Jessica jackson hutchins artist bio and art for sale. Jessica jackson hutchins joins marianne boesky gallery. Hutchins resnick gallery, brooklyn campus, the long island university. The whole thing is encased in the reading material that we would normally be browsing as we sit on the sofa, says rebecca. Apr 27, 2011 much as heward envisions painting in new form, portlandbased artist jessica jackson hutchins takes things that are quotidian and utilitarian and renders them personal and eccentric. Sep 14, 2009 jessica jackson hutchins lives and works in portland, oregon. Last year, the artist jessica jackson hutchins pulled up stakes in portland, oregon, and moved her familydaughters lottie, 7, and sunday, 4, and husband stephen malkmus, the. Confessions confessions is as intimate as it sounds, a twogallery show by internationallyknown, portlandbased artist. Jessica jackson hutchins artists profile the saatchi gallery. Artist jessica jackson hutchins in her installation reason to be. Jessica jackson hutchins, collection of three works. George saunders scary movies jessica jackson hutchins. Artwork info artwork title book of flowers artist name jessica jackson hutchins date created 2011 medium monoprint with ceramic, pulp paper, and synthetic vines dimensions.
Jessica jackson hutchins was included in the 20 venice biennial by curator massimiliano gioni. Jessica jackson hutchins, london castoff couches and other household finds are a staple of the american, berlinbased artist jessica jackson hutchinss funny, charming sculpture. Join facebook to connect with jessica hutchins and others you may know. Jessica jackson hutchins has been exhibiting her work steadily since she graduated from the school of the art institute of chicago a decade ago. Jessica jackson hutchins the ford family foundation. Paul, mn really real, gallery 312, chicago, il finnar arnar arnarson, hlynur hallson, jessica jackson hutchins, the living arts museum, reykjavik, iceland. View jessica jackson hutchins s artworks on artnet. Convivium is a collaboration between visual artist jessica jackson hutchins who was recently selected for the 2010 whitney biennial and poet tom fisher, comprising photographs of hutchins s sculpture, texts written by fisher, and fragments of other texts selected by fisher and hutchins.
Jessica jackson hutchins artist bio and art for sale artspace. Jessica jackson hutchins artists profile the saatchi. The cribs wanted to showcase her work as part of their takeover of. When certain artists transition from emerging to emerged, the moment is palpable. Widely known for her sculptures deploying old couches and castoff furniture as host bodies for plaster obelisks, papiermache appendages, and homemade ceramic vessels, jessica jackson hutchins for this occasion commandeered two portland venues for a joint exhibition that amounted to something like a. Jessica jackson hutchins is a portlandbased artist working across a variety of media, including sculpture, painting, and video. The book changes occasionally, as hutchins and fisher feel moved or find time to change it. Mar 03, 2006 in the gallerys project room, jessica jackson hutchins s relics from a lonely dinner party provides something akin to comic relief. Hutchins practice embraces an expansive array of materials and approaches, from wallmounted assemblages to fused glass works to ceramics installed atop couches, recliners, and chairs.
Photographs courtesy of the artist and the gallery. Her practice consists of large scale ceramics, multimedia installations, assemblage, and paintings all of which utilize found objects such as old furniture, ceramics, worn out clothes, and newspaper clippings. This series of ceramic sculptures consists mostly of small. Images courtesy of the artist and marianne boesky, new yorkaspen. Ranging from modestly scaled pots to figurines to large sculptures, these objects cross a spectrum of conventional delineations among fine art, craft, and outsider practices. Jessica jackson hutchins on furniture, found ceramics, and. Jessica jackson hutchins showing the work finishes it for me. In summer 2016, she was selected by artist and curator michelle grabner to participate in the 2016 portland biennial.
Jessica jackson hutchins and conny purtill, table of contents, 2014, gesso, india ink, pencil, acrylic, oil, paper, glazed ceramic and found plate on canvas, 17 x 22 in. Marianne boesky gallery is pleased to present restless. Much as heward envisions painting in new form, portlandbased artist jessica jackson hutchins takes things that are quotidian and utilitarian and renders them personal and eccentric. Organized by senior curator jenelle porterjessica jackson hutchins b.
Season 19, episode 3 season 19 episode 3 oregon art beat. I do choose at marianne boesky gallery all images courtesy the artist and marianne boesky. The portlandbased artist jessica jackson hutchins has joined marianne boesky gallery, the gallery told gallerist yesterday. Aug 22, 2017 artist jessica jackson hutchins in her installation reason to be. Jessica jackson hutchins, contemporary ceramic art. The art of jessica jackson hutchins jessica jackson hutchins, quinn latimer on. Assistant professor of art, oregon state university, corvallis. Jessica jackson hutchins i do choose marianne boesky gallery. Her work has been exhibited in exhibitions including common ground, seattle art museum 2011. Jessica jackson hutchins lives and works in portland, or. Michelle grabner on curating the portland biennial. Jessica jackson hutchins book of flowers, 2011 artwork image is not available online. On january, jessica jackson hutchins lead a discussion about philip gustons painting untitled 1969. The intimate disclosure of jessica jackson hutchins personal life is both the conceptual and formal basis of her work.
Hayes received his master of fine arts degree from the university of wisconsin and has been exhibiting for nearly 30 years in solo and group exhibitions across america. Dirt on delight, ica philadelphia and the walker art center, minneapolis 2009. Jessica jackson hutchins, book of flowers, 2011 sfmoma. I do choose, a new exhibition of paintings and sculpture by jessica jackson hutchins was on view through june 6 at marianne boesky gallery in new york and the result, according to bluoin, resembles an artfully abject living room above images. The hand of the artist is asserted in the important thing about a chair, which blends conceptual exercise with a nicely handmade, crafty vibe. Hutchinss expressive and intuitive studio practice produces dynamic sculptural installations, collages, paintings, and largescale ceramics, all hybrid juxtapositions of the handmade. Her use of everyday personal objects and materials hint at the dramas of love and family, yet she keeps her references oblique and mysterious, allowing formal qualities free rein to create their own abstract and tactile languages.
Jessica jackson hutchins is a multimedia artist and mother who explores the domestic sphere in her art. I want my sculptures to contain a sense of priorness that suggests that the emotional or narrative content is already there in. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. View the profiles of people named jessica hutchins.
Galleries to visit on first thursday willamette week. Mar 24, 2011 on january, jessica jackson hutchins lead a discussion about philip gustons painting untitled 1969. She strives to transfer the feeling of music she loves into her work. Theres a certain understanding i get from showing it. Jessica jackson hutchins and john heward challenge. Hutchins produces ceramic sculptures, paintings, and more. When i touched down in washington on a recent thursday for the third edition of the seattle art fair, the city was uncharacteristically hot and hazy, enveloped in smoke from forest fires raging nearby in canada. Andiel brown is the gospel choir director at university of oregon. Jessica jackson hutchins on becoming an accidental painter.
Marianne boesky gallery is pleased to present i do choose, an exhibition of new sculptures and wall works by jessica jackson hutchins. This article appears in the june 1, 2015 issue of new york magazine. Season 19, episode 3 season 19 episode 3 oregon art. Charmingly uneven ceramic side tables share space with detourned furniture. As evidence of the artist s dialogue with items in her studio, these works are a means by which the artist explores the intimacy of the mutual existence between art and life.
Jessica jackson hutchins born 1971 is an american artist from chicago, illinois who is based in portland, oregon. Jessica jackson hutchins, stylite 3 artist web site. Jessica jackson hutchins is a portlandbased artist represented by marianne boesky gallery. Widely known for her sculptures deploying old couches and castoff furniture as host bodies for plaster obelisks, papiermache appendages, and homemade ceramic vessels, jessica jackson hutchins for this occasion commandeered two portland venues for a joint exhibition that amounted to. This exhibition, displaying two of rebecca morriss paintings and four of jessica jackson hutchinss sculptures, feels perfectly tuned. This exhibition is the second in the three part series, the genres. Text by quinn latimer with gloss by jessica jackson hutchins. The title of couch for a long time, jessica jackson hutchins mixed media sculpture, implies a kind of indolence, a suggestion of idling, and the colour streaked. Apr 08, 2011 jessica jackson hutchins lives and works in portland, or. The oregonbased artist jessica jackson hutchins transforms everyday household objects from furniture to clothing and infuses them with human emotion and rawness. Hutchins works have been exhibited widely throughout the.
Brand new gallery biography jessica jackson hutchins. The title of couch for a long time, jessica jackson hutchins mixed media sculpture, implies a kind of indolence, a suggestion of idling, and the colourstreaked ceramic pots and sculptures seem to sit on the receiving cushions of their newspaper clad couch like lazy characters in front of an absent tv. Editioned artist books park row gallery, chatam, n. The artist jessica jackson hutchins photo courtesy of the artist and marianne boesky gallery. In the gallerys project room, jessica jackson hutchinss relics from a lonely dinner party provides something akin to comic relief. Portlandbased artist, jessica jackson hutchins has risen to international visibility over the past few years for her exploration of many of the bigpicture issues central to contemporary art, from questions posed by experimentation with art materials, scale, and abstraction to social concerns such as gender and the value of the art object.
Watch how multimedia artist jessica jackson hutchins uses everything from newspaper, to old tshirts to scrapes of metal to create sculptures that make people think. Published by laurel gitlen on the occasion of jessica jackson hutchins, art basel statements, june 20. The book was designed by robbins in close collaboration with hutchins and portland artist and book designer heather watkins. I do choose is at marianne boesky gallery through june. This spring, it happened for jessica jackson hutchins, with concurrent solo shows at laurel gitlen formerly small a projects and derek eller gallery and her inclusion in the whitney biennial, where she was represented with couch for a long time, 2009a worn sofa from her childhood home, covered in obama. Jessica jackson hutchins on furniture, found ceramics, and the. Jessica jackson hutchins, i do choose installation view, 2015 at marianne boesky gallery, new york. Jessica jackson hutchins is one of the bestknown contemporary artists oregon has produced, but that recognition lies largely outside the.
She integrates repurposed personal items and loose ends from the studio into her mystical works. Learn about the artist and see available works for sale. Jessica jackson hutchins transforms household objects paper cups, dining tables, baby clothesinto emotionally raw art pieces. Impulses that form clay includes significant work in clay by 22 artists spanning four generations on view january 16june 21, 2009. Sep 01, 2012 last year, the artist jessica jackson hutchins pulled up stakes in portland, oregon, and moved her familydaughters lottie, 7, and sunday, 4, and husband stephen malkmus, the former frontman of. Convivium is a collaboration between visual artist jessica jackson hutchins who was recently selected for the 2010 whitney biennial and poet tom fisher, comprising photographs of hutchinss sculpture, texts written by fisher, and fragments of other texts selected by fisher and hutchins. The physicality of the ceramic pieces forms their bone or fleshcoloured glazed.
Jackson hutchins received a bachelor of arts in art history from oberlin college and a master of fine art from the school of the art institute of chicago. Portlandbased artist jessica jackson hutchins specializes in mixedmedia sculpture transforming household objects into creations that speak to the chaos of domestic life. Jessica jackson hutchins sculptures, wallworks, installations, prints, and works on paper expose the intimate dialogue between her upbringing and artistic. Confessions book jessica jackson hutchins art matter. Marianne boesky gallery is pleased to present restless animal kingdom, artist jessica jackson hutchins third solo exhibition with the gallery. Portlandbased artist jessica jackson hutchins works with paint, ceramics, and furniture to create pieces that are personal, conceptual, and formal. Jessica jackson hutchins and kim fisher, midway contemporary, st. Timothy taylor gallery is delighted to announce the second solo exhibition in london by the us artist jessica jackson hutchins, following her 20 solo shows at the hepworth wakefield, uk and centre pasquart in biel, switzerland, and her inclusion in massimiliano gioni s the encyclopedic palace at the 55th venice biennale. Jessica jackson hutchins lives and works in portland, oregon.
Even if its at an art fair and there is no discernible feedback, it still feels different to me after. Minor miracles by ben davis the whitney biennial has produced at least one new star jessica jackson hutchins b. Jan 31, 2014 jessica jackson hutchins, london castoff couches and other household finds are a staple of the american, berlinbased artist jessica jackson hutchinss funny, charming sculpture. The artist jessica jackson hutchins photo courtesy of the artist and marianne boesky gallery the sculptor jessica jackson hutchins stole the spotlight at the 2010 whitney biennial with a plucky piece of contemporary americana, a sofa crowned with ceramic vessels and papered with news clippings about president obama.