JO YARRINGTON
240 E 29th Street Apt 4
New York NY 10016
(C) 203/858-3388
jyarrington@fairfield.edu
www.joyarrington.com
 
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS - ONE PERSON AND SITE PROJECTS:
   
2012 Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
2011 Central Booking, Brooklyn, NY
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Thomas J Hunter Project Room, Hunter College, New York, NY
Chashama/Sited at the Donnell Building, New York, NY (solo)
The Trinity Museum, Trinity Church, Wall St and Broadway, New York, NY
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Wheaton College, Beard and Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts, Norton, MA
2010 Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT (solo)
Museum of Contemporary Art, the International Biennial Exhibition of Photographic Art,Skopje, Macedonia, Bronze Prize
Yale Divinity School, Marquand Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT (solo)
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
Quinabaug Valley Community College, Spirol Gallery, Danielson, CT
The LaGrange National Biennial, LaGrange Art Museum & Lamar Dodd Art Center of LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
2009 Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
2008 Francis Lewis Gallery, St. George Episcopal Church, New York, NY
2007 The Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland
2006 -2007 Museum of Glass International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
2005 -2006 Art in Public Spaces; Q.V.C.C., Permanent Site Project, Danielson, CT,
Arts Division of the Commission on Culture and Tourism, Hartford, CT
National Museum of Catholic Art, New York, NY
2005 John Slade Ely House Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Westport Art Association Gallery, Westport, CT
2004-2006 William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT (solo)
2003-2004 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA (solo)
2002 Broadway Windows Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
Garnetthill Synagogue, Glasgow, Scotland
Scotus College, Glasgow, Scotland
2002-2005 Christus Church, Cologne, Germany
University of Rhode Island, Photography Gallery, Kingston, RI (solo)
2001-2005 School of Divinity, Glascow University
2001-2002 Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland
2001 Sala Uno Gallery, Rome, Italy
Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy
Sharjah International Art Biennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (U.S. representative)
2000 I Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
   
   
  SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS:
   
2011 Robert Wall Award, Fairfield University Research Grant, Fairfield CT, semester’s leave
Sabbatical Grant, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, semester’s leave
Research Grant, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
Humaniities Institute Grant, Fairfield University, Project Director
Project Grant, Chashama/Donnell Building Project, New York, NY
Project Grant, Trinity Museum, New York, NY
2010 Project Grant, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2009 Research Grant, Museum of Glass & International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA
Project Grant, Yale Divinity School, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Connecticut NY
2007 American Scandinavian Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Residency, SIM: The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, Reykjavik, Iceland
2006 - 2007 University Associate, New York University, New York, NY
Residency, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
2006 Finalist, Arlin Meyer Prize, Lilly Fellows Program, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
Scholar-in-Residence, New York University, New York, NY
Project Grant, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Residency, Centro des las Artes-Estampa, Salamanca City, State of Guanajuato, Mexico
Residency, Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland
2005 Project Grant, Westport Art Association, Westport, CT
Commission Award for Permanent Site Installation, Art in Public Spaces, Arts Division of the Commission on Culture and Tourism, Q.V.C.C., Danielson, CT
2004-2005 Project Grant, William Belton Museum, Storrs, CT
DANE Fellow, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
2001 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York City, NY
1999 Project Grant, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
   
   
  SELECTED LECTURES, VISITING CRITIC, PANELS, WORKSHOPS:
2011

Central Booking, Brooklyn, NY, Panelist
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, Lecture
Hospital Field Centre for Art and Culture, Abroath, Scotland, Lecture
West Chester University, Seventeenth Annual West Chester Poetry Conference, West Chester, PA, Co-Panelist
West Chester University.West Chester Reading Series, Moderator and Panelist

2010 The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Panelist
The Trinity Museum, New York, NY, Panelist
AWP 2010 Conference, Denver, CO, Panelist
Bristol Art Museum, Panelist
2009 St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY, Co-Lecturer
Fairfield University, Symposium Co-Director
7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI, Panel Chair
A.I.R. Gallery, tART Picnic Panel, Brooklyn, NY, Panelist
2008 2008 College Art Association, 2008 National Conference, Dallas, TX, Panelist
St. Francis College, Regional Poetry Conference, Brooklyn, NY, Panelist
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT. Print Workshop
2006 New York University, Tische School for the Arts, New York, NY. Lecture
Museum of Glass and International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, WA. Lecture
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT. Print Workshop
Boston University, Society for Photographic Education, 2006 Northeast Regional Conference, Photographic Resource Center, Intersections, Boston, MA. Presenter (Belanger)
Centro des las Artes-Estampa, Salamanca City, State of Guanajuato, Mexico. Lecture/Workshop
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT. Print Workshop
Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland. Lecture/Residency
Wheaton College, Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39, Visiting Artists Program, Norton, MA. Lecture (Bridgford)
2005 College Art Association, 2005 National Conference, Atlanta, GA. Panelist
DANE, Craigsville, MA Keynote Speaker
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. Visiting Critic
2003 Cristobal Colon University, Veracruz, Mexico, Lecture
2002 University of Rhode Island, Kinston, RI, Lecture/Visiting Critic
2001 Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Scotland, Lecture
  Duncan of Jordanstone Royal College of Art, Dundee Scotland, Lecture
2000 The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, Lecture
   
   
  SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
   
  Creamer, Noelle, “Ocular Visions, Artful Eyes,” Ophthalmology Times, May 1, 2010.
  Celia, Frank, “Topcon Fundus Photography Featured in Art Exhibit,” eyeConnect, issue 03, April, 2010.
  O’Shaughnessy, Travey, “transparent intentions,” Republican-American, April 27, 2010.
  Hodara, Susan, “Aldrich Celebrates Five Exhibits at Once,” The New York Times, January 29, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/nyregion/31artct.html.
  “Jo Yarrington: Ocular Visions,” Online dialogue with curator, artist and the public on The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum’s Exhibition Blog, http://aldrichblog.org/.
  Dupre, Judith, “Jo Yarrington: Luminous Transportations at Marquand Chapel,” Yale Divinity School, Jan, 2010.
  Duggal, Baldev, “Vision to Visuals; Light, Ritual, Journey and Passage,” Digital PhotoPro, Vol. 5 Num. 5, September/October 2007.
  Yarrington, Jo, Folly, http://www.follymag.com, June 2007.
  Flores, Maria Antonieta, El Cautivo, Vol. 3, Number 19, http://www.elcautivo.org, Number 19, 2006.
  Bridgford, Kim, Inmediasres,Vol. 1, Number 1, http://www.mezzocamin.org, Number 1, 2006.
  Sharpe, Rosanna, Transparently Built, “Lavabo,” The Museum of Glass and International Center for Contemporary Art, Brochure, Tacoma, WA, 2006.
  Elkin, James, On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art, Book, Routledge Press, 2005.
  Eliasoph, Philip, “In Situ Changes at the Westport Art Center,” Connecticut Post; October 9, 2005.
  Streitland, L.P., “Jirimani: An Installation by Jo Yarrington at the DeCordova Musuem and Scultpure Park, Lincoln, MA,” Art New England: Contemporary Art and Culture, June/July 2004.
  Daniel, Missy, “Religion and the Arts,” Religion and Ethics Newsletter; PBS/NY, 2004.World Sculpture News, Brown, Glen R. 2003.
  Schaechter, Judith, “Sustaining Stained Glass,” Glass: The Urban Glass Art Quarterly, Fall, 2003.Heartney, Eleanor, Catalog Essay, Glasgow, Scotland 2001.
   
  EDUCATION:
 
1975 MFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  1973 BFA, BAE. With Honors, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH