Jennifer Hodges
 
 
 
 
 
  Born: 1966 Plymouth, NH  
         
  Education:  
         
  2000 MFA Yale University, New Haven, CT    
         
  1993 BFA University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH    
         
         
  Current Gallery Representation:  
         
  2001-Present: Nahcotta Gallery in Portsmouth, NH, paintings and drawings from large to small scale in size.
 
         
  2002-Present: Represented by The Boston Drawing Project flat file small scale works on paper
 
         
         
  Awards:      
         
  2006 Blanche E. Colman Grant Nominee, Boston, MA    
  2005 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant Nominee, New York, NY    
  2004 Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT
Blanche E. Colman Grant Nominee, Boston MA

   
  2003 The Elizabeth Foundation Grant semi finalist, New York,NY    
  2000 Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize for excellence in painting, Yale University    
  1999 Paul Harper Memorial Award, Yale University    
         
         
  Solo Exhibitions:    
         
  2006 Jagged Towers, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH    
  2004 MPG Contemporary, Boston, MA
Stoked, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH

   
  2002 Victory at Sea, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH    
  1999 Fishbowl Gallery, Portsmouth,NH    
  1998 Elvis Room, Portsmouth, NH    
         
         
  Group Exhibitions and Affiliations:    
         
  2006 Gallery Naga, Whatever Meredyth Wants, Boston, MA
Boston Drawing Project, member since 2002, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston MA

 
  2005 AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
Second Annual Work on Paper Show, Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH

   
  2004 First Annual Work on Paper Show,Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH    
  2003 Vitamin A, Lincoln Street Center for the Arts, Rockland, ME    
  2001 Waiting List, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA    
  2000 Group Show, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY
MFA Thesis Show, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
CAA Regional Exhibition, Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY

   
  1999 Four Painters, Real Flat Art, New Haven, CT
Yale at Norfolk, Yale Summer School for Art, Norfolk, CT

   
  1996 UNH Alumni Show, University of New Hampshire Gallery, Durham, NH    
  1993 BFA Thesis, University of New Hampshire Gallery, Durham, NH    
         
         
  Professional Experience:    
         
  2003-2006 Curator, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Worked organizing solo and group exhibitions, installed shows, Promoted Nahcotta on the National level at the AAF Contemporary Art Fair in NYC.

   
  2002 Instructor of Intermediate Drawing, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH    
  2001 Visiting Artist, Critic, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH    
  2000 Studio Assistant, New York, NY
Personal assistant to Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons.

   
  1999 Teaching Assistant, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Assisted Sam Messer and David Pease in teaching intermediate college level painting.

   
  1999 Admissions Crew Chief, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Directed a group of MFA students during spring admissions.

   
         
         
  Collections:    
         
  The Waskowmium Museum, Burlington, VT
Wellington Management, Boston, MA
Chris Dwyer and Michael Huxtable, Portsmouth, NH
Blue on Highland, Mt. Blue business partners collection, Needham, MA

   
         
         
  Bibliography:    
         
  2006 Art New England, October 2006, Regional Reviews, Jennifer Hodges: Jagged Towers, by Dustan Knight. Art New England Inc., Brighton, MA.    
         
  2005 Portsmouth Herald, Spotlight Magazine, January 18, 2005, A Quiet Passion, by Jeanne McCartin. Ottaway Newspapers Inc. Portsmouth, NH.
   
         
  1999 Norfolk ‘99, Yale 2000 MFA Painting and Printmaking Exhibition catalog, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1999