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— Studio Artists: 2007

Jessica Ann Peavy

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EDUCATION

2000-2004
BFA, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, Film and Television

2004-2006
MFA, School of Visual Arts, Photography, Video, and Related Media

RESIDENCIES

2007
Smack Mellon artist residency and fellowship

EXHIBITIONS

2007 
Brooklyn Arts Council Film/video Festival, NY 
‘Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses’ Brooklyn Arts Council & Brooklyn Museum, NY 
Tribeca Film Festival Art Awards, NY 
‘United Black Girls’ Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY

2006 
‘Neubees’ The Rider Project, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY 
‘Pay to Play’ Black Floor Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 
‘The Early Work,’ SVA MFA thesis exhibition, New York, NY

2005 
International Black Media Festival, London 
Scholastic Outreach Programs, New York 
‘Look at Me: The Invisible Icon’ Grace Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2004 
Cinewomen NY, Donnell Media Center, NY 
African American Women in Cinema Film Festival, NY 
Cinema Urbano Screen, Anthology Film Archives, NY

2003 
CUNY Graduate Center, Center of Communication, NY Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles

AWARDS/GRANTS

2007
BAC Women of the African Descent Film Festival Jury Award- Best Film 

2005
Aaron Siskind Grant

2004
Warner Bros. Pictures Film Production Grant

LECTURES AND ARTIST TALKS

2007
Rush Arts Gallery, UBG exhibition artist talk 

2005
Scholastic Inc. Community Outreach 

2003
CUNY Graduate Center ‘Women Call the Shots’

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