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Education:

University of Texas at San Antonio MFA, May, 1996
Santa Reparata Center for Graphic Art Florence, Italy June, 1994
Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri BFA, May, 1993
Semester in Oxford, England (St. Louis Community College) Fall Semester, 1989
St. Louis Community College, Florissant, Missouri Fall Semester - Spring Semester, 1988 - 1989
 
 

Professional and Academic Experience:

2000 Adjunct Faculty, Intermediate Drawing, and Art Appreciation, San Antonio College, Visual Arts & Technology, San Antonio, Texas 1999-2000

Adjunct Faculty, Drawing (Beginning levels) and Color Theory, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, Texas 1998- Present

Adjunct Faculty in Art and Design, Color Theory, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas 1998

Adjunct Faculty, Basic Drawing, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. (Fall) 1998

Adjunct Faculty in Art and Design, Two Dimensional Design, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, (Fall) 1997

Instructor: Drawing for Non-Majors, University of Texas, San Antonio (Art Department), Graduate Teaching Appointment, Fall Semester 1994

Teaching Assistant to Dennis Olsen and Meredith Dean, Professors of Art, Printmaking, University of Texas, San Antonio (Art Department), Fall Semester, Basic Printmaking 1993

Graduate Research Assistant, Printmaking Studio, University of Texas, San Antonio. Studio Monitor and Assistant to Master Printmakers and Professors Dennis Olsen and Kent Rush. 1993-1995 1992

Studio Assistant to Leon Hicks, Professor of Art and Master Printmaker, Department of Visual Art (Printmaking), Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. September, 1990 - May 1992 1991

Film and Theatre Reviewer for the Webster University Journal, St. Louis, Missouri 1991

Photography Laboratory Assistant, Media Communications Department of Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. Summer Appointment Art
 
 

Gallery Assistantships:

Studio Lighting Assistant to Tracey Moffat, Australian Filmaker and Photographer, ARTPACE, San Antonio, Texas. April, 1995

Gallery Installation Assistant, Poison Amor, Blue Star art Space. Terry Allen, James Drake, Artists. San Antonio, Texas. 1994

Installation Assistant, Laumier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, Missouri. David Nash, Artist. 1993

One-Person Exhibitions:

Memory, Malady, Obsession: An exhibition of alternative photo-works in Gallery E, University of Texas, San Antonio November, 1995

Recent Work, Gallery E, Division of Art, University of Texas, San Antonio October, 1994

Stonemetal Press Presents: New Works by Jessica Barnett, Stonemetal Press, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, Texas November 11 - December 11, 1994
 
 

Two-Person Exhibitions and Collaborative Works:

Gum-a-rama: A Multi-Sensory Installation by Jessica Barnett and Jeff Decuir (featuring Bubblegum music by Pink Filth), Cactus Bra Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. February, 2000

(-post-) :  Recent Works by Jessica Barnett and Karen Mahaffy, Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas June 7 - 28, 1996
 
 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

A Fresh Look at Texas Art, a juried exhibition at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas. Curated by: Terrie Sultan, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. November - December, 1999

69th Annual Juried Group Exhibition, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, Texas. Curator: David Shirrey, New York Art Critic and Academic Administrator. April - June 1999

Artworks: Exhibition of Faculty and Student work from Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos Activity Center, San Marcos, Texas. April - May, 1999 Annual Red Dot Art Exhibition and Sale, Benefit for Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas. Selected by Mignon Hardraker, Artist. April, 1999

 Annual Faculty Exhibition, Southwest Texas State University, Department of Art and Design, San Marcos, Texas 1998 - 2000

Hommage: An Exhibition Honoring Professor Leon Hicks, Master Printmaker, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri.  March, 1999

Red Dot Annual Art Exhibition, Benefit for Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas. Selected by Mignon Hardraker, Artist.  1998 - 2000

Benefit Art Exhibition for the Battered Women's Shelter, sponsored by Jayne Lawrence and Leigh Anne Lester, Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio Texas. March, 1998

Third Annual Blue Star Ball; Exhibition and Sale, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas. Selected by Carla Stellweg, Executive Director, Blue Star Art Space. November, 1997

Blue Star 12: y(not)?  Contemporary Art Month Group Exhibition, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas. Multi-Media Installation. Curator: Emily Todd, Diverse Works, Houston, Texas. July - August, 1997

Sprockets: a Contemporary Exhibition of Photo Works, Lost Dog Studios, San Antonio, Texas Contemporary Art Month Exhibit. Curator: Monica Granato. July, 1997

Film and Video Night: A Multimedia Extravaganza, Blue Star Art Space, Installation And Vocal Performance, San Antonio, Texas. Curator: Janette Morales, Film Artist. March, 1997

Poison: Painting, Objects, and other Images, Satellite Space, Graduate Student Exhibition, Curated by: Frances Colpitt, Ph.D; Art Historian, Critic, Professor of Art History, San Antonio, Texas. April - May, 1996

no. 696, Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Division of Art and Architecture Gallery, University of Texas, San Antonio. May 2 - 24, 1996

Group Exhibition Celebrating Women's History Month: Jessica Barnett, Mara Korkola, Karen Mahaffey, and Nancy A. Orr at Primary Object Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. Curator: Joan Grona, Primary Object Gallery Owner and Director. March 1 - 27, 1996

MFA at CAA: Profiles (Graduate Student Exhibition during the College Art Association Conference in San Antonio) UTSA Satellite Space at Blue Star Art Complex, San Antonio, Texas. Frances Colpitt, Ph.D., and Ken Little, Curators. January, 1995

Hand-Pulled Prints III:  International Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Jansen-Perez Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
Garo Z. Antreasian, of Tamarind Institute, Juror. March 4 -31, 1995

Bits and Pieces, American On-Line Internet Exhibition and Catalogue, Selected Graduate Artists from the University of Texas, San Antonio. April - October, 1995

The Unconditional Love and Acceptance Show, Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Texas, San Antonio Juried by: Don Bagicalupi, Curator. April, 1995

Grabados, Universidad de Texas, San Antonio, Galeria ICPNA Miraflores (Cultural Institute of Peru) Curated by Dennis Olsen, Artist and Professor. Curator's Assistant: Jessica Barnett. June - July, 1995

New Form '94, Contemporary Print Exhibition, Dougherty Art Center Gallery, Austin, Texas. Curator: Mark L. Smith, Ph.D. May 31 - June 20, 1994

Hand Pulled Prints II, National Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Milagros Gallery, San Antonio, Texas. Charles Heasley, Curator. January 14 - February 1994

12 Artist's, 12 Expressions: Group Exhibition of  Prints by Women Artists, Stonemetal Press, San Antonio Texas Curator: Anita Valencia, Artist. March 4 - April 10, 1994

The Next Wave, 1203 Artspace, San Antonio, Texas Connie Lowe, Ken Little, Mark Hansen, Curators.  July - August, 1994

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
Carol Hodson, Yvette Dubinsky, Thomas H. Kochheiser, Jurors.  Miles Rutlin Honorary Award, April, 1993

BFA Group Exhibition, Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University Department of Visual Art, St. Louis, Missouri Cecille Hunt Merit Award, April, 1993

Dirty Laundry, Collaborative Performance Art Production, (Vocalist and Narrator), Forum Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
Director: Carol Hodson, Performance Artist and Professor, Webster University.  April, 1991

Freakshow, Performance Art Production by Carol Hodson, Webster University Loretto-Hilton Theater (Costume Painter, "Tattoo Lady"), St. Louis, Missouri. December, 1991

War Art Symposium (Ancient Lizard Tribe Presents) Performance Art, Visual Art, Music and Poetry Festival Old Post Office Building in Downtown St. Louis, Missouri. April 1991

Coalition for the Environment Art Exhibition and Benefit, Post-Dispatch Building St. Louis, Missouri, November, 1990
 
 

Bibliography:

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. Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri, 4/93
 
 

Other Creative Involvements:

Uncle Buzz Art Gallery: Jessica Barnett An on-going art exhibition at the Uncle Buzz.com website on the internet, created by, Uncle Buzz Records. Other artist/musicians include: Jeff DeCuir, Gavin DeCuir, Stingervision, and James Cobb. Currently updated with links to other art and music sites.

Designed CD cover art for Crevice, for their German label release, Think of Pleasant Things, 1998

Instrumentalist/Vocalist in experimental recording groups, Crevice and Pink Filth (Uncle Buzz Records), San Antonio, Texas 1998 - current.

Voice Performance in Collaborative Sound Installation for Alma Haertlin's MFA Exhibition, Rapture, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Texas, April, 1998

Included in lecture on Contemporary Women Artists in San Antonio, presented by James Hetherington, Visual Arts and Technology, San Antonio College. March 3, 1998

Film Extra in Richard Linklater's, The Newton Boys, San Antonio, Texas, June 1997
 
 

Awards and Grants:

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. University of Texas, San Antonio, June, 1994

Graduate Art Scholarship, annual recipient, Department of Art, University of Texas, San Antonio. Merit Award, 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; Yearbook Biography. 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, Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Cecille Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. April, 1993

Miles Rutlin Honorary Award, presented to Jessica Barnett and Jeanette Barnett, mother, for collaborative artwork, Center of Contemporary Art (C.O.C.A.), St. Louis, Missouri. April, 1993
 
 

Affiliations:

College Art Association Southwest Texas State University (Adjunct Faculty)
Alamo Community College District (Adjunct Faculty)
Southwest School of Art & Craft (Adjunct Faculty)
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