About
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University: MFA 2005
Oberlin College: BA with Honors in Art 1998
Selected Exhibitions
2011
Signs on the Road, Curatorial Research Lab @ Winkleman Gallery, NY, curated by Gogue Projects, Camel Collective, Cathouse FUNeral
2010
Between Picture and Viewer: The Image in Contemporary Painting, SVA Gallery, NY
One Night Stands, Mark J. Epstein studios, Brooklyn NY
2009
Jettison: New Ideas in Abstraction, Austin Peay State University, TN
What’s Left, M.R. Fine Art, New York NY
NeoRococo, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, NJ
2008
*New Work, one person exhibition, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
The Prom: A Semi-Formal Survey of Semi-Formal Painting, Lawrimore Project, Seattle WA
Four Aesthetics, Raritan Valley Community College Art Gallery, Somerville NJ
Sprawling, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, NJ
A Lawrimore Project Biennial, Lawrimore Project, Seattle WA
2007
Cabinet of Curious Ties, LAB Gallery, New York NY
A Drawing Show, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
Year_07 Art Projects, with Lisa Boyle Gallery, London UK
Benny’s Bungalow, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, NJ
AquaArt Miami Fair, with Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami FL
2006
*New Work, one person exhibition, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
Beast, Finesilver Gallery, Houston TX
Keeping it Real, The Garage, Jersey City NJ
Some Things Which Are Funny, and Some Things Which Are Quite Serious, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
AquaArt Miami Fair, with Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami FL
2005
Disputed Territories, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark NJ
Fresh Meat/Young Blood: New Jersey’s New Masters, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, NJ
Moonstruck: The Hong Kong Artist’s Biennial 2005, Hong Kong, China
7th Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Attleboro Museum Center for the Arts, MA
AquaArt Miami Fair, with Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami FL
*Thesis Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, NJ
2004
*New Work, one person exhibition, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
The Odds, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark NJ
New Works on Paper, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago IL
Living in an Immaterial World, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark NJ
Faculty and Returning Students Graduate Exhibition, group curator and exhibiting artist, Mason Gross Galleries, NJ
2003
One Inch, Quality Gallery, Brooklyn NY
The Thousand Symphonies, Fluxus performance with Philip Corner, Nicholas Hall, NJ
First Year Graduate Exhibition, Mason Gross Galleries, NJ
2002
Synesthesia, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago IL
2001
Artwork III, 847 W. Jackson Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago IL
Woman Made Gallery Annual Juried exhibition, Chicago IL
1999
Vital Signs, Cesar Chavez Gallery, San Francisco State University, CA
Re-Presentation, Boise State University 5th Biennial National Exhibition, Boise ID
Icarus, (Collaborative media performance/installation), Club 6, San Francisco CA
Palo Alto Regional Exhibition, IDEO Gallery, Palo Alto CA
1997
Code, Public Installation; in collaboration
Projects and Lectures
2010
“Subject and Matter: an artist talk with Tiffany Calvert”, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, KY
All Things Being Equal…, an exhibition of works by Joy Garnett, Paul Pfeiffer, Steve DiBenedetto and others, Raritan Valley Community College, NJ
2008
Some Abstraction Occurs: an exhibition of works by Pamela Jorden, Jasmine Justice, Wes Sherman and Wendy White, curated by Tiffany Calvert, 65GRAND, Chicago, IL
Bibliography
2010
Taube, Isabel. “The Open Image.” Exhibition catalog, Between Picture and Viewer: The Image in Contemporary Painting. New York: SVA Galleries.
2009
Greene, Warren. Jettison: New Ideas in Abstraction, September 2009, Exhibition Catalogue, with essays by Warren Greene and Ruth Crnkovich.
Leiser, Stacy. “APSU Exhibit to Explore Abstract Art”, The Leaf Chronicle, September 15
2008
Hackett, Regina. “Never Fear, Painting is Here”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 17
Clemans, Gayle. “Falling in Love with Intimacy of Painting”, The Seattle Times, February 19
Patricia Courson. “Tiffany Calvert: New Work”. Flavorpill.net, March 14
Gunn, Dan. “Recommended: Some Abstraction Occurs”. Newcity.com, January 17
Patricia Courson. “Some Abstraction Occurs”. Flavorpill.net, January 11
2006
Camper, Fred. “Two-Dimensional Dioramas”, The Chicago Reader, March 24, Section 2, p. 24
Birmingham, Mary. “Garage Art Work is Raw, Real with Mixed Identities”, The Jersey Journal, October 27, p. 23
Flavorpill.net. Issue 78, March 14
Wu, Suzanne. UR Chicago, Vol. 9, Issue 3, March 9, p. 18
2005
New American Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Region (featured cover artist)
2002
Alan Artner. “Paintings Are Disarming, Memorable”, Chicago Tribune, August 9, sec. 7
2001
053:1973-2000, Silkscreen: The Poster Project, John Pearson, ed.
Grants and Awards
2010
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Chashama organization subsidized studio, Brooklyn NY
2008
Djerassi Alumni Artists’ Fellowship, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
2007
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
2006
ArtOmi International Artists Residency, Omi, NY
2006
Artists Residency Program, Artists’ Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, CT
Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship
2005
John Bettenbender Commencement Award recipient, for excellence in art
2003-5
Rutgers Scholars Award
Teaching Assistantships and Part-Time Teaching awards, all semesters and summer
1998
BA with Honors, Oberlin College
Art Students Committee Grant: Oberlin College
1997
Honorarium: awarded by president for outstanding services to Oberlin College
Teaching Experience
Raritan Valley Community College NJ, Full Time Instructor, Head of Foundations, 2010-present
Drawing, 2D Design, Color Theory, Figure Drawing, Painting I-IV
Raritan Valley Community College NJ, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2005–2010
2D Design, Art Appreciation, Color Theory, Drawing I, Drawing II, Figure Drawing, Visual Communications (online course)
Essex County College NJ, Instructor, 2008–9
Advanced Computer Graphics, Digital Video, Computer Layout & Design, Web Page Design
University of Delaware, Instructor, 2007
Intermediate Painting I and II, Advanced Drawing, Digital Media & Photography, Drawing
Middlesex County College NJ, Instructor, 2005
Drawing
Rutgers University NJ, Part-Time Lecturer, 2004–5
Introduction to Digital Media
Rutgers University NJ, Teaching Assistant, 2003–5
Drawing Fundamentals, Figure Drawing
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum NJ, Instructor, 2004
Drawing and Painting
