Jill Marie Mason Tempe, AZ jillmarie.mason@gmail.com EDUCATION 2010 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art and Public Life Indiana University, Herron School of Art and Design, 2005 Master of Library and Information Science University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Major in Visual Arts, Minor in Art History Albion 1999 Associate in Arts, Summa Cum Laude Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2013 Instructor Drawing as Seeing and Thinking (four sections), School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2012 Instructor 2-Dimensional Design and Drawing as Seeing and Thinking (two sections), School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2012 Instructor 2-Dimensional Design and Visiting Artist Experience (The Moment), Central Michigan University Department of Art and Design, Mt. Pleasant, MI 2011 Instructor 2-Dimensional Design and Visiting Artist Experience (Art Beyond the Visual), Central Michigan University Department of Art and Design, Mt. Pleasant, MI 2011 Bibliographic Instruction Library Research, Ivy Tech Community College, 2010 Instructor Creative Processes, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN 2009 Instructor Silkscreen I, Herron School of Art and Design, 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant Silkscreen I & II, Herron School of Art and Design, 2009 Instructor Honors Art, Herron School of Art and Design Community Learning, 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant Etching I, Herron School of Art and Design, 2000 Teaching Assistant Art in the Environment (Foundations Seminar), Albion
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2013 Residency (upcoming) La Cieba Grafica, Coatepec, Veracruz, MEXICO 2012 Juror Prints of Darkness, 1 st Annual Student Print Association Juried Exhibition, Step Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 2012 Artist Lecture Arizona State University, School of Art, ART 494/598 Relief Printmaking, Tempe, AZ 2012 Visiting Artist California State University, Chico, CA 2012 Artist Lecture California State University, Chico, CA 2012 Workshop CMYK Screenprinting, California State University, Chico, CA 2012 Juror 17 th Juried Student Printmakers Exhibition, Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University, Chico, CA 2011-2012 Stephen L. Barstow Artist-in-Residence (New Genres) Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 2011 Artist Lecture Central Michigan University Department of Art and Design, Mt. Pleasant, MI 2010 Philip C. Curtis Artist in Residence Albion College Department of Art and Art History, Albion, MI 2010 Artist Lecture Albion College Department of Art and Art History, Albion, MI 2010 Artist Lecture Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME 2009 Residency Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI 2009 Artist Lecture Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI 2009 Commission Participating artist, gift portfolio: Engaging the World Through Education and Partnership, IUPUI Office of International Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University, ASSISTANTSHIPS, DEMONSTRATIONS, ETC. 2010 Technical Assistant Printmaking/Book Arts, Pati Scobey/Barb Tetenbaum, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME 2010 Press Assistant Tom Huck, Herron School of Art and Design, 2009 Demonstration Polyester Plate Lithography, Herron School of Art and Design, 2009 Press Assistant Richard Shaw, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN 2009 Artist Assistant Jason Hackenwerth, Herron School of Art and Design, 2009 School Wide Shop Technician Assistant, Herron School of Art and Design, 2008-2009 Gallery Director Assistant, Herron School of Art and Design, 2008-2009 Printmaking Technician Assistant, Herron School of Art and Design,
2008 Press Assistant Tommy Simpson and Karen LaFleur, Herron School of Art and Design, 2008 Demonstration MACAA Conference Workshop, Man vs. Machine: Cross Disciplinary Approaches to Printmaking Processes, with David Morrison and Meredith Setser, Herron School of Art and Design, 2006 Demonstration Simple Bookbinding Techniques: Magic Wallet, Church of Craft, Pittsburgh, PA 2001 Photography Studio Assistant Albion College Department of Art and Art History, Albion, MI 2001 Printmaking Studio Assistant Albion College Department of Art and Art History, Albion, MI RELATED EXPERIENCE 2010-2011 Reference and Instructional Librarian, Ivy Tech Community College, 2007-2008 Branch Manager II, Jackson District Library, Jackson, MI 2006-2007 Reference Librarian, Jackson District Library, Jackson, MI 2005-2006 Gallery Assistant The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA 2005 Fine Art and Rare Book Room Internship, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Hunt Library, Art and Special Collections, Pittsburgh, PA 2004-2005 Image Database Entry Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Hunt Library, Art and Special Collections, Pittsburgh, PA 1999-2001 Visual Arts Resources Library Assistant, Albion College Department of Art and Art History, Albion, MI AWARDS AND GRANTS 2010 Philip C. Curtis Artist-in Residence Award ($14,000), Albion 2010 Kate Cheney Chappell Scholarship in Graphics, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 2008-2010 Graduate Fellowship and Graduate Scholarship, Herron School of Art and Design, 2009 MFA Project Based Residency Scholarship, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI 2006 Prospectus Series Award, Space 101 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2001 Outstanding Senior Art Major, Albion 2001 Janson Scholarship Albion 2001 Fellowship: Center for Interdisciplinary Studies-Contemporary Expression in the Arts at Albion College (CIS-CEA) Albion 2001 Research Grant Foundation for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, Albion
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2012 In the Dark, Central Michigan University, University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI 2011 False Walls, Christopher West Presents, 2010 Let s Plan Our Escape: Works by Jill Marie Mason, Elsie E. Munro Gallery, Albion 2010 Let s Plan Our Escape, Studio 214, 2006 Sit Back, Relax, and Enjoy the Show, two-person exhibition, Space 101 Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 VISION QUEST, co-curator and artist, Tempe Museum of Contemporary Art, Tempe, AZ 2013 WMN:MKE, invitational portfolio/exhibition, Coordinated by Caroline Battle, Dana LeMoine, and Rachel Nore for the 2013 SGC International Conference, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 2013 Valley of the Sunflowers Paper Project, ASU Art Museum International Residency at Combine Studios, Phoenix, AZ 2011 Department of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Central Michigan University, University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI 2011 Bienvenidos a Indianapolis, public art mural, collaboration with Rogelio Gutierrez, La Frontera Tienda (exterior), 2011 Midwest is Best Twin Arrow Gallery, 2011 Works by Ivy Tech Faculty, Julia M. Carson Learning Resources Center, Ivy Tech Community College, 2010 Works by Haystack Faculty and Technical Assistants, Gateway Gallery, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME 2010 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Herron School of Art and Design Marsh Special Projects Gallery 2010 The Hot Ones Get Hotter, Rogue Elefant Fine Art, 2010 2009 Littlest Print Exchange, juried portfolio/traveling exhibition, Coordinated by Christopher Clark: Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA; Governors State University, University Park, IL; Contemporary Arts Exchange, Macon, GA; Feed Art Center, Kankakee, IL 2009 Future, Borshoff, 2009 Tear Down, Marsh Special Projects Gallery, Herron School of Art and Design, 2009 Get Straight, Collaborate, Convent Studio, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI 2009 Visual Fringe, Earth House,
2009 Stars and Stripes or Whatever, Harrison Center for the Arts, 2009 Independent Music and Art Festival, Harrison Center for the Arts, 2009 Installation Nation, juried outdoor exhibition, Primary Colours, 2009 Nowhere Close to Normal, Nextech Gallery, Hays, KS 2009 The Herron 09~Visionary, Eskinazi Hall, Herron School of Art and Design, 2008 24/7, Borshoff, 2008 Time Tables and Other Fables: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Marsh Special Projects Gallery, Herron School of Art and Design, 2008 Who I Was What I ll Be: Evolving Through an MFA Program, Eleanor Prest Reese and Robert B. Berkshire Gallery, Herron School of Art and Design, 2007 It Came from Below, Art 364, Jackson, MI 2007 555 Film and Video Festival, juried festival, 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI 2006 The T-Shirt Show, Paint and Body Gallery and Performance Space, Wilkinsburg, PA 2006 Winter Storm, ModernFormations Gallery and Performance Space, Pittsburgh, PA 2006 The Paper Show, Arrow Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2004 Geurilla Fleur, Professor Silvernail s Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI 2002 Photographs by Albion College Students, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion 2001 Four Nights in November, video and performance, Albion College, Albion, MI 2001 Pixels and Silver, juried video festival, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 2001 HouseHolds: In the walls, under the rug, collaborative video installation, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion 2001 Photographs by Albion College Students, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion 2000 Small Colleges Art Exhibition, Olivet College, Olivet, MI 2000 Photographs by Albion College Students, Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, Albion COLLECTIONS Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library Fine Art and Rare Book Room, Pittsburgh, PA Central Michigan University, University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library Arts of the Book Collection, New Haven, CT
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SKILLS 2009-present College Art Association 2009-2010 SGC International 2006-2007 Pittsburgh Filmmakers Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Audacity, GarageBand, Microsoft Office, etc. Printmaking Techniques: Screenprinting including commercial one-arm press, Relief, Lithography, Intaglio, Monotype, Papermaking, and Letterpress Photography: SLR and Digital SLR manual operation, black and white developing, pinhole cameras, studio lighting Sculpture: Woodworking, textiles, ceramics, non-conventional materials, various power tools Audio-visual: Non-linear digital video editing, non-linear digital audio editing Art Installation/Handling: Lighting, hanging, complex installations, cut-vinyl/signage, packing