Jean Hess

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Contact:  flowmuseum@jeanhess.com

Education

1976 MA Cultural Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1974 BA Anthropology/Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2006 Jean Hess, Gardner Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2005 Eden, Association for Visual Artists, Chattanooga, TN.
2004 Jean Hess, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Reorder, Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas, Tx
2003 Tree:  Time:  Loss, Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville, TN
Flying Solo: Jean Hess, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN
2002 Lost State Project, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.  Traces, Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2001 Gaia.Com, University of Alabama in Huntsville, AL
Anthropologist at Home, Arts Council of Greater Knoxville, TN
2000 Ply: Small Layered Things, Market Square, Knoxville, TN
Recent Group Exhibitions
2006 Views of the Collection: Southern Women Artists.  Huntsville, Museum of Art,
Huntsville, AL. 
Botanical:  Images Inspired by Plants.  Upstairs [artspace], Tryon, NC.
Collaboration, A-1LAB Arts, Knoxville, TN.
New Talents. Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
Arts and Crafts Exhibition.  Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN.
Altar Egos.  Oak Ridge Art Center, Oak Ridge, TN.
2005 Eye Candy.  Association for Visual Artists, Chattanooga, TN
23rd Annual Small Works Exhibition.  Schoharie Arts Council, Cobleskill, New York.
27th Annual First Tennessee Show.  Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN.
Woman's Work: Eternal Questions.  Oak Ridge, TN.
ArtScapes.  Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (also 1999-2004)
New Work [with Mira Gerard].  Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN.
2004 22nd Annual National Small Works Exhibition.  Schoharie Arts Council, Cobleskill, New York.  26th Annual First Tennessee Art Show.  Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN.
Intensifying the Normal.  Nelson Fine Art, Johnson City, TN
Gallery Artists.  Gray Matters Gallery, Dallas, TX.
2003 Fresh Paint, Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Jean Hess, Robin Surber, Christopher Terry: New Work, Hanson Gallery,
Knoxville, TN.
Kaleidoscope:  Johnson City Arts Council, Johnson City, TN; Clarksville Museum, Clarksville, TN.
Underground, A-1/LAB Arts, Knoxville, TN.
25th Annual First Tennessee Art Show, Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
2002 Art at Play, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Art Wit a Southern Drawl, University of Mobile, AL
Paintings & Words, Anthony Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Place and Imagery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2002- Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, IN.
2001 A-1LAB Invitational, A-1/LAB Art Space, Knoxville, TN. (also 2000)
Beyond the Millennium, Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science,
Evansville, IN
Collage 2001, The Arts Council of Greater Knoxville, TN
Positive/Negative: 16th National Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
Tennessee Regional Landscapes, Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN.
2000 Gallery Artist Invitational, Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Local/Global, A-1/LAB Art Space, Knoxville, TN .
1999 First Southeastern Art Exhibition, A-1/LAB Art Space, Knoxville, TN.
1998 Open Studio Exhibition, A-1/LAB Art Space, Knoxville, TN.
The State of Things:  An Exhibition Exploring a Sense of Place and Being in the Age of Pluralism.  A-1/LAB Art Space, Knoxville, TN.
1997 Graduate Focus, University of Texas-Dallas, TX.
Members' Invitational, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX.
Visual Pleasures and Personal Politics:  Approaches to a Difficult Beauty, New Visions Space, Atlanta, GA
16th Annual Open Show, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Selected Public Collections
  University of Virginia, Charlotttesville, VA
  Batson, Nolan, Nriace, Williamson & Girsky, PLLC, Clarksville, TN
  Canon USA, Inc., Atlanta. Site-specific commission of 2 pastel paintings
  City of Chattanooga, TN
  EBBARc, Inc., Atlanta, GA
  Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, IN
  Farm Credit Administration, Atlanta, GA
  Health Center, Evansville, IN
  Health Sciences Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
  Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
  John Portman and Associates, Atlanta Georgia.  Site-specific commission painting
  Knoxville, Convention Center, Knoxville, TN
  Manning, Selvage and Lee, Inc., Atlanta GA
  National Data Corporation, Atlanta, GA
  Patricia Neal {private collection}.  New York., N.Y., Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
  Piedmont National Corporation, Atlanta, GA
  Stempler and Associates, Atlanta, GA
  291 Club, Atlanta, GA
   
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