Jennifer Gillooly Cahoon {Artist}

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Education

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• Rhode Island College. 1991-1996. BA in Studio Arts/BS in Art Education.

• University of Essex. Junior Year Abroad Program. UK. 1995.

• Pietrasanta Marble Carving Studio. IT. 1996.

• Rhode Island College. M.Ed. 2003.

 

 

Features and Recognitions

 

• Filling a Creative Void: East Providence’s Non-Traditional HeARTspot. ArtScope Magaine. March/April 2019.

• Meet Jennifer Gillooly Cahoon of HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery: East Providence. Boston Voyager. November 2018.

• The Post., Cover and article. June 2016.

• Rhode Island Monthly. Highlighted Artist. November 2015.

• Providence Journal Bulletin. Highlighted Artist. November 2015.

• Motif Magazine. The Artist’s Economy. Interview and article. November 2015.

• Beyond the Diagnosis. Published Catalog. Featured Artist. October 2015.

• Bad Influence: Notorious Women. Published Zine. Featured Artist. July 2014.

• Bad Influence: Day of the Dead. Published Zine. Interview and Feature Article. October 2013.

• Art AandA #80 Podcast. Broadcast Recorded Interview. February 2015.

 

 

Awards

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• Outstanding Achievement Award, Frank H. Netter Medical School, Quinnipiac University. Winter 2020.

• RI Legislative Grant Recipient, Winter 2020

• RISCA Grant Recipient, Spring 2019.

• Best Gallery in the East Bay, Best of Rhode Island Award 2019 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery).

• Best Gallery in Rhode Island, ProJo Reader’s Choice Awards 2019 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery).

• Best Gallery in Rhode Island, ProJo Reader’s Choice Awards 2018 (HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery).

• Vote For Art: First Place Painting, Gallery Night Organization. Providence RI.

 

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Speaking Events

 

• Frank H. Netter Medical School. Quinnipiac University. Rare Disease Day. February 2020.

• Harvard University Medical School. Artist representative for the “Beyond the Diagnosis” exhibition. November 2015.

• Euonia Gallery. Artist representative for the “Beyond the Diagnosis” exhibition. September 2015.

 

Commissions:

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• Click Here to see select commissions. Work completed from 2014 to present.

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Selected Solo/Collaborative Shows and Events

 

• 2019 URI Providence. State of the Arts Show. Providence, RI

• 2019 Brooklyn Coffee and Tea House. Women's History Month Feature. Providence, RI.

• 2018 Dryden Gallery Providence. Providence, RI (Future: Solo)

• 2016 URI.20th Anniversary Gallery Night Show. Providence, RI

• 2016 Pop Up In Pawtucket. Pawtucket, RI

• 2016 URI State of the Arts Exhibition. Providence, RI.

• 2016 Silvershell Gallery at Hotel Providence, Providence, RI (Solo)

• 2016 The Hunt’s Mills Festival. Featured Live Painter.

• 2016 URI State of the Arts Exhibition. Providence, RI.

• 2015 The Looff Arts Festival. East Providence, RI

• 2015 University of Rhode Island. Providence, RI (Solo)

• 2015 Robert Hunt Gallery. New Bedford, MA (Solo)

• 2015 URI State of the Arts Exhibition. Providence, RI.

• 2015 Beyond the Diagnosis Exhibition, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

• 2015 Beyond the Diagnosis Exhibition, Brown University, Providence, RI

• 2015 Beyond the Diagnosis Exhibition, Broad Foundation, Cambridge MA

• 2015 Gallery X. Icons Show. New Bedford, MA

• 2014 7 Suns Printmaking Gallery. Figure in Art. Warren, RI

• 2014 Imago Gallery. Community Exhibit. Warren, RI

• 2014 URI State of the Arts Exhibition. Providence, RI.

• 2013 Solo Show. Pop Up Gallery at Lola’s Cantina in Providence RI (Solo)

• 2012 Juried Show. Alta Luna Gallery. Bristol RI

• 2012 Sparrow’s Nest Gallery. North Providence, RI (Solo)