Contact: jessmacmillan [at] gmail [dot] com
b. New Hampshire, USA
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 (Upcoming) Billedkunstnerne i Oslo og Akershus (BOA), Oslo, NO
2018 Radii, Galleri 54, Gothenburg, SE
2017 Corrected Vision, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Seyðisfjörður, IS
2017 Antiplanet, Studio 17, Stavanger, NO
2016 Averted Vision, White Box Galleri, KHiO, Oslo, NO
2015 Axis Calibration, Galleri Seilduken, KHiO, Oslo, NO
2010 [in] between, with Emmy McIntosh, President's Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Høstutstillingen, Kusntnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2018 Farfuglar, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Seyðisfjörður, IS
2017 Sequences VIII: Elastic Hours, “Blikk,” Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Seyðisfjörður, IS
2017 Høstutstillingen i Inkognitogata, Inkognitogata 4, Oslo, NO
2017 Here and Not, Atelier Nord ANX, Oslo, NO, with artists Richard Alexandersson and Pete Fleming
2017 Screengrab, Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2017 Seven Black Holes, Blomster & Bureau, online exhibition: blomsterogbureau.com
2016 Ora or Labora, MFA Avgangsutstilling, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2016 Forårsudstillingen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2015 Let’s Wait for the Group, Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2015 14,8 x 21, Benefit for Dråpen i Havet, P0, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, NO
2015 Chambre d’Amis, Semperdepot, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, AT
2015 Utstilling, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, NO
2015 EXCESSIVE AND IRRATIONAL, Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2015 Beasts and Pets, Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2015 Beasts and Pets, Studio 17, Stavanger, NO
2014 IF (The Show Is All Words), click here to see the virtual exhibition
2012 PLAY, Sixteen Tons, Brooklyn, NY
2012 MassArt's 23rd Annual Benefit Art Auction, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, MassArt, Boston, MA
2012 HUNDREDS, Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA
2011 Type Show, Lincoln Arts Project, Waltham, MA
2011 Chain Letter, samsøn, Boston, MA
2010 plus minus time divides, Brant Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2010 Graduating Senior Exhibition, Paine Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2010 MassArt's 21st Annual Benefit Art Auction, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, MassArt, Boston, MA
2010 Sculpture All School Show, Arnheim Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2009 Type, Graphic Design Society, MassArt, Boston, MA
2009 Out of the Woods, Godine Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2009 Away, Student Life Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2009 The Boston Biennial, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2009 MassArt's 20th Annual Benefit Art Auction, Bakalar and Paine Galleries, MassArt, Boston, MA
2008 Away, Student Life Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2008 Haystack, Student Life Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2008 Artists Speak Out! Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 All School Show Awards Exhibition, Student Life Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2008 Sculpture All School Show, Student Life Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
2007 Just Fine, Student Life Gallery, MassArt, Boston, MA
RESIDENCIES + WORKSHOPS
2019 NBK Ny-Ålesund Research Station residency, Svalbard, NO
2018 Project Room, Atelier Nord ANX, Oslo, NO
2017 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, two month residency, Seyðisfjörður, IS
2015 Nida Art Colony, “Creative Collaboration,” KUNO, Nida, LT
2014 Malmö Art Academy, “Artists Teaching Artists,” KUNO, Malmö, SE
AWARDS + HONORS
2019 Ny-Ålesund Research Station residency grant, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond
2018 Project Support Grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK
2018 One-year stipend, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK
2017 Art and Technology Grant, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet
2017 One-year stipend for young artists, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet
2017 Project Support Grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK
2017 Exhibtion Support Grant, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet
2016 Project Support Grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK
2016 Art Publications and Manuscript Development Grant, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet
2016 Kunstnernes Hus Studio Grant, Fondet for Kunst- og Designstudenter ved KHiO
2016 Stipend for Newly Graduated Artists, Arts Council Norway / Kulturrådet
2015 Development of Practice Grant, Fondet for Kunst- og Designstudenter ved KHiO
2010 Helen Blair Crosbie Sculpture Award, First Prize, MassArt
2010 Foundation Auction Award, MassArt
2009 Silver Award for Sculpture at The Boston Biennial, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2009 Special Projects Grant for Public Art, MassArt
EDUCATION
2017 Arizona State University, Astronomy: Comparative Planetology
2014 - 2016 The Academy of Fine Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO), MFA Fine Arts
2005 - 2010 Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), BFA Sculpture and Art History
MEMBERSHIPS
2017 - 2019 The Planetary Society
2016 - 2019 Young Artists’ Society / Unge Kunstneres Samfund (UKS)
2016 - 2019 Association of Norwegian Visual Artists / Norske Billedkunstnere (NBK)
