Jessica Bizer
Lives and works in New Orleans, LA

Education
2009............M. F. A., University of New Orleans, concentration in Painting.
2003 - 5......Studio Art, Hunter College, City University of New York.

Selected Exhibitions (*solo show)
2013
*Gone All Day, Studio 620, St. Petersburg Fl. 

2012
*After Forever, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA. 
Spaces, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA.
Lost and Found: Louisiana's Landscapes Revisited, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA.

2011
Hit Refresh, Good Children Gallery, curated by Nick Stillman and Cameron Shaw.
Southern Open, Curated by Amy Mackie, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA.
Brain Massage, Parse Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
Prospect 1.5 Throwdown, Second Line Studios, New Orleans, LA.

2010
* Leaving the Solar System, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans.
Fresh off the Turnip Truck, Prospect 1.5, New Orleans, Curated by Dan Cameron.
NURTUREArt Benefit, Zieher Smith, New York, NY.
The Sublime and the Silly, UNO St. Claude Gallery, New Orleans, Curated by Dan Tague.
Sailing to Byzantium, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, curated by Adrian Price.
Benefit for Central City Artist Project, NURTUREArt, Brooklyn, NY.
Southern Open, Curated by Bill Arning, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA.

2009
* Outer Space is Pretty Unusual, University of New Orleans, St. Claude Gallery, M.F.A. thesis show.
Garden of Earthly Delights, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
Postcards from the CAC, curated by Dan Cameron, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA. 2008.

2008
* We've Got Levitation, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans.
Get There, Open Air Project, outdoor installation, New Orleans, LA.
United Artists, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
Bizer, Fields, Jones, Podesta: An Emerging Artist Group Exhibition, Arthur Roger Project Space, New Orleans, LA.

2007
* The Power to Reduce Friction, Kirsha Kachele Projects, New Orleans.
Multi-Function Device, Art in Action, outdoor installation, Chalmette, LA.

2006
This House is Made of Water, Stealth Arts, Birmingham, AL..
Surge: New Orleans on High Ground, Brooklyn Lyceum, Brooklyn, NY.
Geography of Now, Pancake Studios, New York, NY.
Lesser New York, Queens Plaza, Long Island City, NY.

Selected Bibliography
2012
Stivers, Caroline. "Artist Interview: Jessica Bizer", Invade NOLA, Mar 8.

2011
Rodrigue, Reggie. "From Louisiana With Love", hyperallergic.com, July 14.

2010
Botero, Julia. "New Orleans’s Prospect in 2010", Studio 360, National Public Radio. Nov. 5
Maccash, Doug. "Prospect.1.5 features Crescent City newcomers", Times-Picayune, Nov. 5

2008
Hunter, Simeon. “Jessica Bizer”, United Artists, catalogue for Good Children, New Orleans, LA
“Bizer, Fields, Jones, Podesta at Arthur Roger Project Space”, Art Voices, Feb. Vol. 1. 2007
Kiesewetter, Erik and Strange, Patrick. Constance: A Collection of Forty New Orleans Artists, Vol. 1. 2005
Wylie, Erin. “Space Invader: Brooklyn Collective, ” Nylon, Sept.

Public Collections
New Orleans Museum of Art

Related Projects
2008 - present....Good Children Gallery, founding member
2007.....................Guest Lecturer, Art Speak, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA

Grants and Awards
2006 - 9......Graduate Assistantship, University of New Orleans, LA
2008.......... Louisiana Cultural Economy Foundation, Economic Opportunity Fund Grant for Good Children Gallery
2008...........Open Air Project and Joan Mitchell Foundation, Grant for Outdoor Installation, New Orleans