, National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Milagros Gallery,
San Antonio, Texas. Fiber Art '93, National Juried Exhibition, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton,
Georgia. Susan Starr: Juror, September 1993 Books and Masks, Juried Exhibition at Art St. Louis, St. Louis Design
Center, St. Louis, Missouri. July - August, 1993 CAJE '93:
Printmaking Collaborations/National Juried Exhibition, Center of Contemporary
Art, St. Louis, Missouri BFA Group Exhibition, Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University Department of
Visual Art, St. Louis, Missouri. April-May, 1993 Student Juried Art Exhibition, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri Dirty Laundry, Collaborative Performance Art Production, (Vocalist and
Narrator), Forum Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri. War Art Symposium (Ancient Lizard Tribe Presents): Performance Art,
Visual Art, Music and Poetry Festival. Coalition for the Environment Art Exhibition
and Benefit, Post-Dispatch Building,
St. Louis, Missouri, November, 1990 Spring Photography Exhibition, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis,
Missouri. Selected Bibliography / Media Coverage:
Current Choice: Art, Review of solo exhibition at REM Gallery, San Antonio Current, February, 2007. The Music Issue, by Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Current, February, 2007. Blending Texas Music and Art, by Michael Castellon, Odessa American, October, 2006 Blurring Boundaries: Musicians Who Create and Artists Who Play, by Tracy Austin
Art in America: 2006-2007 Guide (Texas artist and exhibitions listing). On the Street, by Francesca Camillo, San Antonio Current, July, 2006. Summer is a Time for Art Enthusiasts in San Antonio, by Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express-News, July 2, 2006. South-by-Southwest Music Review, by Hector Saldana, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio,Texas. March, 2006. Great Day San Antonio, Hyperbubble performs live on KENS-5 TV. San Antonio,Texas. December, 2005. Art Pop , by Dawn Pomento. San Antonio Current, June, 2004. Psychic in a Floating Bubble , by Ben Judson. Voices of Art, Volume 12, issue 1, 2004 Finding a Rhythm in Wood , by Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express-News, August, 2003 Listen to Your Crevice , by Ben Judson, Voices of Art magazine, Volume 11, Issue 3, 2003 Art and the City - Savvy Artists Unveil Their Cutting-Edge Works During Contemporary Art Month , High Society Page , Voices of Art magazine, vol. 10, no. 3, 2002, San Antonio, Texas. Visions International Exhibition Catalog , Artist Statement, detail of work on back cover, and
CDROM of exhibition. Art Center Waco, Waco, Texas, August, 2002.
Art In America : Guide - Sourcebook to the US Art World Filthy Statement : Pink Filth at Sala Diaz Gallery on Fox News at 9 by
Michael Valdes, San Antonio, TX , 6/01 Pink Filth on KLRN, Footage of live performance at Blue Star Art Complex /
Contemporary Art Month, on "The Egg" arts show, 7/01 Pink Filth: Sugar Shock, Review of Sala Diaz Exhibit, by Hector Saldana, San Antonio-Express
News, 6-01Pn Pink Filth Puff Piece, Art & music preview by John Navarro, San Antonio Current, 5/01
Blue Star Y not?, curator's statement, Emily Todd, 7/97 A Woman's Touch at Blue Star 12, by Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express-News, 7/97 Poison: Paintings, Objects, and Other Images, description of work included in exhibition catalog, 4/96
Exhibit Puts Spotlight on Print Artists, by Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express-News, 3/95 Newform '94,
Curator's Statement, Mark L. Smith, Ph.D.,Exhibition Catalog, Austin,
TX, 6/94 Galleries Showcase Art That's Fit to Print, Dan Goddard, San Antonio Express-News, 1/94 Weaving Art From Family History, by Carol Ferring-Shepley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 4/93
Collaborative Printmaking Exhibition, Curator's
Statement, by Carol Hodson, Artist. Other Creative Involvements:
ARTLAB TX, Curator & Founder of art website featuring artwork & experimental music from
Texas. Instrumentalist and vocalist in Crevice
(Uncle buzz Records) Sound/art collaborative and recording artists. San Antonio, Texas 1998-present
Vocalist/keyboardist in Pink Filth
(Uncle Buzz Records), San Antonio, Texas 1998 - 2002. The Camera Is Your Friend, 2003 documentary video featuring art/music group, Crevice, at the Texas Psychfest in
Austin and Houston, Texas.
Bubblegum Fiesta, 2001 video featuring art/music group, Pink Filth, in the King William
Fiesta Parade, San Antonio, Texas.
CD cover art Crevice,Crevice
Think of Pleasant Things, 1999 Voice Performance in Collaborative Sound
Installation for Alma Haertlin's MFA Exhibition: Rapture, Film Extra in Richard Linklater's, The Newton
Boys, San Antonio, Texas, June 1997
Installation Assistant to Australian artist, Tracey Moffat,Artpace,
San Antonio, Texas, April 1995
Installation Assistant to Texas artists, Terry Allen and James Drake,
Poison Amor exhibit, Blue Star Art Space,San Antonio, Texas, April 1995 Installation Assistant to British artist, David Nash,
Laumier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri,March 1993 Freakshow,
Performance Art Production by Carol Hodson, Webster University Loretto-Hilton
Theater Awards and Honors: Showcase Artist (Hyperbubble), South by Southwest Music Conference, Austin, Texas. March, 2006 Selected Juror for Top Ten: a National Crafts Competition, Hill Coutry Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas
2005
Artist's Lecture, University of Texas at Tyler, Department of Art, Tyler, Texas. April, 2004 Artist Honorarium, Southwest School of Art and Craft, for solo exhibition. July-September, 2003
Included in lecture on Contemporary Women
Artists in San Antonio, presented by James Hetherington Graduate Art Grant, Dean of Fine Arts and Humanities, University of Texas,
San Antonio, 1994 - 95 International Educational Fund Scholarship for tuition, Summer Art Workshop in Florence, Italy
Graduate Art Scholarship, merit award, Department of Art, University of Texas,
San Antonio. 1993 - 1995 Honorable Mention, Charcoal Drawing, Pallotine Art Exhibition, St. Louis,
Missouri. Sept. 1994 Departmental Honors in Art, Webster University, May, 1993
National Collegiate Award for Communicaton in the Arts
Nominated by Chairman of Art Department, Tom Lang, Webster University. Awarded in 5/93 Cecille R. Hunt Memorial Award, presented by Tom Lang, Chair of Visual Arts, for
Meritorious Work in Fine Art. Miles Rutlin Honorary Award, presented to Jessica Barnett and Jeanette Barnett
for collaborative artwork. Affiliations:
Arthouse, Texas (2007-present)
Full-time Temporary Fine Arts Faculty, Visual Arts & Technology, San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas
Courses Taught: Drawing I, Drawing II, Design I, and Design III/Color Theory
Part-time Adjunct Fine Arts Faculty, Visual Arts & Technology,San Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas
Courses taught: Drawing I & II, and Design I &
III, &Art Appreciation.
Adjunct Faculty,Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, Texas
Adult courses taught:Drawing,Color Theory, Basic Design, & Figure Drawing.
Adjunct Faculty, Southwest Texas
State University, Department of Art & Design, San Marcos, Texas
Courses Taught:Color Theory, Basic Drawing,& Design I.
Instructor: Drawing for Non-Majors
, Fall Semester, University of Texas, San Antonio
Department of Art,Graduate Teaching Appointment
Teaching Assistant to Dennis Olsen and Meredith Dean,
Professors of Art, Printmaking
University of Texas, San Antonio, Department of Art. Fall Semester, Basic Printmaking
Graduate Research Assistant, Printmaking Studio,
University of Texas, San Antonio
Studio Monitor and Assistant to Master
Printmakers and Professors Dennis Olsen and Kent Rush.
Studio Assistant to Leon Hicks, Professor of Art and
Master Printmaker, Department of Visual Art, Webster University,
St. Louis, Missouri.
Film and Theatre Reviewer for the Webster University
Journal, St. Louis, Missouri
(Summer Appointment)
San Antonio, Texas. December, 2005
Visiting Artist & volunteer working with children and teens from homeless shelters.
July 2003-2004
Literacy Tutor for inner-city pregnant teens, sponsored by Webster University.
Fall semester 1992
Salon Mijangos, San Antonio, Texas. July 11-August 4, 2006
Curated by Kathy Armstrong-Gillis and Paula Owen. July 3-September 6, 2003
November 11 - December 11, 1994
University of Texas, San Antonio. November, 1995
Gallery E, Division of Art & Architecture, University of Texas, San
Antonio. October, 1994
5x7, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, Texas. June 2007
Blurring Boundaries: Musicians Who Create and Artists Who Play, Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX.
Curated by Karen Hembree, September 1 - October 31, 2006
Blue Star Arts & Eats, a group exhibition at Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas. October, 2005
Art in the Home, Central Public Library Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. July, 2005
Gifted, REM Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. November-December, 2004
Texas Whirl, Contemporary Art Month Exhibition at RC Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. July, 2004
Strapped, Exhibition and Fundraiser, Cactus Bra Space, San Antonio, Texas
November 6-7, 2003
Modern World Part II, curated by Jack Robbins.
Installation art and live music performance by Crevice: Infinity Asylum. Friedrich Project Spaces, San Antonio, Texas. July 2003
5x7 Exhibition and Fundraiser, Arthouse at the Jones Center of Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas. May 2003
Exhibit traveled to Dallas and San Antonio in September - October, 2003.
September, 2002
August 24-October 20, 2002
March 5-April 4, 2002FF
Sala Diaz, San Antonio, Texas.
May 24 - June 24 2001
April 19 - June 9, 2001
Jan 1998, 1999, 2000, & 2001
Cactus Bra Space, San Antonio, Texas.
February, 2000
Selected by Mignon and Trent Hardraker, June 1998, April 1999,
& March, 2000
Curated by: Terrie Sultan, November - December, 1999
San Marcos Activity Center,San Marcos,Texas. April-May, 1999
Curator: David Shirrey, New York Art Critic and
Academic Administrator. April - June 1999
San Marcos, Texas. April - May, 1999
Cecille Hunt Gallery, St. Louis,
Missouri. March, 1999
Joan Grona Gallery, Blue Star Art Complex, San
Antonio Texas. March, 1998
Selected by Carla Stellweg November, 1997
Multi-Media Installation. Curator: Emily Todd,
July - August, 1997
Contemporary Art Month Exhibit. Curator: Monica
Granato, July, 1997
Curator: Janette Morales, March, 1997
Curator: Frances Colpitt, Ph.D;San Antonio, Texas. April - May, 1996
May 2 - 24, 1996
Primary Object Gallery, San Antonio,
Texas. Curator: Joan Grona, Primary Object Gallery.
March 1 - 27, 1996
Selected Graduate Artists from the University of Texas, San Antonio.
April - October, 1995
Curated by Dennis Olsen.
June - July, 1995
Juried by: Don Bagicalupi, Curator. April, 1995
Garo Z. Antreasian, of Tamarind Institute,
Juror. March 4 -31, 1995
Curators: Frances Colpitt, Ph.D., and Ken
Little. January, 1995
Selected First Fridays, 1994, 1995 & 1996
Fall, 1995
Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio,
Texas. July 1995
Exhibited as part of the College Art Association Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
February, 1995
July - August, 1994
Curator: Mark L. Smith, Ph.D. May 31 - June 20, 1994
April, 1994
Curator: Anita Valencia. March 4 - April 10,
1994
Charles Heasley, Curator. January 14 - February 1994
Carol Hodson, Yvette Dubinsky, Thomas H. Kochheiser,
Jurors. April, 1993
Spring, 1992 - Juried by Gary Passanise.
Fall, 1990 - Juried by John Hilgert
Director: Carol Hodson. April, 1991
Old Post Office Building,St. Louis,
Missouri. April 1991
Curated by Hans Levi & Kim Mosley, 1989
Good Times Arts & Entertainment Guide for West Texas, October, 2006
Texas Public Radio Inteview for Contemporary Art Month solo exhibition, Mash it Up!
by Abra Shnur, San Antonio, Texas, July, 2006.
Review of solo exhibition, San Antonio, Texas.
Review of Crevice Performance, Installation, and CD, San Antonio, Texas
by Pamela Mooman-Outz. Fiesta Magazine, San Antonio, Texas. July, 2003
Photograph of installation: Spectrosphere , Blue Star Art Silo, Contemporary Art Month
( Pink Filth's Sugar Shock at Sala Diaz
Gallery, San Antonio, TX ) Annual 2001 - 2002
Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis,
Missouri. 4/93
Lead vocals and synthesizer for Hyperbubble, a synth-pop duo featuring Jess and Jeff DeCuir,
Socket Sounds Records, San Antonio, Texas, 2003-present.
Created in December, 2000 a
Live band, art collaborative, & recording artists.
Directed by: Joe Wallace
Selected
and screened at the 2003 San Antonio Film Festival.
Directed by: Joe Wallace
Selected
and screened at the 2002 San Antonio Film Festival.
UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas, April, 1998
Costume Painter, "Tattoo Lady", St.
Louis, Missouri. December, 1992
Visual Arts
and Technology, San Antonio College. March 3, 1998
University of Texas, San Antonio, June, 1994
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Cecille Hunt
Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. April, 1993
Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis,
Missouri. April, 1993
College Art Association (1995-present)
Texas Community College Teacher's Association (2003-2004)
TFAA(Texas Fine Arts Association) 2001-2002