Biography
Jeffrey Nowlin is an artist, a maker and educator. He received his BFA in Sculpture from Boston University in 2010, which included painting, printmaking, ceramics and collage.
He earned his MFA in 3D at Massachusetts College of Fine Art and Design. He currently resides in Boston, where he actively exhibits work. He has volunteered in the local arts community. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Piano Craft Gallery, and is an associate member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery and Kingston Gallery.
He is a Lecturer in Art at Boston University and Visiting Lecturer in Art Education and Humanities at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He also works as Gallery Coordinator for the Arnheim Gallery.
Jeffrey Nowlin comes from central Connecticut. His studies in art began early when he was encouraged to paint, draw and read. He first used oil paint while still in high school. He began sewing in childhood, a skill that he has employed into the present. Jeffrey Nowlin has expanded his artistic practice, investigating the form of the body, traumatic experience and personal narrative in his sculptures. He utilizes reclaimed clothing and conscripted objects in his work to ground the viewer with a sense of the body and subjective perception in the everyday.
He earned his MFA in 3D at Massachusetts College of Fine Art and Design. He currently resides in Boston, where he actively exhibits work. He has volunteered in the local arts community. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Piano Craft Gallery, and is an associate member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery and Kingston Gallery.
He is a Lecturer in Art at Boston University and Visiting Lecturer in Art Education and Humanities at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He also works as Gallery Coordinator for the Arnheim Gallery.
Jeffrey Nowlin comes from central Connecticut. His studies in art began early when he was encouraged to paint, draw and read. He first used oil paint while still in high school. He began sewing in childhood, a skill that he has employed into the present. Jeffrey Nowlin has expanded his artistic practice, investigating the form of the body, traumatic experience and personal narrative in his sculptures. He utilizes reclaimed clothing and conscripted objects in his work to ground the viewer with a sense of the body and subjective perception in the everyday.
Artist CV
Education
2019 MFA 3D, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2010 Boston University College of Fine Arts magna cum laude BFA
Professional Experience
2024-2025 Table of Voices in coordination with Witnessing Humanity, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2024-Present Adjunct Faculty, Humanities Department, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2023-Present Faculty, Visual Arts Summer Institute, Boston University
2020-Present Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Art Education Program Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2020-Present Part-Time Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, Boston University College of Fine Arts
2020-2022 Assistant Professor, MFA-BLR Grad Program, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2020 Adjunct Faculty, 2D Painting Massachusetts College of Art and Design SP Semester
2019 Faculty Research Assistant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design Art Ed. Department
2016-2018 Teaching Assistant Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Curatorial Experience
2025 Orange Line: Connecting Communities North to South, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA
2024 Meet Me There, Low Residency Thesis Exhibition, MassArt x SoWa, Boston MA
2023 Inspiring Change for the Climate Crisis: The Non Human is Pushing Back, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA
Recognition
2019 Nominee St. Botolph’s Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award
2019 Nominee, International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement
2016-2019 Recipient, Graduate Dean Scholarship, Mass. College of Art and Design
Residencies
2019 Gallery 263 Summer Residency Program Cambridge, MA
Volunteer Work
2019 Graduate Council Member, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2015 Oak Grove Improvement Association Volunteer
2015 Inc., Olmstead House Dorchester, MA 02124 Arts and Crafts Director
2015 Riverside Gallery, Cambridge, MA 02138 Community Arts Director
Group Exhibitions
2025 Orange Line: Connecting Communities North to South
2025 Ravel, Associate Member Exhibition, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston MA
2024 Everything Leaves a Mark, Associate Members Exhibition, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
2024 LexArt: Reimagining Our World: Rejected Materials Reinvented, i3C @ LexArt, Lexington MA
2024 Confluence, Associate Member’s Group Exhibition, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston MA
2023 Climate Change: Conversations On A Global Crisis, i3C @ the Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge MA
2023 Reflect Piano Craft Gallery Resident and Director Group Show, Boston MA
2023 Catch and Release, Gallery 1832 @ LabCentral, Inc., Cambridge MA
2023 Metamorphosis: Artistic Visions for a Resilient Planet, Scollay Sq. Gallery, Boston City Hall, Boston MA
2023 Inspiring Change for the Climate Crisis: The Non Human is Pushing Back, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston MA
2024 Everything Leaves a Mark, Associate Members Exhibition, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
2023 Catch & Release, Group Exhibition Gallery 1832 @LabCentral, Cambridge MA
2023 Grey Areas, Associate Members Exhibition, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
2023 Inspiring Change for the Climate Crisis, CAA @ Canal, Cambridge MA
2023 Inspiring Change for the Climate Crisis , Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville MA
2023 Stirring + Layering, Associate Member’s Group Exhibition, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston MA
2023 Inspiring Change for the Climate Crisis, Belmont Art Gallery, Belmont MA
2022 Earth Anthem: A Eulogy, PEG Center for Art & Activism, Newbury Port, MA
2022 Inspiring Change for the Climate Crisis, UVA Gallery at the Arthaus, Boston MA
2022 Little Splinters, 2022 Alumni Exhibition, MassArt x SoWa, Boston MA
2022 shape_shifting_support_systems, Praise Shadows Gallery, Brookline MA
2022 Build and Lay Bare, Associate Member’s Group Exhibition, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston MA
2021 Small Wonders: PCG 45th Annual Resident and Board Member Show, Boston MA
2021 Meditations on Climate Crisis Inspiring Change, Honey Jones Gallery, Cambridge MA
2021 Yeah, I’m Doing Great, 2021 Juried Alumni Exhibition, MassArt x SoWa, Boston MA
2021 Marking Lives of COVID-19, The Broad Institute of MIT, Cambridge MA
2021 Becoming Inaugural Associate Members’ Group Exhibition, Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston MA
2019 Caminos por/Paths through Cuba, Student Life Gallery at Mass. College of Art and Design, Boston MA
2019 Gallery 263 Summer Residency Showcase, Cambridge, MA
2019 MASSART Masters Boston Sculptors Gallery, Boston, MA
2019 Re: figuring the Body Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition MassArt at MassMoCA, North Adams, MA
2019 Boston Key Party Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown, MA
2019 The Theresa Show: Fiber Arts Exhibit and Silent Auction The Harriet Tubman Gallery Boston, MA
2019 Restor(ed): Art about Sustainability, Student Exhibition North Crackatorium Gallery Mass. College of Art and Design
2018 Prints, Patterns and Textures, Student Exhibition North Crackatorium Gallery Mass. College of Art and Design
2018 Year 2, MFA Candidate Exhibition, Doran Gallery at Mass. College of Art and Design,
2017 Dark Matter, Student Exhibition, Student Life Gallery at Mass. College of Art and Design
2017 Resuscitation QTPOC Visual and Performance Art Event, Industry Lab Cambridge, MA
2017 The Theresa Show: Fiber Arts Exhibit and Silent Auction The Harriet Tubman Gallery Boston, MA
2016 Always Incomplete, MFA Sculpture Exhibition, Doran Gallery at Mass. College of Art and Design 2016 Shots Fired! Exhibition, Mass. College of Art and Design
2016 Flora+Fauna Exhibition, Riverside Gallery Cambridge, MA
2015 Eco Art Exhibition at Boston City Hall Boston, MA
2015 The Spring Exhibition at Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown, MA
2015 The Theresa Show: Fiber Arts Exhibit and Silent Auction The Harriet Tubman Gallery Boston, MA
2015 African American Artists Passions for a Lifetime Exhibition, Riverside Gallery Cambridge, MA
2014 Convergence Boston University Alumni Show 808 Gallery Boston, MA
2014 Ceramics En Masse BHCC Gallery Boston, MA September 2014
2013 Allston Arts District 119 Braintree Street Allston, MA
2013 Out of the Blue Gallery, Central Sq. Cambridge, MA
2010 Boston University Senior Thesis Show, Boston, MA May
Publications
May 30, 2024, BU Today, Boston University https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/cfa-class-makes-wearable-cardboard-sculptures/?utm_campaign=bu_today&utm_source=email_20240530&utm_medium=intrograph&utm_content=student
January 2023, Art, Craft + Identity MassArt MFA January Colloquium Discussion Panelist
July 2022, Mutual Art https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Inspiring-Change-for-the-Climate-Crisis/A35B7FCD9C80074B
August 2021, Hoodgrown Aesthetics Podcast Ep. 111 We Always Be Prideful
August 20, 2019 Meet the Residents Series Gallery 263 http://www.gallery263.com/jeffreynowlin/
April 2019 Hyperallergic Magazine, Massachusetts College of Art and Design https://hyperallergic.com/496076/massachusetts-college-art-design-takes-2019-mfa-thesis-exhibition-mass-moca/
2015-2016 Infinite Scroll, Vol. IV Zine,
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