Jessica Mein

São Paulo, Brazil, 1975. Lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Education

2007
Master of Fine Arts, Hunter College, New York, USA

1997
Bachelor of Arts, Duke University, Durham, USA

1995
Academic Scholarship, Kansai Gaidai Daigaku, Osaka, Japan

Solo Exhibitions

2023
Avesso Espiralado, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil

2018
Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil

2016
Desvios, Simon Preston, New York, USA
Topologies, work commissioned by Alserkal Avenue, Warehouse 51, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2015
Tramas, Galeria Leme, São Paulo. Brazil

2013
Obras, Simon Preston, New York, USA
Sliced Sky, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; NYU, New York, USA

2012
Blackout, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
The Pavilion Downtown, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2011
Verso Reverso, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA

2010
Cegueira, Gallery Pfeister, Gudhjem, Denmark

2009
Feldman Gallery Project Room, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, USA
Natureza Morta, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, USA

2008
Simon Preston Gallery (with Carlos Bevilacqua), New York, USA

Group Exhibitions

2023
Andar pelas bordas: sobre práticas de bordado e cuidado (curated by Lilia Moritz Schwarcz), Galeria Arte 132, São Paulo, Brazil

2022
Lugar-Comum (curated by Ana Magalhães, Helouise Costa and Marta Bogéa), Museu de Arte Contemporânea – USP, São Paulo, Brazil

2020
When We First Arrived (curated by Ruth Noack), Whitman-Walker, Washington, USA

2018
De Infinitum, Espacio Cultural San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Avesso Viés (curated by Paulo Myiada), SIM Galeria, São Paulo, Brasil
Ten Years After, Simon Preston Gallery, USA

2017
Hudinilson Jr., Jessica Mein, Vivian Suter, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA

2016
Duas décadas do Museu Universitário de Arte em Uberlândia: MUnA – de 2 UM, Uberlândia, Brazil

2015
Surface as Interface as Surface, Carbon 12, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Becoming the Image, Jessica Mein, Joseph Montgomery & Patricia Treib, projects | at fifteen, Tel Aviv, Israel (curated by Fiona Biberstein)
It’s going to take a lot of love, Franklin Street Works, Stamford, EUA
Nice Drawings, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2014
On the Blue Shore of Silence, Tracy Williams Gallery, New York, USA

2013
CHICK LIT: Revised Summer Reading, Tracy Williams Gallery, New York, USA
Chromophobia, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
October 18, 1977, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, New York, USA
A Sense of Place, The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, USA

2012
Outras Coisas Visíveis sobre Papel, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
Imbue, LMAK Projects Gallery, New York, USA
A Complete Die, etc, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
Everyday Angles, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Mind – Dubai Contemporary 2012, DUCTAC – Gallery of Light, Dubai,United Arab Emirates
The First Rebellion is History, Next Week Rome Falls, Simon Preston Gallery, New York, USA

2011
Pathway: Drawing In, On, and Through the Landscape, Drawing Center and the Big Screen Project, New York, USA
Number Five: Cities of Gold and Mirrors, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf, Germany
The Street Files Biennial, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA
Off Camera at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, USA

2009
Mixing It Up: Recent Hunter MFAs Working in Combined Media, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, USA
Smartspaces, curated by Nathalie Angles and Ellen Scott, New York, USA
New York Group Show, LM D Gallery, Paris, France
The Moving Index with Jordan Biren and Nina Katchadourian curated by Victoria Fu and Julie Orser (online exhibition)

2008
Open Video Series No.7 curated by Peter Garfield, CRG Gallery, New York, USA
Recent Acquisitions,The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
New York School co-curated by Chip Tom and John Friedman, Rohrer Fine Art, Laguna Beach, USA
Momenta Art Benefit, Brooklyn, NY and White Columns Gallery, New York, USA
At Arms Length curated by Lauren Dickens and Julie McKim, Nurture-Art, New York, USA

2007
Hunter MFA Thesis Show, New York, USA
Bits and Pieces: The Collage Impulse , Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, USA
Video_Dumbo screening during the D.U.M.B.O Arts Festival, New York, USA

2006
Mastered: A Selection of Recent MFA Video Art curated by Emma Spertus, Two Boots Pioneer Theater, New York, USA
Video_Dumbo screening during the D.U.M.B.O Arts Festival, New York, USA
20ª Mostra de Vídeo de Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
Strathmin vídeo aired on CUNY TV, New York, USA
Videoarte contemporaneo de Nueva York, Museo Tamayo de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico

2005
Video_Dumbo screening during the D.U.M.B.O Arts Festival, New York, USA

2004
Back to the Front: Emerging Artists, Slought Foundation,Philadelphia, USA
Descontexto, Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, USA

2003
Festival de Inverno, Bragança Paulista, Brazil

2002
26o SARP- Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

2001
Museu de Arte Contemporânea Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Awards

2015
Alserkal Avenue, Commission for 2015-2016 season, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2008
Rema Hort Mann Art Grant Nominee
The Carolyn David Horowitz Memorial Fund

2007
NurtureArt Registry Artist (curated), New York, United States

2006
Best Video Award. CUNY Arts Gala, May 18, 2006. New York, United States

1999
Merit Scholarship for Artists. Penn. Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, EUA

1995
Academic Merit Scholarship. Kansai Gaidai Daigaku, Osaka, Japan

Residences

2022
La Nueva Fábrica, New Roots Foundation, Guatemala

2015
AiR Dubai residency e Art Dubai Projects commission, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2008
The Viewing Program (curated), The Drawing Center, United States

2007
Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, Associate Artist with Paul Pfeiffer, United States
Blue Mountain Center Residency, United States

Collections

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, USA
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Julia Stoschek Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
MoMA, New York, USA
Cleveland Clinic Collection, USA

Jessica Mein comenta sobre suas obras

Maio, 2020

Quase, 2018 (vídeo do lado esquerdo da instalação)

Quase, 2018 (vídeo do lado direito da instalação)

Desvio, 2016

Blackout, 2012