Resume
Jerry Birchfield | jerrybirchfield.com | jerrybirchfield@gmail.com | 3619 Walton Avenue, Studio B203, Cleveland, OH 44113 | 216.406.1369
Born 1985, Cleveland, OH
Lives and works in Cleveland, OH
Education
2014 MFA, Cornell University
2009 BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art, Photography
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Jerry Birchfield, Abattoir (back room), Cleveland, OH
2021 A Pale, A Post, A Boundary, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
2018 Jerry Birchfield: Asleep in the Dust, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH, Curated by Elizabeth Carney
2017 Stagger When Seeing Visions, The Cleveland Museum of Art at Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Reto Thüring
2015 You Are Not, Except As A Joke, Blaming Them, Angela Meleca Gallery, Columbus, OH
2015 Yes, They Were Made to Level, the sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
2015 Mr. In-Between, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2014 Back and Fill, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2013 Exercise N/or Exorcise, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2012 Record of Wrongs, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2009 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Group & Two-Person Exhibitions
2024 (forthcoming) Expand and Contract: Photography and Mixed Media, Virtual Exhibition, Los Angeles Center of Photography, CA, Juried by Rotem Rozental
2023 Off the Pedestal, Foley Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Michael Foley
2023 *With One Another, Future Ink Graphics, Cleveland, OH (two-person exhibition with Ryan Peticca)
2023 Faculty Show, CWRU Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2020 Small Works, Abattoir, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Rose Burlingham & Lisa Kurzner
2019 Faculty Show, CWRU Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2019 Photography Exhibit, CWRU Art Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2018 Into the Sunset, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Karl Anderson & Michael Abarca
2018 Faculty Show, CWRU Gallery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
2018 Processing the Present, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Rebekah Wilhelm
2018 Cleveland in Newark, Denison Art Space, Newark, OH, Curated by Ronald Abram
2018 Open Yards, Worthington Yards, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Liz Maugans
2017 Between Definitions, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Rebekah Wilhelm
2017 Constructions, Gallery W, Westlake, OH
2017 The Intersection of Process, Cleveland West Art League, Cleveland, OH,
2016 All Together Now, 2731 Prospect, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Lauren Davies
2016 INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, Curated by Rebecca Senf
2016 Faculty Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2016 Black is the New Black, Foley Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Michael Foley
2015 Works On Paper, 2731 Prospect, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Lauren Davies
2015 Volume II: Black & White, Schema Projects, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Mary Judge & Enrico Gomez
2015 Emergent, Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH
2015 Faculty Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2015 They Came. They Saw. They Printed! (19 Years of Swift, Victorious Prints) Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Corrie Slawson
2015 3 in 1: Take Two (a Collections of Prints) Reinberger Project Space, Cleveland Institute of Art, OH, Curated by Maggie Denk-Leigh
2015 It’s All Been Done Before, Forum Artspace, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Brandon Juhasz
2014 Can’t Cant, Cornell MFA Group Show, Site 109, New York, NY
2013 The New York School(s), Pingyao International Photo Festival, Pingyao, China, Curated by Susan Dooley
2013 Realization is Better than Anticipation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Rose Bouthillier & Megan Lykins Reich
2013 Explicit Protocol, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2013 *Nick Foster & Jerry Birchfield, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (two-person exhibition)
2013 Free School, Cornell MFA Group Show, Gary Snyder Project Space, New York, NY
2013 Homegrown, The Cleveland Print Room, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Nancy McEntee & Jonathan Wayne
2013 A Tale In Two Cities, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Bruce Checefsky & Ivy Garrigan
2012 Shaking Paper, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2012 Beautiful Data, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH, Curated by Howard Anderson Turner
2012 Illusion, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Juried by Terry Etherton
2012 Let’s Get Digital, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH, Curated by Alexandra Nicholis Coon
2012 After Zero, Cuyahoga Community College, West, Curated by Julie Friedman
2011 *One to Another, ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus, OH (two-person exhibition with Dragana Crnjak)
2011 Portability & Network, SPACES, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Christian Wulffen
2011 *De–Figuration: Jessica Laskosky & Jerry Birchfield, Sideshow Gallery, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Michael Wallace (two-person exhibition)
2011 *Image/Object/Material: Recent Works by Christi & Jerry Birchfield, Arts Collinwood Gallery, Cleveland, OH (two-person exhibition)
2011 Celestial Skies: Real & Imagined II, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Jennifer Finkel
2010 Degrees of Separation, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Karl Anderson
2010 Outer Space: The American Odyssey, 1025 Huron Rd. Cleveland, OH, Curated by Michelle Murphy & Cetusss
2010 84th Annual International Competition: Photography, Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, Juried by Ingrid Schaffner
2010 Building Peers, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Saul Ostrow
2010 Matthew Fehrmann Editions, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Matthew Fehrmann
2009 Terra Non Firma, Front Room Gallery and Legation Gallery, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Mark Keffer
2009 This Is Not A Photograph: Contemporary Approaches To Photography, Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Jennifer Friess
2009 83rd Annual International Competition: Printmaking, Print Center, Philadelphia, PA. Juried by Shelly Bancroft & Peter Nesbett
2008 Positioning the Real: The Authentic Artifice, Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Curated by Paula Burleigh
2008 Friends of Photography, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH. Juried by Todd Hido
2007 Vestige and Visage, Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, OH, Curated by Frank Spicer
* Two-person exhibitions
Projects
2019 Book/Audio release: Asleep in the Dust, in collaboration with TMT Trio at the Bop Stop, Cleveland, OH
2019 Print Club ltd., Davis, CA, invitation to make a series of screen prints
2018 Collaborative Performance with TMT Trio as part of Jerry Birchfield: Asleep in the Dust, Akron Art Museum, Akron OH
2016 Bound: Art Book & Zine Fair, MOCA, Cleveland, OH, Artist Book & Portfolio Release: Yes, They Were Made to Level
2016 Zygote Press/Ink House, Cleveland, OH, invitation to make a series of mono prints
2016 World Building, SGC International print portfolio, Organized by Janet Ballweg & Troy Richards
2015 Collaborative Performance with Rural Carrier as part of Yes, They Were Made to Level, the sunroom, Cleveland Heights, OH
2015 Mimeo Revolution, Book & Zine Fair, MOCA, Cleveland, OH, Artist Book Release: Yes, They Were Made to Level (zine)
2015 Publications & Multiples Fair, Baltimore, MD, Artist Book Release: So To Speak
2014 Caring for the Commons, SGC International print portfolio, Organized by Maggie Denk-Leigh & Troy Richards
2013 Bellwether Summer Film Series, curated film / TV segments & feature for screening at the Transformer Station
2011 Monothon, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH, invitation to make a series of mono prints
Presentations
2019 Cleveland Institute of Art, Photography & Video department, Cleveland, OH, Portfolio & Presentation
2018 Jerry Birchfield: Asleep in the Dust, Akron Art Museum, Akron OH, Conversation with Elizabeth Carney
2018 Youngstown State University, Department of Art, Youngstown, OH, Artist talk
2017 Stagger When Seeing Visions, The Cleveland Museum of Art at Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH, Conversation with Reto Thüring
2017 Constructions, Gallery W, Westlake, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art Contemporary Art Society, Artist talk
2017 Unfettered: Artists Who Work Across Media, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH, Panel Discussion, Moderator: Kristen Cliffel, Panel: Steve Locke, Irina Koukhanova & Jerry Birchfield
2015 2731 Prospect, Cleveland, OH, Panel Discussion, Moderator: Lauren Davies, Panel: Christi Birchfield, Jerry Birchfield, Andrea Joki, Lane Cooper, Jason K. Milburn
2014 Cleveland Institute of Art, Painting & Drawing departments, Cleveland, OH, Artist talk
2014 Cleveland Institute of Art, Photography & Video department, Cleveland, OH, Artist talk
2014 International Center of Photography, Alternative Art class with Bernard Yenelouis, New York, NY, Artist talk
2013 LaTableRonde #2.3 On Photography: How, Where, & When Will We Talk About Photography? Critical Practice Inc. New York, NY, Round Table, Moderators: Marvin Heifermann & Saul Ostrow
2011 Cleveland State University, Photography II & III classes with professor Mark Slankard, Cleveland, OH, Artist talk
2011 ROGBIV, One to Another, Columbus, OH, Artist talk
Awards
2024 SPACES Artists Forward Fund
2023 think[box] Faculty Fellowship, Case Western Reserve University
2013 The John Hartell Graduate Award, Cornell University
2011 Ohio Arts Council 2011 Individual Excellence Award
2009 The First Agnes Gund Traveling Award, Cleveland Institute of Art
Residencies
2015 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Books & Portfolios
2019 Asleep in the Dust, 12 page saddle stitched book + 2 audio CDs in collaboration with TMT Trio, 8.5” x 5.5”
2016 Yes, They Were Made to Level: Book, 108 page soft cover perfect bound book with handmade jacket, 9” x 6”
2016 Yes, They Were Made to Level: Portfolio, title page + 8 inkjet prints in handmade portfolio case, 11” x 8.5”
2015 Yes, They Were Made to Level: Zine, 24 page soft cover perfect bound book, 11” x 8.5”
2015 So To Speak, 48 page soft cover perfect bound book with handmade jacket, 9” x 6”
Press & Publications
2024 Lemonade. Always. I Like Your Work Spring Exhibition Catalog, curated by Sally Morgan Lehman (Morgan Lehman Gallery)
2021 BOUND by Mail, MOCA, Cleveland, zine & catalog featuring over 180 zines & art books
2018 Elizabeth Carney, Exhibition Catalog, Jerry Birchfield: Asleep in the Dust
2018 Douglas Max Utter, “Jerry Birchfield: Asleep in the Dust at the Akron Art Museum” http://canjournal.org/2018/05/jerry-birchfield-asleep-in-the-dust-at-the-akron-art-museum/
2018 Anderson Turner, “Jerry Birchfield exhibit shows artist’s love of process” https://www.ohio.com/akron/entertainment/arts/art-review-jerry-birchfield-exhibit-shows-artists-love-of-process
2018 “Yes, They Were Made to Level” http://aeqai.com/main/2018/02/fotofolio-jerry-birchfield/
2017 Steven Litt, “Cleveland Museum of Art offers fantastic solo shows on Scott Olson, Jerry Birchfield, at Transformer Station” http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2017/11/cleveland_museum_of_art_offers.html#incart_river_home
2017 Scott Olson and Jerry Birchfield exhibited by Cleveland Museum of Art at Transformer Station https://www.metroframe.com/blog/
2015 Peter Tonguette, “Print process gives Jerry Birchfield's photos of ordinary objects an eerie beauty” http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2015/11/29/1-through-a-lens-darkly.html
2015 Anne Evans “Jerry Birchfield: Shifting Photography” http://www.columbusunderground.com/event/exhibit-jerry-birchfield-shifting-photography
2015 David Andrew Frey, “New Artists Feature, Spring 2015” http://culturehall.com/
2015 Rose Bouthillier, “Jerry Birchfield: Mr. In-Between,” http://arthopper.org/jerry-birchfield-mr-in-between/
2015 Christopher Lynn, “It’s All Been Done Before at Forum Artspace” temporaryartreview.com/its-all-been-done-before-at-forum-artspace
2015 Rose Bouthillier, “It’s All Been Done Before” arthopper.org/its-all-been-done-before
2015 Karl Anderson, “Jerry Birchfield: Nothing is as It Seems” Exhibition Catalog, Mr. In-Between
2014 Saul Ostrow, “Photography’s Absences & the Presence of Another” Cornell MFA Exhibition Catalog
2014 Max Marshall “Sore” http://latentimage.us/2014/01/21/jerry-birchfield-sore
2013 Sarah Demeuse, “Jerry Birchfield: On Levity, Bad Camouflage, & Mutual Seeing”, Exhibition Catalog, Realization is Better than Anticipation
2013 Rose Bouthillier, “One Thing, Then Another, And: An Interview with Jerry Birchfield,” Exhibition Catalog, Realization is Better than Anticipation
2013 Gary Sampson, “A Dispositif Engaged: Jerry Birchfield” Cornell MFA Exhibition Catalog
2012 Christopher A. Yates, “Power of computer to transform creativity energizes Riffe Gallery show” http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/05/13/tech-nique.html
2011 Association Vol. 5: “untitled, Jerry Birchfield MFA ’14”
Charitable Benefits
2021 Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
2017 Celebrating Futures Gala, 30 Hearts, North Ridgeville, OH
2017 SPACES in Wonderland, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2015 ArtCares, AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, OH
2013 HEX, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
2012 Monster Drawing Rally, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2012 ArtCares, AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, OH
2011 Monster Drawing Rally, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2011 Pop Royalty, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
2008 ArtCares, AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, OH
Institutional Collections
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Avery Denison, Cleveland, OH
Balance Product Development, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, OH
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Dalad Group (Worthington Yards), Cleveland, OH
Dealer Tire, Cleveland, OH
John & Mildred Putnam Collection at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Kent State University (Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative), Cleveland, OH
Moen Inc., North Olmsted, OH
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
University Hospital, Cleveland, OH
Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA