Jill Christian
New Mexico / Massachusetts
www.jillchristian.com
jill@jillchristian.com
Education
2012 MFA, Lesley University College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2002 MBA, Marketing, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
1992 BFA, Painting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1990 Summer study program, Chateau de LaNapoule Arts Center, France
Solo exhibitions
2018 Approximate Affinities, Exhibit/208, Albuquerque, NM
2014 Impressions, The Jonathan Abrams MD Art Gallery, University of New
Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM
2012 Rise|Set, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
Intervals, Inpost Artspace/Outpost Performance Center,
Albuquerque, NM
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Small Works, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
nurture / nature, Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg, NJ
The Collecting Eye of Ray Graham, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
ArtsThrive, Large Work Invitational, The Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM
Taos Abstract Artist Collective Spring Exhibition, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM
2023 Ephemerality, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 Counterpoints: Skateboard Artists & Mother Artists, New Visions, Gathering Studios,
Albuquerque, NM
2020 New Year, New Visions, Stern Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2019 Prelude, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
Monochrome, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
PaperWest, Gittins Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
Juror, Judith Brodsky
Together/Apart: The Lady Minimalists Tea Society, Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK
Under the Influences, Galisteo Arts Center, Galisteo, NM
No Modifiers, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2018 In Good Company, April Price Projects Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Outpost Member Exhibition, Inpost Artspace/Outpost Performance
Center, Albuquerque, NM
365 Artists 365 Days Project Group Exhibition, Frank Juarez Gallery,
Milwaukee, WI
ArtsThrive, The Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM
Gateway to the Imagination, The Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
2017 Deck the Walls, Exhibit/208, Albuquerque, NM
Home, a s(and) Collective Exhibition, Harwood Art Center,
Albuquerque, NM
ArtsThrive, The Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM
TONDO, Exhibit/208, Albuquerque, NM
Iteration, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2016 Deck the Walls, Exhibit/208, Albuquerque, NM
Affordable Art Fair New York, New Grounds,
Albuquerque, NM
Third Annual Regional, Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX. Juried by Eric M. Lee.
The Thing of it Is, Washington Art Association,
Port Washington, CT. Curated by Eric Aho.
Paintings by Jill Christian, Marilyn Dillard, and Raul Dorn,
Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
2015 Miniatures & More, The Albuquerque Museum of Art, Albuquerque, NM
The 12x12 Show, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
Affordable Art Fair New York, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
Wild+Life, Page Coleman Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Art on the Edge Biennial, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM.
Curated by Nora Burnett Abrams
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
(s)and: An Introduction, Exhibit 208, Albuquerque, NM
Building the Image: Work by The Lady Minimalists Tea Society, Smink,
Dallas, TX
New: Works by Matrix Artists, Matrix Fine Art, Albuquerque, NM
2014 Miniatures & More, The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History,
Albuquerque, NM
MAS*Albuquerque, Creative Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM
2013 The 12x12 Show, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
Outpost Member Exhibition, Inpost Artspace/Outpost Performance
Center, Albuquerque, NM
Miniatures & More, The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History,
Albuquerque, NM
Momentary: Jill Christian & Ana Medina, The William
Platz Gallery, Southwest University of Visual Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Black & White, Robert H. Angeloch Gallery, Woodstock School of Art,
Woodstock, NY. Curated by Peik Larsen
Objectified, AIB MFA Alumni Show, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2012 The 12x12 Show, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
Una Vida Art Project, 5G Gallery at Factory on 5th, Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Showcase, 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, NM. Curated by
Peter Frank
MFA in Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, Art Institute of Boston at
Lesley University, Boston, MA
2011 Abstracts 2011, Creative Albuquerque/Emerging Creatives
Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
2006 Small Works Exhibition, Third Moon Gallery, Corrales, NM
2003 Kindred Spirits, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
1999 Hallucinations From The Cage, One-On-One Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
1996 Flight and Passages, The Outsource, Albuquerque, NM
1993 12th Annual Faber Biren Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association,
Stamford, CT
1992 Kick Off The Traces!, Leverett Crafts and Arts, Leverett, MA
Projects
2019-20 Director of Marketing/Board Member, New Mexico Women in the Arts,
Regional Assn. of the National Museum of Women in the Arts
2015-22 Member. The Lady Minimalists Tea Society, an artist collaborative
based in Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014-19 Founding member. (s)and, an artist collaborative based in
Albuquerque, New Mexico
2015 Panelist. Gender and Art-Making. In conjunction with April 11, 2015
performance of 2am Lovely, a play by Irene Loy, Experimental Theatre,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2014 Participating artist, Harvest by Harwood Art Center, Juried Community
Supported Art Program, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2013 Film Screening, Who Does She Think She Is? by Pamela Tanner Boll,
Women & Creativity, Albuquerque, NM
Awards and honors
2019 Guest artist, Student Printer Lithography Collaboration Residency,
Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2019 Finalist, New Mexico Art in Public Places Purchase Program
2018 University of New Mexico School of Law Art Gallery Artist in Residence
(October 2018-October 2019)
2011 Emerging Creatives Juried Professional Development Program
and Exhibition, Creative Albuquerque/Albuquerque Arts Business
Association/Artscrawl, Albuquerque, NM
1988 Chancellor’s Scholarship Award in Fine Arts, four-year full-tuition
scholarship, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Collections
The Amarillo Museum of Art
City of Albuquerque Public Art Collection
The Graham Collection
Publications
2020 Studio Break Podcast Interview, October 2020
2017 Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 38 Summer 2017, The Open Studios Press,
Boston, MA (Juror: Diana Gaston, Tamarind Institute)
“Creatives: Jill Christian”, Albuquerque The Magazine, September, 2017
2015 Art on the Edge, 2015 Friends of Contemporary Art + Photography
Exhibition Catalogue, Nora Burnett Abrams. New Mexico Museum
of Art, Santa Fe, NM
"Art on the Edge 2015" and "Material Matters" at NMMoA, Michael
Abatemarco, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 8, 2015
Jury Duty: New exhibit celebrates artists on the edge. Enrique Limon.
Santa Fe Reporter, April 15, 2015
Building the Image: The Lady Minimalists, Catalogue, Smink, Inc.,
Dallas, TX
“Fourteen female ABQ artists in multi-media installation”, Wesley
Pulka, Albuquerque Journal, May 24, 2015.
2014 365 Artists 365 Days Project, A Frank Juarez and Greymatter Gallery
Collaborative Project.
2014 New American Paintings, No. 114, West Issue, The Open Studios Press,
Boston, MA (Curator: Nora Burnett Abrams)
2014 Studio Visit Magazine, Spring 2014 (Vol. 25), The Open Studios Press,
Boston, MA (Juror: Trevor Richardson, Herter Art Gallery)
2012 Studio Visit & Interview: Jill Christian, Claude Smith for 516 ARTS Blog