JENNIFER MAZZA
Education
1999-2001 Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1998-1999 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1990-1994 Bachelor of Art, cum laude, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2010 Jersey City Museum, Self Deceit, 1 x 1 series, Jersey City, NJ
2010 John Davis Gallery, Carriage House, Solo exhibition, Hudson, NY
2008 Mariboe Art Gallery, Peddie School, Delie, Hightstown, N.J
2008 Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Of Like Minds, Jen Mazza & Jenna Bischel, Demarest, NJ
2007 John Davis Gallery, New Paintings, Hudson, NY
2007 Tomasulo Gallery, Scarlet Intent, Union County College, Cranford, NJ
2006 John Davis Gallery, Carriage House, Paintings, Hudson, NY
2002 PS122, Auricle, New York, NY
2002 Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Ouroboros, Somerville, NJ
2001 Rutgers University, Dactyls, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, New Brunswick, NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 Cuchifritos Gallery, Feedback - Working Space '09, curated by Thomas Lax, New York, NY
2009 The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, New Jersey Fellowship Exhibition, Summit, NJ
2009 Paul Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Hysteria, Past yet Present, Newark, NJ
2009 NJIT, Theater Town, Newark, NJ
2009 Lex Leonard Gallery, Girls and Weakness, curated by Asha Ganpat, Jersey City, NJ
2009 Spruill Center for the Arts, Go Figure, Contemporary Interpretations of Figurative Art, GA
2008 Jersey City Museum, The Feminine Mystique, Jersey City, NJ
2008 Rahway Arts Guild, Body Parts, Rahway, NJ
2008 Canco Lofts, Trading Places, curated by Hugo Bastidas, Jersey City, NJ
2007 Flowers Gallery, Small is Beautiful, New York, NY
2007 PS122, 2006- 2007 Project Studio Artists Exhibition, New York, NY
2007 Allen Gallery, Paved Paradise, New York, NY
2007 General Electric, Material Witness, Fairfield CT
2007 Sideshow Gallery, The War is Over Again, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Gallery Aferro, Substance, Newark, NJ
2006 PS122, Bearings: The Female Figure, curated by Allen Frame, New York, NY
2006 Anthony Giordano Gallery Dowling College, Between Body and Object, Oakdale NY
2006 Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University, Knots, Jersey City, NJ
2006 Rahway Arts Guild, A Separate Reality, curated by Samantha Mae Dorfman, NJ
2006 John Davis Gallery, Gallery Artists, Hudson, NY
2005 New National Newark Building, 744 Redux, curator: Chakaia Booker, Newark, NJ
2005 The Center for Visual Arts, Brookdale College, Primary / Secondary: Contemporary Drawings, Lincroft, NJ
2004 Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Emerge 2003, curated by Dominique Nahas, NJ
2004 Gallery Aferro, XX XY, Newark, NJ
2004 Beth Allison Gallery, Schadenfreude, Kansas City, MO
2004 Millay Colony for the Arts, Impromptu, Austerlitz, NY
2004 57 Beach Street, The Very Rich Hours, New York, NY
2004 Rutgers University: The Stedman Art Gallery, 2001-2002 Fellowship Exhibition, NJ
2003 Graphite Gallery, Odds on Favorites, curated by Sandra Desando, Jersey City, NJ
2003 Raritan Valley Community College, Five Artists, Somerville, NJ
2002 Victory Hall, Merge, Jersey City, NJ
2002 Drew University, Kaboom!, Madison, NJ
2000 Anne Reid Art Gallery, Becoming an Artist, Princeton Day School, Princeton NJ
2000 Rutgers University, Trapeze Artists, New Brunswick, NJ
2000 Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Paper Trail, New Brunswick NJ
1999 Rutgers University, 28IF, New Brunswick, NJ
Selected Bibliography
Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, "The Feminine Mystique", Jersey City Museum, exhibition catalog. 2007.
Anonda Bell, "Hysteria, Past yet Present", Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, exhibition catalog, 2008.
Dan Bischoff, "Framing realism into fragments: Rising Newark artist Jennifer Mazza depicts sex and violence… irony and humor," The New Jersey Star Ledger, April 24, 2008, Today Section, p 55.
Dan Bischoff, "Fragments and details," The New Jersey Star Ledger, January 19, 2007, Arts Section, p 45.
Dan Bischoff, "Many faces, Many forms," review, The New Jersey Star Ledger, September 29, 2007.
Jill Conner, "The very rich hours", review, Contemporary, no. 65, October, 2004. P 77.
Benjamin Genocchio, "Works from new talent seeking a boldface name," review, The New York Times, March 8, 2009.
Benjamin Genocchio, "Knots, in Practice and Theory," review, The New York Times, March 19, 2006
Helen A. Harrison, "With luck, iconoclasts find their mediums: Between Body and Object," review, The New York Times, February 19, 2006.
Brian Loughlin, "(K)nots", New Jersey City University, exhibition catalog, 2006.
Dominique Nahas, "Timeless / Timeliness: Aljira Emerge 2003", exhibition catalog, 2004, pp vii, 10.
Awards
2008 Newark Museum, Artist in Residence
2008 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship
2008 Artist Alliance Inc. Lower East Side Rotating Studio Program, Studio Award
2008 The Jentel Foundation, Residency
2007 PS122, Project Space Award 2006-2007
2006 Blue Mountain Center, Residency
2006 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2004/2005/2006, Geraldine R. Dodge Residency
2005 Yaddo, Geraldine R. Dodge Residency
2004 The Jentel Foundation, Residency
2004 Millay Colony for the Arts, Residency
2004 Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Creative Fellowship
2004 Creative Capital, Strategic Planning Seminar Fellow
2002 Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Emerge 2003 Artist Fellowship
2002 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship