Jillian Moore
US
Education
2008
- MFA, Jewelry and Metal Arts Program, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2005
- BFA, Metalsmithing and Jewelry Program, College of Fine Art and Communications, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Awards & Grants
2021
- Iowa Arts & Culture Recovery Grant, individual artist recipient
2020
- Iowa Arts Council Relief Grant, individual artist recipient
2013
- Award of Excellence, “American Craft Council Fair”, San Francisco, CA
2011
- Raphael Founder’s Prize Finalist, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
- Special Jurors’ Prize, “South Seas,” juried group show, Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland
2010
- LEAP Award Finalist, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2008
- METALinclinations,Society of Midwestern Metalsmiths online exhibition, Award of Merit
- Craftforms 2007, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, Juror’s Silver Award
2007
- Topeka 28, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS, Honorable Mention, juried by Robert Ebendorf
2005
- Iowa Crafts 37, regional juried competition, MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, IA, Artist-to-Artist Award
2004
- Niche, Student Award Winner in Sculptural/Non-Functional category in Metal
Solo Exhibitions
2019
- Munich Jewellery Week, “Polyphonous19: animal/vegetable/mineral”, solo exhibition as part of a series of exhibitions organized by the collective Polyphonous in various locations, Munich, Germany
2018
- Jillian Moore at Project Art, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Fountain Lobby, Iowa City, IA
2017
- Misanthropogenic Extinction, Seton Hill Univeristy, Greensburg, PA
2014
- Fruits of My Labor, Beyond Fashion, Antwerp, Belgium
2011
- Nomen Dubium, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2009
- Creatura: A Thing Created, a solo show online through Object Fetish Gallery, www.objectfetish.com
- Tributaries IV: Jillian Moore, solo exhibition, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2008
- Anatome, Solo MFA Exhibition, Art Gallery West, ABW, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2006
- Mimetic of Life, MA show with Satomi Kawai, Art Gallery West, ABW, University of Iowa, Iowa City
2004
- Senior B.F.A. Exhibition, solo exhibition, Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
2 and 3 Person Exhibitions
2021
- Polyphonous: Mimetic Lives 2, 2-person exhibition with Satomi Kawai, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2020
- Peculiar Reality, 2-person exhibition with Mary Koenen Clausen at Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
Group Exhibitions
2022
- Colorful Wares, invitational online exhibition, Gallery Baird
2021
- Holiday Jewelry Cocktail Party, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2020
- ADVENTureBOX, an invitational exhibition, Friends of Carlotta Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
- Painful Hope, juried group exhibition, Alliages, Lille, France
- Amend, juried online exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th ammendment, a project organized by the group Secret Identity Projects
- Jewelry Edition V at Ombré Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
- Precious Places...Precious Things, group show for the international Precious Collective at Alliages, Lille, France
- Jewelry Edition V, pop up, Artful Home, www.artfulhome.com
- Growth & Evolution International Jewellery Exhibition, Royal Venus Hotel, Kunming, China
- Jewelry Edition V, pop up, ECU Symposium
- Jewelry Edition V, travelling exhibition, Upstate Gallery on Main, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC
2019
- Jewelry Edition V, pop up, Nasher Store, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
- Contemporary History: Queer Narratives, invitational/juried exhibition organized by Charlie Turchan, The Ivy House Gallery, Champaign, IL
- Jewelry Edition V, travelling exhibition, Monique Rancourt Artisan Gallery, Waltham, MA
- Jewelry Edition V, tour launch, Form + Concept, Santa Fe, NM
- Précieux !?, curated by Lynne Speake from members of Precious Collective at Alliages, Lille, France
- Glossy, JCK Las Vegas, Nv, Ombré Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, and New York Jewelry Week, New York, NY
- αβγ..., ongoing travelling exhibition (“ABC...”) Athens Jewellery Week, Melanithros Art Space, Athens, Greece
- Crafting a Legacy, invitational exhibition to celebrate 40th anniversary of the Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2018
- Velvet da Vinci Pop Up, San Francisco, CA
- ABC..., ongoing travelling exhibition, “Melting Point”, Museo de la Ciudad Valencia, Spain,Ingallery, Barcelona, Spain
- Colourful Play, selection of represented artists, Galerie Beyond, Antwerp, Belgium
- The After Joya Effect V, invitational, Athens Jewelry Week, Popeye Loves Olive,Athens, Greece
- Flyover + UISMA, exhibiting artist as part of performance, Iowa City, IA
2017
- Finest Selection X, selection of represented artists, Galerie Beyond, Antwerp, Belgium
- Holiday Jewelry Showcase, Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2016-17
- Earring Emporium/#lobelove, pop up series in the Iowa City, IA area organized by Kathy Edwards-Hayslett sponsored by Bluestockings
- The Fourth Annual Iowa Metals Guild Exhibition: Iowa + Taiwan, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Material Girls, invitational, Brockway Center for Arts and Technology, Brockway, PA.
2015
- CoOperation Garnish, collaboration with Brian Ferrell, juried exhibition of collaborative work at SNAG, Boston
- #thisisabrooch, juried exhibition at SNAG, Boston
- Wearables for the Home, invitational exhibition, Beyond Fashion, Antwerp, Belgium
2014
- (in)Organic, invitational exhibition, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
- Rule the World, juried exhibition, Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland
2013
- Minimal to Bling, invitational exhibition, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
- Shift: Makers that Define, Expand, and Contradict the Field of Jewelry, international invitational exhibition in conjunction with the symposium “Zoom”
2012
- Touchstone Center for Crafts Faculty Exhibition, invitational exhibition, Speyer Gallery, Fallingwater, PA
- Hot Under the Collar, juried exhibition, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
- Humor in Metal, invitational exhibition, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
- The Art of Seduction, invitational exhibition, Howard Community College Art Gallery, Columbia, MD
2011
- Featured during Bruce Metcalf’s solo exhibition “Venus Adorned” at Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- SP7: Organ/ism, invitational exhibition, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
- The Kiss: Inspirations from The Cure, GreenLion Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
- Radical Alchemy, Courthouse Galleries, Portsmouth, VA
- The Third Iowa Metals Guild Exhibition: Raising Expectations, LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska, and Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- CoOperation Tableware, collaborative work with Emily Watson, Fancy Gallery, Seattle, WA
- Charmed II: Mix ‘n Match, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2010
- NonFunctional, organized and juried by Loring Taoka, online exhibition at Crafthaus
- Oddly Wearable, organized and juried by Rachel Timmins, online exhibition at Crafthaus
- Underwaterlove invitational group show at Schmuckfrage, Berlin, Germany
- Oblique Patience invitational group show, Metrospace Gallery, East Lansing, MI
2010
- Play invitational group show at Quad City Arts, Rock Island, IL
- Charmed, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2009
- Ho Ho Ho and “ADVENTure Box”, Friends of Carlotta, Zurich, Switzerland
- Jewelry in Motion, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Gail M. Brown
2008
- Craftforms 2008, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
- New Work, showcase concurrent with “500 Pendants and Lockets” at Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
- The Ring Show: Putting the Band Back Together, Fahm Hall, SCAD, Savannah, GA
- Overflow, Jen Library, SCAD, Savannah, GA
- Co-Laboratory, La Galerie Bleue, SCAD, Savannah, GA
- Cresting: SNAG Juried Student Digital Image Show, SNAG Conference, Savannah, GA
- Surge: SNAG Juried Student Exhibition, Gallery S.P.A.C.E., Savannah, GA
2007
- Refined Abundance, The Old Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, juried by Charon Kransen
- Jewelry Journey: Air 2006, continuation of international traveling exhibition, Detroit Arts Market: Elements Gallery, Detroit, MI, Galería Isidro Miranda, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and beginning at beginning at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany (2006)
- Masterpieces, and “Magnitude 7”, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
- Material Alchemy, Gallery M.I.M., Baltimore, MD
2006
- Art of the Doll, Pump House Regional Arts Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin
- The Arsenal Metals & Enamels Exhibition 2006, Columbus, OH
2005
- Craftforms 2005, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, juried by David McFadden
- La Petite XIII Art Competition, Alder Art Gallery, Coburg, OR
2003
- Midwestern Metals Exhibition, Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, IL
- Making it in Metal-Snag Student Exhibition, national juried exhibition, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Permanent Collections
- Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
- Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Notable Personal Collections
- Gale M. Brown
- Robert Ebendorf
- Mike Holmes
- Esther Doornbusch
- Saskia Kolff
- Bruce Metcalf
- Ron Porter
- Marjan Unger