Jessica Groome

EDUCATION
  
2011                   MFA University of Guelph, Guelph ON

2007                   BFA Visual Arts, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver BC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011                   The Top Tips Nearly Kiss, Wynick/Tuck Gallery (south  gallery), Toronto ON

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011                  Transitional Movement, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto ON
                           RBC 13th Annual Canadian Painting Competition exhibitions:
                                                        Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton AB
                                                        Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton ON
                                                        The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto ON
                           If Not the Ocean, Then the Sound, Ed Video, Guelph ON
                           Degrees of Abstraction II, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto ON                                    
                           Chalk and Butter, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto ON 
                                                     
2010                   Falls Flat, G Gallery, Toronto ON

2009                   OK,OK,OK, University of Guelph, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph ON
                           Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
                                                     
2007                   Undergraduate Exhibition, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver BC
                           Affect/Effect, Crawlspace Gallery, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver BC

2006                   Transformers, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver BC

AWARDS

2011                   RBC 13th Annual Canadian Painting Competition, Semi-Finalist 
                           The Joseph Plaskett Award
                                                     
2009                   Tony Scherman Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
                           College of the Arts Dean's Scholarship, University of Guelph                                                 
                           Jim Spilsbury Award, Federation of Canadian Artists, Federation Gallery

2003                   BC Arts Council Junior Scholarship
                           Kamloops Arts Council Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS

2011                   Woodley, Eric. "Jessica Groome," Border Crossings, Issue 119, p. 141-142                                                               Bethune-Leaman, Katie. "Chalk and Butter University of Guelph MFA Candidates                                                                                             Group Exhibition," PDF Exhibition Catalogue, Diaz Contemporary
                                                        and University of Guelph SOFAM, Toronto ON. June 2011   

2009                   Unruh, Courtney. "An Artist in the Abstract," Currents Magazine, Kamloops BC.                                                                                             November 2009