JILL STAUFFER

 (954) 648 - 4712  |   jillms@umd.edu  |   jillmstauffer.com

SOLO  +  SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

(Upcoming) Root Bound, with Trevon Jakaar, Alena Gray, and Rowan Arnold, Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD

Xpearmintatortosss#1, with Trevon Jakaar, Varvara Tokareva, and Margaret Walker, Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD

2021

Rhode Island State Council of the Arts Juried Exhibition, with Pascale Lord and Sarina Mitchel, GREEN SPACE Gallery at TF Green Airport, Warwick, RI 

After Hours, with William Lanzillo and Jamie Weinfurter, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN

2020 

Currents, with Shayna Allen and Maddie Granlund, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN 

2019 

Submerged,  Johnson Gallery Space, Middlebury, VT

Design Proposal for the Adaptive Re-Use of St. Mary’s School, Johnson Building Mezzanine, Middlebury, VT

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Graduate Open Studios, Art/ Sociology Building, College Park, MD

Graduate Graveyard, Research Lab Gallery, College Park MD

LEVEL Up, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD

Bodily Autonomy, Herman Maril Gallery, College Park, MD

Making the Cut, Shoebox Arts, online exhibition

2022

Rising Seas: Envisioning the Future Ocean State, IMAGO Gallery, Warren, RI

Flora and Fauna, AS220 Gallery, Providence, RI

2021

Altered Paper, Warwick Center for the Arts, Warwick, RI

Lumière, Art Fluent, online exhibition

No Holds Barred,  AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN 

2019 

Free Association, Johnson Gallery Space, Middlebury, VT

Pictures in Space, Johnson Gallery Space, Middlebury, VT

Nocturne Arts Festival, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

What’s the Plan? (Co-curator), Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT

Spring Symposium, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury, VT 

2017 

Landscape Re-Imagined, Johnson Gallery Space, Middlebury, VT 

Watercolor Showcase (curator), Chromatic Gallery, Middlebury, VT

2D Animation Premiere, Johnson Building Mezzanine, Middlebury, VT

Intaglio Printmaking Showcase, Johnson Building Mezzanine, Middlebury, VT

2016  

Studio Show, Johnson Building Mezzanine, Middlebury, VT

The Good Life, McCardell BiCentennial Hall, Middlebury, VT

2015

Broward County Art Show, Pembroke Lakes Mall, Pembroke Pines, FL

PUBLIC WORK

2021

After the Eulogy, Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort, KY

ARTIST TALKS  +  PUBLIC LECTURES

2022

How Did You Get Here? with Kenneth Hilker, Graduate Studios, College Park, MD

2021

Sculpture Saturday: After the Eulogy, Josephine Sculpture Park. Frankfort, KY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u43CVCAhn4&t=1s 

2020 

Slide Night, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN

2019 

Reiff Intern Lecture: Architectural Drawings and Related Materials at the College Museum, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT

Design Proposal for the Adaptive Re-Use of St. Mary’s School, Johnson Mezzanine, Middlebury, VT

Spring Symposium, McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Middlebury, VT

RESIDENCIES

2023

New Works Incubator, University of Maryland Department of Immersive Media Design, College Park, MD

2021

Work Exchange Resident, Snow Farm: The New England School of Craft, Williamsburg, MA 

Studio Art Intern, Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort, KY

Resident Program Assistant, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN

2020

Resident Artist Fellowship, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN

GRANTS  +  AWARDS

2023

LEVEL UP Juror’s Award, Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD

ArtsAmp Interdisciplinary Grant, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

2021

Welding Scholarship, The Steel Yard, Providence, RI

Studio Art Intern Scholarship, Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort, KY

2019

summa cum laude, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

Highest Honors in Studio Art, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

Highest Honors in Architectural Studies, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

2017 

Best Visuals in a 2D Animation, Middlebury College,  Middlebury, VT

ART EDUCATION  +  ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE

2023 

Teaching Artist, ArtWorks Now, Hyattsville, MD

Emerging Teacher Mentorship Program Cohort Member, VisArts, Rockville, MD

Teaching Assistant for Elements of Sculpture: Casting, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Teaching Assistant for Elements of Drawing I, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Teaching Assistant for 2D Design Fundamentals, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Herman Maril Gallery Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Visiting Artist Committee Member, Department of Art, University of MD, College Park, MD

2022

Teaching Assistant for Elements of Sculpture: Wood and Mixed Media, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Herman Maril Gallery Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Visiting Artist Committee Member, Department of Art, University of MD, College Park, MD

Resource Development Coordinator, DownCity Design, Providence, RI

2021 

Art and Nature Camp Teaching Assistant, Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort, KY

Studio Assistant, Snow Farm: The New England School of Craft, Williamsburg, MA

2020

Community Outreach AmeriCorps VISTA, DownCity Design, Providence, RI

Emerge Cohort Member, DesignXRI, Providence, RI

2019

Robert F. Reiff Curatorial Intern, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT

Production Assistant, Middlebury College Department of Theatre, Middlebury, VT

Student Representative, Middlebury College Committee on Art in Public Places, Middlebury, VT

2018

Arts in Vermont Orientation Trip Leader, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

Community Development Intern, Intersection of Change, Baltimore, MD

2017

Watercolor Workshop Instructor, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

SELECTED PRESS

2023

Jenkins, Mark. “In the galleries: Luxurious prints put circular formats at center stage”, Washington Post, Washington, DC, https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/06/09/art-gallery-shows-dc-area/

Shih, Karen. “Summ-AR Immersion”, Maryland Today, College Park, MD,

https://today.umd.edu/summ-ar-immersion

2021

Howell, Jeri. “Welcome Jill Stauffer, New JSP Art Studio Intern”, Josephine Sculpture Park, Frankfort, KY, https://josephinesculpturepark.org/welcom-jill-stauffer-new-jsp-art-studio-intern/ 

“Wakefield Artist featured in New Exhibition at TF Green Airport” The Independent RI. June 12, 2021. https://www.independentri.com/arts_and_living/article_1fc9fa56-c964-11eb-8d88-8b55610a834b.html

Belmore, Ryan M. “New Exhibition of Rhode Island Artists Opens at TF Green Airport”, What’s Up Newport. June 8, 2021. https://whatsupnewp.com/2021/06/new-exhibition-of-rhode-island-artists-opens-at-t-f-green-airport-2/

Zuckerman, Faye. “New Exhibition of Rhode Island Artists Opens at TF Green Airport”,  Rhode Island State Council of the Arts. June 2, 2021. https://risca.online/new-exhibition-of-rhode-island-artists-opens-at-t-f-green-airport/

After Hours, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis, MN, https://ne-sculpture.org/after-hours

2020

Currents, NE Sculpture Gallery Factory, Minneapolis MN, https://ne-sculpture.org/currents 

2019 

Reiff Intern Lecture: Architectural Drawings and Related Materials at the College Museum, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT, http://museum.middlebury.edu/news/events/2018-2019-events-calendar/april/node/2523 

EDUCATION

2025

MFA candidate in Studio Art, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

2019

BA in Studio Art, BA in Architectural Studies , Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

2018 

Visiting student, University of Oxford (Keble College), Oxford, UK