JACKIE SACCOCCIO
Born 1963 in Providence, RI; lives and works in Connecticut
EDUCATION
1988 Master of Fine Arts in Painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
1985 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
GRANTS/AWARDS
2017 Civitella Ranieri Fellowship
2016 Brooke and Hap Stein Prize, MOCA Jacksonville
2015 Artadia NADA Award, New York
2004–05 Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2004 Artist Residency, Claude Monet Foundation/Art Production Fund, Giverny,
France
2000–01 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Grant
1990–91 Fulbright-Hays Foundation Grant/Miguel Vinciguerra Award, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Knife Edge, The Club Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Femme Brut, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY
Femme Brut, Chart, in conjunction with Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY
2019
Tennis Elbow, The Journal, New York, NY
Art021 Solo booth, The Club, Shanghai
2018
Unbearable Lightness, The Club, Tokyo
ADAA solo booth, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY
2017
Spectral Hole, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Apocalypse Confetti and Other Sharp Objects, 11R, New York, NY
2015
Degree of Tilt, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
Degree of Tilt, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY
Echo, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL
Eleven Rivington, Solo booth, Art Brussels, Belgium
2014
Jackie Saccoccio, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
Portraits, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Portrait Gallery, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Villa Croce, Genova, Italy,
curated by Ilaria Bonacossa
2013
Portraits, Corbett v. Dempsey, Chicago, IL project
Polychrome Fiction: Joanne Greenbaum and Jackie Saccoccio, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, KS
2012
Portraits, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
Paintings: Jackie Saccoccio, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2010
One to One, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
The Shades: Jeffrey Gibson / Jackie Saccoccio, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2008
Interrupted Grid, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
Wall Intervention, Beatrice Room, RISD Gallery, Rome, Italy
2006
In Transparency, Black & White Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Portage, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany
Bowery Poetry Club, curated by Elizabeth Murray, New York, NY
2001
White Room, White Columns, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Take Five, Philip Slein Gallery, Saint Louis, MO
2019
Chroma, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY
Yellow, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
A Very Secret Army, curated by Paul Whiting. Wild Palms, Dusseldorf, Germany,
Pulled In Brooklyn, curated by Roberta Waddell and Samantha Rippner, IPCNY, New York, NY
Painting the Picture: Works from the Permanent Collection, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Notebook, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York, NY
2018
Take Up Space, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
Spectrum, Thomas Cole Historical Site, NY
Surface Work, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Bonnard and His Influence of Contemporary Artists, Jill Newhouse Gallery
Invitational, National Academy of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
Call & Response, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2017
Evolution of Mark-Making, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
The Spirit of Abstraction, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
A Space for Thought, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Now Here Is Nowhere, curated by Christian Caliandro in collaboration with the American Academy in Rome, Italian Cultural Institute, New York, NY
A Dazzling Decade, curated by Bruce Hartman, Nerman Museum of Contemporary, Kansas City, KS
Art Post-Election, September Gallery, Hudson, NY
CarlJackieMichelleSteve, Helen Anrather Gallery, New York, NY
What Are We Gonna Paint?, curated by Paola Clerico, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016
MCA DNA: RIOT GRRLS Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Thinking Small, curated by Jim Schmidt, Philip Slein Gallery, St Louis, MO
So I Turned Myself to Face Myself, group exhibition at Marlborough Contemporary, London
What Are We Gonna Paint?, group exhibition curated by Paola Clerico, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
Confronting the Canvas: Women of Abstraction curated by Jaime DeSimone, MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
2015
Abstraction: A Visual Language, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Pretty Raw: After and Around Helen Frankenthaler, curated by Katy Siegel, Rose
Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2014
Now-ism, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
Abstract America, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
This One’s Optimistic: Pincushion, curated by Cary Smith, New Britain Museum,
New Britain, CT
Moira Dryer Project, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
Tom McGrath, Santi Moix, Jackie Saccoccio, Lucien Terras Inc., New York, NY
2013
Let’s Get Physical, Verdana 244, Brooklyn, NY
The Idea of Realism, curated by Christian Caliandro and Carl D'Alvia, American
Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
Pour, curated by Elisabeth Condon and Carol Prusa, Schmidt Gallery at Florida
Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2012
Hue & Cry, curated by Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld, Sotheby's S2, New York, NY
Rockslide Sky, curated by Carleen Sheehan, Fordham University at Lincoln
Center Gallery, New York, NY
Dedicated To You But You Weren’t Listening, Corbett v Dempsey, Chicago Art
Expo, Chicago, IL
Open Windows (with Keltie Ferris, Jackie Saccoccio, Billy Sullivan, and Alexi
Worth), curated by Carroll Dunham, Addison Museum of Art, Andover, MA
Permanent Collection, curated by Edward del Rosario and Jordan Isip, Nancy
Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Keltie Ferris, Andrew Gbur, Jackie Saccoccio, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY
L’AUR’AMARA, curated by Bustos Domenech, Generale en Manufacture, Paris,
France; Centro Ricerche Accademia di Brera ex Chisea, Milan, Italy
A Painting Show, curated by Laura Raicovich, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New
York, NY
Snowclones, curated by Benjamin King and Rob Nadeau, ArtBlog, New
York, NY
Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2010
L’AUR’AMARA, curated by Bustos Domenech, Gallery MC, New York, NY
Girls Just Want to Have Funds, benefit exhibition organized by Rema Hort Mann
Foundation, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
Collision, organized by Jackie Saccoccio, RISD Museum, Providence, RI
Lush Life, curated by Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-Chahoud, various LES
galleries, New York, NY
zonaMACO, curated by Nicole Cherubini for Samson Projects, Mexico City,
2009
New Prints, curated by Polly Apfelbaum, ICPNY, New York, NY
Hand in Hand, curated by Michael Zahn, Non-Objectif Sud (NOS), La
Barralière, Tulette, France
2008
Blue Balls, in collaboration with Art Production Fund APF Lab, New York, NY
It’s Gouache and Gouache Only, curated by Geoffrey Young, Jeff Bailey Gallery
and Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
ART L.A., Eleven Rivington, Santa Monica Convention Center, Santa Monica,
CA
2007
Genesis I’m Sorry, Josh Smith segment, Greene Naftali, New York, NY
NADA Fair, Eleven Rivington, Ice Palace Studios, Miami, FL
2006
The Sanctuary and The Scrum, curated by David Hunt, Black & White Gallery,
New York, NY
Palpable Painting, Ramapo College, Ramapo, NJ
Painting Faculty: Past and Present, Woods Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of
Design, Providence, RI
2005
Open, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
Spazi Aperti, Romanian Academy, Rome, Italy
Biagiotti Progetto Arte, Florence, Italy
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
2004
Colored Pencil, KSArt, New York, NY
2003
Hands Up Baby, Hands Up, Oldenberger Kunstverein, Oldenberg, Germany
2000
00, Barbara Gladstone Gallery New York, NY
Funny Girls: Sara Kane, Jackie Saccoccio and Rachel Urkowitz, Galerie Michael
Neff, Frankfurt, Germany
Painting: Sara Kane, Jackie Saccoccio, Rachel Urkowitz, Thomas Erben Gallery
New York, NY
1999
Immediacies of the Hand: Abstract Painting in New York, Hunter College, New
York, NY
1998
Inaugural Exhibition, Tate, New York, NY
1996
Can We Talk? / Mind the Gap, curated by Laura Stein and Dike Blair, Basilico
Fine Arts, New York, NY
The Baseball Show, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY
1994
S.I.B.: Swelling Itching Brain, curated by Michael Bevilaqua, Satellite, New York,
NY
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2020
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2013
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2012
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SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA
Dakis Joannou Collection, Greece
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
MOCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, KS
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, Ohio
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, RI
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
University of Chicago Booth Art Collection, Chicago, IL