EDUCATION
1997-99 MA magna cum laude, Art and Art Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY, NY
1988-93 BA cum laude, Fine Art and Spanish Literature, State University of New York at Albany, NY
1995-96 Fine Art Department, The Art Institute of Florence, Florence, Italy
1991-92 Studio Arts Study Abroad, The Aegean Center for Fine Art, Paros, Greece
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 1,000 Years, Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA
2023 The Call of Things, UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2022 Over the Edge Of the World, Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2021 Letter to the Future, Occurrence Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2020-21 The Call of Things, The Arktikum Museum - University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
2019 The Call of Things, Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2019 Suspended in a Sunbeam, McClure Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2018 Points lumineux comme des étoiles, Salle Alfred-Pellan, Maison Des Arts, Laval, Canada
2017 This Mountain, Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2015 Horizon Felt, Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2015 Light on Sound, Latimer House Museum, collaboration with Maya Pindyck, New York, USA
2012 Place With No Dawn, Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga, NY, USA
2011 The Times, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY, USA
2010 I Colori di Corigliano, Castello di Corigliano, Corigliano, Puglia, Italy
2010 Place With No Dawn, Commune di Martignano, Puglia, Italy
2009 Close Your Eyes and Sea Blue, Camac Art Center, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
2008 Weather Pages, LDEO of Columbia University, New York, USA
2007 White South, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, USA
2006 Portraits of Fluid Motion, Jadite Gallery, New York, USA
2004 Fathoms, Jadite Gallery, New York, USA
1999 As We Begin, So Shall We Go, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, New York, USA
1996 F 2n+1 - Fn Fn+2 = (-1) n, The British Institute, Florence, Italy
1995 Cycles, The American Institute, Florence, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The New Geologic Epoch, curated by Mary Mattingly, Ecoartspace, Santa Fe, CA
2024 Histoire(s) de territoire, curated by Sophie Bertrand, SBC Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2023 One Earth, One Family, One Future (curated by art historian and writer Dr. Alka Pande), Bihar Museum, Patna, and the National Museum, New Delhi, India
Looted, invited by Dorota Mytych with Marcia Teusink and Tracy Grubbs, at Galeria Podbrzezie, Kraków, Poland
2023 Territoires sous observation (curated by Lili Michaud), Museo d'arte contemporaneo à Quérétaro, Mexico
Territoires sous observation, Museo Raul Angiuano, dans le cadre du Festival Cultural de Mayo 2023, Guadalajara, Mexico (curated by Lili Michaud)
2022 Terra Nova, CREA Gallery, Venice, Italy
2021 Ecologies: A Song For Our Planet, curated by Iris Amizlev, The Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, QC, Canada
Terra Nova, Art Mûr Gallery, Montréal, QC, Canada
2020 Against Time: Climate Calls from the Ice Archives, Samek Museum, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
I Beseech You: Women, Art, Politics and Power, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, USA (catalog)
Dear Future…, University of Northern Colorado Gallery, Greely, Colorado, USA
2018 Paper Positions, deutsche telekom hauptstadtrepräsentanz, Berlin, Germany
The Simplest of Means, Campbell River Gallery, Campbell River, BC, Canada
2017 Color - Primary to Tertiary, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Wildlands - Tapestry of Art and Nature, The Great Hall, Springfield, VT, USA
Rock Has No Tongue, Vieux Presbytère, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC, Canada
2016 Mohawk Hudson Regional, The Hyde Collection Museum, Glens Falls, NY, USA
Emoticoncert - Visual Collaboration, invited by Maya Pindyck, Berl’s Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2015 Water (re)Marks, collaboration with Maya Pindyck, Governors Island, NY, USA
Flutteries, or A Feeling of Impending Doom, invited by Jess Segall, 125 Maiden Lane, NY, USA
2014 Free, Art in Odd Places, 14th Street, New York, USA
The People’s Weather Report, Arts House, Melbourne, Australia
2013 Spazio Creativo & Territorio da Salvaguardare, Palazzo delle Arti di Paternò, Catania, Italy
Working It Out, The Painting Center, New York, USA
Let’s Talk About Love, Baby, Printed Matter, New York, USA
Cut & Paste, Muroff Kotler Gallery, SUNY Ulster, Stoneridge, NY, USA
2012 Blue Square: Reservist of The First Division, Governors Island, New York, USA
2011 The Color of The Object Illuminated, Governors Island Art Fair, New York, USA
2010 It's All American, New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
Bagasbas Beach International Eco-Arts Festival, Camarines Norte, Philippines
Art & Climate Change, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, USA
Art for Sustainability, Columbia University, New York, USA
Women & Water Rights, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
2009 360°, NES Gallery, Skagaströnd, Iceland
100 Days, 100 Voices, The British Institute and British Embassy
Ice Through A Tin Can, Sragow Gallery, NY, NY
The Everyday in Art Practice, invited by Rosenclaire, 101 Grand Gallery, Williamsburg, NY, USA
2007 Domestic Departures, invited by Rosenclaire, CAL State Fullerton University, Santa Ana, CA, USA
2006 Water, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Sea Change, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
2001 9/11 Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS
2015 Light on Sound, with Maya Pindyck, The Historic House Trust at The Lewis H. Latimer House Museum, Flushing, NY
2014- Travelling Light, Permanent Public Light Installation, Albany Airport, Albany, NY
Revolution, Public Light Installation, Albany Airport, Albany, NY
2010- I Colori Di Corigliano, Permanent Public Art Installation, Corigliano Castle, Puglia, Italy
COLLECTIONS
The Montréal Museum of Fine Arts
La collection Prêt d’œuvres d’art (CPOA), Musée National Des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), Montréal, Québec, Canada
Canada Council Art Bank
Bank of Montréal, Toronto, Canada
Consulate General of Monaco, Montréal, Canada
Fremantle Foundation for Foreign Artists, Florence, Italy
Castello di Corigliano, Puglia, Italy
9/11 Memorial Museum, NY, NY, USA
AWARDS and GRANTS
2023 The Trebek Explorer Program, Royal Canadian Geographical Society and National Geographic
2023 Explore and Create Project Grant for Visual Artists, The Canada Council for the Arts
Travel Residency Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts
2022 Explore and Create Project Grant for Visual Artists, The Canada Council for the Arts
Travel Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Explore and Create Project Grant for Visual Artists, The Canada Council for the Arts
2017 Explore and Create Project Grant for Visual Artists, The Canada Council for the Arts
2016 Curator’s Choice, The Hyde Collection Museum, Glens Falls, NY, USA
2015 Grant, Historic House Trust of New York City, New York, NY, USA
2011 Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Award, NY, NY, USA
1997 Scholarship, Columbia University, NY, NY USA
1995 Scholarship, Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy
RESIDENCIES
1992-2022 Rosenclaire (1992 with William Kentridge), Poppiano, Italy
2023 Santa Fe Art Institute: Changing Climate Residency, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2021 The Josef and Annie Albers’ Foundation, Bethany, CT, USA
2021 Centre SAGAMIE, Research + Creation Residency, Alma, QC, Canada
2017 The Josef and Annie Albers’ Foundation, Bethany, CT, USA
2013 Reconfiguring Site, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY, USA
2010 Mira International Residency for Artists, Martignano, Italy
2009 Camac Center for Art, Science & Technology, Marnay-sur-Seine, France
NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sylvain Campeau, “Arts Visuels : Pôles usurpés,” En Toutes Lettres : Arts et Culture, Oct 24, 2022.
Julia Caron Guillemette, “Terra nova : regard sur le présent et le futur,” Espace art actuel, June 29, 2022.
Éric Clément, “Biennale de Venice : Art Mûr Présente Ses Artistes, ” La Presse, Montréal, QC, May 6, 2022.
Patrice Loubier, “’Fondre’, entre lenteur et résonance, Vie Des Arts, Montréal, QC, October 6, 2021.
Lila Maitre, “Jessica Houston, de l’Arctique à l’Antarctique,” Journal Métro, Montréal, QC, September 16, 2021. 7. https://journalmetro.com/local/le-plateau-mont-royal/2696046/jessica-houston-de-larctique-a-lantarctique/
Svlvain Campeau, “Arts Visuels: L’engagement millénaire de Jessica Houston,” En Toutes Lettres: Arts et Culture, Montréal, QC, May 29, 2021.
Éric Clément, “Jessica Houston et Notre Futur,” LaPresse, Montréal, QC, May 10, 2021.
Iris Azimlev, “Ecologies: A Song For Our Planet,” M Magazine, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, QC, Jan - April, 2021. 18-19.
Éric Clément, “Art Mûr : 25 ans et toutes ses dents !, ” La Presse, Montréal, QC, March 8, 2021.
“Arvostelu: Puhuva näyttely napaluonnon asialla (A Talking Exhibition On Polar Nature)”, Lapin Kansa, Rovaniemi, Finland, Feb 3, 2021.
“Napaluonnon ahdinkoa (The Plight of the Poles), ”Uusi Rovaniemi, Finland, October 24, 2020.
Lewis H. Lapham, ed., “Climate,” Lapham’s Quarterly, vol. Xll, no. 4, September, 2019. 39. Print
Mike DeNardo, Interview: Letters in Antarctica, KYW Newsradio, Philadelphia, PA, March 19, 2019.
Miranda Massie, “#pathwaystoclimate series,” The Climate Museum, access date: September 10, 2019.
Jennifer Dorner, “Watch Your Head,” https://www.watchyourhead.ca/gallery.html, Oct, 2019.
Dominique Sirois-Rouleau, “Jessica Houston, Galerie McClure,” Esse Magazine, Feb. 20, 2019.
Lynn Barrett, “Artists Reflect on National Parks,” Vermont Art Guide 06, March 2, 2017.
Frank Rodi, “Deux artistes et leur rapport à la nature,” Les Versants, Oct. 25, 2017.
Meg Brazill, “Wildlands,” Seven Days: Vermont’s Independent Voice, Nov. 1, 2017.
L. Sasha Gora, “This Mountain,” Art Mûr Catalog, vol. 12 no. 5, May - June. 2017. 14-17. Print.
Michael Oatman, Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region Exhibition Catalog, The Hyde Museum, 2016.
Rosie Prata, “Picks from The Papier 16 Preview,” Canadian Art, April 21, 2016.
Andrea Weber, “Skagastönd Review,” Iceland Press, 2016. 85. Print.
Olivia Durif, Bearings: Works About Boundaries, New York, NY: Brown Printing, 2016. 69-72. Print.
Nancy Webb, “Jessica Houston: Horizon Felt,” Canadian Art, Nov. 7, 2015.
Éric Clément, “De Bien Belles Découvertes,” La Presse, Dec. 11, 2015.
Paule Macrous, “Horizon Felt,” Art Mûr Catalog, vol. 11 no. 2, Nov. - Dec. 2015. 4-8. Print.
Paul Laster, “11 Things to Do in New York’s Art World,” Observer, Aug. 14, 2015. Print
T.M. Reeves, Secret New York: Curious Activities, New York: JonGlez Publishing, 2015. 23.
Kevin McGarry, “Jersey, Sure,” Artforum, October 30, 2010.
Santlofer, Doria. “NJ MOCA: Contemporary Art Meets the Jersey Shore.” W Magazine, October 26, 2010.
“Jessica Houston in the High Arctic,” CBC Nunavit Radio, Iqaluit, Nunavit, May 28, 2010.
Tamarah Feder, “The Last Refuge for a Disappearing Icon of the North,” McGill Reporter, Oct. 2010.
Matthew Gavin Frank, Warranty in Zulu, New York: Barrow Street Press, 2010. Front and Back Cover.
Monochrome Exhibition Catalogue, Manifest Gallery, 2009.
“Climate Is Culture: Learning Resources for Educators,” British Council Canada Press, 2008.
Colin Izod, “Cape Farewell Expedition Documentary,” Big Heart Media, United Kingdom, 2008.
Amelia Jones, Domestic Departures Catalogue, CA: CAL State Fullerton UP, 2007.
Kelley Granger, “The Message from the Jackal,” The Chronogram, August, 2007. Print.
“Splish Splash,” New York Sun, June 6, 2006. 14. Print.
Maurice Taplinger, “Liquescence & Suspension: Jessica Houston’s Paintings.” Gallery & Studio, February, 2005. 28.
Carmen Bethencourt, “The Little Things,” NY Arts Magazine, February, 2004. Print.
“For Art’s Sake,” The New York Times, October 2, 2003. B6. Print.
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2024 Visual Cultures of the Circumpolar North Working Group, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, January 25.
2023 Fondation Pacifique aboard the Que Sera, Northwest Passage, August 15.
Ecological Engagement - Artist Talk, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, March 7.
2021 Montréal Museum of Arts, Montréal, QC, Nov 9.
2020 Fine Arts Department, SACI College of Art and Design, Florence, Italy, April 6.
2019 Table Ronde de la Recherche en Arts et Science sur le nord et L’Arctique, UQÀM, Montréal, QC, February 19.
2018 ArcTrain Conference, Mont Orford, QC, November 1.
Worldwide Quest and One Ocean, Antarctic Penisula, February 21.
2017 Fine Arts Department, Parsons - The New School of Design, Nov 6.
2016 Fine Arts Department, Syracuse University, Florence, Italy, June 18.
2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, August 14.
2015 Worldwide Quest and One Ocean, Northwest Passage, Arctic, August 28-29.
2012 Drawing and Painting Department, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, October 23.
2011 Department of Education, McGill University, Montréal, QC, November 15.
2011 Department of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, April 20.
2010 Department of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, McGill University, Montréal, QC, March 16.
2010 Drawing and Painting Department, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, April 10.
2009 Department of Education, TC, Columbia University, New York, NY, October 20.
2008 Fine Arts Department, Washington University, Florence, Italy, July 22.
2007 Department of Drawing and Painting, The Art Institute of Florence, Florence, Italy, June 28.
2006 Department of Drawing and Painting, The Art Institute of Florence, Florence, Italy, July 24.
LECTURES, CRITIQUES, WORKSHOPS
1997- Lectures/Workshops, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY.
2023 Ecological Engagement - Artist Talk, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, March 7.
2022 Graduate Critiques Drawing and Painting, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, May 6.
2021 “What Can The Arts Do About Eco Anxiety?” with art historian Bénédicte Ramade and psychologist Karine St Jean, Montréal Museum of Arts, Montréal, QC,
November 3.
2020 Panel with poet Maya Pindyck and ocean’s advocate Lisa Speer for Dear Future exhibition, UNC Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greely, Colorado, November 10.
“The Call of Things,” Object Workshop, Faculty of Art and Design, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, October 28.2019
“Posthuman Knowledge: Rosi Braidotti Seminar,” artist laboratories assistant, Utrecht University, Utrecht, August 19-23.
“Regarding Uncertainty Conference,” Department of Humanities, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, May 23-24.
2018 Graduate Critiques Drawing and Painting, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, February 4.
2017 Graduate Critiques Drawing and Painting, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Nov 8.
2016 Graduate Critiques Drawing and Painting, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, April 21.
2016 Panelist, “Polar Rhythms,” Lower East Side University Settlement, NY, NY, June 4.
2016 Lecture, “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible,” The Met Museum, NY, NY, May 20.
2016 Workshop, “Color Set Free,” Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, QC, May 27-28.
2015 Lecture, “Artists + Climate Change,” Worldwide Quest, Northwest Passage, August 30.
2015 Panelist, “Bringing the Arctic Home,” Jewish Community Center, NY, NY, June 21.
2015 Workshop, “Pigment to Paint,” The Met Museum, NY, NY, Dec 19.
2015 Workshop, “Inventing Abstraction,” Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, QC, Oct-Nov.
2015 Workshop, “Pigment to Paint,” Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, QC, July-August.
2014 Workshop, “Pigment to Page,” The Met Museum, NY, NY, Dec 19-20.
2014 Lecture, “Speaking in Shadows: William Kentridge’s Refusal of Time,” The Met Museum, NY, NY, January 4.
2013 Workshop and Lecture, “Thinking Through Drawing,” The Met Museum and Columbia University, NY, NY, Oct 24.
2012 Lecture, “On Painting: Color as Content,” The Met Museum, NY, NY, December 14.
2011 Lecture, “Place With No Dawn,” Polar Continental Shelf Project, Ottawa, ON, April 16.
2010 Graduate Critiques, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto, Canada, April 6.
2010 Lecture, “Solarhringur,” International Polar Year Conference, Oslo, Norway, June 10.
2009 Lecture, “Tipping Points,” Columbia University, NY, NY, May 11.
2008 Lectures/Workshops, Cape Farewell, Iceland, Greenland, Arctic, August-September.