Jill Christian

Albuquerque, NM
www.jillchristian.com
jill@jillchristian.com

Education
2012      MFA, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2002      MBA, Marketing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1992      BFA, Painting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1990      Summer study program, Chateau de LaNapoule Arts Center, France
 
Solo exhibitions

2018      Approximate Affinities, Exhibit/208, Albuquerque, NM
2014      Impressions, The Jonathan Abrams MD Art Gallery, University of New
              Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
2012      Rise|Set, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
              Intervals, Inpost Artspace/Outpost Performance Center,
              Albuquerque, NM
 
Selected group exhibitions

2024      The Collecting Eye of Ray Graham, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX

              ArtsThrive, Large Work Invitational, The Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM

              Taos Abstract Artist Collective Spring Exhibition, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM

2023      Ephemerality, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2022      Counterpoints: Skateboard Artists & Mother Artists, New Visions, Gathering Studios,

              Albuquerque, NM

2020      New Year, New Visions, Stern Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2019      Prelude, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM     

              Monochrome, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 

              PaperWest, Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
              Juror, Judith Brodsky

              Together/Apart: The Lady Minimalists Tea Society, Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK
              Under the Influences, Galisteo Arts Center, Galisteo, NM
              No Modifiers, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2018      In Good Company, April Price Projects Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
              Outpost Member Exhibition, Inpost Artspace/Outpost Performance
              Center, Albuquerque, NM
              365 Artists 365 Days Project Group Exhibition, Frank Juarez Gallery,
​              Milwaukee, WI
              ArtsThrive, The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, NM
              Gateway to the Imagination, The Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
2017      Deck the Walls, Exhibit/208, Albuquerque, NM
              Home, a s(and) Collective Exhibition, Harwood Art Center,
              Albuquerque, NM
              ArtsThrive, The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History,
              Albuquerque, NM
              TONDO, Exhibit/208, Albuquerque, NM
              Iteration, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2016      Deck the Walls, Exhibit/208, Albuquerque, NM
              Affordable Art Fair New York, New Grounds,
              Albuquerque, NM
              Third Annual Regional, Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX.
              Juried by Eric M. Lee.
              The Thing of it Is, Washington Art Association,
              Port Washington, CT. Curated by Eric Aho.
              Paintings by Jill Christian, Marilyn Dillard, and Raul Dorn,
              Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
2015      Miniatures & More, The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History,
              Albuquerque, NM
              The 12x12 Show, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
              Affordable Art Fair New York, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
              Wild+Life, Page Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
              Art on the Edge Biennial, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM.
              Curated by Nora Burnett Abrams
              Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
              (s)and: An Introduction, Exhibit 208, Albuquerque, NM
              Building the Image: Work by The Lady Minimalists Tea Society, Smink,
              Dallas, TX
              New: Works by Matrix Artists, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
2014      Miniatures & More, The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History,
              Albuquerque, NM
              MAS*Albuquerque, Creative Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM
2013      The 12x12 Show, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
              Outpost Member Exhibition, Inpost Artspace/Outpost Performance
              Center, Albuquerque, NM
              Miniatures & More, The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History,
              Albuquerque, NM
              Momentary: Jill Christian & Ana Medina, The William
              Platz Gallery, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Albuquerque, NM
              Black & White, Robert H. Angeloch Gallery, Woodstock School of Art,
              Woodstock, NY. Curated by Peik Larsen
              Objectified, AIB MFA Alumni Show, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2012     The 12x12 Show, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
              Una Vida Art Project, 5G Gallery at Factory on 5th, Albuquerque, NM
              New Mexico Showcase, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM. Curated by
              Peter Frank
              MFA in Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, Art Institute of Boston at
              Lesley University, Boston, MA
2011      Abstracts 2011, Creative Albuquerque/Emerging Creatives
              Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
2006      Small Works Exhibition, Third Moon Gallery, Corrales, NM
2003      Kindred Spirits, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
1999      Hallucinations From The Cage, One-On-One Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1996      Flight and Passages, The Outsource, Albuquerque, NM
1993      12th Annual Faber Biren Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association,
              Stamford, CT
1992      Kick Off The Traces!, Leverett Crafts and Arts, Leverett, MA

   

Projects
2015 -    Member. The Lady Minimalists Tea Society, an artist collaborative
              based in Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014-     Founding member.  (s)and, an artist collaborative based in
              Albuquerque, New Mexico
2015      Panelist. Gender and Art-Making. In conjunction with April 11, 2015
              performance of 2am Lovely, a play by Irene Loy, Experimental Theatre,
              University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2014      Participating artist, Harvest by Harwood Art Center, Juried Community
              Supported Art Program, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2013      Film Screening, Who Does She Think She Is? by Pamela Tanner Boll,
              Women & Creativity,Albuquerque, NM

Awards and honors

2019      Guest artist, Student Printer Lithography Collaboration Residency,

              Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM

2019      Finalist, New Mexico Art in Public Places Purchase Program

2018      University of New Mexico School of Law Art Gallery Artist in Residence

              (October 2018-October 2019)
2011      Emerging Creatives Juried Professional Development Program
              and Exhibition, Creative Albuquerque/Albuquerque Arts Business
              Association/Artscrawl, Albuquerque, NM
1988      Chancellor’s Scholarship Award in Fine Arts, four-year full-tuition
              scholarship, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Collections
City of Albuquerque Public Art Collection

The Graham Collection


Publications
2020      Studio Break Podcast Interview, October 2020

2017      Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 38 Summer 2017, The Open Studios Press,
              Boston, MA (Juror: Diana Gaston, Tamarind Institute)
              “Creatives: Jill Christian”, Albuquerque The Magazine, September, 2017
2015      Art on the Edge, 2015 Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography
              Exhibition Catalogue, Nora Burnett Abrams. New Mexico Museum
              of Art, Santa Fe, NM
              "Art on the Edge 2015" and "Material Matters" at NMMoA, Michael
              Abatemarco, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 8, 2015
              Jury Duty: New exhibit celebrates artists on the edge. Enrique Limon.
              Santa Fe Reporter, April 15, 2015
              Building the Image: The Lady Minimalists, Catalogue, Smink, Inc.,
              Dallas, TX
            “Fourteen female ABQ artists in multi-media installation”, Wesley
             Pulka, Albuquerque Journal, May 24, 2015.
2014      365 Artists 365 Days Project, A Frank Juarez and Greymatter Gallery
              Collaborative Project.
2014      New American Paintings, No. 114, West Issue, The Open Studios Press,
              Boston, MA (Curator: Nora Burnett Abrams)
2014      Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2014 (Vol. 25), The Open Studios Press,
              Boston, MA (Juror: Trevor Richardson, Herter Art Gallery)
2012      Studio Visit & Interview: Jill Christian, Claude Smith for 516 ARTS Blog