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
2020    (Upcoming) Noplace, 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

2020    (Upcoming) Extension.no, Triumph Gallery, Moscow, RU
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)