Artist CV
Jessica Ball
MEMBERSHIPS/COLLECTIVES/COMMUNITY
2019 - Present - Board Member, Central Illinois Artists Organization
2018 - Present - Woman Made Gallery Her Group, Chicago, IL
2017 - Present - Founder Central Illinois Community Of Art, Peoria IL
2017 - Present - Emerging Artists Collective, Peoria IL
2017 - Present - Art Le Femme, Peoria IL
2016 - Present - BackSpace Collective, Peoria IL
2014 - 2017 - The Art Garage Studio And Gallery, Central Illinois Artist Organization Official Venue, Peoria IL
2013 - Present - CIAO Member Artist, Central Illinois Artists Organization, Peoria IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
June 2019 - CASA de ARTE, Peoria IL
December 2018 - Featured Artist Identity Salon, Peoria Heights IL
October - January 2018 - Featured Artist Images Salon, Peoria IL
September 2018 - Artist Of The Month Naturally Yours, Peoria IL
May 2018 - Solo Exhibit Ear In The Envelope Gallery, Peoria IL
April 2018 - Solo Exhibit Sunbeam Building Main Gallery, Peoria IL
March 2016 - Solo Exhibit, Sumi Ink Series The Art Garage Studio and Gallery, Peoria IL
GROUP SHOWS
April 2019 - Great Cities, New York, The City That Never Sleeps, Peoria Symphony Orchestra, Peoria IL
April 2019 - River Meets The Rails, CIAO at Galesburg Civic Arts Center, Galesburg IL
February 2019 - Piece of Mind, Emerging Artists Collective, Peoria Public Library Main Branch, Peoria IL
February 2019 - TWOgether, Jan Brandt Gallery, Bloomington IL
December 2018 - Studios On Sheridan Resident Artists Exhibit, Peoria IL
October 2018 - Art La Femme, Art Space Gallery, Peoria IL
October 2018 - SPOOKY, Persimmon Lofts, Peoria IL
September 2018 - HOT CIAO V, Studios On Sheridan, Peoria IL
July 2018 - Visual Voices, CIAO Member Group Exhibit, Peoria Public Library, Main Branch, Peoria IL
June 2018 - Unseen Voices, Foster Gallery, Peoria IL
June 2018 - Bits N Pieces, Persimmon Lofts Gallery, Peoria IL
April 2018 - CIAO at Peoria Symphony Orchestra, Peoria Civic Center, Peoria IL
April 2018 - CATS, Persimmon Lofts Gallery, Peoria IL
March 2018 - CIAO Member Exhibit, Contemporary Arts Center, Preston Jackson Gallery, Peoria IL
Feb, 2018 - February Flowers, Persimmon Lofts Gallery, Peoria IL
Dec. 2017 - Holiday Art Show, Sunbeam Building, Peoria IL
Monthly, May 2017- Present - Resident Art Gallery, Studios On Sheridan Sunbeam Building, Peoria IL
August 2017- Hot CIAO, Sunbeam Building, Peoria IL
August 2017- Art La Femme, The Art Space, Peoria IL
June 2017- It’s All About The Art, Peoria Public Main Library
Sep. 2016 - Separation Anxiety, Backspace Collective, Peoria IL
Sep. 2016 - Hot CIAO III, Studios On Sheridan, Peoria IL
May 2016 - CIAO at PSO, Peoria Symphony Orchestra, Peoria Civic Center, Peoria IL
Sep. 2015- Hot CIAO II, Studios On Sheridan, Peoria IL
June 2015 - CIAO Member Exhibit, Contemporary Art Center, Preston Jackson Gallery, Peoria IL
Feb. 2015 - Artists Of West Main, The Art Garage Studio and Gallery, Peoria IL
Sep. 2014 - Hot CIAO I, Studios On Sheridan, Peoria IL
Dec. 2013 - Small Works Art Exhibit, Studios On Sheridan, Peoria IL
Oct. 2013 - Citywide Celebration of Women Artists, Sunbeam Building, Peoria IL
Oct. 2013 - SPARKS, Prairie Center For The Arts, Peoria IL
2012-2014 - Resident Art Gallery, Studios on Sheridan Sunbeam Building, Peoria IL
COLLABORATIONS
Feb. 2019 - TWOgether with John Boylan/ARTJEB, Jan Brandt Gallery Bloomington IL
April 2018 - Combined Exhibit Brandie Fislar/ cold glass, Jessica Ball/ painting. Studios On Sheridan at The Sunbeam Building, Peoria IL
Nov. 2015 - WET PAINT with Jessica Bingham and Jessica Ball, Exhibit and Live Painting, The Art Garage Studio and Gallery, Peoria IL
CURATOR
April 2018 - Combined Exhibit with Brandie Fislar/ cold glass, Jessica Ball/ painting. Studios On Sheridan at The Sunbeam Building, Peoria IL
Jan. 2014 - Aug. 2017 - Curated and Installed 40 shows for The Art Garage Studio and Gallery, Peoria, IL
JUDGING
April 2018 - Aletheia School Art Show, Peoria IL
April 2019 - Aletheia School Art Show, Peoria IL
CITY PROJECTS / MURALS
May 2019 - BIG PICTURE Peoria, Peoria Park District Mural Project, Glen Oak Zoo, Peoria IL
July 2016 - Courtyard Mural The Art Garage Studio and Gallery, Peoria IL (Currently Lit On Fire Bookstore)
Sep. 2014 - RPCA Project Manager, WEST MAIN MURAL, Muir Building, Peoria IL
Aug. 2012 - Peoria Christian School Mural
Jan. 2012 - The Confectionery Bakery, Morton IL
Jan. 2012 - Rockies Meat House, Morton IL
July 2011 - Grace Fellowship Church, Morton IL
Sep. 2011 - Westbrook Morton Roller Rink
PUBLICATIONS
June 2018 - Lit On Fire Zine Publication
Dec. 2017 - Lit On Fire Zine Publication
July 2017 - Lit On Fire Zine Publication
Feb. 2014 - Meanwhile Back In Peoria with Marty Wombacher, Online Publication
2013 - Arts Partners Publications, Feature Page Interview and Photo Portrait
2013 - Peoria Magazine Art and Society, Interview and Photos
May 2013 - Peoria Journal Star, Sunday Arts Page, Headline Featured Story, Interview and Photos
TITLES
2019 - Present - Resident Artist, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria IL
2017 - 2019 - Resident Artist, The Studios On Sheridan, Peoria IL
2012 - 2017 - Resident Artist, Owner, Operator, Curator, Instructor, The Art Garage Studio And Gallery, Peoria IL
2012 - 2014 - Resident Artist, The Studios on Sheridan, Peoria IL
2010- 2012 - Muralist, Freelance Commissioned Artist