My deeply seeded interests in narrative and collaboration greatly inform the series-driven art that I create.

As a rather shy only child, I was schooled by my bohemian mother in the wonders of imaginative play with sophisticated dolls, civilized animals, and elaborate storylines. In my art, I use a variety of mediums and elements of performance to construct unusual tales populated by colorful characters. My co-creators / subjects / models serve as my co-conspirators.

The result is a body of work woven together by gently eccentric narrative threads that draw upon personal history and familial fiction to varying degrees. My hope is to engage viewers in these otherwise untold tales.

B.A., Cornell University | College of Arts & Sciences: Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology
B.F.A., Cornell University | College of Architecture, Art, & Planning: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
Awarded the Faculty Medal of Art and The Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Medal of Art

• Art CV
• Work-for-Hire Catalog

• 2019
  (415) Public Gallery, [x]space (San Francisco, CA)

  2016
  Robinsong, Classic Cars West (Oakland, CA)

  2014
  Pop-up: Jillian Piccirilli + Lindsay Stripling, Move Loot (San Francisco, CA)
  Robinwood, Hinterland Art Space (Denver, CO)
  Kala40, Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, CA)
  Ithaca, Pirate: Contemporary Art (Denver, CO)

  2013
  Camera Work: Contemporary Portraiture, Black Box Gallery Online Annex (Portland, OR)

  2012
  From the Weeds & The Carlsons of Cadillac, Fine Line (Ithaca, NY)

  2011
  Italo in Ithaca, Cayuga Street Gimme! (Ithaca, NY)
  Family Portraits: The Carlsons and Cook, Moosewood (Ithaca, NY)
  The Carlsons of Cadillac, Just a Taste (Ithaca, NY)
  Learning How to Cook Everything, RiverRead Books (Binghamton, NY)

  2010
  Selections from The Mama Series, Jack Magazine (Vol. 4, No. 1) : Beat-inspired art e-zine
  Co-founder and editor, Rag Mag {Occasionally} : online arts publication based in Ithaca, NY
  Learning How to Cook Everything, Julian’s on Broadway (Providence, RI)
  Mama Yaga, Corks and More (Ithaca, NY)

  2009
  Providence Art Windows (Providence, RI) : juried public art exhibit, cited in The Washington Post (1.31.10)
  Providence Street Painting Festival (Providence, RI)

  2008
  The Paws Family Through Exhibition, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) : BFA thesis exhibit
  Mama Yaga, Stella’s Cafe (Ithaca, NY)

  2007
  Nothing in Common, Tjaden Experimental Gallery, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
  Student Art Showcase, H.F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
  A.M.O., Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)



• SLATE Art LLC
  Oakland, CA | 2015 to present
  Gallery and Business Manager
  Overseeing the day-to-day operations and assisting with special projects for a contemporary art gallery based in Uptown Oakland and arts consulting firm working throughout the Bay Area and Lake Tahoe Region.

  Oakland Art Murmur
  Oakland, CA | 2013 – 2015
  Director of Operations
  Administrator for the gallery organization that founded the famous Uptown’s neighborhood First Friday Art Walk, “The Murmur.” During my tenure, OAM became a 501(c)3 non-profit that promoted arts throughout the City of Oakland through collective action among member art galleries, art walks, programing, and outreach.

  Actual
  Oakland, CA | 2013 – 2015
  Product Photographer
  A collaboration with designer Josh Jakus to build a compelling catalog of photographs for his creations.

  Painting Time
  Oakland, CA | 2013
  Book Designer
  Worked with artist Carol Ladewig to design and publish Painting Time, as exhibit catalog to accompany her solo exhibit Year in Color (SLATE contemporary, Oakland) and trace the history of particular themes in her art practice.

  Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections
  Ithaca, NY | 2011 – 2012
  Exhibit Manager

  Collecting Imagination: Treasures from the Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination
  Planned & executed a special loan exhibit showcasing Priceline-founder Jay Walker’s private library dedicated to human imagination in its first extensive public showing, featuring such rare artifacts as an original Soviet Sputnik.

  Wardrobes and Rabbit Holes: A Dark History of Children’s Literature
  Served as Assistant Curator for the exhibit exploring the often taboo themes that run through texts written and marketed for children.

  The History Center in Tompkins County
  Ithaca, NY | 2009 – 2011
  Exhibits Coordinator
  Worked closely with the archivist of the local historical museum to mount frequently changing exhibits, highlighting items from the institution’s own collections, as well as objects on loan from the community. Contributor to organization’s regular Ithaca Journal column Now and Then.

  Select exhibits included…

  Paintings Unwrapped, Verne Morton: Rural Photographer, Dear Friend Amelia: Lives & Letters in the Civil War, Underneath It All: Underwear through the Ages (featured in USA Today, 7.5.11), Built to Last: The Architecture of William Henry Miller

  Designed the permanent exhibition Our Story: A Timeline of Tompkins County History

  The Art & Life of Alison Mason Kingsbury
  Ithaca, NY | 2009 – 2010
  Contracted researcher, author, photographer, & designer

  Hired by the late regionalist painter Alison Mason Kingsbury’s family to research and catalog the artist’s career. Working with Cornell Library, the repository of the artist’s papers, to write & design a book tracing Kingbury’s career. Curated an exhibit in the Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections that corresponded with the release of the book.
  • Article profiling the project in the Cornell Chronicle (5.5.11)
  • Accompanying website by Jillian Piccirilli
  • LUNA image database compiled and partially photographed by Jillian Piccirilli

  Stella’s Arts Council, Stella’s Restaurant | Bar | Cafe
  Ithaca, NY | 2010 – 2012
  Founder & Director
  Created & managed a volunteer staff group that organized in-house art exhibits & musical performances and facilitated internal arts activities, such as a book club & art salons.