Jonathan Mess 62 Lincoln Street Portland, Maine 04103
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Art 2008
State University of New York at New Paltz
Art K-12 Teaching Certificate 1999
Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio
Bachelor of Fine Art 1998
University of Montana – Missoula
Fine Arts Program 1993–1995
University of Toledo, Ohio
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 Visual Arts Educator (Ceramics, Sculpture, Foundations)
Waynflete, Portland, Maine
Workshop Instructor, Clay: Dig It! Shape It! Fire It! (Ceramic Handbuilding workshop)
IS183: Art School of the Berkshires, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Workshop Instructor, Something From Nothing (Stop-motion animation workshop)
IS183: Art School of the Berkshires, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
2007 Teaching Assistant (instructor of record), Ceramic Handbuilding, Fall Semester
State University of New York – New Paltz
Teacher’s Assistant, Art Seminar, Fall Semester
State University of New York – New Paltz
Teaching Assistant (instructor of record), Introduction to Ceramics, Spring Semester
State University of New York – New Paltz
Teacher’s Assistant, Art Seminar, Spring Semester
State University of New York – New Paltz
2006 Teacher’s Assistant, Ceramic Handbuilding, Fall Semester
State University of New York – New Paltz
1999 - 2006 Visual Arts Educator (Ceramics, Sculpture, Foundations)
Leavitt Area High School, Turner, Maine
1999 - 2001 Part-time Visual Arts Educator
River Valley School: Alternative and Adult Education, Turner, Maine
1997 Gallery Assistant
Montana Museum of Arts and Culture, Missoula
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VISITING ARTIST
2004 University of Southern Maine, Gorham, Maine
2003, 2004 Central Maine Community College, Auburn, Maine
2002 - 2006 Androscoggin Creative Artists Program, Lewiston, Maine
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Jonathan Mess (Solo)
Highwater Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
2008 December
Daniel Kany Gallery, Portland, Maine
Focus on Gender: An Investigation of Male and Female Perspectives in Contemporary
American Ceramics (Invitational)
Westchester County Courthouse, White Plains, New York
Down To Earth
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Chandler Gallery, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York
Best of SUNY Art Student Exhibition (Juried)
The New York State Museum, Albany, New York, *Best of Show*
Regional Student Juried Exhibition
NCECA 2008
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cold Beer Hot Clay
Firehouse Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Space Place (Juried)
Rotunda Gallery, New Paltz, New York
currentBIND: Charting Junctures in Metal and Ceramics
The Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University, New Jersey
2007 SUNY Student Art Exhibition (Juried)
State University Plaza, Albany, New York
site:SIGHT
Site-specific exhibition
New Paltz, New York
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Jonathan Mess 62 Lincoln Street Portland, Maine 04103
Everyday Objects In Art
Montana Museum of Arts and Culture, Missoula, Montana
2005 Turner Center For Arts Juried Exhibition
Turner, Maine
Area Artists 2005 Juried Exhibition
Atrium Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn College,
Lewiston, Maine
2004 Spreads
Maine’s Creative Economy Conference commissioned installation
Bates Mill, Lewiston, Maine
Layers
Rinck Advertising Company, Auburn, Maine
2003 Innovative Sculpture
Carriage House Gallery, Portland, Maine
September
Meyer Gallery, Portland, Maine
COLLECTIONS
Thaddeus Mosley, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Franco American Heritage Society Museum, Lewiston, Maine
Bates Mill Museum, Lewiston, Maine
Leavitt Area High School, Turner, Maine
Montana Museum of Arts and Culture, Missoula, Montana
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Marie Rossiter, “Creativity: In a class all by itself,” Sun Journal, March 26, 2006.
Maine Arts Commission Mag: The official publication of the Maine Arts Commission, cover
image and write-up, Summer 2004.
Bob Keyes, “Artist’s run of the mill is anything but,” Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday
Telegram, May 2, 2004.
Carol Coultas, “It’s show time,” Sun Journal, April 25, 2004.
Daniel Hartill, “Millwork to artwork: Artist renders ‘creative economy’ from Bates Mill
remnants,” Sun Journal, April 12, 2004.
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Jonathan Mess 62 Lincoln Street Portland, Maine 04103
GRANTS/AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2008 Best of Show, 2008 Best of SUNY Art Student Exhibition Series
State University of New York, The New York State Museum, Albany, New York
2007 Graduate School Research Grant, State University of New York – New Paltz
2004 Maine Arts Commission for site-specific installation for Maine’s Creative Economy
Conference, Bates Mill, Lewiston, Maine
1998 Walter J. Hook Scholarship, University of Montana – Missoula
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2008 Cold Beer Hot Clay
Firehouse Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Curator: Jonathan Mess
SUNY-New Paltz Alum Plus
Standard Ceramics, Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Curators: Jonathan Mess, Ben Wilton
currentBIND: Charting Junctures in Metal and Ceramics
The Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University
Curators: Sarah Abramson, Kate Bauman, Jonathan Mess
EXHIBITIONS JURIED
2008 currentBIND: Charting Junctures in Metal and Ceramics
The Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University
Jurors: Sarah Abramson, Kate Bauman, Jonathan Mess
2007 Foundations Exhibition
Smiley Art Building, State University of New York – New Paltz
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