Jessica McDaniel Curriculum Vitae
Education
2018 BA in Fine Arts and Art History, Purdue University
Concentration in Drawing and Printmaking, minor in Classical Studies
Cumulative GPA 3.76 Art History 3.97 Fine Arts 3.94
Experience
2020 - 2021 Gallery Manager at Tuvalu Coffeehouse & Gallery, Verona, WI
Created digital assets for social media posts and website, rebuilt store website and updated information frequently. Recruited new artists for gallery space and kept inventory records of pieces sold for monthly payouts.
2018 Galleries Technician at Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Assisted in the planning, installation, and deinstallation of exhibitions. Researched and wrote informative text for the Purdue University Permanent Collection database.
2015 - 2018 Gallery Attendant at Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Monitored the gallery space, answered visitors’ questions, and assisted in installation and deinstallation of exhibitions.
2017 Margo Katherine Wilke Undergraduate Research Internship at Purdue University
Developed a website, Women Artists from the Purdue Galleries’ Permanent Collection, with Dr. Catherine Dossin and Dr. Nicole Kong utilizing ArcGIS software to create an interactive story map of women artists in the Purdue University Galleries Permanent Collection.
Exhibitions
2022 Hiraeth, Alice Good Gallery, Verona, WI
2020 Show Me Yours. Show You Mine., Lost Dog Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2019 Mad Scientists Vol. III: Mad Chicago, Zhou B Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Concrete and Adrift: On the Poverty Line, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
2018 The Present Moment, The Vanessa Lacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Liminal Spaces, Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Hues, Purdue Memorial Union, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
A Day in the Life - Glass * Sticks, Rapp Family Gallery, Indiana Landmarks Center, Indianapolis, IN
Westwood Art Competition, Westwood Estate, West Lafayette, IN
Undergraduate Exhibition, Robert L. Ringel Gallery, West Lafayette, IN
2017 Mooresville Community of Artists Show, Mooresville Arts Partnership, Mooresville, IN
Westwood Art Competition, Westwood Estate, West Lafayette, IN Undergraduate Exhibition,
Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
2016 Mooresville Community of Artists Show, Mooresville Arts Partnership, Mooresville, IN
Westwood Art Competition, Westwood Estate, West Lafayette, IN
Undergraduate Exhibition, Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
2015 Westwood Art Competition, Westwood Estate, West Lafayette, IN
Presentations
2018 Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference Presentation of research for the project Women Artists from the Purdue University Galleries’ Permanent Collection
Celebrate… Purdue’s Thinkers, Creators, and Experimenters Presentation of research and finished work of the project Hiraeth.
2017 GIS Day Lightning Talk Lightning talk presentation of Women Artists from the Purdue University Galleries’ Permanent Collection website using ArcGIS software.
GIS Day Conference Display Table Demonstrated Women Artists from the Purdue University Galleries’ Permanent Collection with Dr. Catherine Dossin.
Publications
2023 Myth & Lore: Witches, Warnings & Widdershins, Vol. 7, page 3.
2023 Ghost Watch View Master, Series 001.
2022 Ghostwatch Photozine: Vol. 15, page 17.
2019 Hiraeth: The Nostalgia Within Abandoned Houses, The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research: Vol. 9, Article 9. Cover Art.
Awards and Honors
2020 Best of Show, Show Me Yours. Show You Mine., Lost Dog Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Department Award in Drawing, Undergraduate Exhibition, Purdue University
AMIE Award 1st Place Drawing, Undergraduate Exhibition, Purdue University
AMIE Award 4th Place Drawing, Undergraduate Exhibition, Purdue University
Outstanding Senior in the School of Visual and Performing Arts, Purdue University
Outstanding Senior in Art and Design, Purdue University
Outstanding Senior in Art History, Purdue University
Office of Undergraduate Research Scholarship, Purdue University
Awarded to continue developing an independent visual research project titled Hiraeth, involving photo drawings of figures in abandoned houses, a final installation of the work, and a poster symposium.
2017 Fine Art Award, Undergraduate Exhibition, Purdue University
Annual Prize in Art History, Department of Art and Design In recognition of a research paper on the mystery cult of Mithras