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EDUCATION
2006 MFA, School of Visual Arts, Photography, Video, and Related Media
2004 BFA, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Film and Television
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
2011 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) Workspace Residency Program
2009 New York State Council of theArts (NYSCA) Individual Artist Grant
Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant
2008 HarvestworksArtist-In-Residence program
2007 Smack Mellon Artist-In-Residence and fellowship
Franklin FurnaceFund for Performance Art Grant
2005 Aaron Siskind Grant
2004 Warner Bros. Pictures Film Production Grant
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
"Emergency Contraception " Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York, NY
"She Knows Something You Don't Know" Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
2008
“Rituals of Consumption:Leviticus rowed the boat ashore” Smack Mellon Gallery,Brooklyn,NY
“YEAH I SAID IT…but don’t you tell nobody”, Brooklyn Arts Council, NY
GROUP EXIBITIONS
2011
"Shame The Devil" The Kitchen, New York, NY
"The February Show" The Chocolate Factory, Ogilvy & Mather, New York, NY
2009
"Young Curators, New Ideas II", PPOW gallery, New York, NY
“Undercover”,SpelmanCollegeMuseumof Fine Art,Atlanta,GA
“The Brand New Heavies”,Collette Blanchard Gallery,New York, NY
“Harvestworks, New York Electronic Art Festival”New York,NY
2008
“Exploding Language” Obsidian Arts,Minneapolis,MN
“Cinema Remixed and Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Since 1970, Contemporary Art Museum Houston,TX.
2007
“Red Carpet Treatment”, Rush Arts,Miami,FL
Drift Art Project,Rush Arts Gallery,New York, NY
“Cinema Remixed and Reloaded: Black Women Artists and the Moving Image Since 1970, Spelman
CollegeMuseumofFine Art,Atlanta,GA
“Deviant Behavior” Artformz Alternative,Miami,FL
BrooklynArts Council Film/Video Festival,Brooklyn,NY“Pharaohs,Queens, andGoddesses”Brooklyn Arts Council & Brooklyn Museum,NY
“United Black Girls” Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2006
"Neubees" The Rider Project, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY
"Pay to Play" Black Floor Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"The Early Work," SVA MFA thesis exhibition, New York, NY
2005
International Black Media Festival, London
Scholastic Outreach Programs, New York
"Look at Me: The Invisible Icon” Grace Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
PERFORMANCES
2011
Two Lies and a Truth" The Chocolate Factory, Ogilvy & Mather. New York, NY
2010
"She Knows Something You Don't Know" Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
"Two Lies and a Truth" Art in Odd Places Festival, New York
2007
"Get Your Fatback" Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem, NY, funded by Franklin Furnace
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND ARTIST TALKS
2011
"Diversity in Research and Practice Conference", Columbia University, artist talk/presentation
2009
“The Brand New Heavies” Collette Blanchard Gallery artist talk
“Listen In: Jessica Ann Peavy”Harvestworks,NY, artist talk/presentation
2008
BrooklynArts Council Film Festival, New Media Installation artists talk
2007
" United Black Girls" Rush Arts Gallery exhibition artist talk
“Race, Representation and Moving Image”SpelmanCollege artist talk
“Conversations Across Cultures” Community Arts Conference,ColumbiaUniversity, lecture & artist talk
2005
Scholastic Inc. Community Outreach, lecture
2003
“Women Call the Shots”CUNYGraduateCenter artist talk
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011
Lane Arthur, "The February Show at Ogilvy & Mather" Temporary Art Review, April 29th, 2011
Jody Cutler, "GIRL TALK: Jessica Ann Peavy" Afterimage| The Journal of Media and Cultural Criticism, Volume 38 Issue 5, 2011
2010
Lindsay Peckham, "Jessica Ann Peavy "Neworld Review-Artbeat, 2010
2009
T.J. Carlin, “The Brand New Heavies” Time OutNew York/ Issue 699:Feb 19-25, 2009
Charlie Finch,“Having ARave Up!”Artnet Magazine,January 29th 2009
"The Brand New Heavies" The New Yorker, 2009
"The Brand New Heavies" The Soho Jornal, 2009
2008
Katie Geha “Cinema Remixed and Reloaded” fluentcollab.org
Sophie Rosenblum, “ Ladies First: Cinema Remixed & Reloaded at the CAMH” Glasstire.com
Andrea Branwell Brownlee, PhD & Valerie Cassel Oliver, Cinema Remixed and Reloaded Exhibition Catalogue
2007
Lisa Kurzner,”Black Women Remixed”The Atlanta Journal –Constitution,Arts and Books section K4.Oct 14th2007
Rebecca Cochran,“Cinema Remixed and Reloaded: Black Women and the Moving Image Since1970”ArtForum Online Critics Picks.
Felicia Feaster, “Women Making Movies” Creativeloafing.com