Jared Pappas-Kelley
Currently based in the UK
Education
PhD in Art and Philosophy candidate, European Graduate School (EGS), Saas-Fee, Switzerland, expected 2013
MFA in Writing, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, 2009
BA in Critical Theory and Communications, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 2000
Selected Publications: Essays and Articles
Pappas-Kelley, J. (2010) Colour and Chromophobia. The Minutiae of Visionaries: Experiments Toward Social Evolution
(essays). Evo Girls Press. New York, USA.
Pappas-Kelley, J. (3, Sep. 2009) Giving Up the Ghost: Carey Young. The Rumpus. San Francisco, California, USA.
Pappas-Kelley, J. (21, Dec. 2009) Douglas A. Martin’s Branwell. The Rumpus. San Francisco, California, USA.
Pappas-Kelley, J. (24, Jul. 2009) Bad Habits: Yuskavage, Antoni, Ligon and Oursler. Buffalo News. Buffalo, New York, USA.
Pappas-Kelley, J. (17 Jul 2009) Louise Bourgeois and Scheherazade. The Rumpus. San Francisco, California, USA.
Pappas-Kelley, J. (2009) Vicarious Living: The Art of Miranda July. Pitkin Review. Plainfield, Vermont, USA.
Pappas-Kelley, J. (22, May. 2009) New Drawing Form Embraces Colour and Abstraction at Nina Freudenheim. Buffalo
News. Buffalo, New York, USA.
Pappas-Kelley, J. (17, Oct. 2008) Pair of shows out of spotlight at Albright-Knox. Buffalo News. Buffalo, New York, USA.
Pappas-Kelley, J. (2007) Hello Central, Give Me Heaven. Toby Room. Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Pappas-Kelley, J. (2007) Wynne Greenwood: Maps to Radical Imagining. Toby Room. Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Pappas-Kelley, J. (2007) Perfect Entrance: Interview with Tim Sullivan. Toby Room. Tacoma, Washington, USA.
Publisher and Founding Editor, Toby Room magazine, 2001-2007
Selected Curatorial Work
Curator, Critical Line
Critical Line Invitational, Critical Line, 2007
The End, Critical Line, 2007
Nativity Artists, Critical Line, 2006
Keeping Score, Critical Line, 2006
Found Space, Critical Line, 2006
Curator, Tollbooth Gallery
Dreams of Failure, Tollbooth Gallery, Ido Fluk, 2006
Public Parks/Public Beaches, Tollbooth Gallery, Lauren Steinhardt, 2005
No Sale, Tollbooth Gallery, Michael Lent, 2005
Antenna, Tollbooth Gallery, Jessica Spring and Kristen Baumlier, 2005
Split, Tollbooth Gallery, Alex Schweder, 2005
Jealous Poche, Tollbooth Gallery, Alex Schweder, 2005
The Valentine’s Day Round-Up Massacre, Tollbooth Gallery, Patrick Rock, 2005
Tollbooth Junction: 11th & Broadway, Tollbooth Gallery, Bridget Irish, 2004
Maps to Radical Imagining, Tollbooth Gallery with Performance, Wynne Greenwood (Tracy + the Plastics), 2004
Perfect Entrance, Tollbooth Gallery, Tim Sullivan, 2004
Rorschach Notions, Tollbooth Gallery, Delta Camshaft Collective, 2004
Rising Up, Tollbooth Gallery, Vanessa Renwick, Donovan Skirvin, and Celebrate People’s History Project, 2004
Stepback, Tollbooth Gallery, Denise Smith, 2004
Seadrift, Texas, Tollbooth Gallery, Bill Daniel, 2004
Don’t Bite the Pavement, Commencement Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, 2002
Curator, Don’t Bite the Pavement (series), 1999-2007
Selected Exhibitions
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA, 2011
Virion 2010, H Block Gallery, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2010
The Surrealist Impulse: New Acquisition from the Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2009
Central Gallery, SUNY Empire State College, Syracuse, New York, USA, 2008
Painting the Spectrum: SASOD Film Festival, Georgetown, Guyana, 2008
Evolutionary Girls, Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo, New York, USA, 2008
Critical Line Invitational, Critical Line, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2007
*Story of Home, Critical Line, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2007
*Story of Home, Urban Installation, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2006
*Reflected Light, Urban Installation, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2006
Artist Talk Series, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2005
Conduit to Contemporary, Americans for the Arts, Austin, Texas, USA, 2005
Artist Trust 2005 Auction, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2005
Presenting the EDGE, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2004
Open Studio, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2004
Brave New Shorts at the Queer Frontier, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2004
Rorschach Notions, Tollbooth Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2004
*Story of Home, Public Installation, Work in Progress Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2004
Cakewalk, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2003
*Some Say She Lost Her Head, Tollbooth Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2003
*Happy Birthday Possession, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2003
Seattle Satellites, Jewel Box Theater, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2003
*Rock n Roll Stole My Boyfriend and Peed My Pants, Kickstand, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2003
Co-dependant Chair, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
What Can You Do With Half, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
19th Annual Olympia Film Festival, Cine-X, Capitol Theater, Olympia, Washington, USA, 2002
Art Born New, SOTA Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
*Please Take Care of My Baby, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
*Making Babies, Don’t Bite the Pavement, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
*Making Babies, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
Don’t Bite the Pavement, Commencement Art Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2002
*Natural Selection, Public Installation, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2001
Vs., Kickstand, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2001
Bent, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2001
*Rock n Roll Stole My Boyfriend and Peed My Pants, Sweet Tooth Gallery, San Diego, California, USA, 2001
Happy Birthday Possession, Brick and Mortar Gallery, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2001
You and Baby Blue, K Records, Olympia, Washington, USA, 2000
In Opposition, Blue Stocking, San Diego, California, USA, 2000
Channeling, Blue Stocking, San Diego, California, USA, 2000
Crotch Rocket, Capitol Theater, Olympia, Washington, USA, 2000
17th Annual Olympia Film Festival, Capitol Theater, Olympia, Washington, USA, 2000
1st Ladyfest, Olympia, Washington, USA, 2000
Happy Birthday Possession, Evergreen Gallery, Olympia, Washington, USA, 2000
Millennium Madness Screening, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 2000
Dancing Goat, Olympia, Washington, USA, 2000
Mudra: Film and Video Shorts, Olympia, Washington, USA, 2000
Imaginary Friend, 412 Gallery, Olympia, Washington, USA, 2000
Love Meters, Public Installation, Olympia, Washington, USA, 2000
Teaching and Lectures
University of Lincoln - School of Art & Design, Lincoln, UK; BA (Hons); Curatorial Methods: Guest Lecturer, Autumn 2010
European Graduate School – Art & Critical Theory, Saas-Fee, Switzerland; Art Unbound, Paul D.Miller aka DJ Spooky
with Mitchell Joachim: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spring 2010
University of Lincoln - School of Media, Humanities, and Technology, Lincoln, UK; MA Digital Imaging & Photography:
Guest Lecturer, Spring 2010
University of Lincoln - School of Architecture, Lincoln, UK; BArch (Hons): Guest Lecturer, Spring 2010
Goddard College – Writing, Plainfield Vermont, USA; The Perfect Detail: Guest Lecturer, Spring 2009
ArtSpace Bufffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA; The Written Image, Spring 2008
University of Washington: Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, USA; Make Your Own Life: Artists in & Out of
Cologne, 2007
Tacoma School of the Arts – Visual Art, Tacoma, Washington, USA; Video Design Basics, 2006-2007
Tacoma School of the Arts – Visual Art, Tacoma, Washington, USA; Directing, Autumn 2006
Tacoma School of the Arts – Visual Art, Tacoma, Washington, USA; Intro to Film & Video, 2006-2007
Tacoma School of the Arts – Visual Art, Tacoma, Washington, USA; Surrealist Inquiry, Spring 2007
University of Washington, Tacoma, Washington, USA; Interdisciplinary Arts: Guest Lecturer, Autumn 2006
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, USA; Artist Lecture Series, 2005
Americans for the Arts - Conference. Austin, Texas, USA; Public Art as a Conduit to Contemporary Art, 2005
Selected Reviews of Exhibitions
Clayton, Alec “3x2” City Arts Magazine. Seattle. Jan 2007
---, “Stupid Rain: Mother Nature Rains on Michael Lent’s Brilliant ‘No Sale’” Weekly Volcano. Tacoma, Washington. 3
Nov 2005
---, “Critical Line: Tacoma’s New Gallery Opens with ‘Found Space’” Weekly Volcano. Tacoma, Washington. 27 Apr
2004
---, “Underground Rumblings” Weekly Volcano. Tacoma, Washington. 28 Apr 2004
---, “Creative View” Weekly Volcano. Tacoma, Washington. 2 Jul 2004
Driscoll, Matt “A Video Visionary” Weekly Volcano. Tacoma, Washington. 17 Nov 2004
Dunkelberger, Steve “24-hour Lent: Art Man About T-town” Weekly Volcano. Tacoma, Washington. 18 Apr 2005
Engeleson, Andrew “Reviews: Tollbooth” Seattle Weekly. Seattle. 30 Jun 2004, et al.
Graves, Jennifer “Art in Tacoma’s Present Links Past with Uncertain Future” The News Tribune. Tacoma,
Washington. 2 Jan 2005
---, “Critical Line (With a Nod Towards Mass)” The Stranger: SLOG. Seattle.11 May 2006
---, “Three of a Kind” The News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. 12 Nov 2004
---, “The Tollbooth Beckons for Thee” The News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. 6 Mar 2005
---, “On Top of the Underground” The News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington. 12 Mar 2004
Hackett, Regina “Mind-Expanding Art Packed Into Cramped Quarters at Tollbooth” The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Seattle. 2 Jul 2004
---, “Reviews: Tollbooth” The Organ Review of Arts. Portland, Oregon. Mar/Apr 2004
Hall, Emily “Reviews: Tollbooth” The Stranger. Seattle. 17 Nov 2004, et al.
Kavage, Sara “Creative Class: Yes, it is About the Artists: The Tacoma Story” The Next American City. New York.
Jan 2005
Lippens, Nate “Reviews: Tollbooth” The Stranger. Seattle. 27 Jan 2005, et al.
---, “Toby Room” The Stranger: SLOG. Seattle. 20 Jul 2005
Lamoza, Chris “Society of the Spectacle: Tollbooth Gallery Redefines the Monument” The Internationalist Magazine.
Fall 2004
Meade, Fionn “Fall Preview” Artist Trust Journal. Seattle. Summer 2004
Peper, Staci “New gallery proves critical to new media scene” Tacoma Weekly. Tacoma, Washington. 18 May 2006
Ponnekanti, Rosemary “That Aroma from Tacoma? It’s the Smell of Artistic Success” Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Seattle. 12 May 2006
Stump, Suzy “Tollbooth” Weekly Volcano. Tacoma, Washington. 10 Jun 2004
Wagonfeld, Judy “Tacoma: The Dynamics of Temporary” Public Art Review. St. Paul, Minnesota. Spr/Sum 2005.
Honours, Awards, and Residencies
Writers Fellowship at Atlantic Center for the Arts, 2008
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA: Tollbooth Gallery project included in curriculum, 2007
Awarded Tacoma Artist Individual Project Grant, 2006
Amocat Arts Genius Award – Individual Innovators, 2005
Certificate, EDGE Programme, Artist Trust, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2005
Google.com Grant recipient, 2005 - 2009
Washington State Arts Commission Project Support Grant, 2005 - 2006
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Grant, 2004 - 2006
City of Tacoma Arts Project Grant, 2004 - 2007
Workshop with MacArthur Fellow: Lee Breuer, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, 1998
Yearlong academic residency at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, 1997-1998