Education

2021  B.S. in Art, Major in Video
            Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2012  Associate of Arts and Science in Fine Arts
Major: Drawing
           Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL
           Phi Theta Kappa

Awards

2023 Second Place, Contemporary Art Center Member Show, Time Gallery, East Peoria, IL, for my digital drawing, “What I See”

2022 Sky Art Peoria Billboard Winner, Peoria, IL, for my digital painting, “A Gentle Breeze”

2021 Best Interactive Media and Technology, Awarded by Creative Technologies Program, Illinois State University, for my short film, May I Have This Dance?

2020 Richard D. Finch Undergraduate Drawing and Printmaking Award, Illinois State University, for my charcoal drawing, “Hope”

2017 ArtPop Peoria Billboard Winner, Peoria, IL, for my painting, “A Windy Day”

2012 Best of Show for Drawing, Student Annual Art Exhibition, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL, for my pen and ink drawing, “That Moment”

 

Media

2013  My art appeared on WZZM News Channel 13, Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI.

 

Gallery Representation

2014    Preston Jackson Sideview Gallery, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL

 

Short Film Screenings

2024 “May I Have This Dance?” Big Picture Film Festival, Distillery Labs, Peoria, IL

2021 “May I Have This Dance?” Starved Rock Film Festival, Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL

2021 “Unseen” Starved Rock Film Festival, Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL

2021 “No More Talking” Starved Rock Film Festival, Roxy Cinemas, Ottawa, IL

2018 “Fred,” Big Picture Film Festival, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL

Invitational Exhibitions

2012   Ciao Invitational, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria, IL

2012   Ciao Invitational, Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL

 

Juried Exhibitions

2023 Contemporary Art Center Member Exhibition, Time Gallery, East Peoria, IL

2023 Contemporary Art Center Member Exhibition, Lonnie Eugene Stewart Art Gallery, Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL

2022 Sky Art Peoria Artist Exhibition, Foster Gallery, First United Methodist Church, Peoria, IL

2022 CIAO Member Show, Anne Lloyd Gallery, Decatur, IL

2021 The Starved Rock Country Festival of the Arts, Ottawa, IL

2018  Midwest Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL 

2012  Student Annual Art Exhibition, Performing Arts Center, Illinois Central College,      Peoria, IL

2011  ICC Student Art Show, Speakeasy Art Center, Pekin, IL

2010 Student Annual Art Exhibition, Student Gallery, Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL

 

Group Exhibitions

2023 Small Artistry Exhibit, Exhibit A Gallery, Peoria Heights, IL

2023 Flowers for Ukraine, Preston Jackson Art Gallery, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria IL

2016  Celebrate 20, Student Exhibition, Gallery 3R, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL

2011  Figure Drawing 2 Class Show, Student Gallery, Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL

 

Two-Person Exhibitions

2023  Kishwaukee Valley Art League Fine Arts and Crafts Fair, Sycamore IL

2022  Kishwaukee Valley Art League Fine Arts and Crafts Fair, Sycamore IL

2019  Two-person exhibition, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), Bradley University, Peoria, IL (in collaboration with Anne Peterson)

2017 The Hive, Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, IL

2016  Ear in the Envelope, Inc., Peoria, IL

2009  Word Pictures, One World Cafe, Peoria, IL

 

Solo Exhibitions

2023 Artist of the month, Casa De Arte, Peoria, IL

2019  Artpop Artist Presentation and billboard signing, Methodist College, Peoria, IL

2018  Guest Artist Show, Nikole Cooney Studio, Studios on Sheridan, Peoria, IL

2015  Guest Artist show, The Sheared Edge, Studios on Sheridan, Peoria, IL

2014  Ear in the Envelope, Inc., Peoria, IL

2014  One World Cafe, Peoria, IL

2013  McKay’s Downtown, Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI

2012  Ear in the Envelope, Inc., Peoria, IL

2010  Hodgepodge, The Studio, Illinois Central College, Peoria, IL

 

Publications as Illustrator

• Peterson, Anne, Storylines: My lines of poetry—her lines of art, February 16, 2016
• Peterson, Anne, Chills: The eerie side of poetry, June 11, 2015
• Peterson, Anne, Make Believe: A picture/poetry book, March 13, 2015
• Peterson, Anne, The Crooked House, October 17, 2014
• Peterson, Anne, Emma’s Wish, July 29, 2014

Additional Publications 

• Renken, Leslie, “Art Being Chosen for Billboard Contest,” Peoria Journal Star, page D1, D6, Peoria, IL. March 17, 2017
• Monet, Michelle, Creative People…and what makes them tick!  Imagine This Press, 2017, Section 11
• “Why?” photograph by Jessica Peterson, Pentimento: More Than Meets the Eye. 2013, Issue 1, p. 15
• McKinsey, Kristan, CIAO and Friends Invitational: Works By Central Illinois Artists, Peoria Riverfront Museum, Versa Press, 2012, p. 46
• Howard, Clare, Art Lives in Central Illinois, CIAO, Arts Partners of Central Illinois Inc., Peoria, IL, 2012, p. 69
• “Self Portrait,” drawing by Jessica Peterson, The Echo Literary Art Journal, Illinois Central College, 2010, p. 22
• “Lighter,” photograph by Jessica Peterson, The Echo Literary Art Journal, Illinois Central College, 2010, p. 13
• “Fog,” photograph by Jessica Peterson, The Echo Literary Art Journal, Illinois Central College, 2010, p. 7
• Best of College Photography 2010, Photographer’s Forum magazine, 2010
• “I Just Had To…” photograph by Jessica Peterson, Kamelian Literary/Arts Journal, Kishwaukee College, Malta, IL, 2007, p. 23