I create series-driven art grounded in narrative, histories, and collaboration. Often born of a preoccupation with nostalgia and loss, my work seeks to give these personal aches tangible form through imagery that dialectically draws upon play and whimsy.
Jillian Piccirilli studied art and anthropology at Cornell University, where she was the recipient of the University’s Faculty Medal of Art and Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial Medal of Art. She has exhibited in California, Colorado, New York, and Rhode Island, where her Providence Art Windows public art installation garnered praise in the Washington Post. In 2012, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently, her work focuses on archaic photographic printing methods that operate at the intersection of photography, painting, and printmaking.
Education
Cornell University
College of Architecture, Art, & Planning: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
College of Arts & Sciences: Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology
Select Exhibitions
2016
Robinsong, Classic Cars West (Oakland, CA)
2014
Robinwood, Hinterland Art Space (Denver, CO)
Robinwood, Move Loot (San Francisco, CA)
Ithaca, Pirate: Contemporary Art (Denver, CO)
Kala 40, Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, CA)
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
Learning How to Cook Everything, Julian’s on Broadway (Providence, RI)
The Mama Series, Jack Magazine (e-zine)
2009
Providence Art Windows (Providence, RI)
Providence Street Painting Festival (Providence, RI)
2008
The Paws Family Through Exhibition, Tjaden Hall, Cornell University (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)