b. 1987, Anaheim, CA
AWARDS
2023
40 Under 40 Pittsburgh Magazine
40 Under 40 Charlotte Business Journal
2019
Charlotte Women to Watch Scoop Charlotte
Emerging Leader YWCA Women of Achievement
2017
Best of Charlotte Award, Lecture Series [Sphere Series]
15 Women to Know in the Charlotte Arts Charlotte Agenda
Leadership Charlotte, Arts & Science Council
EXHIBITIONS
Select Solo Exhibitions
2021
the Black box test, The August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh
Raise Free Black Children, Save Art Space Billboard, Pittsburgh
2016
Reading the Black Library, Stony Island Arts Bank, Chicago
2013
CLOCK OUT, Eccentric Gallery, Charlotte
2012
The Process Series, Social Status, Charlotte
2011
This Could Be Revisited, Studio K, Charlotte
2009
Everything, All at Once, The Frame Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
2007
Success, Carnegie Mellon University, Jon Rubin’s Tent Show Southside, Pittsburgh
Select Group Exhibitions
2024
At The Center, St Louis
2022
Vernacular À la Mode, PRIZM Art Fair at Miami Basel Art Week
Terms of Service, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
Future Visions, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Progeny of Change, BrewHouse Arts, Pittsburgh
2021
Art as Liberation, 1HOOD, City of Asylum, Larry Ossei-Mensah and Mikael Owunna, Pittsburgh
May/Be/MAD: art exploring radical mental health, FolkLAB
2020
Anthropology of Motherhood, Carlow University, Pittsburgh (traveled to Youngstown State University in 2021)
Gift, Panza Gallery, Millvale, PA
We Out Here, Denison University, OH
2018
Up like a sun, down like a pancake, Institute for Contemporary Art, Baltimore (Acquisition)
2017
CLT Art Drop, The Spoke Easy, Charlotte
2016
Facets, Gallery 22, Charlotte
Artistic Protest, University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC),(Acquisition)
Art United for Reproductive Justice, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte
Killa Cam, Social Status, Charlotte
Unibrow, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte
Let The Good Times Roll, Gallery 22, Charlotte
2015
Graduation [Performance with Brian T. Leahy], COLLABOBO, Chicago
8478990810, [Performance with Brian T. Leahy], COLLABOBO, Chicago
Notes, [Performance with Brian T. Leahy], COLLABOBO, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, Chicago (Acquisition)
Failure, [Performance with Brian T. Leahy], COLLABOBO, Above the Frame Shop, Chicago
12x12, Dick Blick, Chicago
2013
Let The Good Times Roll, Gallery 22, Charlotte
Uniquability, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte
2012
Has Beens, Studio K, Charlotte
Art for Autism, Village @ SouthPark, Charlotte
Inspired, Tyler White Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2010
Commissioned work for Ted X Talk, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Art Bash, Mr. Smalls Fun House, Millvale, PA
2009
Mapping Braddock, UnSmoke Systems, Braddock, PA
From the Vault, Carnegie Mellon University, Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh
2007
Printstallation, The Frame Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
2006
Hung Up, PNC Park Stadium Jumbotron, Pittsburgh
SELECT CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2024
Melike Konur: Women I've Been, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL
2023
Open Ashram: Collectively Conjuring, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL
The Vault: Exhibiting the private collections of Black collectors, The Mint Museum, Charlotte
2022
TEMPLE, PRIZM Art Fair at Miami Basel Art Week
SHRINE, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh
SANCTUARY, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh
ALTAR, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh
2021
A Call to Create II (20, 21), Co-curator, BOOM Festival, Charlotte
Sibyls Shrine: Taking Care, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh
2019
Sisters with Stories, Hodges Taylor Fine Art & Consulting, Charlotte
Promoting Peace, Arts Empowerment Project & UNCC
cutXcopy, New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte
Southern Constellations, NC A&T University, Greensboro, NC
BOOM BOX SHOW, BOOM Festival, Charlotte
2018
Convergence, NC A&T Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
STREET SPACE, New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte
BLACK BLOODED, New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte
Art X Law: Sherrill Roland, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Black Law Student Association, Pittsburgh
La Raza Cosmica, BOOM Festival, Charlotte
Stimulus Series: Fantasy, Balance and Black Blooded, McColl Center for Art Innovation, Charlotte
2017
mood: B L A C K, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte
PINK PARTY: Queen Bee, Co-curator, Social Status, Charlotte
Chris Watts: Blahk on Blahk on Blak, Gallery 22, Charlotte
BOOM, Gallery 22, Charlotte
the hue + shade lounge, BOOM Festival, Charlotte
2015
Hip Hop Is… : A film Caleb Davis, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SPEAKING + PRESENTATIONS
Conferences
2023
Black Arts Funding Summit, Grantmakers in the Arts Conference
2021
"Building Wealth and Reparations for Artists," Grantmakers in the Arts Conference
"Uncomfortable Truth and Re-imagining and Rebuilding with Purpose," Grantmakers in the Arts Conference
"Sils Shrine: an arts residency for Black mothers," Common Field Convening
"Residency Practitioner Series," Artist Communities Alliance, Emerging Residency Institute
2020
"Trust Black Women," Grantmakers in the Arts Conference
"How Black Female Arts and Cultural Leaders are Reshaping the Field,"Upswell Conference
"Black Autonomous Spaces," Common Field Convening,
"Black Autonomous Spaces," Allied Media Conference,
2019
"Public Spaces Forum," John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Philadelphia
"Nina Simone Childhood Home," National Trust for Historic Preservation, Tryon, NC
"The Future of Museums," Common Field Convening, Philadelphia
Keynote Speaker, "When Art + Activism Collide," Charlotte SHOUT Festival, Charlotte
2017
"Arts & Culture," How Can I Be Down Entertainment Conference, Charlotte
2012
Keynote Speaker, National Art Honors Society, Myers Park High School, National Art Honors Society, Charlotte
Panel Discussions
2023
"Art + The Public Sphere: The Future of Museums + Magazines with fund manager Chris Adamo and philanthropic advisor Scott Stover, moderated Jessica Gaynelle Moss," Miami Art Week | Open Web Collective team
"Open Ashram: Collective Conjuring - Space to Dream Panel with Alisha B Wormsley, Felicia Savage Friedman & Renèe Cox, moderated Jessica Gaynelle Moss," Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL
"Opening The Vault: The Keys to Collecting with The Diamonds + The Jacksons," The Mint Museum Uptown Charlotte
"Opening The Vault: The Keys to Collecting with the Terrys + The Lees," The Mint Museum Uptown Charlotte
2022
"Artist Entrepreneur Incubator" Artist Spaces and Spaces for Artists," South Carolina Arts Commission and One Columbia "Expert Sessions," NC Black Women’s Art Collective: Center for Visual Arts, Greensboro, NC
"Collectors in Conversation: The Last 3 Photographs I Bought with Fred Bidwell, Lori Hepner, Adam Milliron, and Jessica Gaynelle Moss", Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh
"In Conversation: Interpretation with Jessica Gaynelle Moss, FreWuhn and Kilolo Luckett," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh "Progeny of Change with Christine Bethea, Jameelah Platt, Jessica Gaynelle Moss, Amanda Awanjo and Kemuel Benyehudah," Brewhouse Association, Pittsburgh
2021
"Post-graduate Practices," University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC), Undergraduate Senior Seminar Professional Practice" “Presenting as Practice with Jessica Gaynelle Moss and Alberto Aguilar," Office of Public Art
"Creating Black Autonomous Spaces with Jessica Gaynelle Moss & SHAN Wallace," The August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh "Diverse Cultural Outlets in Pittsburgh with Day Bracey, Miracle Jones & Jessica Moss," Allegheny County Bar Association, Committee for Diversity & Inclusion
"Gratitude, Notes + Artifacts with Jessica Gaynelle Moss, Mary Anne Quiroz, Brandon Gryde, and John Davis," Artist Communities Alliance, Field Conversations
2020
"Artist Support: Diversity + Leadership Affinity Group," Alliance of Artists Communities
"Artists as Servant Leader," BOOM Festival Forum, Charlotte
"Creating Black Autonomous Spaces: Juneteenth" University of Chicago
"Black Motherhood with Tara Fay Coleman," Carlow University
"Sils Shrine: Public Art + Communities Symposium with Alisha Wormsley, Jessica Gaynelle Moss & Naomi Chambers," Office of Public Art + Neighborhood Allies
"Photography While Black Featuring Lou Jones, Chandra McCormick, Keith Calhoun, Titus Brooks Heagins, Jessica Moss, Kennedi Carter, Mark Clennon, Courtney Reid Eaton, and moderated Michael Betts," Click! Photography Festival
"Pittsburgh Philanthropy with Celeste Smith and Shaunda McDill: Week 7, Episode 24," Alone Together Pittsburgh
2019
"Mediation Across Professions," Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA
"BA Capstone Senior Seminar," Oklahoma State,
"MFA Professional Practices," School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
"Museums: Southeast + Beyond," University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC), Undergraduate Senior Course,
"Water," Creative Mornings - Charlotte
"Dapline! with artists LaMont Hamilton & André Zachery and curators Tara Fay Coleman & Jessica Gaynelle Moss," Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh
2018
"Black Contemporary Art," Sphere Series, New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte
"Mediation Across Professions", Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA
"An Exploration of Black Life with Stephanie Woods, Jessica Moss, Carmen Neely, Brianna Robinson", Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, Charlotte "Black Blooded with Dr. Jen Edwards, Zun Lee, Jessica Moss, Sherrill Roland, Chris Watts", Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte
"Los Afro-Latinos with Jose Aurelio Baez, Esteban Jefferson, Jessica Moss and Sadie Woods", LaCa Projects, Charlotte
2016
"The New Frontier Day Lab: The Future of Southern Documentary," Sundance Institute & The Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte "9 Principles of Ethical Redevelopment", Theaster Gates, University of Chicago & Place Lab, Chicago
2017
"Of Women, Women with Micah Cash and Jessica Moss", The Light Factory, Charlotte
"Brian Leahy: Easy Colors", New Gallery of Modern Art, Charlotte
2010 "POWER UP" Program, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
2009 "Beatmakers Academy," Carnegie Mellon University, Arts Greenhouse, Pittsburgh
Podcast + Interviews
2022 This Thing We Call Art, Guest
2022 SLB Radio Productions, Inc., Guest
2021 What Does it Mean to be Black, Podcast, Guest
2020 NikNak, Podcast, Guest
2020 Rugged Angel, Podcast, Guest
CONSULTING PROJECTS
2022
Opportunity Fund, Rest and Respite for Black Women
2021
Office of Public Art, Public Art Commission: Art in Communities
Joan Mitchell Center, Spring 2021 Resident Artists
City of Pittsburgh, Cantini Mosaic Public Art Commission
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Nina Simone Childhood Home
2020
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Permanent Collection
The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian
Carnegie Mellon University, School for Public Policy and Management, Master of Arts Management Course
2019
The Center for Craft, Practice-Based Research Advisory Group
JURYING
2023
Thomas E. Potts and Betty H. Potts Scholarship Selection Committee (2020 - )
2021
The Heinz Endowment, Individual Artists Support
Common Field, 2021 Convening Scholarship Program
Office of Public Art, Allegheny Overlook Street Mural
Arts & Science Council, Culture Blocks
2020
Office of Public Art, Smallman St. Pedestrian Plaza
2019
City of Charlotte, Beatties Ford Signal Box
2018
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Public Art Advisory Member (‘18,’17)
ArtFields, 2018-2017
NC Arts & Science Council, Public Art Commission
ACRE Residency, 2017 Juror
701 Center for Contemporary Art, 701 CCA Prize Juror
LEADERSHIP
2024
PACE Executive Leadership Coaching
Brew House Arts, Executive Board Member (2022 - )
Women of Visions, Officer (2022 - )
2021
University of Pittsburgh Black Law Student Association, Mentor (2020-21)
Brew House Arts Distillery Artist Residency, Mentor (2021-2022)
Alliance of Artists Communities, BIPOC Affinity Group Member (2020-21)
Carnegie Mellon University, Admission Council, Member (2014-2021)
NC Black Women’s Roundtable, Member (2016-2021)
PGH Metro Movement Law Pros, Member (2020-21)
Common Field Convening, Member (2020-21)
2020
North Carolina Black Artists for Liberation, Co-Founder
Kelly Strayhorn Theatre, Host Committee
2019
The Lorien Academy of the Arts, Executive Board Member (2017-19)
2018
University of Pittsburgh, Black Law Student Association Director (2018-17)
The Light Factory, Exhibition Committee Member (2018-2021)
2017
EmpowHERment Inc., Mentor
2015
Hyde Park Art Center, Steering Committee Member
2014
Midwest Registrars Committee, Member
CERTIFICATES, RESIDENCIES + FELLOWSHIPS
2023 Protohaven Blk Art Lab, 1 year Residency
2021 Office of Public Art, Placemaking Academy, 6-week Course
2020 The Pittsburgh Foundation, 1-year Philanthropic Fellowship
2018 Elsewhere Museum, Southern Constellations Fellow, 3-month Residency
2016 Central Piedmont Community College, 3-month Grant Writing Certification
2016 NC Arts & Science Council," Lead With Intention" Leadership Program
2014 Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists, 2-week Winter Residency
2010 Beam Project, "A Trip to the Sun," Seattle Children"s Film Camp
SELECT PRESS
2024
2023
2022
2021
Forecast Public Art, Amina Cooper, "Public Art Now: Leading Voices Sharing Public Art of the Moment”
2020
Carnegie Mellon University School of Art, “5 Questions for Jessica Gaynelle Moss BFA ’09”
2019
2018
The Charlotte Magazine, Andy Smith “Jessica Moss Connects, Houses Artists in Charlotte and Beyond”
Pride Magazine, Jimese Orange, “The Roll Up: Charlotte’s New Artist Residency Program”
2017
Creative Loafing, Kia O. Moore “Jessica Moss Makes the Gantt Center a Safe Zone for Local Artists”
Education
2005 - 2009
Carnegie Mellon University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Painting, Drawing and Printmaking
2013 - 2015
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Master of Arts (MA), Arts Administration, Policy and Management
2017 - 2018
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Master of Studies in Law (MSL)
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