JOCELYN MATHEWES

born: Natick, Massachusetts, USA

education: B.A. Studio Art & English, Messiah College, Grantham, PA

now: married, three offspring, living in Johnson City, Tennessee, USA


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

* indicates a one or two-person show

2021
Women’s Work, Indianapolis Art Center / Indianapolis, IN
Women’s Work: New Takes on Textile Art, Reeves House Visual Arts Center / Woodstock, GA
If Not Now, When? / Spilt Milk Gallery / Online Exhibition
Leaf & Root & Berry / Sassafras Moon Festival Exhibition / Erwin, TN
The Art of Motherhood / Sojourn Arts / Louisville, KY

2020
Fantastic Film / Lightbox Photographic / Astoria, OR
Local Art in the Age of the 2020 Global Pandemic / Reece Museum / Johnson City, TN
*Spirits in Blue / EAT/ART space / Johnson City, TN
A Little of This, A Little of That / The Gallery @ Paragon / Phoenixville, PA
Altered Reality / Lightbox Photographic / Astoria, OR
*Chemical Flight / EAT/ART space / Johnson City, TN

2019

*They Once Flew, Dos Gatos Café / Johnson City, TN
Tangibility of Faith: Art & Religion in Appalachia / Reece Museum / Johnson City, TN
Film Shooters Collective @ Revela-T / Vilassar de Dalt, Spain
Alternative Visions / Lightbox Photographic / Astoria, OR
Of Printbearing Age / Second State Press / Philadelphia, PA
4th Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition / The Image Flow / Mill Valley, CA
Of Bees, Petals, & Wings: Pollinators Exhibition / Tipton Gallery / Johnson City, TN
Plastic Fantastic X / Lightbox Photographic / Astoria, OR

2018
FEEL / B[x] Gallery & Brooklyn Film Camera / Brooklyn, NY
Mnemonic / Dab Arts / Ventura, CA
3rd Annual Alternative Processes Exhibition / The Image Flow / Mill Valley, CA
National Juried Exhibition / Academy Center for the Arts / Lynchburg, VA
Plastic Fantastic / Lightbox Photographic / Astoria, OR

2017
Our Appalachia / Tipton Gallery / Johnson City, TN
*From the Earth: Works of Clay and Paper, ArtCurious Gallery / Johnson City, TN
Tennessee Craft Exhibition, Reece Museum @ ETSU / Johnson City, TN
Plastic Fantastic, Lightbox Photographic / Astoria, OR
2nd Annual Alternative Processes Exhibition, The Image Flow / Mill Valley, CA
National Juried Exhibition, Academy Center for the Arts / Lynchburg, VA

2016
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Heaven and Earth, William King Museum of Art / Abingdon, VA
Out of the Blue, PhotoSynthesis / Manchester, CT
INTERSECTION, A1LabArts / Knoxville, TN
REMNANTS, Lightbox Photographic / Astoria, OR

2015
Jezeball, Willow Tree Coffeehouse / Johnson City, TN
*Solar Powered Drawings, Nelson Fine Art / Johnson City, TN

2014
*Women with Icons, Antiochian Heritage Museum / Ligonier, PA

2008
*Portraits of Light, Yellow Dog Tavern / Baltimore, MD

2007
The Action/Interaction: Book/Arts Exhibition, Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts / Chicago, IL
Triptychs, Herring Run Gallery / Baltimore, MD
Big Show, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD

2006
*Women with Icons, Amalie Rothschild Gallery / Baltimore, MD
Triptychs, Hard Bean Coffee & Booksellers / Annapolis, MD
*Triptychs, Baltimoregallery, Baltimore, MD

2005
Big Show, Creative Alliance, Baltimore MD
International Photography Competition, The Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD

 

PUBLICATIONS & COLLECTIONS

“Synovial Algia (Capitoline Venus I)” & “Synovial Algia (Doryphoros II),” The HAND Magazine, issue #29, 2020
”Throcentesis,” 2020, collected by the Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN
"Pluto’s Inversion,” Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice, by Christina Z. Anderson, 2019
“The Heart Size is Unremarkable,” The HAND Magazine, issue #25, 2019
"More Spacious Than the Heavens," The HAND Magazine, issue #15, 2017
”Jupiter’s Triumph,” The HAND Magazine, issue #14, 2016
“The Gaze,” The HAND Magazine, issue #13, 2016
“Folly One,” SHOTS Magazine no. 128, 2015
“Women With Icons,” The Word Magazine, 2014
“Hold Hands,” Urbanite Magazine, 2008
“Women with Icons,” The Handmaiden, 2006
“Graffiti,” VenusZine, 2006
“Interior,” Filtered Magazine, 2006
“Lost & Found,” f-stop magazine, 2005


AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

Artist in Residence, Stay Home Gallery, Paris TN / 2020
Juror’s Choice Award, “Golden Lymph Nodes” Academy Center for the Arts / 2018
Artist Residency in Motherhood, ARiM w/Lenka Clayton, Johnson City, TN / 2016 - 2019

CURATION & SPEAKING

Contemporary Culture Makers exhibit curator, Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN / 2021 ( walkthrough / virtual artist talk )
”Chronic Illness as an Artist/Mother” Panel Discussion, Artist/Mother Podcast Network / 2021
Perfectionist in Recovery Podcast Interview - “Rest As A Creative Practice” / 2021 ( link )
On Motherhood & Artmaking - Sojourn Arts Interview / 2021 ( link )
Founder & Gallery Curator, EAT/ART space ( link )