@jessicazawadowicz
EDUCATION
2024 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture
2023 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2019 BFA, The University of the Arts
SOLO* & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Crossover, Regards Gallery, Chicago IL *
In the middle, Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL*
There’s a box they don’t tell you about, with Yaismel Garib, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
2024 FIGURE GROUND ROCKS, free range, Chicago, IL *
2023 a little, left over, with Garrett Lockhart, Weatherproof, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Syllabus of Effects, Curated by Chris Reeves, Ignition, Chicago IL
Beauty in Expression, Addendum Gallery, Milwaukee WI
Apartment Gallery, Rudi Szilvasy, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago IL
Re: Abstraction, Curated by Heloise Paillard, The Plan, Chicago IL
2025 To Be Continued..., Curated by Laura Frazure & Lauren Whearty, Atelier Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2024 The Weatherproof Anniversarial, Weatherproof, Chicago, IL
2023 Dock 6 Design & Art 15, Dock 6, Chicago, IL
The First Show, Stasia’s Gallery, Chicago, IL
Last Call, Color Club, Chicago, IL
2022 Electric Pink Lemonade, Curated by Roland Santana, Circle Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Flat File Program, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Warmth, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
2021 Flora, Curated by Eric Preisendanz, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Spring Up, Curated by Maria Kraybill (Artillerie), PII Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2023-2024 Teaching Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2023 & 2025 Poor Farm, Manawa, WI
2019 Corzo Center Emerging Artist Microgrant, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Larry Day Award, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Ted Carey Award, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015-2019 Trustee Scholarship, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
CURATORIAL
2025 Drawing on, Co-curated with Michael Cuadrado, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
PRESS
2026
When Words Don’t Do at Milwaukee’s Addendum Gallery’s “Beauty in Expression”, Frank Geiser, Newcity Art
https://art.newcity.com/2026/09/09/when-words-wont-do-at-milwaukees-addendum-gallerys-beauty-in-expression/
Art exhibitons for winter 2026, Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/02/art-chicago-winter-2026/
2025 Artist of the Week, Lvl 3
https://lvl3official.com/jessica-zawadowicz/
Figure/ Ground/ Rocks, Evan Fusco, General Research
https://generalresearch.substack.com/p/figuregroundrocks
2024 A Rock and a Fry Pan Walked Into a Gallery, Lori Waxman, Hyperallergic
https://hyperallergic.com/904489/a-rock-and-a-fry-pan-walked-into-a-gallery/
ARTIST TALKS/ VISTING CRITIC
2026 Visiting Artist, Critique Seminar, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
2025 Artist Talk, Drawing Studio, Purdue University Northwest , Hammond IL
Visiting Artist Talk, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
2022 Flat File Artist Programming, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn NY
2021 Fine Arts Department Artist Talk, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA