Jessie Rose Vala

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Born: 1977, Madison, Wisconsin
Lives: and works in Portland, Oregon

Education
1999 BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA, Ceramic Sculpture and Painting

Solo Exhibitions
2007 The Tortuous Veil, Motel, Portland, OR
2004 I am Temple, Motel, Portland, OR
2003 Drawings, Stumptown, Portland, OR
2002 The Dark Wood, Gallery AD, San Jose, CA
Boats and Whistles, The Mini Mini Market, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Before the Rain Came, Gallery AD, San Jose, CA
Stormy Sails, The Mini Mini Market, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Paved Prairies, Isabel Percy West, Oakland CA



Group Exhibitions
2007 We�re Rollin�, They�re Hatin�, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, Il
2006 Aqua Art Miami, with Motel, Miami FL
Deer Wood and the Coral Cavern, Gallery AD, San Jose, CA
ArtLA, with Motel, Santa Monica, CA
2005 The Future Remains of Dreamville, Motel, OR
Plushtastrophe, Black Market Gallery, LA
Hope for Better Tomorrow, Compound Gallery, Portland, OR
Up our Sleeves, traveling exhibition
2004 Shanty Town, Gallery AD, San Jose, CA
Affair at the Jupiter Hotel, with Motel, Portland, OR
2003 Art Boat, Chicago, IL
Eskimo Show, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Buddy Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
After the Thaw and Freeze, Open End Gallery, Chicago, IL
Girls, Fish Tank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Fortieth Street Warehouse, Oakland, CA



Bibliography
June, 2006, Hannah Gould, Mercury News
September 2004, �An Affair to Remember �, Richard Speer, Willamette Week
July, 1, 2004, D.K. Row, The Oregonian
July 2004, �Dog Days of Summer�, Chas Bowie, Portland Mercury



Grants/Awards
2004 CAPP Grant, Chicago, IL
2003 Acceptance to Philadelphia Fabric Workshop Residency
1998 French Scholarship



Projects

Murals

2006 Spring will Spring and So Will We, with Emily Counts, Motel, Portland, OR
2005 Crystal Eyes, Anno Domini, San Jose, CA
2004 Narwhal, Downtown San Jose, CA
2002 Open End Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Mini Mini Market, Brooklyn, NY
Hunab Ku, San Francisco, CA



Publications
Fake Your Own Death, issue #1, October 2005
Lumpen Magazine, issue #9, September 2003
Select Magazine, issue #7, October 2003
Select Magazine issue #4, October 2002