Selective Resume

Collections

Evansville Museum of Art, Science and History [Indiana] Huntsville Museum of Art [Alabama] Knoxville Museum of Art [Tennessee] University of Virginia, Health Sciences Center Knoxville Convention Center [site-specific commission] City of Chattanooga Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center – Nashville National Data Corporation – Atlanta Farm Credit Administration - Atlanta Canon USA – Atlanta John Portman and Associates – Atlanta [site-specific commission] EBBARC, Inc. - Atlanta Piedmont National Corp. – Atlanta 291 Club – Atlanta Manning, Selvage and Lee, Inc. – Atlanta Batson, Nolan, Nriace, Williamson & Girsky, PLLC – Clarksville, TN St. Mary’s Hospital Heart Institute – Evansville, Indiana Capital Mark Bank – Knoxville Art Department, Eastern Institute of Technology, Napier, New Zealand Numerous private collectors in TN, GA,TX, NM, AZ, VA, DC, MD, CO, NY, and CA.

Exhibitions

2027 "Field Notes: Jean Hess." Colloquia Art, Woodstock, VA. Solo 2026 "Transformation." Flood Gallery. Asheville, NC. "Material Thinking: The Flow Between Concept and Form." Slocumb Galleries, ETSU. Curator: Jane T. Broderick, Ph.D. 2025 "Unexpected Outcomes." Collage Artists of America, Juror: Andrea Burgay. First Prize. "Positive Negative 2025." ETSU. Juror: Nandini Makrandi, Curator of Contemporary Art. Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN 2024 "Echoes: Surrealism’s Influence 100 Years Since Its First Manifesto." Curator: A. P. Faust, Gallery Director. Callanwolde Fine Art Center, Atlanta. GA. 2023 Matewan As Metaphor: Jean Hess. Flood Gallery. Black Mountain, NC. Solo 2022 “Night Visions.” Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff AZ. “Currents: Women Artists from the KMA Collection.” Knoxville Museum of Art. ”13th Annual Drawing Discourse.” University of North Carolina-Asheville. Juror: Catherine Murphy. American Academy of Arts and Letters. “From These Hills.” William King Museum. Guest-curated by Michael Rooks, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. 2021 Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA [solo show “Aboutness”] Alexandria Museum of Art [Louisiana] Floyd Art Museum – Virginia San Diego Museum of Art Idaherma Museum. Third Annual. Tubac Center for the Arts – Arizona Maryland Federation of Art, “Art on Paper.” Denise Bibro Gallery – NYC [juried group] Upstream Gallery – Hastings-On-Hudson NY Selected Prior Venues Evansville Museum of Art [juried group; museum purchase award] Huntsville Museum of Art [solo; juried group; invitational group] Knoxville Museum of Art [3-person] William King Museum – Abingdon, VA [several juried group shows] Callanwolde Fine Arts Center - Atlanta [solo] Clarksville Museum - Tennessee Reese Museum – Johnson City [several juried group shows] Tennessee Arts Commission – Nashville [solo] Hunter Museum – Chattanooga [juror’s award] University of Alabama - Huntsville [solo] University of Tennessee - Knoxville [2-person] University of North Carolina – Charlotte [solo] University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg [invitational] East Tennessee State University [solo; curator for group; several juried group] Maryville College - Tennessee [solo] Savannah College of Art and Design [3-person] Eastern Institute of Technology – New Zealand CNN Center – Atlanta [solo] Association for Visual Arts – Chattanooga [solo; invitational group; curator of group] Renaissance Center – Dickson, TN [juror’s award] Manifest Creative Research Gallery - Cincinnati [IPA - catalogue] Art Gallery of Knoxville [solo] Gray Matters Gallery - Dallas [solo] Gardener Gallery - Atlanta [solo; group] Anthony Ardavin Gallery - Atlanta [solo; two invitational group]

Links & Media

Collage Artists of America Salon (scroll down to 42:15) Solo Exhibition at Flood Gallery Knox TN Today: "Jean Hess: 'Master artist' and 'master gardener'" MutualArt: Contemporary Focus 2014 (Knoxville Museum of Art) Locate Arts Profile Kolaj Magazine Profile The Women's Studio Profile Public Collectors: "Documentation of Childhood Graffiti From Antique Sources" 60 Wrd/Min Art Critic: Review by Lori Waxman

Contact Information

jeanhess@bellsouth.net This website will be under construction until the end of June 2026. Please contact me via email if you have questions or wish to see more images. A comprehensive CV, covering over 40 years, is available on request. This will also include specific places and dates, my own critical writing as well as reviews of my work.