JENNIFER HALLI
[email protected]
Owner of MIGHT COULD Art Project Space
Lives and works in Ngāmotu New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand
EDUCATION
MFA in Artisanry, May 2019
University of Massachusetts|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
BA in Art Education, May 1994
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Retrospect Prospect, (solo) SPACE Gallery, Whanganui
Disheartened (community collaboration with Antonia O'Mahony), MIGHT COULD Art Project Space, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
Homework (forthcoming), Puke Ariki Museum, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
2023
NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards (Print Main Prize Winner), Waikato Society of Arts
Juror: Carole Shepheard
Private Viewing, CAS Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
ImMaterial (community collaboration with Antonia O'Mahony), MIGHT COULD Art Project Space, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
Summer Show. Studio Toru, Wellington
Yours Truly x, Curated by Laura Campbell, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
In Series, with Central Print Aotearoa, Space Gallery, Whanganui
Abroad: What's in the Suitcase, Curated by Morgan & Black, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
Celebration: Two Decades of Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand, Aratoi Museum, Masterton
PROOF: Two Decades in Printmaking, MIGHT COULD Art Project Space, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
2022
Time Lapsed, (solo) MIGHT COULD, New Plymouth, Aotearoa NZ
IPC International Mini Print Exhibition, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Watching Grass Grow, MIGHT COULD Art Project Space, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
2021
/Different Strokes/ (collaboration w/ Erin Wheary), LaVallée Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Flame Path, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Australia
Looking Forward, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, Taranaki, Aotearoa NZ
Postcards North and South (travelling exhibition), Percy Thomson Gallery, Taranaki, Creative Arts Napier, Wharepuke Gallery, Kerikeri Aotearoa NZ and Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville AU, Firestation Print Studio Melbourne AU
2020
Social Print, Lysaght Watt Gallery, Hawera, Aotearoa NZ
The Kāwhia Series, The Old Post Office Gallery, Kāwhia, Aotearoa NZ
Distant Ceramics, online: www.distantceramics.com
Juror: Bruce Dehnert
Covid Collective, Estuary Arts Centre, Owera
Grides, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Curator: Danny Dobrow
Response: An Exhibition in Two Parts, Driving Creek Gallery, Coromandel, Aotearoa NZ
Remembrance | Memorial | Monument, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Fall River, MA
https://www.heraldnews.com/entertainment/20200116/remembrance--memorial--monument-opening-at-bcc-gallery
2019
ImMigration Project II, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
In God We Trust, Hera Gallery, South Kingstown, RI https://www.heragallery.org/in-god-we-trust
Southern Exposure, Atelier, Boston, MA
Clay + Ink, W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
Jurors: Kimiko Miyoshi, Susan Elizalde-Henson, Juri Koll
Stealing the Horse, UMass Dartmouth CVPA, New Bedford, MA
2018
Shift/Fix, City University of New York, Hunter College, New York, NY
NCECA Spanning the Spectrum (012 to 12), Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Curator: Jimmy Clark
Fast-Fire (solo exhibition), The Gallery at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC
Emerald Print Exchange, Out on a Limb Gallery, Portland, OR
Art All State Mentor Exhibition, UMass|Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2017
Smoke on the Water Guest Presenters, Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, Australia
Materials Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Juror: JoAnn Edwards
Guest List: An Exhibition of the Mountain Preheat Invited Artists, Clayspace Gallery, Asheville, NC
Graduate Student Biennial, The Clay Studio of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Jennifer Zwilling
Awagami Miniature Print Exhibition, Hall of Awa Museum, Tokushima, Japan
Essential Earth, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA https://issuu.com/wayneartcenter/docs/essential_earth_statement_book
Curator: Brett Thomas
2016
Biomorphic: AMOCA Ceramic Annual, AMOCA, Pomona, CA
Juror: Cj Jilek
Glimpse, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA
Folly, Craft Boston, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
MFA National, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
Hey Watershed, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA
Art in Bloom, The Gallery at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC
Shop Front Trail, Clay Gulgong 2016, Gulgong, NSW, Australia
NCECA Ceramics Graduate Exhibition, Carter Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Impact, Foundry Arts Centre, St. Louis, MO
Women in the Arts, Craft Studio Gallery, Columbia, MO
Juror: Hannah Reeves
White Walls II, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
2015
Ceramic Mind Field, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Curator: Peter Callas
2014
In Full Bloom, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Juror: Leigh Taylor Mickelson
2013
Sculpture 2013, Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC
Juror: Sherry Masters
Bluegrass Bourbon: By the Bottle, KY Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY
Bluegrass Bourbon: By the Ounce, KY Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY
Curator: Matt Long
2012
Firmly Rooted, M.S. Rezny Gallery, Lexington, KY
Holiday Exhibition, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Bourbon Bash, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY
2011
Invitational Wood-fire Exhibition, Stillwater Gallery, Whitefish, MT
Solo exhibition, Mi Casa Pottery, Whitefish, MT
2008
50th Anniversary Exhibition, Wellington Potters, Wellington, Aotearoa NZ
SELECTED GRANTS/AWARDS
2023 NZPPA Main Prize Printmaking Award, Waikato Society of Arts
2022 & 2023 Creative Communities Grant, New Plymouth District Council & Creative NZ
2019 Watershed Ceramics Residency Scholarship, Newcastle, ME
2019 NAWA Fresh Paint, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
2016-2019 Distinguished Art Fellow, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2018 Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2018 Ceramics Club Research Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2017 Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2017 Ceramics Club Research Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2016 John Bies International Travel Award, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2016 Graduate Professional Council Travel Grant, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2015 Carolinas Got Art, Elder Gallery, Third Place Award, Charlotte, NC
SELECTED TEACHING/LECTURES
2022 Street Art Workshop at TePaePae o Aotea with Ché Rogers, funded by Creative NZ & Ministry of Education
2020 Artist in Residence, Driving Creek Railway and Potteries, Coromandel, Aotearoa NZ
2019 Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2018 The Morning Boat, Assistant to Jonathan Trayte, Jersey, UK
2018 Visiting Artist, Etching, UMass|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2017 Invited Artist, Smoke on the Water, Cooroy, Australia
2017 Invited Artist, NC Woodfire Conference pre-conference, Asheville, NC
2017 Artist in Residence, Wellington Potters Association, New Zealand
2016 Invited Artist, Summer Woodfire Symposium, Tolne Gjæstgivergaard, Denmark
2010 Guest Artist, Driving Creek Railway and Potteries, Coromandel, Aotearoa NZ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 ImMaterial: Jennifer Halli & Antonia O'Mahony, Imprint Magazine, Print Council of Australia, September 2023
Sculpture Honouring Domestic Labour, Federico Magrin, Taranaki Daily Times, 31 August 2023
Celebration: Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand, exhibition catalog, 2023
2022 Meet the Maker, NZ House & Garden, Shandelle Battersby, December 2022
the other side of better by Michelle Elvy, cover art, 2022
2021 Love in the Time of Covid: A Chronicle of a Pandemic, Editors: Michelle Elvy & Witi Ihimaera, January 2021
2020 Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand, Otago University Press (funding Creative New Zealand)
2018 Smoke on the Water: A Potters Party, (with Merrie Tomkins) Neue Keramik/New Ceramics, 1|18
2016 Perfectly Imperfect, Carolina Home & Garden, No. 44, Fall 2016
Left of Perfect, Bold Life, October 2016
Niche, Columbia Tribune, May 2016
2013 Forging a New Path, Bold Life, September 2013
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022-present, owner and curator of MIGHT COULD Art Project Space, Ngāmotu, New Plymouth
2024 Emergence Award Judge (Forthcoming), Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
2019 Installation and Lighting, Elizabeth Keithline: (The Air) As It Moves, Crapo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2016- Marketing and Distribution, Neue Keramik/New Ceramics Magazine, Germany
2018 Artist Mentor, Art All State, University of Massachusetts|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2018 Printmaking Technician, Summer, University of Massachusetts|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2015-2016 Instructor of Record, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2014-2016 Studio Assistant to Peter Callas, Belvidere, NJ
2011-2014 Grants and Community Outreach Coordinator, The Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
2012 Studio Assistant to Dame Magdalene Odundo, Bat Cave, NC
2012 Mural commission, Community Foundation of Henderson County, NC
2009-2011 Apprentice to Master Potter, Robert Barron, Gooseneck Pottery, Kardella, Australia
2010 Studio Assistant to Jack Troy, Gooseneck Pottery, Kardella, Australia
2009 Studio Assistant, Pot Black Ceramics, Melbourne, Australia
2004-2008 Events and Centres/Senior Administrator, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa NZ
2001 Co-ordinator, School of Learning Arts, Wilmington, NC
1995-1998 Art Educator, North Carolina Public Schools, Charlotte/Wilmington, NC
MEMBERSHIPS
Art Axis https://artaxis.org/jennifer-halli/
Ceramics NZ
National Association of Women Artists, Inc. https://www.thenawa.org/jennifer-halli/
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
COMMUNITY
2024 New Plymouth Women's Center Committee Member, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
2019 Hatch Street Studios Committee Member, New Bedford, MA
2017/2018 Ceramics Club President, UMass|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2016-2018 Neediest Family Fund, Empty Bowls Project, New Bedford, MA
2013 Organizer, Open Studio Tour of Henderson County, Hendersonville, NC
[email protected]
Owner of MIGHT COULD Art Project Space
Lives and works in Ngāmotu New Plymouth, Aotearoa New Zealand
EDUCATION
MFA in Artisanry, May 2019
University of Massachusetts|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
BA in Art Education, May 1994
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Retrospect Prospect, (solo) SPACE Gallery, Whanganui
Disheartened (community collaboration with Antonia O'Mahony), MIGHT COULD Art Project Space, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
Homework (forthcoming), Puke Ariki Museum, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
2023
NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards (Print Main Prize Winner), Waikato Society of Arts
Juror: Carole Shepheard
Private Viewing, CAS Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
ImMaterial (community collaboration with Antonia O'Mahony), MIGHT COULD Art Project Space, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
Summer Show. Studio Toru, Wellington
Yours Truly x, Curated by Laura Campbell, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
In Series, with Central Print Aotearoa, Space Gallery, Whanganui
Abroad: What's in the Suitcase, Curated by Morgan & Black, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
Celebration: Two Decades of Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand, Aratoi Museum, Masterton
PROOF: Two Decades in Printmaking, MIGHT COULD Art Project Space, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
2022
Time Lapsed, (solo) MIGHT COULD, New Plymouth, Aotearoa NZ
IPC International Mini Print Exhibition, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Watching Grass Grow, MIGHT COULD Art Project Space, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
2021
/Different Strokes/ (collaboration w/ Erin Wheary), LaVallée Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Flame Path, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, Australia
Looking Forward, Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, Taranaki, Aotearoa NZ
Postcards North and South (travelling exhibition), Percy Thomson Gallery, Taranaki, Creative Arts Napier, Wharepuke Gallery, Kerikeri Aotearoa NZ and Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts, Townsville AU, Firestation Print Studio Melbourne AU
2020
Social Print, Lysaght Watt Gallery, Hawera, Aotearoa NZ
The Kāwhia Series, The Old Post Office Gallery, Kāwhia, Aotearoa NZ
Distant Ceramics, online: www.distantceramics.com
Juror: Bruce Dehnert
Covid Collective, Estuary Arts Centre, Owera
Grides, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL
Curator: Danny Dobrow
Response: An Exhibition in Two Parts, Driving Creek Gallery, Coromandel, Aotearoa NZ
Remembrance | Memorial | Monument, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery, Fall River, MA
https://www.heraldnews.com/entertainment/20200116/remembrance--memorial--monument-opening-at-bcc-gallery
2019
ImMigration Project II, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
In God We Trust, Hera Gallery, South Kingstown, RI https://www.heragallery.org/in-god-we-trust
Southern Exposure, Atelier, Boston, MA
Clay + Ink, W. Keith & Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
Jurors: Kimiko Miyoshi, Susan Elizalde-Henson, Juri Koll
Stealing the Horse, UMass Dartmouth CVPA, New Bedford, MA
2018
Shift/Fix, City University of New York, Hunter College, New York, NY
NCECA Spanning the Spectrum (012 to 12), Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Curator: Jimmy Clark
Fast-Fire (solo exhibition), The Gallery at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC
Emerald Print Exchange, Out on a Limb Gallery, Portland, OR
Art All State Mentor Exhibition, UMass|Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
2017
Smoke on the Water Guest Presenters, Butter Factory Arts Centre, Cooroy, Australia
Materials Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
Juror: JoAnn Edwards
Guest List: An Exhibition of the Mountain Preheat Invited Artists, Clayspace Gallery, Asheville, NC
Graduate Student Biennial, The Clay Studio of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Jennifer Zwilling
Awagami Miniature Print Exhibition, Hall of Awa Museum, Tokushima, Japan
Essential Earth, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA https://issuu.com/wayneartcenter/docs/essential_earth_statement_book
Curator: Brett Thomas
2016
Biomorphic: AMOCA Ceramic Annual, AMOCA, Pomona, CA
Juror: Cj Jilek
Glimpse, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA
Folly, Craft Boston, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
MFA National, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
Hey Watershed, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA
Art in Bloom, The Gallery at Flat Rock, Flat Rock, NC
Shop Front Trail, Clay Gulgong 2016, Gulgong, NSW, Australia
NCECA Ceramics Graduate Exhibition, Carter Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Impact, Foundry Arts Centre, St. Louis, MO
Women in the Arts, Craft Studio Gallery, Columbia, MO
Juror: Hannah Reeves
White Walls II, George Caleb Bingham Gallery, Columbia, MO
2015
Ceramic Mind Field, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Curator: Peter Callas
2014
In Full Bloom, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
Juror: Leigh Taylor Mickelson
2013
Sculpture 2013, Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon, NC
Juror: Sherry Masters
Bluegrass Bourbon: By the Bottle, KY Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY
Bluegrass Bourbon: By the Ounce, KY Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY
Curator: Matt Long
2012
Firmly Rooted, M.S. Rezny Gallery, Lexington, KY
Holiday Exhibition, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT
Bourbon Bash, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft, Louisville, KY
2011
Invitational Wood-fire Exhibition, Stillwater Gallery, Whitefish, MT
Solo exhibition, Mi Casa Pottery, Whitefish, MT
2008
50th Anniversary Exhibition, Wellington Potters, Wellington, Aotearoa NZ
SELECTED GRANTS/AWARDS
2023 NZPPA Main Prize Printmaking Award, Waikato Society of Arts
2022 & 2023 Creative Communities Grant, New Plymouth District Council & Creative NZ
2019 Watershed Ceramics Residency Scholarship, Newcastle, ME
2019 NAWA Fresh Paint, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
2016-2019 Distinguished Art Fellow, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2018 Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2018 Ceramics Club Research Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2017 Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2017 Ceramics Club Research Award, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA
2016 John Bies International Travel Award, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2016 Graduate Professional Council Travel Grant, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2015 Carolinas Got Art, Elder Gallery, Third Place Award, Charlotte, NC
SELECTED TEACHING/LECTURES
2022 Street Art Workshop at TePaePae o Aotea with Ché Rogers, funded by Creative NZ & Ministry of Education
2020 Artist in Residence, Driving Creek Railway and Potteries, Coromandel, Aotearoa NZ
2019 Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2018 The Morning Boat, Assistant to Jonathan Trayte, Jersey, UK
2018 Visiting Artist, Etching, UMass|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2017 Invited Artist, Smoke on the Water, Cooroy, Australia
2017 Invited Artist, NC Woodfire Conference pre-conference, Asheville, NC
2017 Artist in Residence, Wellington Potters Association, New Zealand
2016 Invited Artist, Summer Woodfire Symposium, Tolne Gjæstgivergaard, Denmark
2010 Guest Artist, Driving Creek Railway and Potteries, Coromandel, Aotearoa NZ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 ImMaterial: Jennifer Halli & Antonia O'Mahony, Imprint Magazine, Print Council of Australia, September 2023
Sculpture Honouring Domestic Labour, Federico Magrin, Taranaki Daily Times, 31 August 2023
Celebration: Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand, exhibition catalog, 2023
2022 Meet the Maker, NZ House & Garden, Shandelle Battersby, December 2022
the other side of better by Michelle Elvy, cover art, 2022
2021 Love in the Time of Covid: A Chronicle of a Pandemic, Editors: Michelle Elvy & Witi Ihimaera, January 2021
2020 Ko Aotearoa Tātou | We Are New Zealand, Otago University Press (funding Creative New Zealand)
2018 Smoke on the Water: A Potters Party, (with Merrie Tomkins) Neue Keramik/New Ceramics, 1|18
2016 Perfectly Imperfect, Carolina Home & Garden, No. 44, Fall 2016
Left of Perfect, Bold Life, October 2016
Niche, Columbia Tribune, May 2016
2013 Forging a New Path, Bold Life, September 2013
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022-present, owner and curator of MIGHT COULD Art Project Space, Ngāmotu, New Plymouth
2024 Emergence Award Judge (Forthcoming), Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
2019 Installation and Lighting, Elizabeth Keithline: (The Air) As It Moves, Crapo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2016- Marketing and Distribution, Neue Keramik/New Ceramics Magazine, Germany
2018 Artist Mentor, Art All State, University of Massachusetts|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2018 Printmaking Technician, Summer, University of Massachusetts|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2015-2016 Instructor of Record, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2014-2016 Studio Assistant to Peter Callas, Belvidere, NJ
2011-2014 Grants and Community Outreach Coordinator, The Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
2012 Studio Assistant to Dame Magdalene Odundo, Bat Cave, NC
2012 Mural commission, Community Foundation of Henderson County, NC
2009-2011 Apprentice to Master Potter, Robert Barron, Gooseneck Pottery, Kardella, Australia
2010 Studio Assistant to Jack Troy, Gooseneck Pottery, Kardella, Australia
2009 Studio Assistant, Pot Black Ceramics, Melbourne, Australia
2004-2008 Events and Centres/Senior Administrator, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa NZ
2001 Co-ordinator, School of Learning Arts, Wilmington, NC
1995-1998 Art Educator, North Carolina Public Schools, Charlotte/Wilmington, NC
MEMBERSHIPS
Art Axis https://artaxis.org/jennifer-halli/
Ceramics NZ
National Association of Women Artists, Inc. https://www.thenawa.org/jennifer-halli/
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
COMMUNITY
2024 New Plymouth Women's Center Committee Member, Ngāmotu New Plymouth
2019 Hatch Street Studios Committee Member, New Bedford, MA
2017/2018 Ceramics Club President, UMass|Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
2016-2018 Neediest Family Fund, Empty Bowls Project, New Bedford, MA
2013 Organizer, Open Studio Tour of Henderson County, Hendersonville, NC