Artist's Statement

I am obsessed with the relationship between humans and their sentimental objects. Through processes of casting, weaving, and assembly, I uncover feelings and questions about why we collect and keep things that serve no apparent function. I believe the reason people cherish sentimental objects is because they are an extension of our own mortality, connecting us to times, relationships, and places that we can no longer exist within, and even help us live beyond death in the passing-on of heirlooms. For me, the line between where this relationship serves a person, and where it becomes toxic or parasitic, is unclear, and something I personally contend with in life and in the studio.

Artist's Biography

Jacqueline Yvonne Tull grew up in Greenbelt, Maryland, and attended Maryland Institute College of Art Bachelor of Fine Arts program in Baltimore. She later completed her degree at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she had the opportunity to spend summers studying plein air painting and drawing at the Mount Gretna School of Art in Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania, and the Rome Art Program in Rome, Italy. She completed her Master of Fine Art at the University of Delaware, where she specialized in sculpture and material culture studies. She has taught sculpture and other fine art courses as an adjunct instructor at multiple universities, and is currently the Makerspace Manager at Swarthmore College. Jacqueline is currently practicing art in her home-studio in Philadelphia, is a member of Automat Collective, and has exhibited works in the Philadelphia region, New York, and Berlin, Germany.

Education

2017
University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
Master of Fine Arts

2015
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
Bachelor of Fine Arts

2006
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Fine Arts Program (attended)

Intensive Programs
2014
Rome Art Program, Director Carole Robb

2013
Mount Gretna School of Art, Director Jay Noble

2002
MICA Summer Intensive Program, Instructor Michael Weiss

Awards & Honors

2017
The Really Affordable Art Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Juror: Laura Phipps
Certificate of Recognition

2015 - 2017
University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
Graduate Contract Stipend and Full Tuition Scholarship

2014
Rome Art Program, Rome, Italy
Half Tuition Scholarship

Artist's Bibliography

2019
Sandstrom, Natalie, "Additional Assembly Required at AUTOMAT, a whimsical, textured group exhibition", Artblog. August 12, 2019. web

"Featured Art: Impressions of a Candle Holder", Recenter Press. Issue One: Spring 2019. web

2018
Cryer, Logan, "Not So Big Boys at Little Berlin", ArtBlog. August 17, 2018. web

2017
Vlas, Adelina, "On Studio Visits with MFA Artists at the University of Delaware", UD Press. November, 2017

Permanent Collections

KUNSTRAUM TAPIR, Berlin, Germany

Professional Experience

Present
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Makerspace Manager

2019
Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
Sculpture Coordinator, Instructor of Record

Lincoln University, PA
Instructor of Record

2018
John Pomp Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Metal Fabricator

2017 - 2018
Seneca Historic, Philadelphia, PA
Historic Window & Door Restoration

2017
University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
Instructor of Record

2016
University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
Guest Instructor, Graduate Teaching Assistant

2015 - 2017
University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE
Sculpture Shop Technician

2013
Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA
Operations Director, under Director Jay Noble

Selected Exhibitions

Solo‍

2021
Origins, Trunk Show, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Erin Wheary

2016
Jacqueline Yvonne, Philosophy Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Group‍

2021
Chiaroscuro Spring, InLiquid at Park Towne Place, Philadelphia, PA

2020
Women's HERstory Month, Braddock Carnegie Library, Braddock, PA

2019
Additional Assembly Required, Automat Collective, Philadelphia, PA

Art Appreciation: What Inspires Collectors, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA

2018
Big Boiz, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA

2017
Humanifold, KUNSTRAUM TAPIR, Berlin, Germany

Material Matters, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Curator: Lilian Tone

The Really Affordable Art Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
Juror: Laura Phipps

Compulsion, The Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, DE

&, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE

2016
Showcase, Soup Experimental Gallery, Tallahassee, FL

2015
Hatch, Studio Arts, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Senior Show and Celebration, Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA

Emergence, Discerning Eye Center for the Arts, Lancaster, PA

Process and Product: Quilting Redefined, Sunshine Art + Design Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Curator: Tim Roda

2014
The Five Obstructions, The Community Room, Lancaster, PA

A Sense of Place, Langford 120 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

A Sense of Place, The American University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Manifold, Central Market Gallery, Lancaster, PA

2013
Mount Gretna School of Art Inaugural Show, Hall of Philosophy, Mount Gretna, PA

Curated Exhibitions‍

2021
File Save/Sift Search, Automat Collective, Philadelphia, PA
Co-Curator: Tess Wei

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