I am officially now the new Gallery Assistant for the Doris McCarthy Art Gallery of U of T, Scarborough. This will be the second university gallery that I will be working at. I am very excited to start my new full time job and stop being a struggling poor artist living off the kindness of her siblings.
Also, I am the main coordinator and curator for a new special project space for York University in downtown Toronto with Yam K. Lau. We are finding spaces right now to have a festival for the York community set for March 2012 for undergraduate and graduate students.
I was selected as 1 of 5 emerging photographers for this year's emerging photographers competition at the artist project Toronto. I was overwhelmed when I got the call right after work and jumped around in the coat check at tiff with my co-workers as I freaked out. I canŐt wait to make some new work with 3D cameras. Please check out the wonderful work from my peers who will also be showing at the exhibition in March.
ELISE WINDSOR - Website
KATE TARINI - Website
I was selected by the wonderful people of Sparkbox Studio for an emerging artist award that will allow me to travel to picton to work on my matchbook series from march 7 - 14, 2010. I can't wait to meet some new artists and get started in a real studio instead of my own room.
I have been selected by the French Consulate in Toronto to represent at a francophone conference on contemporary visual arts in Parisian culture. Le Rencontre des Jeunes Internationales is an annual conference featuring francophone youth participating in cultural programming including workshops, discussions and critical engagement. My first time in Europe!
Flash Forward 2010 Group Show Featured Exhibition
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6
click here for more info
stacked: variations on the artist book
August 2 - 14, 2010
Seemingly mundane, reusable, and disposable, books are ubiquitous and ever present in contemporary culture. But through repetition and reconstruction, the works that will be included re-examine traditional notions of artist books in a contemporary way while investigating recurring themes of secrecy, hiding, fleeting memories, impermanence and sequencing through emotive and physical layers and disposable materials.
Featuring: Sara Cwynar, Rachel Regina, Mark Francis, Samanthat rODIN, Lili Huston-Heitrich and jessica Thalmann
Paul Petro Special project space
962 Queen St West, Toronto
ON, M6J 1G8
Gallery Hours: wed-sat 11-5pm
january 12, 2010
that's not the way she was at all
Feb 8 - 12, 2010
The culmination of an ongoing body of work exploring the nature of trauma and memory as it related to photography is entitled "that's not the way she was." Featuring new photographs, installations and encaustic sculptures.
Gales Gallery, Accolade West
York University (4700 Keele Street, Toronto)
Opening Reception: Thurs, Feb 11 from 6 - 9 PM
September 2, 2009
Nuit Blanche 2009 - Take Shelter
October 3, 2009
Zone C: Liberty Village
I will be participating in this year's Nuit Blanche with an interactive installation entitled Take Shelter The One Off Collective is made up of Stephanie Nicolo, Maggie Flynn, Annie Tung, Meiko Maruyama and myself. The Zone C exhibition is curated by Makiko Hara.
march 19, 2009
site re-designed and updated. i have a new show coming up in april and a show at the bata show museum. photos will be added later.
march 1, 2009
some new photographic work has been added along with one new painting which will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at the Whippersnapper gallery that I am co-curating entitled "Play/Pause."
play/pause
March 2 - 13, 2009
Location: whippersnapper gallery
587A College Street Toronto, Canada
Opening Reception: March 6, 7-10PM
nov 24, 2008
thanks for making tete beche such a success. I have some pictures from the reception here. phoebe and i are very grateful. I added an updated version of my CV as well.
sept 28, 2008
i have updates the photogrpahy section, there are three new color photos. My upcoming show from Nov 17-21 now has an invitation. Please attend, there will be a reception with food and drink on nov 19th.
may 14, 2008
I bought a brand new domain name and it is official. jessicathalmann.com is up and running. but there are some kinks that i need to work out.
I will be going to New york next week for about a month to study at Parsons. yay!!! i'll post some work as I complete the program.
I also have an upcoming exhibition at the Gales Gallery at York University in November. I'll update the site as I know more information.
january 23, 2008
new site desgin is uploaded and a new gallery system is used. hopefully it looks more professional. my artist cv is also available. i will have my own domain soon.
november 11, 2007
some black and white photos have been added to the photography section. the series is untitled for now. self portraits will follow.