No End in Sight - Exhibition

Artist Statement

I'm inspired by everyday objects mass produced from minimal geometry—a tin can, a steel ball bearing, a tiny speaker, things that roll and resonate. Things you can touch and hold and hear. Repetition and variation, an accumulation of shiny, sleek, and simple. I create sculpture from the object in motion: movement dictated by chance interaction, the physics of chaos, the whims of the viewer. My goal is art as playground.

Biography

Jesse received a B.A. in International Affairs from Florida State University, an M.A. in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and went on to graduate form The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an M.F.A. in Studio Art. She has shown at several venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art and Hyde Park Art Center. She has a sound sculpture installation in permanent collection at the Chicago Children’s Museum. She currently works and lives in Chicago.

JESSE SEAY
2223 W. Iowa St, B
Chicago, IL 60622
(312) 375-1910
jesseseay@gmail.com

EDUCATION
2006 M.F.A. Studio Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
2000 M.A. Communication Studies (Media & Cultural Studies), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
1996 B.A. in International Affairs (emphasis on Sociology and East Asian Studies), With Honors, Magna Cum Laude, and Phi Beta Kappa. Florida State University.

SHOWS
2008 Hyde Park Art Center
A+D Gallery
Chicago Children’s Museum. Commission for permanent sound
sculpture installation, to be installed September 2008.
Columbia College. Commission for sound portrait of Manifest Art
Festival.
2007 Pedagogical Factory, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.
Audible Gallery, Chicago. (solo show)
Bridge Art Fair, Chicago.
Caro D’Offay Gallery, Chicago. (solo show)
Art44.46, Lakeview East Public Art Show, Chicago.
2006 Sound installation piece, “Untitled (Resonant Objects). MFA Show,
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Housemusik Festival, Berlin.
2005 Sound design for installation at Red Moon Theater Company,
Chicago.
John Cage’s Musicircus. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
The Light Box Orchestra. University of Chicago.
Lampo at 6odum, Chicago.
Gallery 2, Chicago.
Project Creo at The Arts Center St. Petersburg, Florida.
Betty Rhymer Gallery, Chicago.
2004 1926 Gallery, Chicago
Lucky Pierre Presents 32 Key Concepts, Chicago.

Before I went to art school, I made videos….

2003 PXL THIS TWELVE Pixelvision Film Festival, San Francisco.
2002 PXL THIS TWELVE Pixelvision Film Festival, Santa Monica.
2001 Eyesaw Visual Art Exhibition, Tokyo.
2000 Transmissions 003 Experimental Music Festival, Chapel Hill.
Flicker Film Festival, Chapel Hill.
1999 The Documentary Happening Film Festival, Durham.
Cucalorus Film Festival, Wilmington.