Jesse Blumenthal

Solo Exhibitions
2013 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2006 2006

PO Box 1102 Crested Butte CO JMBlumenthal@gmail.com 603-380-6496

More (Never Enough) Piper Gallery Crested Butte Center for the Arts CO Jive-Free Visuals Piper Gallery Crested Butte Center for the Arts Crested Butte CO Stupid Fresh Dopeness Corduroy Portland ME Stupid Dope Freshness DockFore Portland ME Holiday Window Susan Maasch Fine Art Portland ME Old Man Winter/Ice Lounge Crested Butte Mountain Resort Crested Butte CO Winter is Overrated Herter Auditorium Amherst MA Overspray Munson Annex Amherst MA

Group Exhibitions
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2006 2005 2004 2003

Recent Work Piper Gallery Crested Butte Center for the Arts CO Pop-Up Show Salem Art Works Salem NY Arts and Artists Celebration Franconia Sculpture Park Franconia MN Winter Blues Alpenglow Gallery Crested Butte CO Featured Sculptor Paragon Gallery Crested Butte CO Anniversary Show Two Point Gallery Portland ME Free For All 2 Space Gallery Portland ME ROC Arts One Longfellow Square Portland ME Junior/Senior Awards Show Herter Gallery Amherst MA Heavy:Light Durfee Conservatory Amherst MA Graduation Show Warren G Flowers Gallery Montreal QC Canada Student Union Art Show Upper Atrium Dawson College Montreal QC Canada

Public Work
2013 2012 2012 2011 2007 2006

Stevens Point Sculpture Park Stevens Point WI Crested Butte Arts Festival Bridges Project Crested Butte CO Franconia Sculpture Park Franconia MN USA Pro Cycling Tour Crested Butte CO Rye Airfield Rye NH University of Massachusetts at Amherst Baker Residence Hall Amherst MA

Professional Experience
2012-Present Curator Mountain Roots Sculpture Gardens Crested Butte CO Founder and Curator of a public exhibition space in cooperation with a food non-profit 2008-Present Blacksmith/Welder Blackstar Ironworks Crested Butte CO Design, fabrication, and installation of ornamental and structural steel work for principally architectural applications in often delicate environments; Specialization in signature aesthetic development; MIG/ARC welding

2007-2012 Terrain Park Foreman/ Welder CBMR Crested Butte CO Involved in every aspect of terrain park construction, design, and management at Crested Butte Mountain Resort; MIG/ARC welding; Heavy equipment operation 2010-2011 Art Instructor/Retail The Studio Art School Crested Butte CO Courses offered in drawing, painting, and sculpture; Kiln operation; Paint your own pottery retail space; Shared studio space management 2010

Artist Assistant Willam Pope. L Lewiston-Auburn ME

Art Handling; Studio Assistance

2009-2010 Intern Space Gallery Portland ME Multi-Purpose Venue Supervision; Artist Assistant (Swoon, Bill Daniel); Non-profit specializing in alternative work 2009-2010 Intern Susan Maasch Fine Art Portland ME Assistant to Sculpture Curator; Emerging Art Curator; Graphic Design; Specialization in late career and master work

Education
2011/ 2009 2007 2006 2004

New England School of Metalwork Auburn ME

Iron Casting with Green Foundry; Forging Botanical Forms University of Canterbury Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand Pacific Studies; Aboriginal Art History University of Massachusetts at Amherst Amherst MA BFA, Sculpture; Minor, Art History; Cum Laude; Welding Shop Monitor Dawson College Montreal QC Canada Diplome dEducation Collegial, Fine Arts

Grants/Residencies
2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2006 2005/ 2006

Visiting Artist Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction CO; Iron Pour

Blacksmithing Shop Technician Salem Art Works

Salem NY; Emerging Artist Fellowship Visiting Artist Colorado Mesa University Grand Junction CO; Bronze Pour Hot Metal Artist Fellowship Franconia Sculpture Park Franconia MN; Community Collaboration Iron Pour Visiting Artist St Catherines University St Paul MN; Iron Pour MARBLE/marble The Marble Institute Marble CO; Emerging Sculptor Scholarship Intern Artist Fellowship Franconia Sculpture Park Franconia MN; Large-scale public sculpture Chancellors Talent Award UMass Amherst Faculty awarded; Talent based; Full in-state scholarship

UMass Arts Council Grant

Awarded to finance sculpture performance