CONTACT
Ettrick St., Oakland, California
jkumar15@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2011-2013. MFA, Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design
2003-2007. BA, Honors Visual Art, Brown University (magna cum laude)
2006. Visiting Student, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2017. Collaborated with Pier 9 team for concept and execution of digitally fabricated furniture to showcase on TV show This Old House; featured on episode with a speaking role
2015. Artist in Residence, Autodesk Pier 9, San Francisco, CA
2014. SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery Winter Studio Artist Residency, New York, NY
2013. Graduate Studies Grant, Jurors Joao Ribas and Alyson Baker, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2011-2013. RISD Presidential Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2009. Emerging Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2009. Windgate Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
2009. Top Ten Artist's Choice Award, Art Slam at the Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008. Artist in Residence, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2007. Anne Belsky Moranis Award for Excellence in Art, Brown University, Providence, RI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025. Beyond Boundaries, curated by Demetri Broxton, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2024. Solo exhibition In the Garden, Garden cottage, Oakland, CA
2024. Works of Heart, 2358 MRKT Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015-2016. Artist in Residence Show, curated by Sarah Brin, Autodesk Pier 9 Technology Center, San Francisco, CA
2014. Selected Works, curated by Dana Harrison, SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2014. Solo exhibition There are no People, curated by Zach Seeger, This Friday or Next Friday Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014. Solo exhibition Light Sabers and Radiant Toys, curated by Kevin Frances, Find & Form Projects, Boston, MA
2014. The Affordable Art Fair, curated by Gabriel de Guzman, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2014. Practice, curated by Jodi Colella, Nave Gallery Annex, Boston, MA
2013. Curate NYC, curated by Mahnaz Fancy and Hitomi Iwasaki, New York, NY
2013. The Order of the Universe, Beard and Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
2013. New Contemporaries, curated by Dean Snyder, Gelman Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
2013. Selections, curated by Mark Moscone, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2013. RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
2013. HEAVY: graduate sculpture biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2011. Working Glass, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
2009. Pilchuck Artists in Residence, Frieson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2009. D! Magazine Art Slam, New Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009. Artist in Residence Show, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2008. New Faces, New Art, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick, RI