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Curriculum Vitae

Jason Christopher Childers™

Mobile Telephone: 815-370-3267

Education

2014 MFA, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

2011 MEd 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- MFA Low Residency Faculty, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2017- Digital Media Faculty, Chalmette High School, Chalmette, LA

2014- Adjunct Faculty, Nunez Community College, Chalmette, LA

Digital Photography

Digital Media

Sculpture Fundamentals

Introduction to Drawing

Watercolors

2017 Sewing Instructor, New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, New Orleans, LA

2015-2018 Instructor and Video Artist, Painting With a Twist, New Orleans, LA

2016 Youth Garden Facilitator, 24 Carrot Gardens St. Roch, Museum of Old and New Art (MONA, Tasmania), New Orleans, LA

2014 Production Artist, Fastsigns, Metairie, LA

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

Advanced Sculpture

2012- Artist Assistant, Christopher Saucedo, New Orleans, LA

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

Biennial Exhibitions

2017 Whitney Biennial 2017, Debtfair (with Occupy Museums),

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2011 Prospect 2, Parallel Play, T-Lot, New Orleans, La

Solo Exhibitions

2016 CUTOFF JEANS (in collaboration with David Hassell), The Aquarium Gallery,

New Orleans, LA

2015 EDTAF: Post-Production (in collaboration with David Hassell), Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2014 Explaining Deconstruction to a Fish (in collaboration with SOLOS artist group), The Tony Campbell Estate (A "Not P.3" Event), New Orleans

2014 Selected Two Dimensional Works, Nunez Community College, Chalmette, LA

2014 Peripheral Recognition (MFA Thesis Exhibition), UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2013 Swizniz, Second Story Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2010 Forms of Tension, Raw Art Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009 Brazen Out of Context (BFA Exhibition), Sullivan Galleries

(The School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions

2018 Spring Art Exhibition, Nunez Community College, Chalmette, LA

2017 Pleasure, Performance, Politics, curated by Danny Orendorff, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2017 Flagged, University of New Orleans Fine Arts Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2017 Alien vs Predator, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA

2017 Mini-Mart, The Front, New Orleans, LA

2017 Hope in a State of Fear, Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2017 Not My President's Day, Presented by Bad and Nasty, The Front, New Orleans, LA

2017 When We Were Boys, The Front, New Orleans, LA

2016 NOLA Conceptual, New Orleans Art Center, New Orleans, LA

2016 American Muscle: Dystopia, Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2016 Spring Art Exhibition, Nunez Community College, Chalmette, LA

2016 I Am an Important Giant, McLauren and Gipson Museum of Modern Art, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2016 Syrian Refugee Relief Fundraiser, Siberia, New Orleans, LA

2014 Wet, UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2014 Cash and Carry, Good Children, New Orleans, LA

2014 Grown Ass Kid, The Front, New Orleans, LA

2013 UNO Visual Arts League Juried Exhibition, with Miranda Lash, UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2012 2-D/3-D, UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, LA

2012-2013 Monthly Group Exhibitions, Second Story Gallery (Founding co-op member),

New Orleans, LA

2008 Department Store, Sullivan Galleries (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Chicago, IL

2008 Undergrad Film Festival, Columbus Auditorium (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Chicago, IL

2008 Fire and Ice, Water Street Glassworks, Benton Harbor, MI

2005 Artbash, Gallery 2 and Project Space (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago),Chicago, IL

2004 Regional Art Show, Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL

Forced Exhibitions

2018 Forced Exhibitions, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2018 Forced Exhibitions, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

2018 Forced Exhibitions, The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2018 Forced Exhibitions, Roots and Culture, Chicago, IL

2018 Forced Exhibitions, The Society for Arts, Chicago, IL

2018 Forced Exhibitions, Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL

2016 Forced Exhibitions, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, CO

2016 Forced Exhibitions, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

2016 Forced Exhibitions, Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO

2016 Forced Exhibitions, Devil's Thumb, Tabernash, CO

2016 Forced Exhibitions, Rothko Chapel - Menil Collection, Houston, TX

2016 Forced Exhibitions, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX

2016 Forced Exhibitions, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX

2016 Forced Exhibitions, Rice University, Houston, TX

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, MoMA PS1, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, New Museum, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Jewish Museum, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Soho Contemporary Art, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Chelsea Market, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Praxis International Art, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, New Century Artists, Inc., New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Noho-M55 Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Artemisa Gallery, New York, NY

2015 Forced Exhibitions, Emerson Wajdowicz Studios, New York, NY

Special Projects

2017 Tableaux Vivantes!, Not My President's Day, Presented by Bad and Nasty, The Front, New Orleans, LA https://badandnasty.com/new-orleans-la-22017/

2015 Social Exhibition, The Adventures of Business Cat, Commissioned by Blood Systems Inc., Phoenix, AZ

2015 Digital Native Film Festival, The Front, New Orleans, LA

2015 Feel Good Fest 2015 (In collaboration with SOLOS artist group, Michalopoulos Studio, New Orleans, LA

2015 Bayouk Choupic Expansion, William T. Abbott Collection, 1460 Moss St., New Orleans, LA

2014 Interior Skies, William T. Abbott Collection, 1460 Moss St.,

New Orleans, LA

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/

Publications

2014 Bibliography of Virtual Consciousness: Volumes 1 -12 (print)

2014 Peripheral Recognition (University of New Orleans MFA thesis, digital publication)

2010 Raw Art Revolution (digital publication)

Community Involvement

2017 Founded digital media and digital photography programming for Nunez Community College Fine Arts

2017 Judge in NORDC photo competition

2014 Founding member of SOLOS artist collective

2012 Founding member of 2nd Story Gallery at the New Orleans Healing Center

Certifications

Adobe Certified Associate: Visual Communication using Adobe Photoshop

CTTIE (Career and Technical Trade & Industrial Education) Teaching Certificate: Issued by the State Department of Education, State of Louisiana

Artistic License, Department of Artistic License, Tacoma, WA

Awards

2018 Best Thing I’ve Ever Seen in My Life Award, Awarded by Cassandra Magiera, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

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 Invited and participated in a U.S. sanctioned 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