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 Process, Women'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.