JeffMusser

Education

BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL 2000

Solo Exhibitions

Verge Gallery – Small Works 2010 (Sacramento CA)
California State University of Sacramento - Messages in Flesh - New Paintings 2009 (Sacramento CA)
Midmo Gallery - Body Work - New Paintings 2009 (Sacramento CA)
Elliot Fouts Gallery- Local Legends Portrait Show 2007 (Sacramento CA)
Barton Gallery 2004 (Sacramento CA)
Green Room Gallery 2003 (Chicago IL)

Selected Group Exhibitions

The Sketchbook Project - Library Tour-303 Grand 2010 (Brooklyn NY)
The Sketchbook Project - Library Tour-Brooklyn Art Library 2010 (Brooklyn NY)
The Sketchbook Project - Library Tour-Laconia Gallery 2010 (Boston MA)
The Sketchbook Project - Library Tour-Art & Shelter Gallery 2010 (Los Angeles CA)
The Sketchbook Project - Library Tour-Soulard Art Market 2010 (St Louis MO)
The Sketchbook Project - Library Tour-Home Gallery 2010 (Chicago IL)
One Day of Art-Los Angeles – Sponsored by (t)here magazine 2009 (Los Angeles CA)
Mission Arts and Performance Project @ The Red Poppy Art House 2009 (San Francisco CA)
CAST Exhibition @ Center For Contemporary Art Sacramento 2009 (Sacramento CA)
The Macho Show @ The Tangent Gallery 2009 (Sacramento CA)
32nd Annual Open Show at the Blue Line Gallery 2008 (Roseville CA)
Flatlanders 2 Biennial @ the Nelson Gallery- Invitional Show- Curated by Renny Pritikin 2008 (Davis CA)
Participating Artist in the 2008 Crocker Art Auction (Sacramento CA)
Arts on Fire XII at the Sanchez Art Center-Juried by Scott Shields 2008 (Pacifica CA)
Participating Artist in the 2007 Center for Contemporary Art Sacramento Art Auction (Sacramento CA)
Upstream People Gallery 9th Annual Painting, Drawing, Photography and Print Juried International Art Exhibition 2007 (Omaha NE)
Streets of Sacramento Show @ Sacramento City Hall 2007 (Sacramento CA)
22nd Annual Made in California Juried Show @ The City of Brea Art Gallery
Juried by Michele Urton 2007 (Brea CA)
Participating Artist in the 2007 Crocker Art Auction (Sacramento CA)
Participating Artist in the 2006 Crocker Art Auction (Sacramento CA)
Only Artist under thirty years of age in 74th Annual Crocker Kingsley Exhibit
@ The Crocker Art Museum- Juried by Mel Ramos 2005 (Sacramento CA)
Elliott Fouts Gallery- Emerging Artists under the age of 35 2005 (Sacramento CA)
Phoenix Gallery 2004 (Sacramento CA)
Roseville Arts Center 29th Annual International Open Show 2004 (Roseville CA)
20th Street Art Gallery 2004 (Sacramento
20th Street Art Gallery 2004 (Sacramento CA)
Benefit for The Hillel of Davis and Sacramento 2003 (Sacramento CA)
Barton Gallery 2003 (Sacramento CA)
Projekt30.Com 2003 (projekt30.com)
Gallery 645 Group 2001 (Chicago IL)
Standard Gallery 2001 (Chicago IL)
Dogmatic Gallery 2000 (Chicago IL)
Gallery 645 2000 (Chicago IL)
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Student Show 2000 (Chicago IL)

Awards and Honors

Recipient of an Artist Grant from Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission 2009 (Sacramento CA)
Award of Merit in The California State Fair 2007 (Sacramento CA)
Recipient of an Artist Grant from the Chicago Cultural Center 2003 (Chicago IL)
One of only Twenty Students in the Chicago Art Open 1998 (Chicago IL)
Crocker Art Museum Sacramento City High School Art Show 1992 (Sacramento CA)

Corporate Collections

Frankel Brand Marketing (Chicago IL)
Masters Canvas (Chicago IL)
We Are The Future.Com (Burbank CA)
Six Hands Winery (Walnut Creek CA)
John Fluevog Shoes (Montreal Canada)
Numerous private collections around the country, most notably, Oprah Winfrey

Public Collections

Art House Sketch Book Library (Brooklyn NY)
American River College (Sacramento CA)

Bibliography

“Similar approaches, different feelings illuminate two exhibits” By Victoria Dalkey Sacramento Bee – 1/15/10
“Art Pick” Midtown Monthly Magazine Feb. 2009
“15 Minutes” By Josh Fernandez- Sacramento New & Review Jan. 2009
“International Artist Magazine” Dec-Jan. Issue 2008
“Artist Spotlight” World Journal Nov. 2007
“Critics Pick” By Victoria Dalkey – Sacramento Bee -8/10/07
“Portraits” By Bob Sylva –Sacramento Bee- 7/29/07
“ Artist Highlight” -Sactown Magazine -Aug-Sept. Issue 2007
“Featured Artist” Vicious Magazine- Volume 1 Issue 2 -2007

Catalogs

CAST Exhibition 2009 Publisher: Center For Contemporary Art Sacramento
Studio Visit Magazine Volume 4 2008 Publisher: Open Studio Press
Flatlanders 2 Biennial @ the Nelson Gallery. Publisher: The Richard L. Nelson Gallery 2008