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Education
2017. Master of Fine Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
2007 SMU-In-Taos, Fort Burgwin Campus, Taos, NM
Professional Experience
2021 - now Graduate Program Student Support Coordinator - School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2018 - 20 Faculty Associate – School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2018 - 21 Student & Community Engagement Specialist - School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2017 - 18 Family Programs Assistant - Education Department, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2014 - 17 Instructor of Record - School of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2013 Artist Assistant: Michael O’Keefe, The O’Keefe Studios, Richardson, TX
2011 - 14 Chair of the Arts - First Baptist Academy, Dallas, TX
2009 - 10 Theatre Art Director, First Baptist Academy, Dallas, TX
2009 - 14 Theatre Prop Maker and Set Painter - First Baptist Academy, Dallas, TX
2008 - 14 Artist Assistant for Sculptor John Collier - Collier Studios, Plano, TX
2007 - 14 Art Instructor - First Baptist Academy, Dallas, TX
2007 Artist Assistant: Stone Carving, Hidenori Oi, Dallas, TX
2006 - 07 Theatre Prop Maker, Southern Methodist University Theatre Shop, Dallas, TX
2003 - 06 Lithic Illustrator, Southern Methodist University, Archeology Department, Dallas, TX
Gallery Representation
Bentley Gallery
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2019 Ensnarled with Flowers, I Fall on Grass (with Cami Galofre), Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Tracing Absence, Center for the Performing Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Drawing Near, Rhetorical Galleries, Phoenix, AZ
In lieu of flowers, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2011 Growing Obsessions, Palazzo Rinaldi, Noepoli, Italy
2007 Recent Works (with Leticia Luevanos), Doolin Gallery, Dallas, TX
2004 New Beginnings (with Stephanie Spencer), Mary Hay Gallery, Dallas, TX
Group Exhibitions
2022 (upcoming) Marked, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Breaking Up, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2021 Instinct, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Annual Summer Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2020 PHX NOW III, Mood Room, Phoenix, AZ
Annual Group Exhibition, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2,500 x 18, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Pigment (with Louise Blyton, Makoto Fujimura, Raphaëlle Goethals, Judith Kruger and Hiroko Otake), Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Inspired by History, Chandler Museum, Chandler, AZ
Art d'Core Gala, Warehouse 215 @ Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
In, On, and Of Paper, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Reinventing Abstraction, Royse Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
7th Annual Power of 5, Chartreuse Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Object Inspiration, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
Young Rising Stars, Art Salon, Scottsdale, AZ
2017 ` Big, New City Studio, Phoenix, AZ
Sculpting Science, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Aftershock, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Five 15 to the Power of 5, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ
Inverse Conversations V, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ
What’s Up World, New City Studio, Phoenix, AZ
Materialize, Herberger Theater Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Nasty Women: Phoenix Unite, Grand ArtHaus, Phoenix, AZ
2016 7th annual TAPPED, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Eleven, Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Grey Area (with AJ Nafziger & Travis Rice), MonOrchid, Phoenix, AZ
Nathan Cummings Exhibition, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Inverse Conversations II, 13 Contemporary Art Space, Qingzhou, China
Inverse Conversations, Renmin University Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Arizona Artists Guild: Juried Exhibition, Gallery Glendale at Westgate, Glendale, AZ
Creative Push, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 Tiny Works | Tiny Dances, {9} The Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
somewhere between black & white, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
In-cept, {9} The Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Sculpting Science, ASU Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ
Order & Chaos, Xico Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Summer Juried MFA Show, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Realizations, Frontal Globe Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2014 In-Suspension, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Art-O-Sphere, Ice House Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Chamber Music & The Visual Arts, Tempe History Museum, Tempe, AZ
New Graduates, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2012 Those Who Teach That Do, Pegasus Gallery, The Art Institute of Dallas, Dallas, TX
125 7th Annual Juried Show, THE ARTS Gallery, Plano, TX
Ink & Clay 38, Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA
500x Juried Show, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
2011 500x Juried Show, 500x Gallery, Dallas, TX
2007 Works from Taos, Doolin Gallery, Dallas, TX
Recent Work, Fort Burgwin Campus, Taos, NM
SMU Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Pollock Gallery, Dallas, TX
SMU Student Art Association Juried Show, 2932 Main Gallery, Dallas, TX
2006 Advanced Sculpture Exhibition, Doolin Gallery, Dallas, TX
Dance Sharp Show, Owen Arts Center, Dallas, TX
2005 Stone Carving Exhibition, Doolin Gallery, Dallas, TX
Grants, Awards, and Honors
2017 GPSA Research Grant
2016 The Martin Wong Foundation Scholarship
The Rudy Turk Scholarship
The ASU Sun Angel Fine Arts Scholarship
Nathan Cummings Travel Fellowship
Honorable Mention, Arizona Artists Guild: Juried Exhibition, Gallery Glendale at Westgate, Glendale, AZ
GPSA Individual Travel Grant
2015 HIDA Special Talent Award
2014 ASU Dean’s Fellowship
Outstanding Teaching Award from the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers
2012 Outstanding Teaching Award from the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers
2011 High-Performance Award at First Baptist Academy
2007 Charley Aberg Travel Award
2006 Mary Jones Art Award
2003 - 07 Meadows School of the Arts Artistic Scholarship
Artist Residencies
2011 Palazzo Rinaldi Residency, Summer Fellowship, Noepoli, Italy (July)
Press & Publications
2020 Java Magazine, Artist Profile by Jeff Chabot, March 2020
2017 Inverse Conversations V, Catalog
Sculpting Science: A Provocative Fusion of Science and Art, Catalog
AZ Foothills Magazine, “Artist Spotlight on Jessica Palomo”, by Nicole Royse, January 2017
2016 Inverse Conversations, Catalog
2015 Too Hot Collective Magazine
Somewhere Between Black & White, Catalog
Paint Pulse Magazine, Issue 3, August 2015
Selected Lectures, Public Speaking & Workshops
2022. (upcoming) Guest Artist: Sketching in the Garden, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Guest Artist: Summer Drawing Workshop, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2017 Guest Lecturer & Workshop: Seeing through Sketching, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2016 Artist Talk, Phoenix Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Panelist: Education in the Arts, Phoenix Community College, Phoenix, AZ
2014 Guest Artist: Sketching in the Galleries, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ