Jessica Gomula
Professor of Art
Biography:
Jessica Gomula received a bachelor’s degree from The Atlanta College of Art and a master’s degree from Illinois State University. Exhibitions include SomArts, San Francisco, CA; Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA.; Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA.; Art House, Oak Park, IL.; Phoenix Gallery, Bloomington, IL.; Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN.; South Gallery, Jacksonville, FL.; New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, GA.; Rolling Stone Gallery, Atlanta, GA.; online exhibitions include CultureTV.com, PenduGallery.com, Lo-Fi.org, Transition-Media.com, Artists-Union.co.uk, and Rhizome.org. Double Vision intermedia group performances include Mad Horse Loft, Oakland, CA, and WORKS, San Jose, CA.
Courses:
| Course | Course Title - Description |
| ART 3110 | Intaglio |
| ART 3605 | Text and Image |
| ART 3620 | Moving Image-Video/Film Making |
| ART 3630 | Still Photograph I |
| ART 3700 | Computer Art |
Education:
2000 Illinois State University, IL, M.F.A.
1996 Atlanta College of Art, GA, B.F.A.
Teaching:
2005-Present — California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Assistant Professor, Department of Art
2002-2005 — Bradley University, Peoria, IL
Adjunct and Temporary Full-time Instructor, Multimedia Department
2001-2004 — Heartland Community College, Bloomington, IL
Adjunct Instructor
Art Related Employment:
2004-2005 Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts, and Study Abroad Program, Bradley University, Peoria, IL. Webmaster
2002–Present BlueMoon Interactive, Turlock, CA. Co-owner / Webmaster / Flash Designer
2003 Direct Logic Solutions, Peoria, IL. Freelance Flash Designer
2000–2001 Central Illinois Business Publishers, Peoria, IL. Graphic Designer
1997 Electronic Graphics Group, Roswell, GA. Graphic Designer
Selected Exhibitions:
2006
- Video playlist, "Sigmund’s Laundromat." CultureTv: http://www.culturetv.tv: Juried
- Drunken Boat PanLiterary Web Art Award Finalist, Summer 2006 issue: Juried
- "Featured Artist," Women’s Caucus for Art, online exhibition,
http://nationalwca.com/: Juried
2005
- "Maintaining the Ideal," Rhizome.org Exhibitions,
http://www.rhizome.org/art/member-curated/exhibit.rhiz?290: Juried - "Lonely Owl and the Game of Life, Byte #1," Performance with Double Vision, Mad Horse Loft, Oakland, CA
- "Survey 2005," Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, SomArts,
San Francisco, CA - "Eugene Presents" Glowlab’s Open Lab. Art Interactive
Cambridge, MA - "In the Abstract," Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA: Juried
- "Open Exhibition," Portable Gallery:
http://www.portable-gallery.com/open_zone/open_exhibition: Juried - Lo-Fi Net Art Locator: http://www.low-fi.org.uk/
- "Works on Paper," Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA: Juried
- "Lonely Owl and the Game of Life, Byte #0," Performance with Double Vision, WORKS, San Jose, CA
- Video playlist, "Happy Holidays." CultureTv: http://www.culturetv.tv: Juried
- Rhizome.org Artbase: http://rhizome.org/object.rhiz?34821: Juried
- "Snap to Grid," Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "A Decade of Web design," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and
http://www.designtimeline.org/ - Pendu Gallery: http://www.pendugallery.com: Juried
- Video screening, Bloomington-Normal Short Film Festival, Bloomington,
IL: Juried - Museum of the Essential and Beyond That:
http://arteonline.arq.br/festival/festival.html: Juried
2004
- "ArtOMatic 2004," ArtOMatic, Washington, D.C.: Juried
- "Snap to Grid," Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
- "100 (11) Instruction Works," Ikatun.com:
http://www.ikatun.com/100-11/php/gallery.php#anchor75 - Transition Media: http://www.transition-media.com: Juried
- Artists-Union: http://www.artists-union.co.uk: Juried
- Rhizome.org Artbase: http://rhizome.org/object.rhiz?23124: Juried
- FlashKit.com: http://flashkit.com/links/new/more8.php
2003
- "Hot House," Art House, Oak Park, IL: Juried
- Sito: www.sito.org/synergy
2002
- Michigan State University, Lansing, MI : Permanent Collection
- Screening, Bloomington-Normal Short Film Festival, Bloomington, IL
- "Pilgrimage: Travel Towards the Sacred," New York, NY
2001
- "Hearts," Group mail art exhibition, Victorville, CA
- Screening, Bloomington-Normal Short Film Festival, Bloomington, IL
2000
- "Transformations", University Galleries, Normal, IL, solo exhibit
1999
- "SPRINGfever," Phoenix Gallery, Bloomington, IL
1998
- "Positive Negative," Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN: Juried
- "New Do," Phoenix Gallery, Bloomington, IL
- "10th National Print Exhibition," South Gallery, Jacksonville, FL: Juried
1996
- "Printmakers," New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, GA: Juried
1995
- "Advanced Printmaking," Rolling Stone Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Curated Exhibitions:
2006 Film Festival, National Women’s Studies Assoc. Conference, Oakland, CA
2005 "Invited | Invaded," Rhizome Exhibitions:
http://www.rhizome.org/art/member-curated/exhibit.rhiz?269
Grants & Scholarships:
2005 - Faculty Mini-Grant Award, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
2000,1999 - Best Print in Show, University Galleries, IL
1998, 1997 - Friends of the Arts Talent Grant, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1996 - Alumni Scholarship, Atlanta College of Art, GA
1996, 1995 - Academic Institutional Grant, Atlanta College of Art, GA