1. Curriculum Vitae / Academic January 2017
Jason Christopher Childers™
Email: jasaur13@gmail.com
Mobile Telephone: 815-370-3267
Website: http://jasonchristopherch.wix.com/jchild
Education
2014 MFA, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2011 M.Ed. in Instructional Leadership: Educational Studies, Curriculum and Instruction,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Professional Experience
2017- Sewing Instructor, New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, New Orleans, LA
2015- Painting Instructor and Video Artist, Painting With a Twist, New Orleans, LA
2014- Adjunct Faculty, Nunez Community College, Chalmette, LA
Sculpture Fundamentals
Drawing
Watercolors
2013-14 Teaching Assistant [Instructor of record], University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Drawing II [Instructor of record] Spring 2013 and Spring 2014
Drawing I [Instructor of record] Fall 2013
2011-14 Teaching Assistant, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Introduction to Sculpture and Advanced Sculpture
2011 Education Program Intern, Teacher Fellowship Program, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive
and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL
2009-11 Shop Technician and Freelance Artist, Chicago Hot Glass, Chicago, IL
2010 Site Manager, Sullivan Galleries (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Chicago, IL
2006-2009 Gallery Assistant, G2 and Sullivan Galleries (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago),
Chicago, IL
2. Exhibitions
2017 Group Exhibition, Whitney Biennial 2017 (Part of Occupy Museums), Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York, NY
2016 Group Exhibition, NOLA Conceptual, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2016 Group Exhibition, American Muscle: Dystopia, Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016 Group Exhibition, Spring Art Exhibition, Nunez Community College, Chalmette, LA
2016 Group Exhibition, I Am an Important Giant, McLauren and Gipson Museum of Modern
Art, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016 Solo Exhibition (in collaboration with David Hassell), CUTOFF JEANS, The Aquarium
Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016 Group Exhibition, Syrian Refugee Relief Fundraiser, Siberia, New Orleans, LA
2016 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO
2016 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2016 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO
2016 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Devil's Thumb, Tabernash, CO
2016 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Rothko Chapel - Menil Collection, Houston, TX
2016 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX
2016 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX
2016 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Rice University, Houston, TX
2015 Permanent Installation, Bayouk Choupic Expansion, William T. Abbott Collection, 1460
Moss St., New Orleans, LA
2015 Social Exhibition, The Adventures of Business Cat, Commissioned by Blood Systems Inc.,
Phoenix, AZ
2015 Group Exhibition, Digital Native Film Festival, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2015 Solo Exhibition (in collaboration with SOLOS artist group), EDTAF: Post-Production,
Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2015 Group Exhibition, Feel Good Fest 2015, Michalopoulos Studio, New Orleans, LA
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, New Museum, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Soho Contemporary Art, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Chelsea Market, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Praxis International Art, New York, NY
3. 2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Agora Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, New Century Artists, Inc., New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Noho-M55 Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Artemisa Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Solo Exhibition, Forced Exhibitions, Emerson Wajdowicz Studios, New York, NY
2014 Solo Exhibition (in collaboration with SOLOS artist group), Explaining Deconstruction to
a Fish, The Tony Campbell Estate (A "Not P.3" Event), New Orleans, LA
2014 Solo Exhibition, Selected Two Dimensional Works, Nunez Community College,
Chalmette, LA
2014 Group Exhibition, Wet, UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2014 Group Exhibition, Cash and Carry, Good Children, New Orleans, LA
2014 Group Exhibition, Grown Ass Kid, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2014 Solo Exhibition, Peripheral Recognition (MFA Thesis Exhibition), UNO St. Claude Gallery,
New Orleans, LA
2013 Group Exhibition, UNO Visual Arts League Juried Exhibition, with Miranda
Lash (Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art at New Orleans Museum of Art), UNO
St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013 Solo Exhibition, Swizniz, Second Story Gallery (Founding co-op member), New Orleans,
LA
2012 Group Exhibition, 2-D/3-D, UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012-2013 Group Exhibition, Monthly Group Exhibitions, Second Story Gallery (Founding co-op
member), New Orleans, LA
2011 Group Exhibition, Parallel Play (Prospect 2), T-Lot (Prospect 2 Satellite), New Orleans, La
2010 Solo Exhibition, Forms of Tension, Raw Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 Group Exhibition, Brazen Out of Context (BFA Exhibition), Sullivan Galleries (The School
of the Art Institute of Chicago), Chicago, IL
2008 Group Exhibition, Department Store, Sullivan Galleries (The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago), Chicago, IL
2008 Group Exhibition, Undergrad Film Festival, Columbus Auditorium (The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago), Chicago, IL
2008 Group Exhibition, Fire and Ice, Water Street Glassworks, Benton Harbor, MI
2005 Group Exhibition, Artbash, Gallery 2 and Project Space (The School of the Art Institute
of Chicago), Chicago, IL
2004 Group Exhibition, Regional Art Show, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL
4. Reviews
Nemo, "Art with Ideas," Art E-Walk, September 2016,
http://arte-walk.blogspot.com/2016/09/art-with-ideas.html
Brooke Schueller, "CUTOFF JEANS," Antigravity Magazine, April 2016,
http://www.antigravitymagazine.com/2016/04/reviews-april-2016/
Patricia Murret, "UNO St. Claude Gallery Exhibits 'Wet'," UNO News, July 16, 2014,
http://www.uno.edu/news/2014/UNOStClaudeGalleryExhibitsWet.aspx
Cheryl Castjohn, "Grown Ass Kids, Review: Multi-Artist Exhibition Explores Kid Stuff in Adult Lives," NOLA
Defender, April 14, 2014, http://www.noladefender.com/content/grown-ass-kids
D. Eric Bookhardt, "Review: Triptix, Peripheral Recognition and Influxx," Gambit Weekly, February 19,
2014, http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2014/02/19/review-triptix-
peripheral-recognition-and-influxx
Reggie Michael Rodrigue, "Our Backyard Kicks Your Backyard's Ass: 'Parallel Play' at the T-Lot,"
Louisianaaesthetic (blog), November 6, 2011, http://louisianaesthetic.com/2011/11/06/our-backyard-
kicks-your-backyards-ass-parallel-play-at-the-t-lot/
Awards
2016 Three Wishes Award, Awarded by Cristina Molina, The Front, New Orleans, LA
2013 Visual Arts League Award, UNO Visual Arts League Juried Exhibition, with Miranda
Lash (Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art at New Orleans Museum of Art), New
Orleans, LA
2011 Intuit’s Teacher Fellowship Program received the Superior Achievement Award from the
Illinois Association of Museums
2011 Education Research Trip to Cuba with Teachers for Social Justice (Chicago, IL), Havana,
Cuba
2004 Best Mixed Media, Regional Art Show, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL