Jessica Osceola
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Artist Biography & Resume


Biography

​Jessica Osceola grew up her great grandmother's Seminole Indian village in Naples, Florida. Her parents are from vastly different cultural backgrounds, however one important aspect in her upbringing was the creative and artistic talents of her family, which would lay the foundation for her own life and work. Osceola graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University in 2008 with a Bachelors in Liberal Arts. Her passion for sculpture and ceramics developed during her undergraduate studies eventually lead her to attend Academy of Art University in San Francisco to pursue a Masters degree in fine art sculpture.
 
Recently, Osceola's sculptural work based on her personal narrative about multicultural identity was selected to be included in the group exhibition Return from Exile: Contemporary Southeastern Indian Art, which is currently traveling the United States. Osceola's most recent accomplishment is a feature of her life and work in a book titled "We Will Always Be Here: Native Peoples on Living and Thriving in the South."
 
Jessica works and lives in Naples, Fl where she owns a micro farm and works in her studio. Her life as a mother, farmer, and artist has influenced her work to include more about "cycles." The direction Osceola's work is moving includes concepts of earth, human, life, and identity using ceramics and culturally symbolic organic mediums.

Resume

 
Education
2016             MFA            Sculpture                        Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2008            BA               Liberal Arts                     Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL

Solo Exhibitions
2013             Contemporary Art of Jessica Osceola, Naples Depot Museum, Naples FL

Group Exhibitions
2015            Return from Exile: Contemporary Southeastern Indian Art, Traveling Exhibition
2015            Tapestry: The Cultural Threads of First America, Visitor Information Center, St. Augustine, Florida
2015            At Home: Seminole Reservations and Contemporary Native Art – Elgin Jumper and Jessica Osceola, Museum of Florida                                                             Art and Culture, Avon Park, Florida
2014            Long Long River: Tradition and Expansion in Native Art, The Art Galleries of Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida
2012             Select Fair, Catalina Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
2011             Art Now Fair, Catalina Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
2008            Art in the Raw, Primitive Edge Gallery at IAIA, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008            Convergence III, College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008            Exploitation of the Unidentified, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
2008            Space 39 Gallery, Fort Myers, FL (group)
2008            Seminole Artists, The Art Gallery at BCC, Pembroke Pines, FL
2007            13 Sculptors, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Ft Myers, Fl
2007            Seminole Artist: Modern Masters of Tradition, Ah-tah-thi-ki Museum, Big Cypress, FL
2006            13 Sculptors, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Ft Myers, FL
 
Lectures/Gallery Talks
2013           Florida Humanities Council, Clewiston, Florida
2008          Seminole Artists, Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, Florida
 
Selected Publications
2016           Bates, Denise E., We Will Always Be Here: Native Peoples on Living and Thriving in the South
2015           Bidney, Beverly, The Seminole Tribune, October 2015
2014           Vrugtman, Rosanne, Native American Artists Explore Their Local Roots in FGCU       Exhibit,
2013           Sterwald, Drew, Pinnacle: Florida Gulf Coast University’s Magazine, Spring 2013             Pg.40-41
2013           May, Melissa, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Quarterly, Spring 2013, Pg. 10-11
2010           Loochkartt, Adina, The Seminole Tribune, October 2010, Pg. 3A
2010           Fortun, Kim & Mike, Cultural Anthropology, May 2010, Front Cover
2008          Dulman, Heather, The Observer, January, 2010, Pg. 4     
2007           Eldred, Michole, Museum News, January-March, 2007, Pg. 8,9

Media Coverage
2016            Amy Tardif, Interview, WGCU Radio, Fort Myers, Fl, February 10, 2016
2012            Art Basel Miami Beach, Seminole Media Productions, artist interview
2011            Art Basel 2011, Miccosukee Magazine, artist interview
2007           Seminole Artists: Modern Masters of Tradition, exhibit documentary
 
Professional Experience
2009          Traditional Arts Specialist, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Naples, Florida
 
 Collections
                    Mayor Joseph Boles
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