BIO
Jenny Walton holds a BFA from Central Washington University and an MFA from American University (D.C. and Italy). Walton has shown nationally in New York, Miami, Boston, and Seattle and internationally in Italy. She was awarded an Artistic Fellowship from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities among several other grants and residencies including Vermont Studio Center and Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. She and has been critically published in several catalogs and articles and her work is held in several distinguished private and public collections. She lives and works in the Washington D.C. Area.
EDUCATION
2007
Master’s of Fine Art – American University, Washington, D.C., Corciano, Italy, Rome, Italy
2001
BFA in Painting, minor in Business Admin – Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
2001
International Scholar – Lorenzo de’ Medici School, Florence, Italy
1997
Associate of Arts with Honors – Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2020
Hamilton Princess Artist in Residence – Hamilton, Bermuda
2018
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection – Grant Award2017
Vermont Studio Center 4 week residency – Grant Award
2016-7
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artistic Fellowship (FY17)
D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Washingtonia Collection – Grant Award
College of Southern Maryland – Faculty Development Grant
2014
Vermont Studio Center 4 week residency – Grant award
Corcoran College of Art + Design Faculty Development Grant Award
2013
College of Southern Maryland – Faculty Travel & Development Grant
Semi-Finalist & Alternate – Hamiltonian Fellowship
2012
Trawick Prize (Semi-Finalist)
Pink Line Project Eather Art Project – Drawing Residency
2009
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center Keyholder Residency, Silver Spring, MD
2007
Chautauqua School of Art Residency – Chautauqua, NY
The Gladys Brooks Scholarship
The Harriet Berry Geller Scholarship
Chautauqua General Scholarship
Jo-Anne Crisp Ellert Award – Juried by Iona Rozeal Brown
Mellon Research Grant
2006
Mellon Research Grant
2001
John Connelly Award – Kittitas County Juried Art Exhibition
COLLECTIONS
Inova Schar Cancer Center
District of Columbia Art Bank
Washingtonia Collection – D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, D.C.
Watkins Art Collection – American University Katzen Art Museum
Kittitas County Health Department
Private collections – Paris, Washington, New Jersey, Oregon, District of Columbia, Maryland, Texas, Ohio, Virginia
LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
2017
Artist Talk – In the Space of a Day – D.C. Arts Center
2016
Artist Talk – Smithsonian American Art Museum Luce Center
Artist Talk – District of Columbia Arts Center
ArtExchange Presentation – College Art Association
2014
Artist Talk – Vermont Studio Center Residency
2009
Panel Discussion – District of Columbia Arts Center
CURATOR
2016
Casey Snyder and Becca Kallem – Willow Street Gallery, Washington, D.C.
JUROR
2014
Prince George’s Community College Student Art Exhibition, Largo, MD
Ann Marie Gardens - Beach Combers Exhibition, Solomons Island, MD
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2017
Rousseau, Claudia, Ph.D., East City Art Reviews, 2017
Faculty and Staff Show at King Street Gallery, East City Art, December 12, 2017, https://tinyurl.com/y89haxnk
Jenkins, Mark, In the galleries: Where have all the people gone? The Washington Post, July 7, 2017, http://wapo.st/2xdRc2V
Donovan, Carrie, Going Out Guide for the District, The Washington Post, July 12, 2017, http://wapo.st/2xd6NzO
Iacavone, Mike, A Conjunction of Curators, BMoreArt, March 20, 2017, http://bit.ly/2rLhbqV
2016
Iacovone, Mike. #thisiswhyimsingle, BMoreArt, March 7, 2016, http://bit.ly/1Q0NSoG
Jenkins, Mark, In the Galleries, Natures Serenity, The Washington Post, March 11, 2016, http://wapo.st/1pjl4lN
Hope, Eric, #thisiswhyimsingle, Flashpoint Gallery, East City Art, March 1, 2016, http://bit.ly/1VHSSp1
Carrigan, Margaret, Terrible Online Dating Experiences Become Art at Flashpoint’s #thisiswhyimsingle, Washington City Paper, March 18, 2016, http://bit.ly/1Q0NXbX
Women of an Uncertain Age, podcast, https://tinyurl.com/yd88zrjq
Alchemical Vessels, Exhibition Catalog, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
2014
Robinson, E. Brady, Build Audiences with E-Portfolios, October/November, Professional Artist Magazine, pp. 66-68
Alchemical Vessels, Exhibition Catalog, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
2013
O’Sullivan, Michael, Gallery Pick of the Week: Body of Work: Alan Callander/Evan Hume/Jenny Walton, The Washington Post, October 11, 2013, http://wapo.st/1ecodt0
Judkis, Maura, Catalyst Projects gallery coming to Brookland, The Washington Post, September 17, 2013, http://wapo.st/1a0S8C5
O’Sullivan, Michael, Gallery Pick of the Week: Body of Work: Alan Callander/Evan Hume/Jenny Walton, The Washington Post, August 9, 2013 http://wapo.st/17aHFr4
2012
Wetherbee, Brandon, HuffPost D.C. Top 5 For August 17, 18, 19, The Huffington Post, August 17, 2012
Anderson, John, Artomatic: Some Early Reactions, Washington City Paper, May. 21, 2012
Merry, Stephanie, Going Out Guide: Art – SWAN Day, The Washington Post, March 29, 2012. p. C9
Bettman, Robert, Editor, Bourgeon Book
2011
Anderson, John, On Drawing, Washington City Paper, April 27, 2011
O’Sullivan, Michael, Gallery Pick of the Week: Sketch, The Washington Post, March 25, 2011
2010
All’s Fare in Art: New Show Uses MetroCards as Canvases, The Wall Street Journal, May 9, 2010
Tunick, Liz, Response #1, suddenspace.com, October 2011
Newman, Andy, Art of the MetroCard, Unlimited, The New York Times, May 5, 2010
Weiss, Ellyn, Editor, Endurance/Suspension, Bourgeon Online Arts Magazine, September 29, 2010
2009
Schafer, Karen, No Pain, No Gain: Illness Inspires Artist, The Gazette, Wednesday August 12, 2009, p. C3
2008
Hatry, Heide, Meat After Meat Joy, Exhibition Catalogue, New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, published by Daneyal Mahmood Gallery and Pierre Menard Gallery
Shuster, Robert, Fall Preview: Jesper Just's Schizo Enigma/Four films at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Village Voice, September 3, 2008
Silwa, Sarah, Meat after Meat Joy, Art:21 blog, August 18, 2008, https://tinyurl.com/y7kkn59
McQuaid, Cate, Globe Correspondent, In exhibit devoted to meat, some offerings are a cut above, boston.com, July 2, 2008, https://tinyurl.com/65hpgt
Holland, Christian, Meat Joy @ the Pierre Menard Gallery, Big Red & Shiny, June 30, 2008, https://tinyurl.com/yhvn4sq
Holland, Christian, Heide Hatry on Meat (After "Meat Joy"), Big Red & Shiny, June 30, 2008, https://tinyurl.com/yzbzjp6
boston.com. June 21, 2008. Meredith Goldstein, https://tinyurl.com/yfszam4
2007
Dargan, Kyle, Bouquet of Hungers, University of Georgia Press, 2007, (Cover art)
2002
1st Friday Monthly – Ellensburg, WA
2000
Manashtash, Central Washington University Publication for the Humanities
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2015 – 2016
D.C. Art’s Studios – Volunteer Willow Street Gallery Committee
2015 – 2017
Arlington Independent Media – Volunteer
2014 – 2017
Washington Studio School – Volunteer (events)
Art Enables – Community workshops
2012 – 2019
College Art Association
2012 – 2016
D.C. Arts Studio Member
2008 – 2013
Washington Project for the Arts – Member, Volunteer, and Artist Advisory Committee
2012 – Present
D.C. Shorts Film Festival
2012
James Renwick Alliance Member
2009 – Present
Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center Member
2009 – 2011
Washington D.C. Advocates for the Arts Board Member
2007 – 2011
Sparkplug Artist Collective sponsored through District of Columbia Arts Center
2007 – 2020
District of Columbia Arts Center – Member and Volunteer