JESSICA MEUNINCK-GANGER / WORKS / CV
EDUCATION
2004 MFA, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN Major: Studio Arts
1995 BS, Ball State University, Muncie, IN Major: Visual Arts Education (K-12)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Wall Paper, collaborative solo exhibition with Marna Brauner, Ploch Gallery, Sharon Lynne Wilson Center, Brookfield, WI
2016
Viewshed, Grove Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
L’unione fa la Forza, Bocca del Lupo Gallerie, International Center for the Arts, Monte Castello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy
2015
Formlines, Art/Art History/Design Gallery, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Planograms, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014
Frame Story, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI
2013
Surfacing, solo exhibition of collaborative work with Nathaniel Stern, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
Dynamic Stasis, solo exhibition of collaborative work with Nathaniel Stern, Gallery AOP, Johannesburg, South Africa
2011
Position / Opposition, Gallery AOP, Johannesburg, South Africa
2010
Passing Between, solo exhibition of collaborative work with Nathaniel Stern, AOP Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
One in Wisconsin: Distill Life, solo exhibition of collaborative work with Nathaniel Stern, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
Print Press Play, solo exhibition of collaborative work with Nathaniel Stern, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Prologue, The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee, WI
Hanji Cultural Festival, Traditional Korean Culture Convention Center, Exhibition Room, Jeonju, South Korea
Construct: Contemporary Artists Exploring the Built Environment, Jack Olson Gallery, NIU School of Art and Design, DeKalb, IL
David and Sarojini Johnson Legacy Exhibition, Gordy Fine Art and Framing, Muncie, IN
Mirror of Life II: An Exploration of the Built Environment, Main Fine Arts Gallery, GSU Perimeter College, Clarkson Campus, Clarkson, GA
Structures: Art of the Urban Landscape, The Pump House Regional Art Center, La Crosse, WI
2016
Some Assembly Required, exchange portfolio and exhibition organized by Lauren Kussro for “Flux” SGCi 2016 Conference, Portland, OR
Mirror of Life: An Exploration of the Built Environment, 6-person group exhibition curated by Sang-Mi-Yoo, Landmark Arts Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2015
Asia and Rice, group exhibition, Jeonbuk Art Center, Seoul, South Korea
Sum Total, faculty exhibition, Art Center Gallery, Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Confluence: A Curatorial Endeavour, group exhibition, Nehru Arts Gallery, Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University, Masab Tank, Hyderabad, Telengana, India
A Survey: Contemporary Printmaking and Book Arts, group exhibition curated by Fahimeh Vahdat, Horowitz Center Galleries, Howard Technical College, Columbia, MD
Commedia, New Prints: Fall/Winter 2015, group exhibition, juror Tomas Vu, International Print Center New York, New York City, NY
2014
Critical Mass, traveling portfolio, Art Parlour Gallery, Novi Sad, Serbia; Gallery Graficki Kolektiv, Belgrado, Serbia; Fundacion CIEC, Betanzos, A Coruna, Spain; Galerica, Makarska Croatia; Proyecto ACE, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Center of the University of Applied Arts, Viena, Austria
The Month of Print, 20 International Krakow Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
Continuum: No Time Like The Present – Gregory Martens with influences from Danny Pierce, mentors and colleagues, Arts Center Gallery, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts, WI
17th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, juror Myra Green, Chicago, IL
2013
Paper Revisited, Gyodong Art Center, Jeonju, South Korea
Imprint, 3-person group exhibition, Gallery 224, Port Washington, WI
Critical Mass, exchange portfolio, SGC International Print:MKE Conference, Milwaukee, WI
Sustenance: Progressive Printmaking Now, Redline Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Top Drawer Small Prints, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Out of the Suitcase, group exhibition, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Co/exist, group exhibition, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Another Place: Printmakers’ and Book Artists’ Perspectives on Travel and Place, Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
New Prints/New Narratives, New Prints: Autumn 2013, group exhibition, juror Andrew Raftery, International Print Center New York, New York
2012
Máximo Ramos International Print Biennial, Centro Torrente Ballester, Spain
2011
Out of the Suitcase, group exhibition, MIAD, Milwaukee, WI
Self Portraits, group exhibition, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Transcode: Dialogues Around Intermedia Practice, Nathaniel Stern with Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa
Current Tendencies II, group exhibition, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2010
All Dolled Up, group exhibition, Grace Foundation, Wauwatosa, WI
Drawlinks, group exhibition, Gallery AOP, Johannesburg, South Africa Given Time, Nathaniel Stern with Jessica Meuninck-Ganger, Greylock Arts Gallery, Adams, MA
8 Counties, juried group exhibition, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2009
Prints 1850-2009, group exhibition, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
From One, Many, group exhibition, Wisconsin Museum of Art, West Bend, WI
Night Work, group exhibition, collaborative work with Nathaniel Stern, Armoury Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Sum Total, PSOA faculty exhibition, PSOA Arts Center Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
The Healthcare Show, group exhibition, Broad Vocabulary, Milwaukee, WI
Dog-Eared, juried exhibition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2008
Books * Books * Books: Awl in a Bind, group exhibition, Mt. Mary College, Milwaukee, WI
In The Dark, group exhibition, Bay View Book Arts Gallery, Bay View, WI
2007
Grotesque, MCAD faculty exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
Lillie M. Kelvin Print Collection Selected Exhibition, Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN
Gallery Night at Warehouse Lofts, group exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
Paper Politics, juried traveling exhibition, Crossman Gallery, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI; Walker’s Point Center of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2006
A Mile from Home: Print Guild Mail Art Exchange, selected group exhibition, Bemidji, MN
Traverse, Harrison Center for the Arts, group exhibition, Indianapolis, IN
A Place at the Table, WAC group exhibition, River Falls, WI
Minnetonka Faculty Exchange Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, M
‘Postcards From…’, regional printmaking exchange, Minneapolis, MN
A Place at the Table, invitational WAC group exhibition, New Brighton, MN
Right to Print, MFA Student and Alumni, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
First Friday Print Exhibition, group exhibition, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Concordia University Print Biennial III, juried exhibition, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
2004
MFA Group Show, Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
GRIPE: Graduate Invitational Print Portfolio Exchange, Minneapolis, MN
2003
Made at MCAD, juried exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
2002
Carry on Drawing, traveling juried exhibition, U.S., U.K., Europe, India, Canada
Visual Language, juried exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
2000
Midwest Museum of American Art Annual Juried Exhibition, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
Heartland Artists Juried Exhibition, Heartland Artists Gallery, Plymouth, IN
1995
Ball State University Student Exhibition, juried exhibition, awards recipient, Muncie, IN
React to Art, juried exhibition, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
1993
Two Generations: Mother and Daughter, invitational exhibition, Colfax Cultural Center For The Arts, South Bend, IN
COLLECTIONS
Northwestern Mutual, corporate commission and purchase, Milwaukee, WI
Amy Lovell, and UWM Chancellor, Michael Lovell, private commission and artwork purchase, collaboration with Nathaniel Stern, Milwaukee, WI
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Special Collections, Milwaukee, WI
Louvre it or Leave It, Gary Fink Collection, artwork purchase, Minneapolis, MN
Weisman Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
AWARDS
2017
OUR/SURF Undergraduate Research Award, funding in support of TimeSlips and NEA Core Grant “Creative Care: Wisconsin Project”, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2016
OUR/SURF Undergraduate Research Award, funding in support of TimeSlips and NEA Core Grant “Creative Care: Wisconsin Project”, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Nohl Suitcase Grant, in support of solo exhibition L’unione fa la Forza, Bocca del Lupo Gallerie, International Center for the Arts, Montecastello di Vibio, Unbria, Italy
2015
PSOA Dean’s Award for travel to Knoxville, TN to present at Sphere SGC International conference, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
OUR/SURF Undergraduate Research Award, funding in support of Planograms solo exhibition in Chicago, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2014
CIE/OUR Research Travel Award, funding to support instructor and student travel to London and Paris to study the life and work of illustrator, Gustave Dore’, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
PSOA Dean’s Award for travel to learn emerging digital craft practices as applied to printmaking at Bridges SGC International conference in San Francisco, CA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2013
Mary L Nohl Suitcase Fund Award for travel to Jeonju, South Korea for Paper Revisited exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
2012
UWM Academic Staff Professional Development Award to attend Navigating Currents SGC International conference in New Orleans and prepare for Print:MKE (Milwaukee conference), University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
PSOA Dean’s Award for support of shipping and catalog printing for the Position / Opposition exhibition, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2011
PSOA Dean’s Award for travel and present at Equilibrium SGC International conference in St Louis, MO, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2010
UWM Academic Staff Professional Development Award to attend Global Implicaitons SGC International conference in Chicago, IL, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
PSOA Dean’s Award to support shipping art work to South Africa for the exhibition Passing Between, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Mary L Nohl Suitcase Fund Award for travel to South Africa for the exhibition Passing Between, Milwaukee, WI
2009
PSOA Funded Online Course Development Award for the Visual Journals online course, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2000
MCAD HAT’s Summer 2000 Studio Residency Award, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
1998
Summer-Six Artist Fellowship, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1991
Sharpe Scholar, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
PUBLICATIONS
2015
Holton, Chelsea. ‘New Hanji: A Korean Paper Tradition Re-Imagined.’ forward in New Hanji exhibition catalogue. Reproduction of art, artist statement, narrative bio included. Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Asia and Rice Art Exhibition 2015, exhibition catalogue. Reproduction of art and bio included. Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Vahdat, Fahimeh. A Survey: Contemporary Printmaking and Book Arts exhibition catalogue essay. Reproduction of art, artist statement, narrative bio included. Horowitz Center Galleries, Howard Technical College, Columbia, MD
Yela, Max. ‘A River Runs Through It: The India-Milwaukee Confluence.’ Confluence: A Curatorial Endeavor exhibition catalogue essay. Reproduction of art, statement and bio included, Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Sakhinala, Santhosh. ‘Dust, Wind and Waters Crossing the Horizons.’ Confluence: A Curatorial Endeavor exhibition catalogue essay. Reproduction of art, statement and bio included, Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts College, Hyderabad, Telangana, In
dia
Jones, David. ‘Printmaking from Here to the Future.’ California Society of Printmakers: 100 Years of Printmaking, 1913 – 2013, Reproduciton of art included. California Society of Printmakers. Print.
2014
Meuninck-Ganger, Jessica. ‘Greg Martens is the Story.’ Authored essay for No Time Like the Present: The Art of Gregory Martens exhibition catalogue. Reproduction of art and bio included. PSOA Continuum exhibition, Peck School of the Arts. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2013
Meuninck-Ganger, Jessica. ‘Print: MKE’, Graphic Impressions, authored, Spring Issue, 2013. Web and print.
Ferber, Andrea. Sustenance: Progressive Printmaking Now exhibition catalogue essay. Reproduction of art, artist statement, narrative bio included, 2013. Print.
Stern, Nathaniel. Interactive Art and Embodiment: The Implicit Body as Performance, Gylphi Limited, 2013. Print.
Grusin, Richard. Dynamic Stasis exhibition catalogue essay. Reproduction of work and narrative bio included, Johannesburg: Gallery AOP, 2013. Print.
Raftery, Andrew. New Prints, New Narratives exhibition catalogue essay. IPCNY, New York City, New York, 2013. Web and print.
2013 Meuninck-Ganger, Jessica. ‘Print: MKE Hosted in Milwaukee.’ Authored, Graphic Impressions, Spring Issue, 2013. Web and print.
2011
Yela, Max. “A Book is a Relationship.’ Position / Opposition exhibition catalogue, reproduction of work and narrative bio included, Johannesburg: Gallery AOP, 2011. Print.
Shew, Melissa. Jessica Meuninck-Ganger and Nathaniel Stern. Current Tendencies II. Ed. Lynne Shumow, exhibition catalogue, reproduction of work, artist statement, narrative bio included, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI, 2011. Print.
2010
Noyce, Richard. Printmaking at the Edge. London and New York: A & C Black Publishing, 2010. Print.
Ridgway, Nicole. ‘Thinking With… Passing Between.’ Passing Between exhibition catalogue, reproduction of work and narrative bio included, Johannesburg: Gallery AOP, 2010. Print.
PRESS
2015
Schumacher, Mary Louise. ‘Handmade paper-making traditions take root in Milwaukee.’ Art City, jsonline.com, December 2015. Web.
Schumacher, Mary Louise. ‘Picks for Fall Gallery Night and Day.’ Art City, jsonline.com, December 2015. Web.
Minerath, Kat. ‘New Hanji joins modern craft with Korean tradition.’ wisconsingazette.com, October 2015. Web.
Guiliano, Mike. ‘Illusions of space in printmaking.’ The Baltimore Sun, baltimoresun.com, September 2015. Web and print.
2014
Friendman, Tyler. ‘Collaboration Drives Compelling Art.’ expressmilwaukee.com, October 2014. Web.
2013
Dunigan, Peggy Sue. ‘Lynden Gardens Celebrate Winter Art.’ expressmilwaukee.com, January 2013. Web.
Bacha, Diane. ‘Surfacing at Lynden Sculpture Garden.’ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 2013. Web and Print.
Smith, Michael. ‘Nathaniel Stern and Jessica Meuninck-Ganger at Gallery AOP.’ Artthrob, February 2013. Web.
2012
Wysong, Natalie. ‘Prominent Printmaker Calls Tosa Home.’ wauwatosapatch.com, April 2012. Web.
2010
Murrell, Kat. ‘Current Tendencies II: Artists from Milwaukee at the Haggerty.’ thirdcoastdigest.com, September 2010. Web.
Kuhlman, Matt. ‘Nathaniel Stern and Jessica Meuninck-Ganger form like Voltron.’ The Print Perspective, November 2010. Web: Part 1 and Part 2.
Schumacher, Mary Louise. ‘Stern and Meuninck-Ganger at MWA and Elaine Erickson.’ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 2010. Web and Print.
Doherty, Christo. ‘On Nathaniel Stern & Jessica Meuninck-Ganger’s Passing Between at AOP Gallery.’ Rhizome.org, March 2010. Web.
Dodd, Alex. ‘Passing Between at AOP Gallery.’ South African Art Times, February 2010. Print.
Editor. ‘Passing Between.’ Sunday Times [South Africa], February 2010. Print.
Tiley, Robert. ‘Past, Future Combine in Print Press Play.’ Shepherd Express, Milwaukee, February 2010. Web and Print.
Sassen, Robyn. ‘Cocking a snook with wise fondness.’ South African Jewish Report, February 2010. Web and Print.
Editor. ‘Artists put on great show.’ The Sowetan, South Africa, February 2010. Web and Print.
Roper Chris. ‘Profundity and plasticity for the greedy.’ Mail & Guardian, South Africa, February 2010. Web and Print.
Editor. ‘Passing Between.’ Sunday Times, South Africa, February 2010. Print.
LECTURES, TALKS, AND WORKSHOPS
2015
Lead Instructor and host, Printmaking, Art and Activism, Youth Social Justice Forum, UWM, Milwaukee, WI
Gallery Talk, New Hanji: A Korean Paper tradition Re-Imagined, Villa Terrace
Workshop Assistant, Takbon Printmaking, assisted Kumgang Seunim from South Korea, Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Panelist and Host, Artists Now! Korean Panel, also host and organizer, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Lecturer, Rauschenberg’s Prints as Influence, Art History Department, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Lecturer, Formlines, Department of Art, Art History, and Design, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Lecturer, Planograms, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
INKubator Session Co-Coordinator, Trekking Tradition: Broadening the Sphere, with Nirmal Raja, Sphere SGC International Conference 2015, Knoxville, TN
Lead Instructor, Renaissance Etching and Engraving Techniques, Art History Department, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Lead Instructor, Screenprinting Mash-Up, Art History Department, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2014
Lead Instructor, Moku Hanga Workshop, MAM Print Forum, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Lead Instructor, Family Day Screenprinting Workshop, Jewish Museum Milwaukee, WI
Lead Instructor, Young Professionals Screenprinting Workshop, Jewish Museum Milwaukee, WI
Host and Assistant, AIGA Wisconsin Letterpress Printing Workshop with Brad Vetter, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, WI
Volunteer and Intern Liaison (with Nicolas Lampert), ReciproCITY screenprinitng at the Harambee Farmer’s Market, Milwaukee, WI
2013
Gallery Talk, Frame Story, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI
Gallery Talk with Raoul Deal, Power in Print/Meaning in Making, Inova, Milwaukee, WI
Gallery Talk with Nathaniel Stern, Surfacing, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI Workshop with Nathaniel Stern, Surfacing, Winter Carnival, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, WI
2012
Gallery Talk, Rembrandt: The Process, Art History Gallery, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2011
Lead Instructor, Japanese Hinge Binding, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Panelist, Conversations – Art, Philosophy and Communication, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Guest Lecturer, Artists Books and Book Arts Practices, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
2010
Gallery Talk with Nathaniel Stern, Printing Time and Space, Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Gallery Talk and workshop with Nathaniel Stern, One in Wisconsin: Distill Life, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
Gallery Talk, Visual Literacy, Art History Gallery, UWM
Guest Lecturer and Demonstrator, Making Prints: Engraving and Etching, MAM Print Forum, Milwaukee, WI
Presenter, Print:MKE – Milwaukee 2013, SGC International, St Louis, MO
2009
Lead Instructor, Make Your Mark: Screenprinting Workshop, Artist and Display, WI
Guest Lecturer and Lead Instructor, Historical + Contemporary Printmaking, Wisconsin Museum of Art, West Bend, WI
Guest Lecturer, Prints: Collecting to Creating, Milwaukee Art Museum, Print Forum, Milwaukee, WI
2008
Guest Critic, Senior Thesis Mid-Review, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
2007
Lead Instructor, Photopolymer (Solar Plate) Printmaking, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2006
Guest Critic, Women’s Artist Recource of Minnesota Review, Minneapolis, MN
Guest Critic, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Printmaking Department, MN
2003
Presenter, A Mind Finds Meaning in Fragments, a Distance Learning workshop for high school educators, Minnesota Retreat for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1998
Workshop Instructor, On the Map: Graphic Design Workshop, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Guest Lecturer, Midwest Museum of American Art, Gallery Talk Series, Elkhart, IN