Born 1980, Maine
Lives and works in Winston-Salem, NC
EDUCATION
2004 MFA Painting, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2002 BA Studio Art with Highest Honors, Magna Cum Laude, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2001 Visiting Student, Parsons Paris School of Design, Paris, France (Spring Semester)
2000 Study Abroad, Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute with UNC Chapel Hill, Florence, Italy (Fall Semester)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Cloud Girl Accidentally Eats Rainbow, Davis Gallery, Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC
2024
A Place of Leaves and Earth, The Art Gallery at Congdon Yards, High Point, NC
2021
Of Stones and Earth and Air, Sechrest Gallery of Art, High Point University, High Point, NC
Creative Detours, Forsyth County Public Library, Central Branch, Winston-Salem, NC
2020
Hold us in the light, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC
Piedmont Triad International Airport, Greensboro, NC
2019
I must love you very much, North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem (formerly Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art – SECCA), NC
Recent Paintings, Steele Group Architects, Winston-Salem, NC
2018
The Shape of the Sky, Velma Mason Davis Gallery, Elberson Fine Arts Center, Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC
2017
Among the Weeds and Other Blossoming Things, Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC
2016
Sweeping Green Blue Air, Allenton Gallery, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
2005
Naiad’s Walk, Hyacinths and Dragonflies Gallery, Newark, DE
2004
Recent Works, Hyacinths & Dragonflies Gallery, Newark, DE
2003
Dialogue, Agilent Technologies Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2002
Woman Revealed, Andrews Gallery, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Place, Identity, and Belonging, Two-Person Exhibition, The Gallery at Stimmel, Winston-Salem, NC
2023
ArtFields, Juried Exhibition, Jones-Carter Gallery, Lake City, SC (catalogue)
2022
Fresh Air, Two-Person Exhibition, Charlotte Russell Contemporary, Raleigh, NC
2020
Prism, Invitational Exhibition, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC
2019
Beyond the Mountain, Two-person show, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC
An Exhibition of Voices from Winston Salem State University, Diggs Gallery, Winston Salem State University, NC
2018
March Invitational, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC
Art & Art History Alumnae Exhibition: 100 YEARS OF WOMEN AT W&M, Andrews Gallery, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Winter Show, Invitational Exhibition, Greenhill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2017
Intersections + Transformation, Juried Exhibition, Womble Carlyle Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Juried Exhibition, Delurk Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
2016
SCOPE, Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Exchange, Raleigh, NC
Winter Show, Invitational Exhibition, Greenhill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2015
Carolina’s Got Art, Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Transcendence, Invitational Exhibition, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
Winter Juried Exhibition, Mooresville Arts, Mooresville, NC
2014
Outside, Two-person show, Outside, Providence Gallery, Charlotte, NC
State of the Art/Art of the State, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
Home Grown, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
Fresh Tide, Three-person show, Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte, NC
Mini-Works on Paper, 35th Annual Juried Exhibition, Hammond Hall Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
85 Years 85 Artists, Menlo College, Atherton, CA (catalogue)
Featured Artists, Slate Interiors, Charlotte, NC
2013
Gallery Artists Show, Providence Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Home Grown, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
A Fine Line: Contemporary Drawing, National Juried Exhibition, Morehead State University, KY
Marks, 1st Biennial National Juried Drawing Exhibition, Madelon Powers Art Gallery, East Stroudsburg University, PA (catalogue)
The Map Project, Art House, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Bike Art Adelaide, Australia
2011
RiAus Adelaide REEF, The Science Exchange, Adelaide, Australia (group collaborative installation)
VPAP@PIFA (Virtual Public Art Project @ Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts), Philadelphia, PA (in collaboration with Tim Bowman)
2006
Surfacings, Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon Township, NJ (sound installation in collaboration with Tim Bowman)
2005
Mini-Works on Paper, 26th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Jacksonville State University, AL
2004
Pittura e fotografia dal punto di vista dell’occhio moderno, Castell Welsperg, Welsperg, Italy
Women, Art, and Memory, National Juried Exhibition, Arts & Literature Lab, New Haven, CT
2003
Town & Country, Juried Show, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
Works on Paper, Annual Juried Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Emerging Artists, 13th Annual Juried Exhibition, City Gallery, Baltimore, MD
On the Table, Juried Show, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA
2002
Woman Image: Image of Women, National Juried Show, The Gallery at Dodds Hall, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
Cecil County Arts Council Juried Exhibition, Elkton Arts Center, Elkton, MD
Juried Members Show, Newark Arts Alliance, Newark, DE
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 Art in Embassies Artist, U.S. Department of State in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Faculty Development Grant, UNC School of the Arts
2022 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Support Grant
2020 ArtPop Street Gallery Competition Winner, Arts Council of Winston Salem and Forsyth County
2018 Duke Energy Regional Artist Project Grant, Arts Council of Winston Salem and Forsyth County
2016 Honorable Mention, SCOPE, The Southern Landscape Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2015 Honorable Mention, Carolina’s Got Art, Juried Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Juror’s Choice Award, Juried Exhibition, Mooresville Arts Guild, Mooresville, NC
2014 College of Arts & Sciences Award, MiniWorks Show, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
2012 Bike Art Adelaide Grant for public art project, Adelaide, Australia
2002-04 Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Art, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2004 Accademia Internazionale per Pittura e Fotografia, Dobbiaco, Italy (summer residency)
2002 Phi Beta Kappa, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2002 Highest Honors in Art, College of William & Mary
2001 Minor Research Grant for Honors work, College of William & Mary
Thorley Scholarship, Department of Art and Art History, College of William & Mary
COMMISSIONS, LICENSING, & PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2021 Botanical Illustrations for Wildflowers of the Smoky Mountains guide, commissioned by Earth Sky + Water, Wilton, NH
Botanical Illustrations for Wildflowers of the Southeast guide, commissioned by Earth Sky + Water, Wilton, NH
2020 Long Branch Trail Mural, commissioned by Innovation Quarter, Winston-Salem, NC
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
2025 Getting Unstuck, Online Education Seminar, Artists’ Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, January 15.
2024 Fireside, Discussion in collaboration with North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem (SECCA), February 1.
Artist Talk, The Art Gallery at Congdon Yards, High Point, NC, March 7.
2023 Lecture, Undergraduate Capstone class, Department of Fine Art and Art History, Christopher Newport University, VA, February 2.
2022 Lecture, Undergraduate Capstone class, Department of Fine Art and Art History, Christopher Newport University, VA, February 3.
2021 Workshop, A Sense of Place, High Point University, High Point, NC, October 23.
Online Course: The Four Foundations of a Thriving Art Practice, The Abundant Artist, February 23-March 23.
2020 Workshop, Creating and Sustaining an Art Practice, High Point University, High Point, NC, October 3.
2019 Panel and Critique, Professional development round table, Diggs Gallery, Winston Salem State University, April 11.
Workshop, Getting to the Essential, a pathway to abstraction through the landscape, Sawtooth School of Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC, October 25-26.
Workshop, Take it with You, creating and sustaining a daily art practice, Sawtooth School of Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC, August 3.
Artist Talk, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, Charlotte, NC, March 16.
2018 Lecture, Alumnae Speaker Series, Department of Art and Art History, College of William and Mary, September 20.
Artist Talk, Demystifying Abstraction, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, April 25.
2018 Lecture, Undergraduate Capstone class, Department of Art and Art History, College of William and Mary, January 30.
SELECTED PRESS
Lynn Felder, “Sawtooth presents new solo exhibition by award-winning Winston-Salem artist Jessica Singerman,” Winston-Salem Magazine, April 30, 2025. Winston-Salem Magazine
Brooke Musterman, “Episode 608: Jessica Singerman,” Let’s Talk Art with Brooke Podcast, May 27, 2025. Let’s Talk Art with Brooke Podcast
“Check out Jessica Singerman’s Story,” December 9th, 2024, www.voyageraleigh.com
“Meet Jessica Singerman,” Bold Journey, April 30, 2024. www.boldjourney.com
Scott Sexton, “Winston-Salem artist to have painting exhibited in US Embassy in Kyrgyz Republic,” Winston-Salem Journal, June 9, 2023. www.journalnow.com
Daniel White, “Episode 188: Jessica Singerman,” Free Pizza Podcast, April 19, 2023. Free Pizza Podcast
Tyler Nail, “Episode 61: Jessica Singerman,” Red House Podcast, February 20, 2023. Red House Podcast
Linda Jerkins, “Jessica Singerman,” New South Finds, November 1, 2022. www.newsouthfinds.com
Taryn Jerez, “The ART Beat of Forsyth Woman,” Forsyth Woman, February 1, 2022. www.forsythwoman.com
Charles Womack, “Immersive Art Explores the Outdoors at the Sechrest Gallery of Art at High Point University,” Yes!Weekly, October 5, 2021. www.yesweekly.com
Jessica Singerman, “The Ultimate Guide to Building a Studio Practice,” The Abundant Artist, April, 2021.
CJ Howard, Interview, “Artist Jessica Singerman Shares Advice for Up-and-Coming Artists,” Terrific Tips 4 Business, October 30, 2020.
Carol Andrews and Lori Bates, Interview, “Local Muralist Paints A Beautiful Backdrop Along Longbranch Trail,” abc45, Winston-Salem, NC, September 3, 2020. http://abc45.com/news/local/jessica-singerman-09-03-2020
Trajan Warren, “ArtPop announces 2020 class, showcases their work on billboards throughout Triad,” Triad Business Journal, September 1, 2020. www.bizjournals.com
Lynn Felder, “Winston-Salem gets a mural that’s a colorful riff on the city outside,” Winston-Salem Journal, August 15, 2020. www.journalnow.com
Edie Carpenter, “NC Artist Highlights: Jessica Singerman,” Greenhill Center for NC Art, April 14, 2020. Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art
Aida Saake and Gabriel Maisonnave, Interview, “Art and the Outdoors,” WFDD, Winston-Salem, NC, July 23, 2019. www.wfdd.org/story/art-and-outdoors-jessica-singerman
Cory Huff, “Case Study: Jessica Singerman,” The Abundant Artist, April 4, 2019. www.theabundantartist.com/case-study-jessica-singerman/
Emily Pietras, “Beyond the Mountain” Exhibit Brings Origami to the Next Level, Queen City Nerve, March 7, 2019. www.qcnerve.com
Michael J. Solender, “Support for artists helps build creative spirit,” Duke Energy Illumination, May 23, 2018.
Grace Cote, “Carolina Art Crush: Jessica Singerman,” Happenings CLT, January 24, 2018.
Lisa O’Donnell, “Showing Up: Daily Commitment to making art opens creative doors,” Winston-Salem Journal, December 13, 2017. www.journalnow.com
Charles Womack, “Award-winning Artist Jessica Singerman to Exhibit Work at the Sawtooth School for Visual Art,” Yes Weekly, March 20, 2017. www.yesweekly.com
Jessica Singerman, “Little Watercolor Squares,” (2017).
Michael J. Solender, “Terra Firma,” Lake Norman Magazine, August, 2014. 50-51.
Darcy Blake, Catalogue: “85 Years 85 Artists,” Menlo College Art Committee, 2014.
Joni Oye-benintende, Darlene Farris-Labar, David Mazure, Catalogue: “Marks,” Madelon Powers Art Gallery, East Stroudsburg University, PA, 2013.
Jennifer Reis, “‘A Fine Line’ open through Nov. 29,” The Morehead News, October 18, 2013.
Brynn Harrington, “365 Days of Whatever You Want: The Power of a Daily Practice,” Wellfesto (blog). February 8, 2013.
Joanne Litz, “Interview with Wearable Artist Jessica Singerman,” Handmade Philly (blog). March 2, 2010.
COLLECTIONS
The Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Genentech, Inc. San Francisco, CA
Linea South End, Charlotte, NC
Phillips Enterprises, Greensboro, NC
Stimmel Associates, P.A., Winston-Salem, NC
Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
Works held in private collections in the United States, Canada, France, and Australia.
TEACHING & RELATED EXPERIENCE
2022-Present Adjunct Faculty, UNCSA School of Filmmaking, Winston-Salem, NC (Life Drawing, Sketching for Communication, Perspective Drawing, Color Rendering Techniques, Practicum)
2021-2022 Adjunct Faculty, UNCSA School of Design & Production, Winston-Salem, NC (Color & Design)
2018-2019 Adjunct Faculty, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC (Drawing I)
2017 Interim Director, Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University
2014-2015 Instructor, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Concord, NC (Art History Survey I, 2D Foundations, Drawing I, Drawing II)
2014 Instructor, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC (WordPress)
2004-2005 Supplemental Faculty, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (Life Drawing, Foundation Drawing)
Adjunct Instructor, Salem Community College, Carneys Point, NJ (Intro to Computer Graphic Art, Drawing Fundamentals)
2002-2004 Instructor of Record, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
(Beginning Painting, Life Drawing, Foundation Drawing, Elementary Drawing and Painting)