Jai Hart / resume
Honors and Awards 2023 Friends of Pentaculum Scholarship, Pentaculum Residency, Arrowmont School of Art 2022 Massachusetts Cultural Council Y22 Artist Fellowship Finalist Award 2021 The Golden Paint & The Alliance for Young Artist and Writers (Educators Finalist)
2015 Oregon Arts Commission (Career Opportunity Grant)
2003 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Art Grant, Nominee
2000 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture +SVA/ (Matching Full-Fellowship)
New York Foundation for the Arts (Special Opportunity Stipend)
1999 School of Visual Arts, NY (Silas H. Rhodes Merit Scholarship Award)
1998 School of Visual Arts, NY (Silas H. Rhodes Merit Scholarship Award)
1997 New York Foundation for the Arts (Special Opportunity Stipend Award)
Vermont Studio Center (Artist Grant)
Solo/ Two Person Exhibitions 2022 Play Date, Nearby Gallery, Newton Centre, MA
2021 Hop, Twist and Turn, doorway_a_gallery, Waltham, MA
2018 A Response to Views, Tripod Space Projects, World Mark, Busan, South Korea
2016 DreamScapes, Jai HartL/H And N Gallery, Gangnam-GU, Seoul, South Korea
1997 Installation: Jai Hart, Surdam Gallery, Green Mountain College. Poultney, VT
1997 Jai Hart: Installation, Koussevitzky Gallery, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
1997 Installations: Saratoga Art Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Group Exhibitions 2024 Currently:
March 16- June 16 Nature’s Grasp, Brattleboro Art Museum, Brattleboro, VT
March 28- May 12 Reshaping Abstraction, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2023 Stuffed, curated by Mallory Ruymann, and Leah Triplett-Harrington
The Stone Art Gallery at Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA
Slant Rhyme, Kniznik Gallery, WRC at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2022 Imbued, Artist and Materials part 1, Suffolk University Gallery Boston, MA
2020 Art on Paper, Pier 36 Booth #15, New York, NY
2016 Vault Series, curated By Joan Backes, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
2010 “Buy What You Love”, Rema Hort Mann Benefit Show, Jack Shainman Gallery NYC 2005 Affordable Art Fair, Crecloo Art Gallery, Chelsea Piers, NYC.
2003 Mandi d'oro-arte e ricami nell'arte contemporanea (“GOLD HANDS – Art and Embroidery
in Contemporary Art”) Curated by Francesco Bonazzi, The New Space at the Civic Library
Mart-Zone, Rovereto (TN),Italy
The 4th Shinsaimdang Art Festival New York– Paris Artists Exhibition,
Gangneung Cultural Art Center in Gangneung, South Korea
2002 A night of 1000 drawings, Benefit Show, Artist Space, New York, NY
2001 Passing Through, THE SHAQAB COLLAGE of DESIGN ARTS, Doha, Qatar
Passing Through, Rennick Gallery, Virginia CommonWealth University, Richmond, VA
Painting Beyond Painting, CristineRose Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Fabulous Fabularum, curated by Ombretta Argo, Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY.
MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of Visual Art Wooster Street Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Of or Pertaining to Painting, curated by Rachel Gugelberger, SVA West Side Gallery, NYC “Feel Fine”, curated by Jay Battle, Video Land Art Space, New York, NY
1997 Summer 97, International School of Art Gallery, Montecastello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy
The Regional!, SUNY-Albany Art Museum, curated by Dan Cameron, Albany, NY
Between Studios: Newer Artist, Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY
Artist Talks/ Presentations
2023 Artist Talk Process, Kniznik Gallery, WRC at Brandeis University
2022 Nearby Gallery, Artist Talk, Newton Centre, MA
1997 Sterling Francine Clark Art Institute, Artist talk/ Demonstration, Williamstown, MA
1997 Berkshire Community College, Guest Lecturer, Pittsfield, MA
1997 Green Mountain College, Guest Artist Talk, Pittsfield, Poultney, VT
Education
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY Master of Fine Art
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO Bachelor of Fine Art
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI High School
Artist Residencies
2023 DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA
2023 Pentaculum, Arrowmount Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
2000 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME.
1997 The International School of Art, MonteCastello diVibio, Umbria, Italy
1997 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Publications
2024 C.Mcquaid, “Traveling Between Doors”, Ocean in a Drop, April 9, 2024 link
2024 Reshaping Abstraction, March 23- April 12, 2024 Exhibition Catalog, ConcordArts
2023 K. DeBoer, "PillowTalk: intimacy and Animacy in "Stuffed", Boston Art Review, a Quick bit
ONLINE September 14, 2023 link
S. Yarn, "Stone Art Gallery Exhibition STUFFED Highlights the Subversive Side of Fiber Art",
BU Today, August 23, 2023 link
C. Mcquaid, Feeling Stuffed, at Boston University Art Galleries, Everything is filling",
Ocean in a drop, August 13, 2023 link
A. Hammouda, “From chubby quilts to soft, fluffy pillows stuffed with batting, this art
gallery is unlike anything to ever come to the city!” BostonUncovered,
July 13, 2023 link
“Stuffed”, June 15- Sept. 15, 2023 Exhibition Catalog, Boston University- Stone Art Gallery
2022 M. Rubio, “Adria Arch & Jai Hart invite us to Join their ‘PlayDate”
Boston Art Review, 05/22/22 link here
2016 Open Gallery “Jai Hart Dreamscapes” L/H And N Gallery, Gangnam-GU,
Seoul, Korea 05/27/16 link here
“A Summer Afternoon” Exhibition Catalog, Centum City Busan, S. Korea
2015 ShamanShowmen Art & Lifestyles, International, Jai Hart “Landscapes and Lines”
2013 New Bedford Art Museum publications, New Bedford, MA .“New Bedford Art Museum
The Vault series, Curated by Joan Backes”, Catalog
2006 The Standard Times 'The Vault Series: New and Review'Pays tribute to NBAM Anniversary
June 6, 2006 (P.A1-0) LINK here
2003 “New York/ Paris Arts Exhibition / Exposition Des Artistes de Paris/New York” Catalog
Gangneung City Art Museum, Publication, Gangneung City, Korea
2001 A. Haromo, The Gulf Times, “An Artful Language” Shaqab College of Design Arts,
Doha, Qatar P.24 April 20, 2001 LINK
2000 F. Brognoli, Juliet Art Magazine , Vol.4 No.7, #100. Italy LINK here
2000 “Fabulous Fabularum” at TransHudson Gallery Exhibition Catalog, New York, NY
1997 The Daily Gazette Saratoga, NY Arts and Entertainment, 1997 Review of the Years
Top Ten Exhibitions (P.P.G1-2), Saratoga, NY.
SUNY-Albany museum publications, Albany, NY Dan Cameron “Artist of the Regional
Exhibition” Catalog
The Times Union Arts and Entertainment, Albany, NY (P. H2)
The Daily Gazette Saratoga, NY Arts and Entertainment (P.6B)
Albany Center Galleries Publication (P.6), Albany, NY