Jennifer Tancreto

jentancreto@gmail.com | www.jentancreto.com
EDUCATION

2015

M.F.A. (pending), California State University, Chico. (expected May. 2015)

2009

B.F.A., Printmaking, California State University, Chico.

B.A., Art History, California State University, Chico.

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
2014

Chine Coll Workshop: Paul Mullowney. Mullowney Printing Company, San Francisco, CA.

2013

Sense & Memory: Building a Sculptural Inventory: Robin Hill. Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO.
Introduction to Letterpress-Typesetting: Nif Hodgson. KALA Institute, Berkeley, CA.

2012

Colorful Intaglio: Matthew Egan. Frogmans Print Workshop, Vermillion, SD.

2005

Japanese Papermaking and Casting: Catherine Nash. Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME.

AWARDS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2014

Ruby Ravekes Scholarship. California State University, Chico.

Honorable Merit. 19th Student Print Exhibition & 12th Ink/Clay, Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA.
Juror: Jenny Robinson.
Hopper MFA Award. California State University, Chico.

2013

Armstrong-Prior Studio Residency. Four day printing residency with Master Printer John Armstrong,
Phoenix, AZ.
W. Gedge Gayle, Sr., Purchase Award. 26th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie
Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA. Juror: Claudia Schmuckli.
Chris Hilbert Outstanding Chico State Friend Award. California State University, Chico.

Jerril and Patt Kopp Print Award. Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico.
Westcliff Foundation Scholarship. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
Pierce-Truckess Watermedia Scholarship. California State University, Chico.

2012

Janet Turner Award. 18th Student Print Exhibition & 11th Ink/Clay, Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico,
CA. Juror: Matthew Hopson-Walker.
Janet Turner Scholarship. Janet Turner Print Museum, California State University, Chico.
Sarah Frisbee Hamilton Scholarship. California State University, Chico.

2005

Honorable Merit. 17th Student Print Exhibition & 10th Ink/Clay, Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA.
Juror: Jill Marie Mason.
First Prize. 50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University Art Gallery, California State University,
Chico, CA. Juror: Steven High, Director/CEO Nevada Museum of Art, Reno.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014

What Remains. M Street Art Complex, Fresno, CA.

2011

Polyautography. Laxson Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Chico.

2005

To Explain a Noun. Culminating Exhibition for the Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA Gallery, California State
University, Chico.
Flux. Bell Memorial Union Gallery, California State University, Chico.

JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2013

Contemporary Art Centers 26th Annual Juried Show. Alios Gallery, Las Vegas, NV. Jurors: Max Presneill &
Rebekah Bogard.
19th Student Print Exhibition & 12th Ink/Clay. Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA. Juror: Jenny
Robinson.

18th Student Print Exhibition & 11th Ink/Clay. Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA. Juror: Matthew
Hopson-Walker.
58th Annual Juried Student Exhibition. University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico. Juror:
Patricia Maloney.
26th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition. Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake
Charles, LA. Juror: Claudia Schmuckli, Director, Blaffer Art Gallery, University of Houston.
23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha, WI.
Juror: John Hitchcock, University of Wisconsin, Madison & Director of Hybrid Press.

3rd National Juried Monotype & Monoprint Exhibition. The Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon
College, Wenham, MA. Juror: Mark Pascale.

2012

West Coast Biennial: Juried Art Exhibition. Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA. Juror: Scott A.
Shields, Associate Director and Chief Curator, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.

Mesa Fine Arts Calendar Project 2013. Mesa Contemporary Arts at Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ. Juror:
Brent Bond. Invitational.

6th Biennial Juried Print Exhibition. Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ. Juror: Ian
Ruffino.

2011

17th Student Print Exhibition & 10th Ink/Clay. Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico. Juror: Jill Marie
Mason.

Mesa Fine Arts Calendar Project 2012. Mesa Contemporary Arts at Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ. Juror:
John Armstrong, Master Printer Armstrong-Prior Studio, Phoenix, AZ. Invitational.

Equilibrium. SGC International Membership Exchange, Juror: Elizabeth Wycoff, Curator, Saint Louis
Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.

2010
2006
2005

2004

16th Student Print Exhibition & 9th Ink/Clay. Janet Turner Museum, California State University, Chico.
Juror: Jimin Lee, Professor of Art at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Roseville Arts 33rd Annual Open Show. Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA. Juror: Shelly Willis, Art in
Public Places Program Director, Metropolitan Arts Commission, Sacramento, CA.

Nineteenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Kenosha, WI.
Juror: Rudy Pozzatti, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

50th Annual Juried Student Exhibition. University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico. Juror:
Steven High, Director/CEO Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV.

10th Student Print Exhibition & 3rd Ink/Clay. Janet Turner Museum, California State University Chico.
Juror: Kent Manske, Professor of Art at Foothill College, CA.
9th Student Print Exhibition & 2nd Ink/Clay. Janet Turner Museum, California State University, Chico.
Juror: Paula Busch, Professor, Butte Community College, CA.

49th Annual Juried Student Exhibition. University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico. Juror:
Carrie Lederer, Curator, Bedford Gallery, Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015

MFA Group Show. BMU 3rd Floor Gallery, Chico, CA.

2014

First Impressions. Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Tempe, AZ.

Future MONCA: Growing a Northern California Collection. 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA. Curator: Reed
Applegate.
MFA Group Show. BMU 3rd Floor Gallery, Chico, CA.

33rd Invitational Members Show. 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.

2013

Lasser Mansion. Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, Chico, CA.

32nd Invitational Members Show. 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.

2012

The Department of Art & Art History Faculty Exhibition. University Art Gallery, California State
University, Chico.
Exchange/Recall: A Critic-Artist Exchange. BSO Gallery, California State University, Chico.
Summer Stock 2. 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.
Sustenance. Karshner Hall, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA. Invitational group exhibition and
exchange.
31st Invitational Members Show. 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.
MFA Group Show. BMU 3rd Floor Gallery, Chico, CA.

2011

Conditional. BSO Space, California State University, Chico.

1st Annual Miniprint Exhibition. BSO Space, California State University, Chico.
2D for the Show. 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.

2005

TEXT. BFA Gallery, California State University, Chico.

Math and Science. BFA Gallery, California State University, Chico.

2004

RePressed: Printmakers Group Show. BFA Gallery, California State University, Chico.
The Nature of Nature. BFA Group Show, BFA Gallery, California State University, Chico.

GUEST LECTURES & SYMPOSIA

2012

Presenter, with Willow Sharkey, An Artist-Critic Exchange: Experimental Collaboration Between Artists
and Art History Students in the Chico State Art Department, CELT Conference, California State
University, Chico.
Presenter, Aztec Paper Technology & Ritual College of Humanities and Fine Arts 22nd Annual
Symposium, California State University, Chico.

2005

Presenter, Display Tactics: Mark Dion and the Institution Contemporary Art History Graduate
Symposium, California State University, Chico.

Presenter, The Experience of Display, College of Humanities and Fine Arts 15th Annual Symposium,
California State University, Chico.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012-2014

Introduction to Printmaking. Instructor of Record, California State University, Chico.

Spring/2013 & Fall/2014

2011
2010

Two-dimensional Design. Instructor of Record, California State University, Chico.

Spring/2011 & Fall/2012

Introduction to Printmaking. Graduate Teaching Assistant, California State University, Chico.

Intermediate Printmaking: Intaglio. Volunteer Instructor, California State University, Chico.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014
2013
2011

Graduate Research Assistant. Maya Database Project, with Dr. Martha Macri and Dr. Matthew Looper,
California State University, Chico.
Dean Search Committee, College of Humanities and Fine Arts. California State University, Chico.

Print Studio Assistant, with Eileen Macdonald. Graduate Assistant. California State University, Chico.

2011 - 2013 Hopper Visiting Artist Committee. Department of Art & Art History, California State University, Chico.
2010 - 2013 Exhibitions Committee. 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.
2010

Monoprint Workshop Printing Assistant. California State University, Chico.

2009-2014

Graphic Designer. Chico Printing, Chico, CA.

2006-2009

Graphic Designer. Jiffyprint, Chico, CA.

2005-2006

Screenprinter. VanDuerr Industries, Chico, CA.

COLLECTIONS

McNeese State University. Department of Visual Arts. Lake Charles, LA.

Janet Turner Print Museum. Chico, CA.
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum at Mesa Art Center. Tempe, AZ.
Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA). Reed Applegate Collection. Chico, CA.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

WomenArts Quarterly Journal, Vol. 4, issue 4. Vivace Press, Fall 2014.

Dalkey, Victoria. 33rd Annual Roseville Arts Open Exhibition, Well Worth the Drive. Sacramento Bee,
Feb. 26, 2010.

PROFESSIONAL & ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

Southern Graphics Council International.
College Art Association.