Education
2004 MFA, University of New Hampshire, summa cum laude
2000 Radford University, Virginia
2000 BFA, SUNY Plattsburgh, magna cum laude
1998 University College Chester, England
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2011 Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2010 Left Bank Gallery, Painterly Places, Wellfleet, MA
2010 Adam Cave Fine Art, Luminous: New Work, Raleigh, NC
2009 Barton College, Familiar Places, Wilson, NC View catalog
2009 Oxbow Gallery, Inside Outside, Northampton, MA
2008 Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2008 Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2007 Oxbow Gallery, Interiors, Northampton, MA
2007 Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2006 Bowery Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, New York, NY
2006 Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2005 Three Graces Gallery, Out the Window, Portsmouth, NH
2005 Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2004 North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, Wild Dwellings, Plattsburgh, NY
2004 Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2002 Gallery 111, Penetrating Spaces, East Rochester, NH
Group Exhibitions
2015
Beverly McNeil Gallery, Oil Painters of America Salon Show Juried Exhibition, Birmingham, Alabama
Juror: Calvin Liang OPAM
The Guild of Boston Artists 2015 Regional Juried Exhibition
Jurors: Stapleton Kearns and Pamela Pindell
2014
Adam Cave Fine Art, Summer Selections, Raleigh, NC
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: People and Places, South Yarmouth, MA
Concord Art Association, Frances M. Roddy Open Competition, Concord, MA
Juried by Meg White, Director of Gallery NAGA, Boston
2012
American Art Invitational, American Miniatures, Saks Galleries, Denver, CO
Adam Cave Fine Art, Summer Group Show, Raleigh, NC
2011
College of William and Mary, Andrews Gallery, Shipped and Shaped, Williamsburg, VA
2008
Fitchburg Art Museum, New England / New Talent 2008, Fitchburg, MA
Juried by Cynthia Reeves
2007
Concord Art Association, Frances M. Roddy Open Competition, Concord, MA
Northampton Center for the Arts, Works on Paper, Northampton, MA
2006
Washington Art Association Young Talent Exhibition, Washington Depot, CT
Concord Art Association, Frances M. Roddy Open Competition, Concord, MA
Southern Vermont Arts Center, 50th National Fall Open Exhibition, Manchester, VT
Juried by Ben Frank Moss
2005
Fraser Gallery, Georgetown International Art Competition, Washington, DC
Juried by Jack Rassmussen, Director Katzen Art Center, American University
TW Wood Gallery, Contemporary Drawing 2005, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
Sharon Arts Center at New Hampshire Institute of Art, Black and White Juried Art Competition, Peterborough, NH
Southern Vermont Arts Center, 49th National Fall Open Exhibition, Manchester, VT
Woodstock School of Art, Regional Juried Exhibition, Woodstock, NY
Award: Richard Segalman Award for Painting by Juror, HongNian Zhang
Cooperstown Art Association, 70th Annual National Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
Award: Wright Memorial Award for Painting
Southern Vermont Art Center, Collector's Gallery, Manchester, VT
Hildene Artists in the Garden, Peggy Beckwith Open Competition, Manchester, VT
Southern Vermont Arts Center, 76th Annual Members Juried Exhibition, Manchester, VT
University of Southern Maine, All Maine Invitational, Lewiston, ME
2004
Bowery Gallery, 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
Juried by William Bailey
Gallery Wright, New Gallery Artists, Wilmington, VT
Blanche Ames Regional Art Competition, North Easton, MA
Juried by William Martin, Rhode Island College
Barn Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Ogunquit, ME
Juried by Susan Danly, Curator, Portland Museum of Art
Institute for Study of Earth, Oceans & Space, Pictures at an Exhibition, Durham, NH
The Art Gallery at University of New Hampshire, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Durham, NH
2003
Essex Art Center, Juried Exhibition, Lawrence, MA
Juried by Jock Reynolds, Henry J. Heinz II Director, Yale University Art Gallery
Concord Art Association, Frances M. Roddy Open Competition, Concord, MA
Award: Honorable Mention by Juror, John Moore
2002
Sanctuary Arts, Juried Exhibition, Eliot, ME
Bondurant Center, Open Studios, Radford, VA
2001
XYZ Gallery, Recent Works, Blacksburg, VA
Radford University Art Museum, Radford Art Show, Radford, VA
Award: Best of Show
SUNY Potsdam Gibson Gallery, North Country Juried Show, Potsdam, NY
SUNY Plattsburgh, Myers Fine Arts, On the Periphery: Four Artists, Plattsburgh, NY
Public Speaking Engagements
2009 Familiar Places: Visiting Artist Lecture, Barton College, Wilson, NCView catalog
2004 Barn Gallery Artist Panel Discussion, The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2004 Gallery Lecture: MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire.
2002 On My Work, Fine Arts Department, Plattsburgh State University of New York
2000 The Political Economy of Mexico: Diego Rivera's Murals, public lecture at SUNY Plattsburgh
Grants, Awards, and Honors
2015
Juried member of Oil Painters of America
2013
The Artist’s Magazine National Competition: After Dinner won third place in the Still Life category.
Juried by still life painter, Amy Weiskopf. Article with color reproduction in The Artist’s Magazine, December 2013.
2009
Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant
2008
Fitchburg Art Museum, New England / New Talent 2008, Fitchburg, MA
Open Studios Press: Studio Visit, 2008 edition, Boston, MA.
2005
Richard Segalman Award for Painting, Woodstock School of Art Juried Exhibition, Woodstock, NY
Wright Memorial Painting Award, Cooperstown Art Association National Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
2004
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Canada
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Worked with Stuart Shils, Janet Fish
2003
Honorable Mention, Frances M. Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2003–2004
Bernice Gray Hanhisalo Graduate Painting Scholarship, University of New Hampshire
2002–2004
Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of New Hampshire
2001–2002
Graduate Assistantship, Fine Arts Department Image Library, Radford University
2001
Best of Show, Radford Art Show, Radford, VA
2000
Jane Prescott Rowlson Scholarship Award for Painting, SUNY Plattsburgh,
1999
Nina Winkel Research Internship, Art History, SUNY Plattsburgh
1998
Department of Art and Art History Internship, SUNY Plattsburgh
1998
Giltz Family Travel Award, Europe
Residencies
2004 Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
Gallery Representation
2009–present
Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2008–present
Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh, NC
2007–2010
Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2007–2008
Chroma Gallery, Savannah, GA
2004–2009
Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2004–2010
Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Public Collections
SUNY Plattsburgh Art Museum
Bibliography
Foreman, Deborah. Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: People and Places. Schiffer, 2014. Print. View excerpt
The Artist’s Magazine December 2013. Article with color reproduction. After Dinner won third place in Still Life category of The Artist’s Magazine National Competition.
"Inhabiting Jennifer O'Connell's Interiors" Left Bank Gallery Blog August 2012.
"Featured artist…Jennifer O’Connell!" Barbara Stroud Blog March 2012.
Featured painting It's Your Move for juried exhibition at Visual Arts Exchange in Raleigh, NC August 2012.
"Portfolio: Inside Edition." Southwest Art Magazine April 2011.
Featured painting Skylights in Southwest Art Magazine homepage April 2011.
"Inside Worlds." Southwest Art Magazine March 2010: 34.
Dave Delcambre. "Jennifer O’Connell at Adam Cave Fine Art." NC artblog 19 March 2010.
"Pittman's work part of double exhibit at Barton College." The Daily Southerner 25 September 2009.
"Home environments, Exhibits feature paintings by O'Connell and Pittman." The Wilson Times 23 September 2009.
"Domestic Interiors Featured in Double Painting Exhibit at Barton." Barton College News 22 September 2009.
Bonnie Wells. image reproduction of Rubber Plant. Amherst Bulletin 24 April 24 2009. Arts and Leisure: 3.
Brian Goslow. image reproduction of Evening Retreat. Artscope Magazine Mar/April 2009. Capsule Previews: 58.
Norbert Marszalek. "Interview with Jennifer O'Connell." Neotericart.com October 2008.
Open Studios Press: Studio Visit volume 2 [Boston, MA] 2008.
Bob Paquette, WFCR radio interview, New England / New Talent 2008, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Allie Roth. "No Place Like Home." Amherst Bulletin 20 April 2007: 11-12.
Dan DeNicola. "Haunted Chambers." Northampton Gazette 13 April 2007. Hampshire Life: 31.
Cheryl R. Rulewich, "O'Connell's Intimate ‘Interiors,'" Greenfield Recorder 12 April 2007: 13.
Kendra Thurlow. "The Intimate Interior." Valley Advocate 29 March - 4 April, 2007: 30.
Art New England "Art Seen." award winners at Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Dec 2003/Jan 2004.
Gerianne Wright, "The Art Around Us" Plattsburgh State University of New York Magazine 2.2 (Spring 2001): 2-12.
Gerianne Wright, cover image reproduction of The Room. Plattsburgh State University of New York Magazine 2.2 (Spring 2001): cover
2004 MFA, University of New Hampshire, summa cum laude
2000 Radford University, Virginia
2000 BFA, SUNY Plattsburgh, magna cum laude
1998 University College Chester, England
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2011 Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2010 Left Bank Gallery, Painterly Places, Wellfleet, MA
2010 Adam Cave Fine Art, Luminous: New Work, Raleigh, NC
2009 Barton College, Familiar Places, Wilson, NC View catalog
2009 Oxbow Gallery, Inside Outside, Northampton, MA
2008 Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2008 Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2007 Oxbow Gallery, Interiors, Northampton, MA
2007 Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2006 Bowery Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, New York, NY
2006 Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2005 Three Graces Gallery, Out the Window, Portsmouth, NH
2005 Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2004 North Country Cultural Center for the Arts, Wild Dwellings, Plattsburgh, NY
2004 Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2002 Gallery 111, Penetrating Spaces, East Rochester, NH
Group Exhibitions
2015
Beverly McNeil Gallery, Oil Painters of America Salon Show Juried Exhibition, Birmingham, Alabama
Juror: Calvin Liang OPAM
The Guild of Boston Artists 2015 Regional Juried Exhibition
Jurors: Stapleton Kearns and Pamela Pindell
2014
Adam Cave Fine Art, Summer Selections, Raleigh, NC
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: People and Places, South Yarmouth, MA
Concord Art Association, Frances M. Roddy Open Competition, Concord, MA
Juried by Meg White, Director of Gallery NAGA, Boston
2012
American Art Invitational, American Miniatures, Saks Galleries, Denver, CO
Adam Cave Fine Art, Summer Group Show, Raleigh, NC
2011
College of William and Mary, Andrews Gallery, Shipped and Shaped, Williamsburg, VA
2008
Fitchburg Art Museum, New England / New Talent 2008, Fitchburg, MA
Juried by Cynthia Reeves
2007
Concord Art Association, Frances M. Roddy Open Competition, Concord, MA
Northampton Center for the Arts, Works on Paper, Northampton, MA
2006
Washington Art Association Young Talent Exhibition, Washington Depot, CT
Concord Art Association, Frances M. Roddy Open Competition, Concord, MA
Southern Vermont Arts Center, 50th National Fall Open Exhibition, Manchester, VT
Juried by Ben Frank Moss
2005
Fraser Gallery, Georgetown International Art Competition, Washington, DC
Juried by Jack Rassmussen, Director Katzen Art Center, American University
TW Wood Gallery, Contemporary Drawing 2005, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
Sharon Arts Center at New Hampshire Institute of Art, Black and White Juried Art Competition, Peterborough, NH
Southern Vermont Arts Center, 49th National Fall Open Exhibition, Manchester, VT
Woodstock School of Art, Regional Juried Exhibition, Woodstock, NY
Award: Richard Segalman Award for Painting by Juror, HongNian Zhang
Cooperstown Art Association, 70th Annual National Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
Award: Wright Memorial Award for Painting
Southern Vermont Art Center, Collector's Gallery, Manchester, VT
Hildene Artists in the Garden, Peggy Beckwith Open Competition, Manchester, VT
Southern Vermont Arts Center, 76th Annual Members Juried Exhibition, Manchester, VT
University of Southern Maine, All Maine Invitational, Lewiston, ME
2004
Bowery Gallery, 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
Juried by William Bailey
Gallery Wright, New Gallery Artists, Wilmington, VT
Blanche Ames Regional Art Competition, North Easton, MA
Juried by William Martin, Rhode Island College
Barn Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Ogunquit, ME
Juried by Susan Danly, Curator, Portland Museum of Art
Institute for Study of Earth, Oceans & Space, Pictures at an Exhibition, Durham, NH
The Art Gallery at University of New Hampshire, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Durham, NH
2003
Essex Art Center, Juried Exhibition, Lawrence, MA
Juried by Jock Reynolds, Henry J. Heinz II Director, Yale University Art Gallery
Concord Art Association, Frances M. Roddy Open Competition, Concord, MA
Award: Honorable Mention by Juror, John Moore
2002
Sanctuary Arts, Juried Exhibition, Eliot, ME
Bondurant Center, Open Studios, Radford, VA
2001
XYZ Gallery, Recent Works, Blacksburg, VA
Radford University Art Museum, Radford Art Show, Radford, VA
Award: Best of Show
SUNY Potsdam Gibson Gallery, North Country Juried Show, Potsdam, NY
SUNY Plattsburgh, Myers Fine Arts, On the Periphery: Four Artists, Plattsburgh, NY
Public Speaking Engagements
2009 Familiar Places: Visiting Artist Lecture, Barton College, Wilson, NCView catalog
2004 Barn Gallery Artist Panel Discussion, The Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
2004 Gallery Lecture: MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire.
2002 On My Work, Fine Arts Department, Plattsburgh State University of New York
2000 The Political Economy of Mexico: Diego Rivera's Murals, public lecture at SUNY Plattsburgh
Grants, Awards, and Honors
2015
Juried member of Oil Painters of America
2013
The Artist’s Magazine National Competition: After Dinner won third place in the Still Life category.
Juried by still life painter, Amy Weiskopf. Article with color reproduction in The Artist’s Magazine, December 2013.
2009
Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant
2008
Fitchburg Art Museum, New England / New Talent 2008, Fitchburg, MA
Open Studios Press: Studio Visit, 2008 edition, Boston, MA.
2005
Richard Segalman Award for Painting, Woodstock School of Art Juried Exhibition, Woodstock, NY
Wright Memorial Painting Award, Cooperstown Art Association National Exhibition, Cooperstown, NY
2004
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Canada
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Worked with Stuart Shils, Janet Fish
2003
Honorable Mention, Frances M. Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2003–2004
Bernice Gray Hanhisalo Graduate Painting Scholarship, University of New Hampshire
2002–2004
Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of New Hampshire
2001–2002
Graduate Assistantship, Fine Arts Department Image Library, Radford University
2001
Best of Show, Radford Art Show, Radford, VA
2000
Jane Prescott Rowlson Scholarship Award for Painting, SUNY Plattsburgh,
1999
Nina Winkel Research Internship, Art History, SUNY Plattsburgh
1998
Department of Art and Art History Internship, SUNY Plattsburgh
1998
Giltz Family Travel Award, Europe
Residencies
2004 Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
Gallery Representation
2009–present
Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2008–present
Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh, NC
2007–2010
Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, MA
2007–2008
Chroma Gallery, Savannah, GA
2004–2009
Gallery Wright, Wilmington, VT
2004–2010
Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Public Collections
SUNY Plattsburgh Art Museum
Bibliography
Foreman, Deborah. Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: People and Places. Schiffer, 2014. Print. View excerpt
The Artist’s Magazine December 2013. Article with color reproduction. After Dinner won third place in Still Life category of The Artist’s Magazine National Competition.
"Inhabiting Jennifer O'Connell's Interiors" Left Bank Gallery Blog August 2012.
"Featured artist…Jennifer O’Connell!" Barbara Stroud Blog March 2012.
Featured painting It's Your Move for juried exhibition at Visual Arts Exchange in Raleigh, NC August 2012.
"Portfolio: Inside Edition." Southwest Art Magazine April 2011.
Featured painting Skylights in Southwest Art Magazine homepage April 2011.
"Inside Worlds." Southwest Art Magazine March 2010: 34.
Dave Delcambre. "Jennifer O’Connell at Adam Cave Fine Art." NC artblog 19 March 2010.
"Pittman's work part of double exhibit at Barton College." The Daily Southerner 25 September 2009.
"Home environments, Exhibits feature paintings by O'Connell and Pittman." The Wilson Times 23 September 2009.
"Domestic Interiors Featured in Double Painting Exhibit at Barton." Barton College News 22 September 2009.
Bonnie Wells. image reproduction of Rubber Plant. Amherst Bulletin 24 April 24 2009. Arts and Leisure: 3.
Brian Goslow. image reproduction of Evening Retreat. Artscope Magazine Mar/April 2009. Capsule Previews: 58.
Norbert Marszalek. "Interview with Jennifer O'Connell." Neotericart.com October 2008.
Open Studios Press: Studio Visit volume 2 [Boston, MA] 2008.
Bob Paquette, WFCR radio interview, New England / New Talent 2008, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Allie Roth. "No Place Like Home." Amherst Bulletin 20 April 2007: 11-12.
Dan DeNicola. "Haunted Chambers." Northampton Gazette 13 April 2007. Hampshire Life: 31.
Cheryl R. Rulewich, "O'Connell's Intimate ‘Interiors,'" Greenfield Recorder 12 April 2007: 13.
Kendra Thurlow. "The Intimate Interior." Valley Advocate 29 March - 4 April, 2007: 30.
Art New England "Art Seen." award winners at Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Dec 2003/Jan 2004.
Gerianne Wright, "The Art Around Us" Plattsburgh State University of New York Magazine 2.2 (Spring 2001): 2-12.
Gerianne Wright, cover image reproduction of The Room. Plattsburgh State University of New York Magazine 2.2 (Spring 2001): cover