Jaclyn Mednicov is a Chicago based artist working in painting, sculpture, and installation.
Her work investigates daily life through the lens of beauty, underpinned by impermanence and loss.
Mednicov has her BFA from University of Kansas, MA in Studio Arts from Eastern Illinois University, and
MFA in Painting and Drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has attended residencies
at Vermont Studio Center, Ragdale Foundation, SEA Foundation, and European Ceramic Workcentre (upcoming).
Solo and Two Person exhibitions include: Paris London Hong Kong (Chicago), The SEA Foundation (Tilburg, NL),
and Tarble Arts Center (Charleston, IL). Select group exhibitions include: Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago, IL),
Northern Illinois University Art Museum (Dekalb, IL), DOCUMENT (Chicago, IL), ADDS DONNA (Chicago, IL),
Morlan Gallery (Lexington, KY), and The Franklin (Chicago, IL). Mednicov’s work has been featured in
New American Paintings, Sheridan Road, and Printmaking Today (upcoming) publications.
She is currently a Lecturer at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Painting and Drawing Department.
Email for inquiries or studio visit: jmednicov@gmail.com
Mednicov has recently launched a multiples collection of wallcoverings.
EDUCATION
2016 MFA, Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012 MA, Studio Arts, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
1999 BFA, Visual Arts, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
In Progress, The SEA Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands
2020
In Conversation, with Bishal Manandhar, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2017
A Faint Shadow Trace, curated by Dan Devening, Paris London Hong Kong Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
Poetics of Space, 571 Projects, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Milk and Egg, curated by Andrew Falkowski, Chicago, IL
Loyola College Art Gallery, curated by Marina Ross, Chicago, IL
Regarding the Missing Objects, curated by Ruslana Lichtzier, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2022
Lost Intimacies, curated by Pia Singh, ADDS DONNA, Chicago, IL
Home Grown, Unpacked Mobile Gallery, MdW Assembly at MANA Contemporary, Chicago, IL
2021
Lay of the Land, curated by Karen Azarnia, O’Connor Gallery, River Forest, IL
Dreaming of Flowers, Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020
ART IN PLACE, curated by Terrain Exhibitions and CNL Projects, Chicago, IL
2019
Knows No Bounds, curated by Denise Joseph, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018
Pen and Incest Project, curated by Dana Nechmad & Samir Nahas, Gallery 062, Chicago, IL
Lake Effect, curated by Trevor Martin, Morlan Gallery, Lexington, KY
unLOCK: Merging Art and Industry, Gaylord Museum, Lockport, IL
2017
Portland, Brooklyn, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago,San Diego, Oak Park, Berlin, DOCUMENT, Chicago, IL
Like Your Work, curated by Erin Washington, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Expanded, curated by Edra Soto, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Welcome to the End, curated by Edra Soto, The Franklin, Chicago, IL
2016
Streetlight, Roman Susan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Painting in Time, curated by Sarah Kate Wilson, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Expo Chicago, curated by Edra Soto, SAIC booth, Chicago, IL
Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, jurors: Monique Meloche, Lorelei Stewart, Lela Hersh, Evanston Art Center
MFA Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2015
Emerging Illinois Artists, MacLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, IL
The University Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014
Collage, (Scene) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
Hoarding, Excess, and Amasses, Northern Illinois Art Museum, DeKalb, IL
2012
Biennial Drawing/Watercolor: Illinois, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
Natural Constructed Spaces, The Painting Center, NYC, NY
Blur, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
Dividing Spaces, Indigo Gallery, curated by Ann Coddington, Champaign, IL
Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2011
Select WPA, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Gimme Shelter, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / FELLOWSHIPS
2023
Artist Residency, European Ceramic Workshop, Oisterwijk, Netherlands (upcoming)
2021
Artist Grant, 3Arts Make a Wave Grant, Chicago, IL
Artist Cultural Grant, The Netherland-America Foundation, New York
Artist Residency, The SEA Foundation Residency, Tilburg, Netherlands
2019
Artist Residency, Collaboration with Karakami block printing artisans at Maruni in Kyoto, Japan
2018
Artist Fellowship, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, Chicago, IL
Artist Grant, National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), unLOCK: Merging Art and Industry, Lockport, IL
2015
Merit Scholarship, Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatauk, MI
2014
Artist Residency, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2013
Best-in-Show Purchase Award, 19th Biennial Drawing, juror: Carmon Colangelo, Tarble Art Center, Charleston, IL
2012
Artist Residency & Scholarship, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
2007
Fellowship and Research Grant, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Artist Residency & Scholarship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson City, VT
BIBLIOGRAPHY & ARTIST TALKS
2023
Artist talk, Regarding the Missing Objects, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, NY
Artist Talk, Intimacies, ADDS DONNA, Chicago, NY
2020
Interview with Laura Layfer Treitman, Sheridan Road Magazine
2018
Review of Lake Effect, The Rambler, by Taylor Mahlinger, Lexington, KY
Visiting Artist and Talk at Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, KY
2017
Review of A Faint Shadowy Trace, Time as an Interloper, New City, by Denise Joseph
2016
Artist Talk, On Landscape, Sullivan Galleries
Review of Surface Layers, Threshold Thought, F News, by Violet Callis
2011
Interview, issue # 4, Subject to Change, Fine Line Magazine, Milwaukee, WI
Publication, Spring/Summer issue, Parcel Magazine, literary magazine, Lawrence, KS
2010
Publication, New American Paintings
COLLECTIONS
Willis Tower, Chicago, Illinois
Ace Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Tarble Art Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
Private Collections
TEACHING
2017-present Lecturer, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL