Artist Statement
Jill C. Weisberg is a contemporary artist based in South Florida. Her paintings and large-scale public installations call attention to feminine types and stereotypes interlaced with more challenging notions of feminist theory. The reflective materials she uses colors the silhouettes of dancers, vintage female stereotypes, and advertising models which produces a double-effect. Holographic, metallic and iridescent pigments are just as seductive, easily transferable, and as fleeting as the unnamed women whose forms they fill and adorn. As Weisberg’s mined images lure the viewer with the vibrancy of every glittery color, they also tempt the imagination as a kind of blind peep show. What becomes truly desired is not the women in her images, but a sense of control over what their bodies and situations appear to represent. The materials and colors that she uses are a nod to a giddy, teenage excitement of appearing “grown up” as well as the endless urge to reinvent the self by simply changing color. As a native of Hollywood, Weisberg’s choice of materials is heavily informed by the hot, vibrant natural environment and the sensuous cultural backdrop of South Florida.
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EDUCATION
Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2010
Master of Fine Arts, Concentration in Graphic Design
Thesis: Provoking Thought: The Evolution of a Personal Brand
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, 1994
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, Cum Laude
AWARDS/GRANTS
Awarded 3rd place in Gritty In Pink at Bailey Contemporary Arts Pompano Beach, Florida, 2017
Awarded CIP Grant from Broward Cultural Division for She Comes First an exterior, type-based public art piece installed at FAT Village in Fort Lauderdale, 2016
Honorable Mention, 10 X 10 National Small Works Exhibition, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2009
Faculty Choice Award & Audience Choice Award, FAU Broward Juried Student Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2008
EXHIBITION RECORD (*catalog, **solo exhibit)
2024
Spring Fling, Locust Projects, Miami, Florida October 13
She Comes First (Text-Based Art Installation), Doral Contemporary Art Museum, Doral, Florida, March 6 – March 31
2021- 2023
Exposed, Art + Culture Center of Hollywood Hollywood, Florida, August 19 - September 29
Exposed, Art + Culture Center of Hollywood Hollywood, Florida, September 3 – 30
Exposed, Art + Culture Center of Hollywood Hollywood, Florida, August 28 - September 24
2019
Ideal Situation: Brian Gefen + Jill C. Weisberg, Storefront Art Studio Hollywood, Florida October 24 – December 22
She Comes First (Exterior Public Art Installation), Miami Design District, Miami, Florida October 13
Artists Draw Their Studios, Art + Culture Center of Hollywood Hollywood, Florida September 14 – January 5
2018
Intertwined: Brian Gefen + Jill C. Weisberg, Storefront Art Studio Hollywood, Florida September 15 – October 20
Exposed, Art + Culture Center of Hollywood Hollywood, Florida January 23 – March 2
2017
Fair., An all-female alternative non-commercial art fair presented by Spinello Projects
Brickell City Centre, Miami, Florida December 7 -10
More Women Painting, Design Sublime Miami, Florida June 9 - July 1
Gritty In Pink, Bailey Contemporary Arts Pompano Beach, Florida June 6 - July 14
Show Us Your VIPness (Interior Installation/Collaboration with Brian Gefen) Art + Culture Center of Hollywood Hollywood, Florida March 18 - April 7
8th All-Media Juried Biennial, Art + Culture Center of Hollywood
Hollywood, Florida January 21 – March 5
2016
Smash & Grab, Locust Projects Miami Design District, Florida October 29
Pink Noise: Flexing the Frequency, Girls’ Club Fort Lauderdale, Florida October 13 – December 10
She Comes First (Exterior Public Art Installation), FAT Village Fort Lauderdale, Florida September 24 - November 2017
She Comes First** (Interior Installation and Solo Show), Butter Gallery Wynwood, Florida July 9 - October 8
A Real Shit Show, Flowerbox Projects Miami (Little Haiti), Florida March 20 - April 9
2015
100+ Degrees in the Shade*, Laundromat Art Space Miami (Little Haiti), Florida November 12 - December 31
Seventh All-Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center Hollywood, Florida September 19 – November 1
Esthetic Theory, Girls’ Club Fort Lauderdale, Florida May 27 – 30
Abracadabra, Art and Culture Center Hollywood, Florida February 7 to March 13
2014
Smash & Grab, Locust Projects
Miami Design District, Florida
October 25
Lonely Girls Mural for Miami Spaces
Wynwood, Florida May 2014
2013
Smash & Grab, Locust Projects
Miami Design District, Florida
October 26
A STRANGEWAYS Group Show, Nice Look Gallery
Wynwood Walls, Wynwood Arts District, Florida
July 25
Abracadabra, Art and Culture Center
Hollywood, Florida January 26 – Febrary 21
2012
Smash & Grab, Locust Projects
Miami Design District, Florida
October 27
Women Outside Design 3, Gallery 217
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
September 11 - October 9
Screened In, Bear & Bird Gallery
Lauderhill, Florida
August 17 - September 29
Salon D’Notre Societe, Primary Projects Gallery
Miami Design District, Florida
June 9 - August 11
2010
Mural for Primary Flight 2010: Maimi Art Week
NE 2nd Avenue and 24th Street, Wynwood Arts District, Florida
December 6 - 9
Wheat Paste Murals, Living Walls
Various outdoor locations throughout Atlanta, Georgia
August 13 - 15
FAU Highlights: A Selection of Student and Faculty Work, Second Avenue Studio
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
June 4 - August 27
Provoking Thought: The Evolution of a Personal Brand**
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Show of Jill C. Weisberg
Second Avenue Studio, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
April 27, 2010 - May 7, 2010
2009
Mural for Primary Flight 2009: Miami Art Week
NE 38th Street and Biscayne Boulevard, Miami Design District, Florida
December 2 - 6
American Race: Contemporary Art Reflecting on Race, Truman State University Gallery*
Kirksville, Missouri
October 20 - November 20 2009
Jurors: Aaron Fine and Peter Fine
Fourth All-Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
Hollywood, Florida
April 25 - June 7
Juried by: Nina Arias
Unauthorized: Art Without Permission, Gallery RFD
Swainsboro, Georgia
February 14th - March 7th
Juried by: Wendy DesChene
2008 7 Deadly Sins, FAU Group MFA Show, Second Avenue Studio
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
November 24 - January 8
Visualizing Race, FAU MFA Group Show, University Center Art Gallery
Boca Raton, Florida
April 18 - May 6
Curated by: Jaclyn Tufford and Peter Fine
2005 Paradise, FAU MFA Group Show, Second Avenue Studio
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
December 9 - 16
2001 Girls, Girls, Girls, All Women Group Show, LaLush Gallery
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
December 1 - January 15
Paintings of Jill C. Weisberg, Gallery YES**
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
September 14 - 28
1996 Horrt Annual Juried Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
September 6 - 27
EXHIBITIONS JURIED(*catalog)
2014
BIG - an exhibition of LARGE works
ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale Florida Oct 9 - November 28
2010
Red Bull Art of Can Exhibition, Ocean Drive Pop-Up Gallery*
Miami Beach, Florida
March 3 - 14