JENNIFER MAZZA
Education
1999-2001 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1998-1999 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1990-1994 Bachelor of Art, cum laude, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA
Exhibitions
2007 John Davis Gallery, Jennifer Mazza, New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Hudson, NY
2007 The Tomasulo Gallery, Jennifer Mazza, Scarlet Intent, Cranford, New Jersey
2007 Jersey City Museum, The Feminine Mystique, Jersey City, NJ
2007 General Electric, Material Witness, Fairfield, CT
2007 Raritan Valley Community College, 17 day: Jen Mazza and Rob Matthews, NJ
2006 Gallery Aferro, Substance, curated by Evonne Davis and Emma Wilcox, Newark, NJ
2006 John Davis Gallery, Gallery Artists, Hudson, NY
2006 PS122 Gallery, Bearings: the Female Figure, New York, New York
2006 Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Between Body and Object, Oakdale, NY
2006 Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University, Knots, Jersey City, NJ
2006 The New National Newark Building, Newark, Between Us, curated by Rupert Ravens, Newark, NJ
2005 The Center for Visual Arts, Brookdale College, Primary / Secondary: Contemporary Drawings, Group Show, Lincroft, NJ
2004 Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Emerge 2003, Newark, NJ
2004 Gallery Aferro, XX XY, Newark, NJ
2004 Beth Allison Gallery, Schadenfreude, Kansas City, MO
2004 Millay Colony for the Arts, Impromptu, Austerlitz, NY
2004 57 Beach Street, The Very Rich Hours, New York, NY
2004 Rutgers University: The Stedman Art Gallery, 2001-2002 Fellowship Exhibition, Camden, NJ
2003 Graphite Gallery, Odds on Favorites, Jersey City, NJ
2003 University of the Arts, Raritan Valley Community College, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Raritan Valley Community College, Five Artists, Somerville, NJ
2002 PS122, Auricle, (two person show), New York, NY
2002 Victory Hall, Merge, Jersey City, NJ
2002 Drew University, Kaboom!, Madison, NJ
2002 Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Ouroboros, (solo show), Somerville, NJ
2001 Rutgers University, Dactyls, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, New Brunswick, NJ
2000 Anne Reid Art Gallery, Becoming an Artist, Princeton Day School, Princeton NJ
2000 Rutgers University, Trapeze Artists, Group Show, New Brunswick, NJ
2000 Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Paper Trail, New Brunswick NJ
1999 Rutgers University, 28IF, Group Show, New Brunswick, NJ
Bibliography
Dan Bischoff, "Fragments and details", The New Jersey Star Ledger, January 19, 2007, Arts Section, p 45.
Benjamin Genocchio, "Knots, in Practice and Theory", The New York Times, March 19, 2006.
Helen A. Harrison, "With Luck, Iconoclasts Find THeir Mediums," The New York Times, February 19, 2006.
Dan Bischoff, "Aljira's Emerge 2003 presents amazing examples of technique," The New Jersey Star Ledger, August 15, 2004, sect 4, p 3.
Jill Conner, "The very rich hours", review, Contemporary, no. 65, October, 2004. P 77.
Dominique Nahas, "Timeless / Timeliness: Alira Emerge 2003", exhibition catalog, 2004, pp vii, 10.
Awards
2006 PS122, Project Space Award 2006-2007
2006 Blue Mountain Center, Residency
2006 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency
2005 Yaddo, Residency
2005 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency, Geraldine R. Dodge Fellow
2004 The Jentel Foundation, Residency
2004 Millay Colony for the Arts, Residency
2004 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Fellowship Grant
2004 Creative Capital, Strategic Planning Seminar Fellow
2004 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Residency, Geraldine R. Dodge Fellow
2002 Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Emerge 2003 Artist Fellowship
2002 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship
2000 Vermont Studio Center, Residency