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Biography
Jappie King Black lives in Brockport, New York. Born in Detroit, Michigan. Jappie moved to Argentina as a child and lived with her parents in Wisconsin, Michigan and Mexico. She is a graduate of the Ateneo Fuente (part of the Universidad de Coahuila, Mexico), Interlochen Arts Academy, (in Michigan) has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design (in Textile Design) and a MFA (in Fibers) from Syracuse University. Her work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions in the US, Canada and Africa. She has received awards for her work in installation, sculpture and fiber. She has also been awarded residencies, individual and community grants working as an artist and teacher. From 2001 to 2010 she was a tenured professor at Kean University, in Union, New Jersey teaching Fibers and Graduate Seminar classes. In 2009 she was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture. Her artwork is in private, public and museum collections.
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Awards (partial list)
Viewer’s Choice Award, Arena Art Group, Rochester, NY, 2023
Print Club of Rochester Award, Rochester Contemporary
Rochester, New York, 2023
Best in Show, Brockport Artists’ Guild Exhibit,
A Different Path Gallery, Brockport, New York, 2018
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, 2009
Ida Abrams Louis Award (for Sculpture Installation) 60th Annual Finger Lakes Exhibition Memorial Art Gallery,
Rochester, New York, 2005
Special Opportunity Stipend, Arts and Cultural Council, Rochester, New York, 1994 & 2004
Bill Havens Memorial Award (for Sculpture), Rochester Contemporary, Rochester, New York, 2001
Award of Merit (for a Body of Work), Made in New York/Fiber and Jewelry Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York, 1998
Third Prize, Twisted and Bent, Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts, Little Falls, New York, 1997
Third Prize, Unbound, An Exhibition of Three Dimensional Fiber Harmony Hall, Ft. Washington, Maryland, 1994
Inez Barnell Award for Outstanding Sculpture, 50th Annual Finger Lakes Exhibition Memorial Art Gallery,
Rochester, New York 1991
Creative Merit Award, Great Lakes Fiber Conference, Geneseo, New York 1989
Silver Shuttle Award, Weavers’ Guild of Rochester, Fibers Show,
Rochester, New York, 1984
Beverly Heffner Award, Weavers’ Guild of Rochester, Fibers Show,
Rochester, New York, 1981
Handweavers Guild of America Award, Weavers’ Guild of Rochester,
Fibers Show, Rochester, New York, 1980
List of Exhibitions (partial list)
One-Person Exhibitions
A Different Path Gallery, Brockport, New York 2011 & 2014
The Project Room, Phoenix Gallery, New York, New York 2004
Mohawk Valley Center for the Arts, Little Falls, New York 2001
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York, 1999
Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, New York, 1997
Tower Fine Arts Gallery, SUNY College at Brockport,
Brockport, New York, 1996
Wilson Art Gallery, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York, 1995
Genesee/Orleans Regional Arts Council, Albion, New York, 1993
Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester, New York, 1993
ComArt Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1992
East End Arts Council Gallery, Riverhead, New York, 1990
Group Exhibitions (partial list)
National and International Juried Exhibition
Small Work, Main Street Gallery, Clifton Springs, New York, 2016,
Interlochen Arts Academy Alumni Juried Show, Herbert & Barbara Dow Center for Visual Art, Interlochen, Michigan, 2009
New Fibers 2008, University Art Gallery Eastern Michigan University,
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 2008
Exhibition traveled to William Bonifas Fine Arts Center,
Escanaba, Michigan 2008
Group Exhibitions (partial list)
National Invitational
Interwoven, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 2018
Unnatural Election: Artists Respond, Kimmel Galleries, NYU,
New York, New York, 2017
Elongating The Thread, XL Projects, Syracuse, New York, 2010
Found on Facebook, Arthur M. Berger Gallery, Manhattanville College
Purchase, NY, 2010
Celebration, Stone Quarry Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, 2001
A Permeable Edge: Reference / Body / Figure, McLean Project for the Arts,
Emerson Gallery, McLean, Virginia and The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center,
Frederick, Maryland, 1997
Exploring Along the Outer Edges, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri, 1995
Annual Basketry Invitationals, Sybaris Gallery,
Royal Oak, Michigan, 1994 and 1996
Education
MFA Syracuse University, Fibers,
BFA Rhode Island School of Design,
Graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan.
Visual Art Major
Graduate of Ateneo Fuente, Universidad de Coahuila,
Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Experience
2006 to 2010 Graduate Coordinator Kean University, Fine Arts Department,
Union, New Jersey
2001 to 2010 Assistant Professor, Kean University, Fine Arts Department, Union, New Jersey Courses: All Fibers classes, 2D Design, 3D Design, Introduction to Art and Graduate Seminar
2001 Individual Artist Project Grant, Arts and Cultural Council, Rochester, New York
2000 Adjunct Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
Teaching Introduction to Sculpture and Drawing
1999 Community Arts Grant
1996 - 1998 Assistant Professor, Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York
Additional exhibitions and information listed in CV on website: www.kingblack.com