jessica nichols | artist and photographer | 29 | utah | 801 455 0439 | instagram: @jessycahh_

EDUCATION

 

2012 – 2016                BFA in Photography and Integrated Media Ohio University, Athens Ohio

                                               

 

2013                            Summer semester at Columbus State Community College, Columbus Ohio

                                                 

 

 2011                           Summer semester at Tachibana High School in Shizuoka-shi prefecture, Shizuoka, Japan

Participated in school studies with the other children at the school and helped teach English

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

2018-Present               Online Retail Shop Owner

Developed and currently maintain online revenue. Lead person in developing and creating products for sale, maintaining inventory, and operating and overseeing marketing and advertising of store

           

 

2017                                        Newborn Photographer, Bella Baby Photography

Independent contractor with Hospitals around Columbus area,

Columbus Ohio

 

 

2013 - 2016                 Creative Director, Nelson Dining Hall

Multiple commission works for Nelson Dining Hall, Ohio University, including planning and executing large wall murals, paintings, event set ups

                                                Ohio University, Athens Ohio

 

2014                             Internship, Freelance Photographer Amanda Conde

Assisted with Amanda’s photoshoots and took on clients on my own

                                                Bend, Oregon

 

RESIDENCIES

 

2017                            Art, Letters, And Numbers Residency                                                                                               

Averill Park, New York

                                   

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2012                Untitled, Xstal Sea Gallery

Indianapolis, Indiana

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2018 June        Underwater; Millepiani Gallery

                                              Rome, Italy

 

 

2018 May        Magnify: RAW Artists            

                                             Salt Lake City, Utah

 

 

2017                Traces: Imprints on the Natural World, Arts Letters and Numbers

                            Residency

                                                    Averill Park, New York

 

 

2015                Test Strip, Senior Photography and Integrated Media senior highlight

                                    Seigfred Hall

                                                Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

 

 

 2014               Untitled, Cube Four group installation, Seigfred Hall

                                                Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

 

 

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

 

2012                Delaware Arts Castle juried photography exhibition

                                                Delaware, Ohio

 

 

PUBLIC WORKS

 

2015                Public installation at the Ridges Cemetery       

                                                Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

 

 

WEBSITE PUBLICATIONS

 

2017                Foberg, Frida; Zele Angelides.  "Traces: Imprints on the Natural World" Arts, Letters &

                            Numbers.com.  June 9th 2017.http://www.artslettersandnumbers.com/archive/traces-   

                            imprints-on-the-natural-world-exhibition

 

UNIVERSITY INVOLVEMENT

 

2013                      Partnered with the Undergraduate Art League to complete campus mural for Diabetes

                             Awareness Month

                                                Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

 

AWARDS

 

2012                 First place winner in photography, Delaware Arts Castle juried exhibition

                                                Delaware, Ohio

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 

-Proficient in Adobe programs

(Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, Premiere)

-Word processing (Microsoft programs)

-Rhino 3D modeling software

-Proficient in shooting and processing film and digital

-Mural Design

-Mural Painting

-Over 8 years of hands on darkroom knowledge (Color and B&W)

-Knowledge of mixing chemistry for developing film and prints