Education
1977
San Francisco State University, B.A. in Fine Arts
Artist-in-Residence
1993
The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL (also 1997)
1994
The Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY (also 2004 and 2007)
1995
The Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY (also 1997)
1996
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
The Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
1997
The Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA
Centrum, Port Townsend, WA
1998
Centrum Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium
Dorland Mountain Artists’ Colony, Temecula, CA
1999
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2000
The Dodge Foundation and the Print Council of New Jersey
Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
2002
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA (also 2005, 2007 and 2009)
Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT
2003
The Djerassi Resident Artists Program Winter Session, Woodside, CA (also 2006 and 2007)
Jentel Artist Residency Program, Banner, WY (also 2007)
2004
Fundación Valparaiso, Mojacar Playa, Spain
The Robert M. MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, ME
2005
Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Scwandorf-Fronberg, Germany, Exchange Fellowship with Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
2006
American Academy in Rome Visiting Artist/Scholar
2008
The Riverside Art Museum and Joshua Tree National Park
2009
Schloss Plüschow, Mecklenberg, Germany, Exchange Fellowship with Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
2011
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
The American Academy in Rome Visiting Artist/Scholar
2012
Chalk Hill Residency, Healdsburg, CA
2013
Künstlerhaus Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, Exchange Fellowship with Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
2015
Studio Ginestrelle, Monte Subasio, Italy
2016
Playa, Summer Lake, Oregon
Oberpfaelzer Kuenstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany, Exchange Fellowship with the Djerassi Resident Artists Program
2017
Institut fuer Alles Moegliche, Berlin, Germany
Empreinte Studio, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Exchange Fellowship with Kala Art Institute
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Whiskeytown, CA
2018
Arte Studio Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy
Djerassi Resident Artist Program Winter Session
2019
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2020
Monson Arts, Monson, ME
In Cahoots Residency, Petaluma, CA
2022
Dorland Mountain Artist Colony, Temecula, CA
Arte Ginestrelle, Assisi, Italy
2023
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Oberpfaelzer Kuenstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany
Awards
1986
Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA. Award (also 1991, 1992, 1993)
1991
The San Francisco Foundation and Kala Institute. The James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA. September Competition, Juror’s Merit Award
1992
The Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Brooklyn, NY. Foundation Grant
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Pacific Prints, Best of Show
1993
Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA. Printmaking Fellowship
Harper College, Palatine, IL. 17th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Award of Excellence
University of Oklahoma, Stillwater. Cimarron National Works on Paper, Honorable Mention
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. 35th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, Purchase Award
San Jose Downtown Art League, San Jose, CA. 2-D Annual, Honorable Mention
1994
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Pacific Prints, Crown Point Press Best of Show, and Timothy Duran Purchase Award
San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, CA. Bay Arts 1994, San Mateo Arts Council Award
University of Hawai`i, Hilo. Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, Juror’s Award
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. The 69th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Third Place
Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales. Scene Unseen III, Honorable Mention
1995
The Ruth Chenven Foundation, New York, NY. Foundation Grant
The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA. 10th Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition, Award of Merit
Brand Library, Pasadena, CA. Brand XXV Special 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Patron’s Award
1996
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA. Pacific Prints, Honorable Mention
1997
Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY. Foundation Grant 1997-98
1998
Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY. Printworks ‘98: Works on Paper, Award
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Purchase Award
1999
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS. Great Plains National, Juror’s Award
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Purchase Award
2001
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA. 75th Annual Competition, Graphic Chemical and Ink Company Purchase Award
2002
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Sixty Square Inches: North American Small Print Exhibition, Purchase Award
2003
Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA, Unbounded Vistas: Artists Interpret the Northern California Landscape, Purchase Award
2004
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints, Second Place Award
2006
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro. Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Purchase Award
2008
Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. Art at the X Award of Excellence
2010
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, MGNE Second National Exhibition, Legion Paper Merit Award
2011
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, Boston Printmakers 2011 North American Biennial The Savoir-Fare/Charbonell Awards
2013
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Art on Paper, Juror’s Choice Award
2015
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, Ca, Pressed. First Place Award.
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Nominee
2016
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, Ink, Press, Repeat, Second Place Award
Commissions
1992
Macy’s, San Francisco, CA, The Great Highway I, Commissioned painting
1999-2002
Trillium Graphics, Brisbane, CA, Commissioned series of monotypes
2001-2002
Eastside Editions, Sonoma, CA, Commissioned series of aquatint etching
2008-2009
Eastside Editions, San Francisco, CA, Craft, an artists book written by Dave Parmenter with aquatints by Jessica Dunne
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1984
Swope Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Modern Living
1987
LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Teddy Series
1989
Convergence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Paintings and Monotypes
1992
School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Cityscapes
1993
California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, CA, (Now called the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts), The Outer Sunset
Ventura College Gallery, Ventura, CA, The Highway
Stanwood Gallery, The Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA, Paintings, Monotypes and Etchings
Cabrillo College Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, The Great Highway
1996
Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, Freeway Paintings
Merced College, Merced, CA, Paintings, Monotypes and Etchings
1997
Weber State University, Ogden, UT, Urban Landscapes
1998
The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Jessica Dunne—Monotypes and Aquatints. Catalogue
Brand Art Center Galleries, Glendale, CA, Paintings
1999
Bradford Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Towards San Francisco
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, New Work
Studio 1109, Sacramento, CA, Lighting the Modern Landscape
McAllen Museum, McAllen, TX, City Paintings
2000
Printmaking Council of New Jersey, Somerville, Works on Paper
Solomon-Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Paintings and Prints
2001
The Atrium Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Oil Paintings
Commonweal, Bolinas, CA
2002
The Los Gatos Museum, Los Gatos, CA
2003
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA, Jessica Dunne: Paintings and Prints. Catalogue
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
The Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
2004
The Spartanburg County Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC
Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Travel Paintings
2006
Texas A and M University, College Circle, Texas
2007
Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Residencies; Residences
2008
Commonweal, Bolinas, CA, Painting and Prints
2009
The Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming, The Force of Attention, Catalogue
Joshua Tree National Park Visitors Center, Joshua Tree, CA
Mollusk, San Francisco, CA, Craft: Shaping a Surfboard
2011
Commonweal Gallery, Bolinas, CA, Momentum
2012
Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
2014
b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA
2016
Commonweal Gallery, Commonweal, CA, Jessica Dunne
2017
b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA, Jessica Dunne
2019
FOG, San Francisco, CA, Joy in Repetition
2025
Santa Clara University Art Gallery, College of Arts and Sciences, Santa Clara, CA, Evolution of Place
Group Exhibitions
1984
Swope Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Drawing the Line on ‘83
1985
LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA, New Work
1986
Convergence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Gallery Artists
Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento, Functional Aesthetics. Award
1987
Convergence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Three Bay Area Artists
1990
San Mateo Arts Council, Belmont, CA, Bay Arts ‘90
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Exhibition 1990, Part I
1991
KALA Institute, Berkeley, CA, Winners of the James D. Phelan Art Award in Printmaking
Lower Columbia College, Longview, WA, Interior Motives
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, 1991 National Juried Exhibition
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, September Competition. Award
Western Montana College Gallery and Museum, Dillion, MT, Of Times and Places
Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento, California Works. Catalogue
Lite Rail Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Matrix International ‘91
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA, Bedford Biennial Juried Exhibition
Stanwood Gallery, The Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA, From the Heart
San Mateo Arts Council, San Mateo, CA, Whose Choice? Both Sides of the Abortion Issue
Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA, Juried Exhibition ‘91
1992
Limn Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Drawing Group
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, New American Talent (venues at the University of Houston, Downtown, and the Museums of Abilene). Catalogue
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, Exemplary Contemporary
L. A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA, Wallworks Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA,
Pacific Prints. Award; Catalogue
Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR, Vessels
San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA, Selections 1992
Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento, California Works. Award
Forbidden Images Gallery, San Jose, CA, The Mask Show
Alabama State University, Montgomery, Urban and Rural Landscapes by Four Artists
1993
Skyline College, San Bruno, CA, Landscape
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, All California Juried Exhibition
Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, September Competition
The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 9th Biennial Print and Drawing Competition
Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento, California Works. Catalogue
San Jose Downtown Art League, San Jose, CA, 2-D Annual. Award
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 35th North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual. Award
Koret Gallery, Albert Schultz Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, CA, Works on Paper ‘93
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, 7th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Positive/Negative IX Exhibition
Columbia College, Columbia, MO, 14th Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition
Harleen and Allen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, Five Printmakers
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Cimarron National Works on Paper. Award
Harper College, Palatine, IL, 17th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition. Award; Catalogue
1994
Office of The Mayor, City Hall, San Francisco, CA, Recent Acquisitions of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, The Contemporary Tea Bowl. Brochure
The California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, Recent Acquisitions
The University of California at Berkeley Museum at Blackhawk, Danville, CA, Printmaking Possibilities
The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, California Printmakers
The California Museum of Art, Santa Rosa, Objects, However Humble
Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA, Five New Realities
Butterfield and Butterfield, San Francisco, CA, Kala Institute Twenty Year Anniversary Show
Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA, 1993 Fellowship Recipients
San Francisco Women Artists, San Francisco, CA, California Women Artists
University of Oregon, Eugene, Landscape/Cityscape
Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales, Scene-Unscene
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, The 69th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition. Award; Catalogue
Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Sixth Annual National Art Competition
University of Hawai`i, Hilo, 1994 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition
Fairfield Civic Arts Center, Fairfield, CA, Jessica Dunne and Ethel Herst
Banaker Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Four Printmakers
One West Contemporary Center, Fort Collins, CO, Women Printmakers
University of Hawai`i, Hilo, Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition
South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA, Selections 1994. Catalogue
San Mateo County Arts Council, Belmont, CA, Bay Arts 1994
Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales, Scene Unseen III. Award
Gallery 57, Fullerton, CA, Small Extravagances
1995
University of Hawai`i, Hilo, 1995 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition
The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, 10th Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibition. Award
Pro Arts, Oakland, CA, Impressions: The Medium Extended
Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA, The Last Frontier
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Ninth Parkside National Print Exhibition
South of Market Cultural Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Selections 1995
Koret Center, Palo Alto, CA, Works on Paper ‘95
J. J. Brookings Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Kala Institute Award Winners 1985-1995
Brand Library, Pasadena, CA, Brand XXV Special 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Award
Bayfront Gallery, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA, California Dreaming
Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley, CA, Eleventh Annual Exhibition
1996
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Kala Institute Fellowship Recipients’ Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Tenth Parkside National Print Exhibition
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, 25th Juried Show
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints. Award
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, All California, All Media
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, CA, 1996 Exhibition
Bank of America World Concourse, San Francisco, CA, Beyond Boundaries Preview Exhibition
Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Printmaking Society 14th National Exhibition. Catalogue
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Masters of the Medium: Printmakers from Kala Institute
1997
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, Exemplary Contemporary
San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Switchstance
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Beyond Boundaries
Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Matrix International 1997
Cal Expo, California State Fair, Sacramento, California Works
1998
Graphic Arts Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Agart World Print Festival
Maryino Palace, Kursk, Russia, Vladimir Kizilov Foundation Annual Exhibition
The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, California Landscapes—An Urban/Rural Dialogue. Brochure
University of Hawai`i, Hilo, Pacific States Biennial Print Exhibition
Academy of Art College Gallery, San Francisco, CA, California Printmakers I
South of Market Cultural Center Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Printmaking Possibilities
Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA, The Light is Different in California
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Ocean
Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY, Printworks ‘98: Works on Paper. Award
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Delta National Small Prints Exhibition. Award
1999
Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA, Artists’ Pages: Selections from the Djerassi Foundation Artist-in-Residence Program
Der Zaaijer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Faultlines/Watermarks: California/ Amsterdam (also with venues at Raadhuis te Heemstede, Amsterdam; The Atrium 600 Townsend, San Francisco, CA; and Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA)
Berkeley Art Center Association, Berkeley, CA, 15th National Juried Exhibition—Works on Paper
Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, Great Plains National. Award
University of Hawai`i, Hilo, 1999 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition. Catalogue
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Delta National Small Prints Exhibition. Catalogue
2000
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, 2000 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, and Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Surf Trip
Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA, Point of View—Three Artists Look at the Landscape
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints. Catalogue
2001
The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, ANA 2001
San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Artists’ Pages: Selections from the Djerassi Foundation Artist-in-Residence Program
Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA, Boston Printmakers’ Society Juried Exhibition
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, 75th Annual Competition. Award; Catalogue
Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Anniversary Exhibition
2002
National Museum of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus, Kala in Belarus. Catalogue
Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA, Solos: The Contemporary Monoprint
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, Bay Area Printmakers
Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints. Award; Catalogue
2003
Centrum Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium
La Estamperia of Quito, Quito, Ecuador. Catalogue
Trillium Graphics, San Francisco International Art Fair at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA, Unbounded Vistas: Artists Interpret the Northern California Landscape. Award
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Sixty Square Inches: North American Small Print Exhibition. Award; Catalogue
Washington Printmakers Association, Washington, DC
2004
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY, Industrial Beauty
Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA, Printmakers of the Golden Gate
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, International Juried Show ‘04
“A” Street Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, Confluence
The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection
2005
808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA, Boston Printmakers 2005
North American Print Biennial
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, Kala Thirty Something: 30 Years of Innovative Printmaking
The Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA, Selection from the Permanent Collection Washington Printmakers Gallery
Washington DC, Small Works 2005 Exhibition
Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV, Introductions
Kala Art Institute, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2006
Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota and Tweed Museum of Art, Minnesota National Print Biennial
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pacific Prints: Award, Catalogue
Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA, Compressed
Somarts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, California Society of Printmakers Annual Exhibition
Arkansas State University Bradbury Gallery, Jonesboro, Delta National Small Prints Exhibition: Award, Catalogue
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, Paper Trail: An Exhibition Following the Importance of Paper in Contemporary Art: Catalogue
2007
Saint Mary’s College, Hearst Art Gallery, Town and Country: Jessica Dunne and Louis LaBrie
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Printmakers Bay Area
El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA, Impressions: The Printed Image
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, Los Angeles Print Society 19th National Exhibition: Catalogue
The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA, Landscape and Urban Realities
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO, Prints USA 2007: Award, Catalogue
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, The Art of the Gettysburg Review, Representation in Contemporary American Painting: Catalogue
Stewart Center Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Sixty Square Inches 16th Biennial Small Print Exhibition: Catalogue
International Print Center New York, New York, NY, New Prints 2007
2008
Janet Turner print Museum, Chico, CA, 2008 National Print Competition and Exhibition
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA, MGNE National Monotype and Monoprint Exhibition
Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Art at The X, Award
Gewerbeverein, Regensburg, Germany, Amerika Trifft Bayern
L.A. Artcore Brewery Annex, Stones Throw: An Exchange Between the Los Angeles Print Society and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
Boston University, Boston, MA, Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial
Merced Multicultural Center and College of the Sequoias, Native Daughters: Jessica Dunne and Diane Stevens
2009
Art 94124, San Francisco, CA, Contemporary Editions
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Pipeline
Arts Visalia, Visalia CA, California Prints I
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington DC, Small Works
2010
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, MGNE Second National Exhibition
Zullo Center for the Arts, Medfield, MA, THINK
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, Bemis Annual Art Auction
Solomon-Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Family Reunion
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, Artists’ Annual
Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming, Ucross: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Arts Residencies: Catalogue
2011
Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA, Light/Dark
International Print Center New York , New York, NY, New Prints 2011/Summer
The Ucross Foundation Art Gallery, Clearmont, WY, Ucross Foundation: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Arts Residencies
University of California, Berkeley, CA, Codex Book Art Fair
The Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX. Texas National Exhibition
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA, Boston Printmakers 2011 North American Biennial (Award)
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA, In Extremis: Gigantism, Intimacy and Environments in Bay Area Printmaking
Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA, State of the Art
Kala Art Institute Gallery, Berkeley, CA, Kala-Fornia
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY, Stone’s Throw
Danville Arts Center, Danville, CA, Four Corners and a Center
New York Society of Etchers, Gramercy Arts enter, NY, NY, 1st National Exhibition of Intaglio Prints
City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA, Los Angeles Print Society Membership Exhibition
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD, Washington Printmakers Annual Small Works Exhibition
2012
San Francisco International Fine Arts Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, b. sakata garo
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA, Inked Surfaces
Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, MGNE Exhibition: Award
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, The Golden Span
2013
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Lure
Art MRKT, San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA, b. sakata garo
Codex International Book Art Fair, Richmond, CA, Kala Institute
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Art on Paper: Award
Art Museums of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA, Backwards is Forwards: Layer and Impact in Printmaking
Oceana Gallery, Pacifica, Ca, The Surf Show
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA, Another View
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, Connect and Collect
Maryland federation of Art, Annapolis, MD, Art on Paper: Award
Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA, Highlights of the Collection
EMOA Gallery, NY, NY, Carrier Pigeon Exhibition
2014
The Curator Gallery, NY, NY, Print Facets
Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA, Backward is Forward: Layer and Impact in Printmaking
Southern Graphics Counsel SF Conference Exhibition
Exchange Portfolio by Bay Area Etchers, San Francisco State University Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
California Etchers Current, Diablo Valley College Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
Kala Art Institute Fortieth Anniversary Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
Invitational Landscape Exhibition, Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA
2015
Kala Art Institute, Codex International Book Fair, Richmond, CA (also the Book Club of California)
Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy, International Exhibition in Assisi
Ascent, San Francisco, CA, Djerassi, A Legacy, Curated by the Elizabeth Leach Gallery
Lesley University College of Art and Design, North American Print Biennial
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA, Artists’ Annual Exhibition
2016
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, Ca, Surf Craft
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, Pressed. Award
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, California, Anne and Mark’s Art Party
Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Differing Feathers
Huntington Library, Los Angeles, California, The Black Art and Printers’ Devils: The Magic, Mysticism, and Wonders of Printing History, Hosted by the American Printing History Association
Instituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco, CA, Artists in San Francisco for Amatrice
Artiszen Cultural Arts Center, Vallejo, CA, Wild Spaces in Urban Places
(Sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service.)
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California, Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here—In Defense of Culture
William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, Ink, Press, Repeat. Award.
2017
Abteilung für Alles Andere, Berlin, Germany, Into the Blue--Ways of a New Beginning
Kala Art Institute, Codex 6th Biennial International Book Fair, Richmond, CA, Bibliography
El Pueblo Historical Monument, Los Angeles, CA, Wild Spaces in Urban Places
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Pressing On
2018
William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, Ink, Press Repeat. Catalogue
Merced Multicultural Center, Merced, CA, California Centered
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA, Air Earth, Water
b. sakata garo, Sacramento, CA, El Grupo Espectaculo
Thurston@Chromaworks, Charlottesville, VA, Drawing Together, Five Bay Area Artists Reunite in Charlottesville
Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy, International Contemporary Art Exhibition. Catalogue
The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA, 38th Annual Connect and Collect Exhibition and Auction
Maison de la Gravure, Maison de la Culture, Diekirch, Luxembourg, Festival de la Gravure
Empreinte Atelier, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, International Contemporary Printmaking Exhibiton. Catalogue
Artlitographic Museum, Tidaholm, Sweden, Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
2019
Maryland Federation of Art, Art on Paper
2020
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA, A Night in California
2021
Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA, Space: Lifestyle & Landscape After WWII
The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Your turn to Look
Remarque Print Studios, Albuquerque, International Juried Print Exhibition
Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy, Assisi International Contemporary Art exhibition
Maison de la Culture, Galerie Municipale de la Culture, Diekirch, Luxembourg, Festival de la Gravure
2022
The Museum at the Cliff, San Francisco, CA, Naiad Cove
Mixografia, Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Printmaking Society 22 nd National Exhibition
Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 48 Squared
DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur, GA, The Book as Art V. 10: Transformation
Intersect Arts Center, Saint Louis, MO, Atmospheric Perspective
Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, Contemporary Figurative Art
Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy, Assisi International Contemporary Art exhibition
Maison de la Culture, Galerie Municipale de la Culture, Diekirch, Luxembourg, Festival de la Gravure
2023
Space Ten, Hawthorne, CA, Sense of Place
Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA, California Printmakers: Tradition and Innovation
Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 48 Pillars
Art Gallery Le Logge, Assisi, Italy, Assisi International Contemporary Art exhibition
Arc Studios and Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Spotlight: The Printmakers
Maison de la Culture, Galerie Municipale de la Culture, Diekirch, Luxembourg, Festival de la Gravure
Bibliography
Books
Rockport Publishers. The Best Of Printmaking—An International Collection. Rockport Publishers, 1997. Ill. Burning Beach Chair
Selected Catalogues
Alexandria Museum of Art. Tenth Annual September Competition. Alexandria, LA: Alexandria Museum of Art, 1991. Ill. Burning Beach Chair
Artspan. Selections 1994. San Francisco: Artspan/South of Market Cultural Center, 1994. Ill. Cop Car and Tow Truck
Cal Expo. California Works. Sacramento, CA: Cal Expo, 1993. Ill. The Accursed Rock Rising
Cohen, E. Kala in Belarus. Minsk, Belarus: National Museum of Art in Belarus, 2002. Ill. Tunnel, Marin and the Chalet
____. Pacific Prints 2002. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Art League, 2002. Ill. Wet Pavement
____. Solomon Dubnick Gallery Presents. Sacramento, CA: The Sutter Club, 2002. Ill. Three Sinks
Cohn, M. 75th Annual Printmaking Competition. Philadelphia: The Print Center, 2001
Crocker Art Museum. The 69th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 1994. Ill. Taraval Rights
The Frye Art Museum. Jessica Dunne—Monotypes and Aquatints. Seattle: Frye Art Museum, 1998
Grynsztejn. M. New American Talent. Austin, TX: Laguna Gloria Art Museum, 1992. Ill. Burning Beach Chair
Harper College. Seventeenth Harper National. Palatine, IL: Harper College, 1993. Ill. Green Bowl I
Hutton, M. Views Through the Windshield: Driving with Jessica Dunne. Gettysburg, PA, The Gettysburg Review, Summer 2005 Issue
Loyola Marymount University. Los Angeles Printmaking Society 14th National Exhibition. Los Angeles: Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, 1996. Ill. Burning Beach Chair
Moser, J. Small Prints: 1999 Delta National Small Prints Exhibition. Jonesboro: Arkansas State University, 1999. Ill. Overpass
Nixon, B., et al. Jessica Dunne. Fresno, CA: Fresno Art Museum, 2003
Offill, J., et al. The Force of Attention. Clearmont, Wyoming The Ucross Foundation Art Gallery
Pacific Art League. Pacific Prints 1992. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Art League, 1992. Ill. Green Bowl I
Pacific Art League. Pacific Prints 1994. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Art League, 1994. Ill. Cop Car and Tow Truck
____. Pacific Prints 2000. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Art League, 2000. Ill. Wet Pavement
Pacific Art League. Pacific Prints 2004. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Art League, 2004. Ill, End of the “N” I, Winter, Wyoming and Fire
Sanders, S. and Sanders, P. Paper Trail: An Exhibition Following the Importance of Paper in Contemporary Art, New York, NY: Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, 2006. Ill. Bicycle, DE III
Stitt. P. and Hutton. M. The Art of the Gettysburg Review: Representation in Contemporary American Painting. Gettysburg College, 2007, Gettysburg, PA. Ill. Careering, Santiago and Home I
Tromble, M. Town and Country: Jessica Dunne and Louis LaBrie. Saint Mary’s College, 2007 Moraga, CA.
University of Hawaii at Hilo. 1999 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition. Hilo: University of Hawaii, 1999. Ill. Home I
Featured Artist, Catamaran Literary Reader, Volume 2, Issue 4, Fall, 2014
Rogow, Z. “The Art of the Urban Landscape”, Catamaran Literary Reader, Volume 3, Issue 3, Fall 2015, Santa Cruz, Ca. School in Session, Tunnel Marin, and Wet Pavement
Festival da la Gravure, Maison de la Culture, Diekirch, Luxembourg, Edition 2018. Commuters, Salzburg
International Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition/Forum 2018. Bicycle, DE II
Arte Studio Ginestrelle 2018. Arch, Assisi
Selected Brochures
Palo Alto Cultural Center. The Contemporary Tea Bowl. Palo Alto, CA: Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1994. Ill. Moon Tiger VI
Triton Museum of Art. California Landscapes—An Urban/Rural Dialogue. Santa Clara, CA: Triton Museum of Art, 1998. Ill. Sloat at Sunset
Articles
Abbe, M. “Night Light: Jessica Dunne uses an exacting monoprint process to capture nocturnal images of urban California.” Minneapolis Star Tribune, Art section, Nov. 21, 2003
Blackwell, Mr. “Blackwell’s People.” Beverly Hills Courier, June 15, 1984
Chiapella, J. “Rant and Rave.” Santa Cruz Sentinel, Apr. 22, 1994
Clifton, Leigh Ann. “News.” Artweek, vol. 22, no. 43, Dec. 19, 1991
Crohn, J. “Out in the Open.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, Nov. 6, 1991
Fischer, Jack. Two California Artists Create New Interests in Old Styles.” San Jose Mercury News, March 4, 2003
Forsberg, H. “Exhibit Features Two Cities, Time Periods.” Salt Lake Tribune, Arts section, March 31,1997
Ganahl, Jane. “Yerba Buena Hangs Loose.” San Francisco Examiner, Style section, May 13, 2000
Geer, Suvan. “Denice Bartels and Jessica Dunne.” Artscene—The Monthly Digest to Art in Southern California, Jan. 1998
____. “The Mobile Desert.” Artweek, Mar. 1998 (cover illustration)
Goda, T. “Jessica Dunne—Pursuing the Light and its Shade.” Nalu, no.18, 1999 (text in Japanese)
Hamlin, Jesse. “SwitchStance Exhibit is Making Waves in Art World.” San Francico Chronicle, Datebook section, Aug. 18, 1997
Hutton, M. “Views Through the Windshield: Driving With Jessica Dunne.” Gettysburg Review, Summer 2005 (featured artist)
____. “Surfing Safari—Yerba Buena Plunges into Real History and Culture of Wave Riders.” San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook section, May 13, 2000
Kahn, B. “S. F. Exhibit Catches the Beach Culture Wave.” Contra Costa Times, Time Out section, May 17, 2000
Kofoed, K. F. “Fog City Dreamer, Dunne Sees the City No One Else Can See.” Seattle Weekly, Aug. 13, 1998
Koppman, D. “Jessica Dunne and Louis LaBrie.” Previews, Artweek, June 2007
Logan, J.R. “In a Big Country, It’s the Little Things” Diversions, Buffalo Bulletin, February 19, 2009
Maclay, Catherine. “An Appreciation of California’s Rich Landscape.” San Jose Mercury News, Life section, Apr. 5, 1998
Miller, J. “Stepping Outside the Postmodern Paradigm.” The California Printmaker, no. 3, Summer 1993
Pincus, Robert. “The Galleries.” Los Angeles Times, June 15, 1984
“Previews.” Artweek, July 1997
____. Printmaking Today. Volume 20, Number 2, Summer 2011 “In Extremis.”
Rodriguez, J. “Jessica Dunne and James Morris at the Art Museum of Los Gatos.” Artweek, Mar. 2002 (cover illustration)
Santiago, Chiori. “Galleries—You’ll Find Solace in Fine Exhibits.” San Jose Mercury News, section G, Dec. 22, 1996
Sherman, A. E. “Princes of Prints.” Metro, Dec. 12-16,1996
____. “California Dreaming.” Metro, Mar. 12-18, 1998
“Surf’s Up.” San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, Datebook section, Aug. 10, 1997
Taylor, M. “Luminous Images, City Scenes Light WSU Collett Art Gallery.” The Signpost, Arts and Entertainment, Mar. 31, 1997
Taylor, R. “Beautiful Bridgework.” Arts and Entertainment: Best Bets for June 3-30, Contra Costa Times, June 3, 2007 Sunday
Tudor, S. “The Art of Surfing.” SF Weekly, May 17, 2000
“Typically Foggy Sunset District Shines in Paintings, Monotypes.” Stanford University Campus Report, July 15, 1992
Warshaw, M. “Light Up the Great Highway, the Art of Jessica Dunne.” The Surfer’s Journal, vol. IV, no. 3
Woodard, Josef. “Moving Subjects, Painter Jessica Dunne Illuminates the Beauty of Traffic and Transition.” Los Angeles Times (Valley edition), Weekend section, Jan. 29, 1998
Zanardi, B. “Artist Explores the Stark Beauty of Nighttime Landscape.” San Mateo County Times, July 26, 1999
7x7 LA, "Nobody Pretending." A 2016 collaboration with author Eric Boyd and artist Jessica Dunne. Online publication.
Dalkey, V. Trump-Inspired Artwork and a Celebration of Summer Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, CA, July 2, 2017. Schoolyard
Public and Corporate Collections
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Anne Bremer Memorial Library, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University Libraries, Boca Raton, FL
The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
The Block Health Center, Evanston, IL
California College of Art, Meyer Library, Oakland, CA
Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Butler Library, NY NY
The Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, CA
Graphic Chemical and Ink Company, Chicago, IL
Flaten Art Museum, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN
The Francis J. Greenburger Collection, New York, NY
The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Graphic Chemical and Ink Company, Chicago, IL
The Mitchell Hamilburg Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, CA
Kaiser Hospital, South San Francisco, CA
The Library of Congress, DC
Macy’s California, San Francisco, CA
The McAllen Museum, McAllen, TX
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Frans Masereelcentrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
The National Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
The Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
The Jim Preminger Agency, Los Angeles, CA
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA (Formerly Hearst Art Gallery)
Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
Saks Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
Stanford Special Collections, Stanford, CA
The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, Clara University of California at Berkeley, Special Collections Gallery
The United States Forest Service, Vallejo, CA
University of California at Santa Cruz, Special Collections Library
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Whiskeytown, CA