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Jennifer Dalton

Education:

Bachelor of Art in Fine Art, UCLA, 1990
Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, 1997

Solo Exhibitions and Projects:

2008
Jennifer Dalton is a Scientist - Not!, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006
Would You Rather be a Loser or a Pig?, Winkleman/Plus Ultra Gallery, NYC
2004
Contemporary Art According to Jen, Curator's Office, Washington, DC
2004
Getting to Know the Neighbors, Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2002
A Task No One Assigned, Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1999
The Appraisal, Steffany Martz, New York City

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2008
Attention to Detail, curated by Chuck Close, Flag Art Foundation, NYC
Air Kissing: An Exhibition of Contemporary Art About the Art World, curated by Sasha Archibald, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
The Cult of Personality: Portraits of Mass Culture, Carriage Trade, NYC
Caucus, organized by Michael Waugh, Schroeder Romero, NYC
2007
Ceci n'est Pas... (This is Not...), curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Jeffrey Walkowiak, Sara Meltzer Gallery, NYC
2006
Weak Foundations, curated by Michael Ashkin and Eric Heist, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Personal Geographies, curated by Joanna Lindenbaum, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, NYC
2005
Superstars: The Celebrity Factor in Art, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
I am 5, Parker's Box, Brooklyn, New York
Regarding Clementine, curated by Choire Sicha, Clementine Gallery, NYC
2004
Art, Circuitry and Ecology, exhibition curated by James Andrews accompanying conference celebrating the centennial of Gregory Bateson's birth, the CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
Slice & Dice, curated by Alois Kronschlaeger, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
Freehand, curated by Rachel Gugelberger, Marvelli Project Space, Brooklyn, New York
Uncovered: Recent Acquisitions from the Artists' Books Collection, Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 2004
2003
La Superette, Deitch Projects and Participant Inc., New York
Fresh Blood, curated by Stephen Apicella-Hitchcock, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York
B-List: Brooklyn, Angst and Desire, curated by David Kramer and John Massier, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York
Envisioning Information, curated by Fifth Business, Oni Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2002
Freak Show, curated by Jennifer Musawwir, Musawwir Art Space, Midland Park, New Jersey
Art New York, Kunsträume auf Zeit, Linz, Austria
Face Value, curated by Lauren Ross, White Columns, NYC
Unpacked, curated by Alisoun Meehan, New York City
2000
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
Burglar, curated by Elizabeth Balogh, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NYC
1999
Ninety-Nine, Miller-Durazo, Los Angeles, CA
1998
Local Color, Henry Street Settlement, NYC
Pets, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, NYC
Sissy Bar, curated by Elizabeth Balogh, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NYC
Paper, Everything is Everything, Brooklyn, New York
1997
Los Angeles National Juried Art Exhibition, sponsored by Coagula Art Journal, Spanish Kitchen, LA
Rising Tides, Rush Arts, NYC

Awards, Residencies, Fellowships:

Smack Mellon Studio Residency Program, Brooklyn, New York, 2005-2006
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2002
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, November-December, 2001
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, New York, February 2001
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, July-August 1999
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont, July 1998

Critical Reviews and Media Coverage:

"Show Me the Money," by Sarah Douglas, Art + Auction, November 2007
"Ceci n'est Pas... (This is Not)," by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, August 3, 2007
"Saying the F-Word," by Jori Finkel, ArtNews, February 2007
"Weak Foundations," New Yorker, Goings On About Town, January 15, 2007
"Art in Review: Weak Foundations," by Martha Schwendener, New York Times, January 12, 2007
"Moving Arts: Power, Professionalism and Perversity: Looking Back at the 2006 Art Scene," by Jerry Saltz, The Village Voice, January 2, 2007
"Full Totes: Jennifer Dalton," ART Germany, December 2006
"All Art is Contemporary Art," by Jerry Saltz, Modern Painters, November 2006
"Jennifer Dalton at Winkleman/Plus Ultra Gallery," New Yorker, Goings On About Town, October 2, 2006
"Honey, I Shrunk the Collectors," by Rachel Somerstein, ArtNews, Summer 2006
"Four Spaniards among 200 Chosen," by Barbara Celis D'Amico, El Pais, July 9, 2006
"Satellite Shows," by Leigh Anne Miller, Art in America, May 2006
"Jennifer Dalton, Artist," by Stefano Pasquini, Sport & Street, Spring/Summer 2006
"Here and Now: Jennifer Dalton at Curator's Office," by Blake Gopnik, The Washington Post, December 5, 2004
"Contemporary Art According to Jen," featured in This is a Magazine, issue 11, www.thisisamagazine.com
"Survey Course," by Sean Kennedy, New York, October 27, 2003
"Jennifer Dalton," by Frances Richard, Artforum, May 2002
"Jennifer Dalton - A Task No One Assigned," by Susan Hamburger, Waterfront Week, May 12, 2002
"The Softer Side of Technology," by Tanya Bezreh, Art New England, April-May 2001
"The Appraisal," by Robert Thill, Flash Art, May-June 2000
"Ebay Art," by Laurie McGough, Massage, Vol. 6, at www.nomadnet.org/massage6
"Art on the Verge," by Gina Basha, CITY NY, February/March 2000, p. 26
"Art Guide," New York Times, February 11, 2000
"Voice Choices," The Village Voice, Vol. XLIV, No. 21, June 1, 1999
"Voice Choices," The Village Voice Vol. XLIII, No. 32, August 11, 1998
"No Big Deal," by Peter Schjeldahl, The Village Voice Vol. XLIII, No. 31, August 4, 1998
"Ladies' Choice," by Chris Macleod, The Resident Vol. 10, No. 41, July 21-27
"Where the Girls Are," by Susan Hamburger, Waterfront Week Vol. 8.13, July 16-29, 1998, p.7
"ArtPoints of Interest," Waterfront Week Vol. 8.7, April 19-22, 1998
"Jennifer Dalton," by Stephanie Bartron, Fizz Magazine #10, Winter 1997/98