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)