Born
New York City
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2015 Whole World in Pieces, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Whole World in Pieces, Brickwork Art Studios Gallery, Burlington, VT
2009 Mathematics of Ecstasy, Memorial Union Gallery, NDSU, Fargo, North Dakota
Mathematics of Ecstasy, Northern Lights Art Gallery, Mayville, North Dakota
Mathematics of Ecstasy, Lake Region Heritage Center, Devil's Lake, North Dakota
Mathematics of Ecstasy, Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, North Dakota
2008 Mathematics of Ecstasy, DSU Art Gallery, Dickinson State University, North Dakota
Mathematics of Ecstasy, Lillian and Coleman Taube Museum, Minot, North Dakota
Mathematics of Ecstasy, Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, ND
2007 As Above, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Research and Development Laboratories, Wallingford, CT
2006 Secrets of the Genome, Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development Laboratories, Wallingford, CT,
2005 Jari Chevalier: Collage Inlays & Prints, River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Fire & Light, ArtSight, Bristol, VT
2010 Benefit show for Fordham University’s Carbon Neutral 2020 Campaign, Art Loft, New York, NY
2007 Square Foot Show, MicroCosm Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Array, Haskins Laboratory Gallery, New Haven; invitational
2005 Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT; juried
Juror: Elizabeth Smith, Chief Curator Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Cultural Passages, Hilles Gallery, New Haven, CT; juried
2004 State of Mind, Small Space Gallery, New Haven, CT
Selected Published Writing
2019 Interview: Filling the Void: Bruce K. Alexander on How Our Culture Is Making Us Addicted, The Sun magazine, (March)
Review: Fragments: From the Lost Book of the Bird Spirit by Karla Van Vliet, Green Mountains Review, (forthcoming)
Poem: “My Character’s Dream,” Orison Anthology (forthcoming)
2018 Poem: “Seat of Affection,” Foundry, December
Poem: “My Thorn,” The Collagist, October
Poem: “In the Bird Sanctuary,” Common Ground, Summer Poetry Contest - 1st Place Winner
Poem: “Dawn Practice,” Spillway, Summer
Poems: “You & Your Sunflowers,” Puerto del Sol, Summer
Poem: “My Calling,” Arcturus, June
Poems: “In the Whisper-Breath of Roses,” “Facing the Music,” “You,” “The Well,” “No Niche,” “Pearl,” UCity Review, May
Poems: “Novelist” and “My Character’s Dream,” Green Mountains Review, Spring
2017 Poem: “Wheel,” Concīs, Summer
Poems: “Dry Landscape” and “If Ever,” Arcturus, June
2016 Poems: “Clean” and “Words of a Dying Stingray,” The Cincinnati Review, Winter
Poem: “This Time of Year,” Shiela-Na-Gig, Fall poetry contest winner
Poem: “Sine Qua Non,” Poetry East, Fall
Story: “How You Like,” Portable Story Series, Summer, inaugural prize winner
Essay: “Solitude and Solidarity: Creative Artists Need ‘Em Both,” Brevity Blog
Poem: “White Ink on White Paper,” The Cortland Review, January
Poem: “Unkempt Graveyard Near the Shore,” Gulf Coast Online, Winter
2015 Poem: “Andean Strains,” Beloit Poetry Journal, Winter
Poem: “The Tick and the Unified Field,” Boulevard, Fall
Poem: “No one can be with you in your life,” The Journal for Compressed Creative Arts, Spring
Poem: “Why Elizabeth Goes to Suzie,” Massachusetts Review, Summer
2014 “Interview with Derrick Jensen,” Terrain Magazine
2013 Scripts for audio specials in Living Hero series: “Where’s the Imagination?” “The Power of Wisdom” and
“The Unreal World of Narcissists and Sociopaths,” Livinghero.com
2008 “Education in arts needed to prosper in future economy,” Opinion, The Jamestown Sun
2005 Review: “PS1 Greater New York Show,” M Magazine (The New York Art World.com), April
Review: “Tim Hawkinson at the Whitney,” M Magazine (The New York Art World.com), May
Review: “Goya’s ‘Los Caprichios’ & Here Comes the Bogey-Man, Chelsea Art Museum,”
M Magazine (The New York Art World.com), September
Review: “Remote Viewing at the Whitney,” M Magazine (The New York Art World.com), October
Curatorial Experience
2005 Co-curator: “In the Round,” Arts Council of Greater New Haven
Selected Awards
2018 1st Place Winner of Common Ground Poetry Contest
Artist Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center (VT Artists Week)
2016 Inaugural Winner of Portable Story Series Contest for “How You Like”
Winner of Shiela-Na-Gig Fall Poetry Prize for “This Time of Year”
2015 Artist Residency Grant, The Quarry at Marble House
Scholarship Grant, Fine Press & Letterpress Seminar, Center for Book Arts, New York
2014 Merit Award, Atlanta Review International Poetry contest
Finalist, Ploughshares Emerging Writers competition
2012 Scholarship Grant, Hearing Is Believing, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University (for Living Hero project)
2011 Artist Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center (two months)
2010 Individual Artist Grant, Puffin Foundation (for Living Hero podcast/broadcast project)
2009 Individual Artist Grant, Puffin Foundation (for Living Hero podcast project)
2008 Artist-in-Residence Grant, North Dakota State Council on the Arts
2008 Artist Residency Grant, Jamestown Arts Center
2008 Artist Residency Grant, Ragdale Foundation
2007 Artist Residency Grant, Vermont Studio Center
Selected Public Speaking and Radio/Print Media Appearances
2019 Featured artist: 8-page Graphica portfolio and cover art for Artful Dodge literary magazine (forthcoming)
2016 Interviewed for Audible.com article on Portable Story Series contest
2015 “Interview with Jari Chevalier” The Listening Shires On Air Arts Magazine, WBTN Community Radio
2014 Interview: “Tapping the Innermost Voice with Jari Chevalier,” The Dooryard, June
2010 “Interview with Artist, Jari Chevalier,” What Now show with Ken Rose, KOWS Community Radio, 1 hour, August
Speaker: “Living Within Means” (long version) for Art and Sustainability seminar, Graduate School of Business, Fordham University, March
2009 Speaker: “Living Within Means” (short version) for Getting Green Done seminar, Graduate School of Business, Fordham University, October
Moderator: “Simple Facts & Big Questions,” panel discussion, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, April
2008 Article: “Education in Arts Needed to Prosper in Future Economy” The Jamestown Sun (September 18, 2008)
Article: “Artist Opens Creativity Door,” Diversions, The Jamestown Sun
Featured Member: Fractured Atlas: appearance on Blog, Facebook & MySpace
Article: “Jariscope Aids Creative Expression,” Diversions, The Jamestown Sun
2007 Moderator: “Sleeping, Dreaming and Making Memories: Scientists and Artists
in Conversation,” panel discussion, Haskins Labs, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2005 Interview: It’s All About Arts, BNN Channel 9 TV, Boston, April 25
Selected Professional Activities
2015- Burlington poetry group (peer group of professional poets & educators)
2008- Living Hero radio show, broadcast on WGDR-WGDH, Goddard College Community Radio and podcast at http://livinghero.com.
Over 40 interviews and audio essays featuring leading artists, authors, researchers, social scientists, and activists
working for the greater good; i.e., Suzi Gablik, Riane Eisler, Terry Riley, Gabor Maté, Richard Davidson
2005- Active member, New York Artists Network (formerly NY Artists Circle)
2004 Visual Arts Advisory Group, Arts Council of Greater New Haven
Adjunct Writing Professor, Antioch University, Santa Barbara, CA
Education
City College, NY, Creative Writing, MA (same program now MFA). Awarded Academy of American Poets Prize by William Matthews
Columbia University, NY, Literature and Writing, BA cum laude
