Jenny Toth
Education
Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
MFA in Painting, 1998
Winsor Newton Oil Bar Limited Prize in Painting
The New York Studio School: New York, NY
Painting 1995-97
Full-year merit scholarship awarded 1996-97
Smith College: Northampton, MA
B.A. 1994
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Martha Keilig Prize in Painting
Smith Alumnae Scholarship
Vermont Studio Center: Johnson, VT
Summer 1995
Chautauqua Art Institute: Chautauqua, NY
Summer 1993 and 1994
Jenny Toth
Exhibitions
2009 Gone to the Dogs, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Misgivings, Solo exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Big Deal 15, Somarts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
Group show/Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Blast, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
New Beginnings- Gallery Artists, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Gender, installed by Deb King, Zeitgeist Gallery, Detroit, MI
Neal, Inclusion in choreographed piece by Christine Knowblauch, Performing Arts Department, Washington University – Selves With Red Umbrella projected
Remember-Recuerde, Group Show, Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI
New Directions ’06, National Juried Contemporary Art Competition, Juror: Sara Reisman, (Curatorial fellow of New Museum of Contemporary Art)
National Juried Show, Juror: Lois Dodd, The Bowery Gallery: New York, NY
“Oracle,” curated by Paulien Lethen, Paros, Greece location of the Holland Tunnel Gallery: Paros, Greece
9th Annual Mermaid Show, curated by Carrie Skoczek, Coney Island Museum: Brooklyn, NY
Jenny Toth
Exhibitions (cont’d.)
The Blue Hour: Work by Gallery Artists, Blue Mountain Gallery: New York, NY
Stairmasters: a group show installed in a stairwell, curated by Paulien Lethen, Holland Tunnel Gallery: Brooklyn, NY
Group Show/Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Center: Brooklyn, NY
Animal Selves: The Work of Jennifer Toth, solo exhibition, Creative Spirit Art Center: Potsdam, NY
Gender {f}, curated by Deb King, Westnorth Studio Galllery, Baltimore, MD
X, Holland Tunnel Gallery: Brooklyn, NY
Animutations, group show curated by Audrey and Joseph Anastasi, Tabla Rasa Gallery: Brooklyn, NY
From the Art of New York, World Financial Center Winter Garden: New York, NY—artists included Gregory Amenoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Robert Rauschenberg, Yoko Ono, Kiki Smith and others
Black and White, group show, Holland Tunnel Gallery: Brooklyn, NY
2005 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Artists Aid ‘Orleans, Benefit for hurricane relief, Ch’I Contemporary Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Word and Image: a collaboration, Blue Mountain Gallery: New York, NY
Group show/Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Center: Brooklyn, NY
Animal Reflections: New Paintings, solo show, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
Solo exhibition, Farleigh Dickinson University Gallery: New Jersey, NY
Jenny Toth
Exhibitions (cont’d.)
2004 Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space: New York, NY
“Postcards from the Edge,” Visual AIDS Benefit, Brent Sikkema Gallery: New York, NY
Gender [f]: http://www.gender-f.com/
Online show highlighting works by various feminist artists. Reviewed at: http://rhizome.org/ and http://www.multimediakunst.net/html_de/index.htm
YW (Why Dubya, Why War?), Viridian Artists: New York, NY
Show mentioned in The Village Voice, "YW (Why war? Why Dubya?)," by Kim Levin,"Voice Choices," (Vol. XLIX No. 38, Sept 22-28, p. 88-89) New York, NY
The Mermaid Show, curated by Carrie Skoczek, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center: Brooklyn, NY
Improvisations on a Square, Blue Mountain Gallery: New York, NY
PMS, curated by Maria Rand, Brooklyn College Art Gallery: Brooklyn, NY
Tunnel of Love, Holland Tunnel Gallery: Brooklyn, NY
2003 Gifted, curated by Lilah Freedland (collaborative work with Orly Cogan) RARE Gallery, New York, NY
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space: New York, NY
Pandora’s Wink, three-person show, Paul Rodgers/9W: New York, NY
Love, Hope, Sex & Dreams, Superfine: Brooklyn, NY
Works on Paper, Blue Mountain Gallery: New York, NY
Pinned to the Wall, The Organization of Independent Artists: New York, NY
Jenny Toth
Exhibitions (cont’d.)
2003 The Mermaid Show, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center: Brooklyn, NY
Dimension, Diesel Gallery: Brooklyn, NY
2000-2002
Woman Transformed, solo show, Wagner College Art Gallery: Staten Island, NY
Figurative Painting Now, 55 Mercer Gallery: New York, NY- artists included: Leland Bell, Paul Georges, Paul Resika, and Louisa Mathiasdottir
1996-1999
Wilson Center Gallery: Washington DC
Juried Group show, Juror: Eliza Rathbone (curator at The Phillips Collection), June 1999
Thesis Show, Yale University Gallery: New Haven, CT, March 1998
Solo Show, Hillyer Art Building, Smith College, Northampton, MA
The New York Studio School Art Gallery: New York, NY
Scholarship show, April 1997; group show, February 1997
The Bowery Gallery: New York, NY
Group show, juror Gabriel Latterman, spring 1996
Publications
2007 Cohen, David ed. Artworld Digest Magazine April 2007-- Work reproduction
Wright, Dr. Laura and Jennifer Toth. “Animals, Art, and the City,” Proteus: A Journal of Ideas. Humans and Animals. April 2007-- This is an article I co-authored with my teaching partner, to be published in a peer-reviewed journal published by Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Jenny Toth
Publications (cont’d.)
2006 Reproductions in various local newspapers (by Tabla Rasa Gallery) and online reviews (about Holland Tunnel show), mentioned in Paros, Greece local paper
2000 Stackhouse, Christopher. “Figurative Painting Now.” NY Arts International Edition Jan. 2001: 75 Review of show
1999 Skarda, Patricia, ed. Smith Voices Northampton: Smith College Press, 1999
Work reproduced and biography in an anthology of distinguished Smith alumnae that includes pieces by such women such as Sylvia Plath, Julia Child, Betty Friedan.
Professional Employment
Wagner College: Staten Island, NY
Associate Professor
State University of New York: Potsdam, NY
Visiting Assistant Professor, fall 1999 - spring 2000
Smith College: Northampton, MA
Drawing Instructor, spring 1999
Yale University: New Haven, CT
Teaching Assistant, Senior Projects Seminar, 1998