Jessica Calderwood
  • Home
  • Sculpture
  • Wall Work
  • Jewelry
  • PROJECTS
  • Contact
  • News
  • CV
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025             Material Girl, Museum of Wisconsin Art - Saint Kate Arts Hotel Satellite Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 
                         Threads of Home, Minnetrista Art Museum, Muncie, IN 
2023             Everything But the Kitchen Sink, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
                         Everything But the Kitchen Sink, Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2021             Dwellings, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Wichita Falls, TX
                         What Lies Beneath, Juanita Harvey Gallery, Midwest State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2020             What Lies Beneath, Ombre Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2019             New Sculpture, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2018             Material Matters, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2017             Jessica Calderwood, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
2016             Fictitious Flora, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
                         Flora and Flesh, R|R Gallery, New York, NY
                         Fictitious Florals, Ripon College, Ripon, WI
2015             Fictitious Florals, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
2014             Floral Fictions, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
2013             The Flower Series, Focus Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
                         Recent Work, The Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, WI
2012             One From Wisconsin, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2010             Form and Image: Perspectives in Enamel, Central College, Pella, IA
                        Tributaries, Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2008            Sensual Surfaces, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
2007            Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix, AZ
2006            Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ
 
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025           Savior-Faire Moderne, Galerie des Hospices, Limoges, France
2024           Waning Elements, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
                        Studio Time + Studio Practice, Arkansas Museum of Art, Little Rock, AK
                        Alchemy 7 Internationally Juried Enamelist Society Exhibition, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AK
                        Small Wonders, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
                        Summer in Wisconsin, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
                        Spruced Up, Abel Contemporary, Stoughton, WI
                        Mirror, Mirror, curated by Christine Fowler, traveling: Allen County Art Museum, Springfield                                                        Museum  of Art, College of Wooster Art Museum, OH
                        Radical Jewelry Makeover Muncie Edition, Made in Muncie Potter, Muncie, IN
2023            Holding Space, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MO
                        Between Realms, Pistachios Gallery, Chicago, IL
                        Waning Elements, Art Link Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
                        Colorful Minds 2, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
                        Bill Helwig Commemorative Show, Museum of Metal Art, Memphis, TN
                        Figurative Group Show, Abel Contemporary, Stoughton, WI
2022            Impertinente, Musee des Beaux Arts, Limoges, France
                        Colorful Minds, Gallery Baum, Seoul, Korea, Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
                        Beautiful Fiction, Abel Contemporary, Stoughton, WI
2021            Declaration of Sentiments, curated by Co + Lab Team, Istanbul, Turkey
                        Confluence, curated by Robly Glover, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, TN
                        Timeless, Pistachios Art Jewelry Gallery, Chicago, IL
                        Three Person Exhibition, Momentum Gallery, Asheville, NC
2020            Surface Matters: Grit or Gloss, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA,
                         AMEND, online exhibition, curated by Secret Identity Projects
2020            41st annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
                        How Have you Been, Circle City Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
                        Amend, Curated by Secret Identity Projects, Online Exhibition
                        Herbarium, Abel Contemporary, Stoughton, Wisconsin
2019            40 under 40, Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
                        Domestic Matters, curated by Gail Brown, Peters Valley School of Craft, New Jersey
                        Gilded, Abel Contemporary Gallery, WI
2018            Blaze: International Art Enamel, National Taiwan Craft Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
                        Hot Stuff, City of Manhattan Beach Gallery, CA
                        Bijoux, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2017            On Point, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
                        Contemporary Enamel Art from Korea, the US and Taiwan, National University of the Arts, Taiwan
                        We the People, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
                        Alchemy4, Arrowmont School of Arts of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
                        Shelter, Seton Hill University, Seton Hill, PA
2016            Imagine Peace Now, Traveling, East Carolina University, MC, Society of Arts and Crafts, MA
                        Biomorphic, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
                        Topographies, Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, WI
                        Dreamscapes, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
                        An Exuberance of Color, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
                        Summer in Wisconsin, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
                        Shadow Themes, R|R Gallery, New York, NY
                        Surreal….So Real, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
                        Narrative, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
2015            Little Dreams in Glass and Metal, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
                        Placement, R|R Gallery, New York, NY
                        Alchemy, Traveling Exhibition, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
                        Botanica, Dedee Shatuck Gallery, Westport, MA
2014            Once Upon a Time: Fairytales, Fantasies, and Contemporary Art, Racine Art
                        Museum, Racine, WI
2013            Coated: Jewelry and Nail Exhibition, The Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2012            Sex and Design, Museum of Design, Milan, Italy (catalog)
                        Elements of Invention, Taboo Studio, San Diego, CA
2011            44th International Exhibition of Enameling, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan 
                        Surface and Substance: International Contemporary Jewellery, Contemporary Applied Arts, London,                                     Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales
                        The Art of Seduction, Horowitz Center, Columbia, MD (catalog)
                        From Minimal to Bling, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
                        Gilded, Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, WI
2010            NUDE: in Chicago, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
                        NCEG International Juried Exhibition, Lireille Gallery, Oakland, CA
                        Anatomy Lessons, Taboo Studio, San Diego, CA
2009           Teapot: Interpretations, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA
                       Re/Actions, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
                        American Enamels, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
                        SOFA New York, Ferrin Gallery, New York, NY
2008            Exploring Boundaries, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY
                        SOFA Chicago, Ferrin Gallery, The David Collection, Chicago, IL
                        FRESH, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, MA
                        SOFA New York, Park Place Armory, New York, NY
                        Black Box, White Noise, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
2007            From Minimal to Bling, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
                        10 x 10 x 10, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
                        Arizona Gems and Jewels, Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, AZ
                        Fusion, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, OH
2006            Project Space, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
                        The Art of Enameling, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
                        Life Insight, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY 
                        METALisms, Center for Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
                        Materials: Hard &Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
2005            In Print / In Person, Thomas Riley Gallery, Woodmere, OH
                        Beyond the Object, SPACES Gallery, Curated by Gretchen Goss, Cleveland, OH
                        XXX, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Curated by Sandy Besser, Santa Fe, NM

HONORS AND AWARDS
2023             DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award, Indianapolis Arts Council
2023             CREATE grant, Ball State University
2019             Exhibition Award, Second Place, Alchemy 5, Enamelist Society
2017             Exhibition Award, First Place Honors for Wall Work, Alchemy4, Arrowmont School of Arts,                                                 Gatlinburg, TN
2015             Creative Arts Award, Enamelist Society
2015             Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
2014             Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
2013             Juror’s Award, The Brooch Show, Racine, WI                 
                          Faculty Teaching Grant, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
2012              Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
2011              Small Grant, Faculty Research, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
2010              Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship, Madison, WI
                          Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
                          Juror’s Award, NCEG Enamel Exhibition, Oakland, CA
2009              Faculty Research Grant, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
2007              Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts
                          Isaac and Sonia Luski Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts
                          Juror’s Award, Fusion Exhibition, Columbus Cultural Arts Center
2006              Enamelist Society Exhibition Award
2005              Professional Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts         
                           Arizona Artist Guild Award
           
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2024                 Muncie Student Arts League,  presentation on DeHaan Artist Project, Muncie, IN
2023                 University of Iowa Visiting Artist lecture and workshop, Iowa City, IA
                             University of Wisconsin Stout Art Department Visiting Artist lecture and workshop, WI
2022                 Yale University Art Gallery Artist Lecture and Panel Presenter, New Haven, CT
2021                 Lecture and Workshop (virtual) Midwest State University, Wichita Falls, TX
2020                 Virtual Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, IL
2020                 Virtual Visiting Artist Lecture, Texas Tech University, TX
2019                 Visiting Artist, Alberta College of Art and Design, Alberta, Canada
2018                 Artist Lecture, Think Craft Symposium, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
                             Artist Lecture, SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) Conference, Portland, OR
                             Artist Lecture and Workshop Presenter, Colorado State University, Fort Myers, CO
                             Artist Lecture, Workshop, Panel Discussion, Bowling Green University, OH
2017                 Artist Lecture, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
                             Visiting Artist, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH
2016                 Panel Presenter, New Visions in Enamel Symposium, Los Angeles County Art Museum, CA
                             Artist Lecture, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
                             Guest Lecturer, Ripon College, Ripon, WI
2015                 Keynote Speaker, The Enamelist Society Conference, Beverly, MA
2014                 Visiting Artist Lecture, Central Saint Martins College, London, England
2014                 Workshop Presenter, Pacudah School of Art and Design, Paducah, KY
                             Workshop Presenter, Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
                             Visiting Artist, MassArt, Boston, MA
2013                 Visiting Artist, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
                             Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2012                 Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
                             Visiting Artist, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
                             Visiting Artist, UW Whitewater, WI
2011                 Workshop Presenter, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
                             Workshop Presenter, Arrowmont School of Crafts, TN
2010                 Workshop Presenter, Central College, Pella, IA
2009                 Workshop Presenter, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
                             Guest Lecturer, Rowan College, Glassboro, NJ   
                             Workshop Presenter, The Crucible, Oakland, CA
                             Guest Lecturer, The Enamelist Society Conference, Oakland, CA
                             Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2008                 Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
                             Workshop Presenter, California College of Art, Oakland, CA
                             Visiting Artist, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2007                 Visiting Artist, California College of Art, Oakland, CA
2006                 Guest Lecturer and Workshop presenter, The Crucible, Oakland, CA
                             Guest Lecturer, Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
 
RESIDENCIES
2025                 Plyspace Resident Artist, Muncie Arts and Culture Council, Muncie, IN
2023                 Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2020                 Muncie Metal Spinning, Muncie, IN
2014                 John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry, Pottery/Ceramics, Sheboygan, WI
2005-07         Mesa Arts Center, Metals Program, Mesa, AZ
2002                 John Michael Kohler Art Center, Arts/Industry, Iron Foundry, Sheboygan, WI
 
CURATORIAL
2023                 Legacies: Pat Nelson and the BSU Metals Program, Gordy Fine Art, Muncie, IN
 
PUBLICATIONS / PRESS
2023                 The Journal Gazette Exhibition Review, Fort Wayne, IN, February 11th issue
2021                 Wrinkled Drapery and Speckled Orbs, Colossal Art Blog, August 24
2019                 What Lies Beneath, American Craft Magazine, written by Joyce Lovelace, Feb/March issue
2018                 Exhibition Review of Think Craft Exhibition, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 2, Arts and Leisure 
2017                 Narrative Tales from the Toolbox, curated by Mark Fen, Schiffer Publishing
2016                 Review of Exhibition at R|R Gallery, Metalsmith Magazine
2016                 Application of Digital Technology in Contemporary Jewelry, by Wu Shuyu, Journal of Gems and                                               Gemology, Volume 17, No. 6
2016                 Interview, Louise and Maurice Blog http://www.louiseandmaurice.com/single-
2016                 Interview, Art Jewelry Forum Blog https://artjewelryforum.org/jessica-calderwood-flora-
2015                 Brava Magazine, Studio Visit, spring 2016 issue
2015                 Art Jewelry Magazine, ‘Modern Day Portraits’, May issue
2015                 Wisconsin State Journal, July 5th issue
2014                 Enamelist Society Newsletter
2012                 Metalsmith Magazine, Review, ‘A Touch of Alchemy’, Vol. 32, No. 3, p23
2011                 21st Century Jewelry, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, page 208
2009                 500 Enameled Objects, Lark Crafts, Cover Image
                             Ornament Magazine, The Enamel Show Review, Volume 32, No.5
2008                 NICHE Magazine, ‘The Nest Generation of Jewelers’, Spring Issue,                      
                             500 Pendants and Lockets, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing
2007                 Ornament Magazine, Signs of Life Review, Volume 30, No.4
                             Glass on Metal Magazine, ‘Inview: Jessica Calderwood’, June Issue
2006                 American Craft, ‘Portfolios’ Article, February/March Issue
                       
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock, AR
Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ
Central College, Pella, IA
Crocker Art Museum, CA
Enamel Arts Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
Ferro Corporation, Cleveland, OH
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
Kohler Company, Kohler, WI
Kamm Foundation, Sparta, NC
Mesa Contemporary Art, Mesa, AZ
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Ripon College, Ripon, WI
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MO
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Sculpture
  • Wall Work
  • Jewelry
  • PROJECTS
  • Contact
  • News
  • CV