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 Awards +Honors

  2023   Friends of Pentaculum Scholarship, Pentaculum Residency at Arrowmont School of Arts and crafts

  2022   FY22 Artist Fellowship Finalist in Painting,  Massachusetts Cultural Council

  2021    Finalist -Art Educator's residency,  Golden Paints + The Alliance for Young Artist and Writers,  

  2015    Career Opportunity-Artist Grant,  Oregon Arts Commission  

  2003   Nominated for The Rema Mann Hort Foundation Award

  2000   Matching-Full-Fellowship for residency, matched by Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, ME + School of Visual Arts, NYC

               New York Foundation for the Arts (Special Opportunity Stipend)

  1999    School of Visual Arts, NY  (Silas H. Rhodes Merit Scholarship Award)

  1998    School of Visual Arts, NY  (Silas H. Rhodes Merit Scholarship Award)

  1997    New York Foundation for the Arts (Special Opportunity Stipend Award)

               Vermont Studio Center (Artist Grant)

 Selected Solo +Two-Person Exhibitions

  2022   Play Date, Nearby Gallery,  Newton Centre, MA

  2021    Hop, Twist and Turn, Jai Hart,  doorway_a_gallery, Waltham, MA

  2018    A Response to Views, Jai Hart/ Lucas Irwin, Tripod Space Projects, Busan, South Korea

  2016    DreamScapes, Jai Hart, L/H And N Gallery,  Gangnam-GU,   Seoul, South Korea

  2015   Landscape and Lines,   W + Lattuda  Art  Gallery,  New York, NY 

 2000   SVA Goes to Brescia, When Pop Meets Chagall, Jai Hart/ Aaron Zimmerman @Realite Contemporanea , Brescia, Italy   

  1997    Installation: Jai Hart,   Surdam Art Gallery,  Green Mountain College.   Poultney, VT

               Jai Hart Installation,  Koussevitzky Gallery,  Berkshire Community College,   Pittsfield, MA

  1997    Installations: Jai Hart & Betsy Brandt,  Saratoga Art Center, Saratoga Springs, NY

  1995    Kim Jai Koung,  KC Site Gallery, West Bottoms,  Kansas City, MO

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 2024   upcoming:  Nature's Grasp , details coming soon.

                                  Exuberance,   details coming soon

 2023   Stuffed, Boston Univ Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Art Gallery, curated by Mallory Ruymann & Leah TriplettHarrington 

             Slant Rhyme,  At The Kniznick Art Gallery, (The Women's Studies Research Center) at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.

 2022   Imbued: 3 Artists and Materials part 1,  Nov. 1 – Dec. 2, 2022, Suffolk University Art Gallery, Boston, MA

 2020    Art On Paper, @ Pier 36  Booth #B15  New York, NY 

 2016    Summer Afternoon” Angiola Churchill, Lucia Pescador and Jai Hart,  Wook+Flavio Gallery, Centum City,  Busan, South  Korea

 2006   Vault Series, curated By Joan Backes, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA

 2005    Affordable Art Fair,   Crecloo Art Gallery, Chelsea Piers, New York, NY

 2004    Salad Bowl, Crecloo Art Gallery, Jenkins Town, PA

 2003    GOLD HANDS-art and embroidery in contemporary art, Mandi d'oro-arte e ricami nell'arte contemporanea, Curated by                                                       Francesco Bonazzi, The New Space at the Public Library, Mart- Museo d'arts Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (TN), It.

               

                New York– Paris Artists Exhibition -The 4th Shinsaimdang Art Festival, Cultural Art Center in Gangneung, Korea

 

 2002    A night of 1000 drawings benefit,  Artist Space, New York, NY

 2001    Passing Through, Exhibition of Female artist living in Brooklyn NY, curated by Chris Gentile and Sarah Brennaman

                      At The Shaqab College of Design Arts, Doha, Qatar

                Passing Through, Exhibition of Female artist living in Brooklyn NY, curated by Chris Gentile and Sarah Brennaman

                       At Virginia Common Wealth University, Richmond, VA

                Painting Beyond Painting,  CristineRose Gallery, New York,  NY

 2000   Fabulous Fabularum,   curated by Ombretta Argo,  Trans Hudson Gallery, New York, NY

               MFA Thesis Exhibition,  SVA Wooster Street Art Gallery, New York, NY

 

  1999   Of or Pertaining to Painting,  curated by Rachel Gugelberger, SVA Westside Gallery, New York, NY 

               (Feel Fine),  curated by Jay Battle, Video Land Art Space, New York, NY 

   

  1997   Summer 97,  International School of Art Gallery, Montecastello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy

               The Regional!,  State University of New York -Albany Art Museum, curated by Dan Cameron, Albany, NY

               Between Studios: Newer Artist, curated by Harold Loner,Albany Center Galleries, Albany, NY

 

  1996    New Directions, Barrett House Gallery,  curated by Beth Venn, Poughkeepsie, NY 

  1995    12 days on Summit Street,  Summit Street Gallery,     Iowa City, IA

 

 Presentations

  2023    Artist Talk ProcessWomen's Research Center at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

  2022    Artist Presentation,  Suffolk University, Boston, MA

                 Artist Talk, NearbyGallery, Newton  Town Center, MA

 

  1997    Artist Talk and Art Demonstration, Sterling Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA

                Guest Lecturer, Berkshire Community College, Poultney, VT

                Artist Talk, Green Mountain College,  Pittsfield, MA

 

 Education

     Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,  Skowhegan, ME     

     School of Visual Arts,     New York, NY               Master of Fine Art                         

     Kansas City Art Institute,     Kansas City, MO      Bachelor of Fine Art

     Interlochen Arts Academy,      Interlochen,   MI.  

 

 Residencies

   2023    DNA Artist Residency, Provincetown, MA.  Sponsored by  Freight and Volume Gallery, New York ,NY

                  Pentaculum at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

   2000     Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,  Skowhegan, ME    

    1998     The International School of Art,  Monte Castello diVibio,  Umbria, Italy

   1997     The Vermont Studio Center,  Johnson, VT             

                      

 Publications

   2023  K.DeBoer, "PillowTalk: intimacy and Animacy in "Stuffed", Boston Art Review, a quick bit ONLINE • 09/14/2023

                  https://bostonartreview.com/reviews/review-stuffed-bu-art-galleries-kendall-deboer/

                S.Yarn, "Stone Art Gallery Exhibition STUFFED Highlights the Subversive Side of FiberArt", Boston UniversityToday, August, 23, 

                  https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/exhibition-stuffed-highlights-fiber-arts/

                 

               C.Mcquaid, "Feeling "Stuffed" at Boston University Art Galleries, Everything is filling",  Ocean in a drop, August 13, 2023

                   https://catemcquaid.substack.com/p/feeling-stuffed

               "Stuffed" June15- September 15, 2023, Stone Art Gallery, Boston University Art Galleries, exhibition catalog, 2023

  

   2022  M. Rubio, “Adria Arch and Jai Hart Invite Us to Join Their “Playdate at Nearby Gallery,” Boston Art Review,

                  Boston, MA., May 31, 2022,  https://bostonartreview.com/reviews/arch-hart-play-date/

  

   2016    “Jai Hart Dreamscapes” L/H And N Gallery”  Daejonilbo News, Seoul, Korea, June 2, 2016,

                   http://www.daejonilbo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=1216275

                “JaiHart solo Exhibition: A midsummer Night's Dream Jai Hart: Dreamscape, ArtBava Gangnam-GU, Seoul, Korea, May 28, 2016                                         https://www.artbava.com/exhibit/detail/3361/

                "American contemporary artist JAI HART's first solo exhibition in Korea "DREAMSCAPE A Midsummer Night's Dream" ,  

                   Euro Design Center, Seoul, Korea.  May 28, 2016  https://m.blog.naver.com/euro_edc/220720976184

 

                “Summer Afternoon” a production by Wook+Flavio Gallery in Busan S. Korea  (Exhibition Catalog,)  New York, NY. 

  2015     “Landscapes and Lines” ShamanShowmen Art & Lifestyles, International on line magazine.  

  2013    “New Bedford Art Museum The Vault series Curated by Joan Backes “New Bedford Art Museum catalog publications, New Bedford

 

  2006    “Vault Series: New and Review’ pays tribute to NBAM anniversary, Southcoast Today/ The Standard Times, New Bedford, MA., .June 8, 

                   https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/local/2006/06/08/vault-series-new-review/50313021007/.  

   

  2003   “New York/ Paris Arts Exhibition / Exposition Des Artistes de Paris/New York” Exhibition Catalog  Gangneung City Art Museum, Publication,                        Gangneung City, Korea, 2003

   

  2001     A. Harmom,  “An Artful Language”  Shaqab College of Design Arts, The Weekly Gulf Times, Doha,  Qatar,  p.24.  April 20.01

   

  2000    “Jai Hart/ Aaron Zimmerman “Juliet Art Magazine Vol.4 No.7, Numero 100 -Italian Art Anno  novembre 2000   

                   https://1995-2015.undo.net/it/magazines/975409735

                 O. Argo,  “Fabulous Fabularum” at Trans Hudson Gallery, Exhibition Catalog, New York, NY,  

 

   1999   “Album From SVA, Hunter, Parsons, Marie Walsh  Sharpie Foundations, Whitney Studio Program” 

                    (P.P.  56-57),  NY Arts Magazine Vol.4 No.7, New York, NY.  1999   

 

   1997    “Review of the Years’ Top Ten Exhibitions”  (P.P.G1-2), The Daily Gazette, Saratoga, NY Arts and Entertainment. Saratoga, NY.  1997 

                “Arts and Entertainment”  (P.6B), The Daily Gazette, Saratoga, NY. 

                “Jai Hart / Betsy Brant " The Arts Letter”, The Saratoga County Arts Council. Saratoga, NY. 1997

 

                D.Cameron,  “Artist of the Regional Exhibition” cataloglog, State University, NY-Albany museum Publication, Albany, NY. 1997

               “Arts and Entertainment”,  The Times Union, (P.H2),  Albany, NY.       

 

               “Between Studios: Newer Artist” (P.6), Albany Center Galleries Publication Albany, NY. 1997

 

               “New Perspective” (P.17),   Art- Metroland,  Albany NY.  

 

   1996  “Barrett House, Bard Show off New Talent”, Poughkeepsie Life Journal 1996

   1994   “Arts and Leisure” (p.48), The Daily Iowan,  Iowa City, IA.   

 

 

 


 

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