Visual Arts Instructor (25+ Years)
Resume:
j.c. lenochan
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Arts High School
Visual Art/ Art History Instructor August 2007- Present
Studio Instructor of High School Seniors concerning two and three-dimensional art practice and culture (Design, Drawing, fashion and Sculpture)
AP Art History Instructor (Paleolithic-contemporary), including the development of relationships between art/culture and academic subjects (social studies, mathematics and science)
Organize and instruct faculty through visual art workshops/committees in the development of cross curriculum faculty/student engagement, public programming and critical studies/art education
Responsible for High School Seniors portfolio development, conceptual practice, progress, organization, curator of exhibitions and college/ submission,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Mason Gross School of Visual Art
Adjunct Professor of Art August 2002- 2007
Third World Art Seminar- A concentration of social dynamics of contemporary non-western artist (film-makers and visual artist) in pursuit of a cultural diverse climate in forming student dialogue
Critical research concerning the contemporary third world art communities and the effects of the global economy
· Art Appreciation, Drawing Fundamentals Instructor of assessment and advisor to incoming freshman
Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, New York 1996-2000
Adjunct Professor of Visual Art
Studio Art Instructor- teaching of basic figure drawing with a variety of media including charcoal, ink wash, pencil etc. and still life formations with emphasis on color, texture and formal representation
· Drawing Fundamentals and Design- Extensive studio art/concept development courses designed to reflect on ideas/ techniques
Art History-Detailed investigation of painting, sculpture and architecture from Pre-Historic to Modern Art including historical, contemporary and critical studies through lecture, slides, films and discussions
Student Advisor- Conducted interviews for incoming freshman and provided academic counseling.
Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey
Adjunct Professor of Visual Art 1994-1996/2016-present
Intro to the World of Art- Art history instructor of Paleolithic/Neolithic-contemporary time periods with emphasis on research and parallels of influence through timeline engagement
Drawing Fundamentals- Introduction to line, form, space, composition and other elements of pencil and charcoal drawing
Art Appreciation: for non-major art students- Course examined the cultural needs for artistic achievements, with an emphasis on art history, studio art and social climates of both the foundation and purpose of art making
Sculpture- introduction to 3D design and sculpture emphasizing form and function
EDUCATION:
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of Visual Art
Master of Fine Art 1996
University of Oklahoma, Fred Jones School of Art
Bachelor of Fine Art 1993
EXHIBITIONS:
All about Love, Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2026-2027
Exquisite Corpse-Denniston Hill (group collab), 61st Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
curated by the Koyo Kouoh, MINOR KEYS 2026
Democracy Jenga, Puffin Foundation, Brooklyn, NY 2026
Evergreen review, feature, Los Angeles CA 2025
Masculinity in the 21st Century, Kalamazoo Institute of Art 2023-2024
Surface abstraction, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY 2023
Artists as Activists, Czech Museum 2022
Subversive Media: Materiality & Power, Second street Gallery 2022
Undoing White Mess, Solo Project Smackmellon, 2020-2021
Race and Revolution, Penn State University Galleries 2019
Summerbreak, JCC, Harlem, NY 2018
Après Coup: Transforming Trauma, Hewitt Gallery, New York, NY 2018
Race and Revolution, University of Connecticut Stanford Campus, Stanford, Conn. 2018
Bye Default, Mesa College, San Diego, CA. 2018
Historic Amnesia, Bronz Art Space, Bronx, NY 2018
Where we stand, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 2017
Rise, Walsh Gallery Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 2017
Diamonds Rings and Courts: Sport is more than a game, Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Gallery, 2017
Race and Revolution, Smackmellon, Brooklyn, New York 2017
En Masse: Books Orchastrated, Center for Book Arts, New York, New York 2017
What was your race moment, Pulse Art Fair, Miami, Fl 2016
Dark Matter, The Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University 2016
Raising a Riot, Solo exhibit Gateway Projects, Newark, NJ 2016
Unlearning and Decoding, 52nd street UBS Gallery, New York, NY 2016
Cartography of ghosts, Lab Gallery at The Drawing Center, New York, NY 2016
in pursuit of freedom, Corridor Gallery- Rush Arts foundation, Brooklyn, NY 2015
Color Polemics My Americana, Gateway Project Gallery, Newark, NJ 2015
Public access: a brand new world (installation/performance), Locust Projects, Miami, FL 2015
Young Lords, El Museo De Barrio, New York, New York 2015
Unfinished Business: gettin school’d, Solo exhibit Real Art Ways, Hartford, Conn 2014-2015
Venturing out of the heart of darkness, Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte, North Carolina 2015
Respond, Smackmellon, Brooklyn, New York 2015
Smash and Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, Florida 2014
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina 2014
Brokelyn, Robert Blackburn Gallery, New York, NY 2014
The last classroom: a reference laboratory, Chashama, New York, NY 2014
Here we go again, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 2014
Ready or Not “If I could give a speech”, Newark Museum, Newark, NJ 2014
NADA Art Fair, Locusts Projects, Miami, Florida 2013
Unsteady Gound, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ 2013
Uncolonized: the clashroom, Solo Exhibit Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ 2013
Decolonizing the mind, Solo Exhibit ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 2013
Brodsky Annual Print Exhibit, Mason Grosss Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ 2013
Studio, Group Exhibit William Patterson Univ. Gallery, Wayne, NJ 2012
Artist choose artist, Group Show Folmenhaft Gallery, New York, NY 2012
Decolonization: a class project, Solo Exhibit Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ 2012
Centennial, Group Exhibit Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE 2012
New Media New Forms, Montclair Museum, Montclair, NJ 2012
You First, Orange County Contemporary Art Center, Los Angeles, CA 2011
International Group, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY 2011
Viewpoints, Aljira Contemporary Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey 2011
The Newark School, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey 2011
25th Annual International Exhibit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, New Jersey 2011
The Other other, Off Space/21 grand, Oakland, California 2010
Buy what you love, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Jack Shaiman Gallery, New York, NY 2010
6 by 6, Eleta Caldwell Gallery, Newark, NJ 2009
The Other Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Photography, Los Angeles, CA 2009
From here to there, Morris Arts, Morristown, New Jersey 2009
Birth of the Left, ICO Gallery, New York, New York 2009
Opening Minds, Eleta Caldwell Gallery, Newark, NJ 2008
I love Jersey City, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ 2008
11TH Annual Black Arts Show, Puck Building, New York, NY 2008
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA 2007
About Photography, Victory Hall Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ 2007
Night of a 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY 2006-2007
AIM26, Bronx Museum “Artist in the Market Place”, Bronx, NY 2006
9th Annual Black Arts Show, The Puck Building, New York, NY 2005
Group Show, Contemporary Museum of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 2004
Off the Top, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY 2003
Project Inner City, Exit Art Biennale, New York, NY 2003
Homegrown: being where I was tomorrow, Commons Gallery New York University,
New York, NY 2002
Skowhegan Group Exhibition, Troy College, Skowhegan, ME 2001
City Without Walls, 17th Annual ‘Metro Show”, Newark, NJ 1999
Then and Now, Zimmerli Museum Group Exhibition, New Brunswick, NJ 1998
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Emergency grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary arts 2023
Fellowship Grant Recipient, The New Jersey Council for the Arts 2021-2022
Denniston Hill Artist in Residence, New York 2019
Keyholder artist in residence, Lower East Side Print Shop, New York, NY 2018-2019
ArtOmi artist in residence, Ghent, New York 2018
Open Sessions Residence, The Drawing Center, NY, NY 2016-2017
Fellowship Grant Recipient, The New Jersey Council for the Arts 2016
Artist in Residence Gateway Projects Studios, Newark, NJ 2016
Guest Artist/Speaker, White House Event “Justice and Opportunity: the power of the arts 2015
Step Up Artist, Real Art Ways 2014-2015
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee 2014
Fountainhead artist Residency 2014
Recess Finalist 2014
Puffin Foundation Grant 2013
SIP Fellowship Robert Blackburn Print shop 2013
Elizabeth Foundation Fellowship 2012
Franklin Furnace Grant 2012
Brodsky Print and Paper Fellowship 2012
Curator’s Award, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey 2011
Newark Museum Artist in Residence 2011
Pollack Krasner Foundation Grant 2010-2011
Geraldine Dodge Foundation Fellowship 2009
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee, New York, NY 2006
Artist in the Market Place, Bronx Museum New York, NY 2005
Camille Cosby Fellowship 2001
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY 2001
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