Jill Pope
Paintings and Drawings
JILL POPE jpopewest@gmail.com
www.jillpope.com
EDUCATION:
MFA, Drawing and Painting, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
BA, Telecommunication Arts, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Post-grad, Art History, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Am I Here? Gallery One11, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA
2004 Family Portraits, University of Illinois- Chicago, Chicago, IL
Locating Memory, South Shore Arts, Munster, IL
2001 Bits and Pieces, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL
2000 Intersections, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
1999 Jill Pope: Paintings, The 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2026 By Way of Everywhere, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
All the Fixins, Artists from the South 2026, The Reeves House Visual Arts Center, Woodstock, GA
New South 7, Kai Lin Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
2025 Gestures of a Conversation, Studio Artists of ACAC, Atlanta Art Fair, Atlanta, GA
2024 30 Summers, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Patterns of Place: Studio Artists of ACAC, Atlanta Art Fair, Atlanta, GA
National Fine Arts Exhibition, Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur, GA
2023 National Fine Arts Exhibition, Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur, GA
2022 ArtFields 2022, Lake City, SC.
2020 National Festival Fine Arts Exhibition, Dalton Galleries, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
2018 National Festival Fine Arts Exhibition, Dalton Galleries, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
24th Annual Texas National Exhibition, Stephen F. Austin University, Nacogdoches, TX
2017 Valdosta National 2017, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
2016 Valdosta National 2016, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
2013 26th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI
2012 Elevate Atlanta- The Imaginary Million. 200 Peachtree, Atlanta, GA
2011 Art Chicago, Klein Artist Works, Chicago, IL
Big Women/Small Art, Portage ArtSpace, Chicago, IL
67th Annual Salon Show, South Shore Arts, Munster, IN, Lanny Silverman, juror.
2005 62nd Annual Salon Show, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN. Karl Wirsum, juror.
National Fine Arts Exhibition, Dalton Galleries, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
Water World, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2003 Documentation, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Decatur Arts Festival Fine Arts Exhibition, Dalton Galleries, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
2001 Switchyard (Three Installments). Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
Hardware, Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
XX: Pairings, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Chicago Artists Series, Efroymson Martin Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1997 Environments: Changing the Way We Look at Art, Centennial Tower, Atlanta, GA, Three artists.
1999 Columbus Museum Regional, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA.
11th Annual Artstravaganza, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN. Donald Kuspit, juror.
GRANTS and AWARDS:
April 2024- present Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, Studio Artist Fellow
May/June 2026 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Artist Resident Fellow
April/May 2025 Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA, Artist Resident Fellow
Oct/Nov 1997 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, NM, Artist Resident Fellow
Purchase Award 2003 Decatur Arts Festival Fine Art Exhibition, Decatur, GA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Instructor, Visual Communications, Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, IL. 1999-2002
Adjunct Faculty, Georgia State University School of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA. 1996-1999
Instructor, Visual Communication, Art Institute of Atlanta, 1998-1999
Instructor, Painting and Design, Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA. 1997-1999
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
"Creative Arts Guild Exhibits Highlight Mindfulness, Belonging" Brady Hix, Dalton Daily Citizen, Nov 2024
Studio Visit Magazine, Volumes 53 and 54, featured artist. 2024
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 19, featured artist. 2019
“Artist of the Month,” TheArtlist.com feature with interview. 2010
"New Wave" Julie York Coppens, South Bend Tribune Weekend, March 19, 2004. Featured reproduction. "Locating Memory" The Times, NW Indiana, Arts & Entertainment, Feb 8, 2004.
"Art Papers Reviews" Michelle Stein, Art Papers Magazine, , March/April 2002.
"Eyedrum gets a hard-on for Hardware" Creative Loafing, Arts/Visual Arts, Cathy Byrd, May 29, 2001.
"Fountain Square Blends Neighborhood, Art Hopefully" The Indianapolis Star, March 25, 2001.
"Art Papers Reviews, Atlanta/Columbus" Jerry Cullum, Art Papers Magazine, November/December 1999.
"Eyedrum gets a hard-on for Hardware" Creative Loafing, Arts/Visual Arts, Cathy Byrd, May 29, 2001.
"Fountain Square Blends Neighborhood, Art Hopefully" The Indianapolis Star, March 25, 2001.
"Art Papers Reviews, Atlanta/Columbus" Jerry Cullum, Art Papers Magazine, November/December 1999.
"Visual Arts Reviews" Jerry Cullum, Atlanta Journal – Constitution, September 3, 1999.
"Visual Arts: Environmental Elements" Cathy Byrd, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA. May 15, 1999.
COMMISSIONS:
James Dustin, Decatur, GA
Jerome J. Froelich, Atlanta, GA
Hyatt Regency, Muscat, Oman
George McKerrow, Atlanta, GA
Barbara Rudisill, Atlanta, GA
William Rothschild, Atlanta, GA
Jeffrey Weinand, Atlanta, GA
CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Boston Consulting Group, Atlanta, GA
Cobb County Department of Parks and Recreation, Marietta, GA
Doubletree Hotel, Tallahassee, FL
Hyatt Regency, Muscat, Oman
Spix, Krupp and Reece, Atlanta, GA
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Kevin Cole, Atlanta, GA
Jamie and John Barron, New York City, NY
George and Judy Beasley, Atlanta, GA
Brigitte Biteau and Bertrand Marguerat, Chicago, IL
Brie and Scott Blahauvietz, Eden Prairie, MN
Lilly Cannon and Ben Logue, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Eric Compton, Munster, IN
Anne and Eric Courteille, Clamart, France
Tim Creagan, Minneapolis, MN
Charles and Vivian Elliot, Alpharetta, GA
Vicki and Chris Fontana, Henderson, NV
Brenda Leder, Decatur, GA
Laura McClure, Cortona, Italy
Katie Toothaker, South Bend, IN