Jeanette Andrews
CV
New York, NY & Chicago, IL
b. 1990
SELECTED SOLO PUBLIC, AUDIO and SCULPTURE WORKS
PUBLIC AUDIO ART
2020 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, “Invisible Museums of the Unseen.” Citywide public GPS-activated site-specific audio art.
Commissioned for the Long Dream exhibition. Chicago, IL
2020 - Jeanette Andrews Studio, digital, “Magic by Telephone.” via 1-855-BY-MAGIC.
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE / BOTANY
2018 - Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events - City of Chicago with Neighborspace, “Impossible Gardens,” Citywide, Chicago IL
SCULPTURE / PERFORMANCE HYBRID
2019 - Elmhurst Art Museum, “Bottling the Impossible,” Elmhurst, IL
2019 - High Concept Laboratories, “Bottling the Impossible,” Chicago IL
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
SOLO
2019 - Cooper Hewitt, The Smithsonian’s National Design Museum, “Designing the Impossible,” Hybrid performance / workshop, onsite at Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
2019 - ACE Hotel’s Liberty Hall, “Invisible Apples,” New York, NY
2019 - International Museum of Surgical Science, “Dopamine,” Chicago, IL
2019 - Mayslake Peabody Estate, “Impossible Apples,” Oak Brook, IL
2018 - EXPO Chicago After Hours - Hofheimer Gallery, “Invisible Apples,” Chicago, IL
2018 - International Museum of Surgical Science, “An (impossible) apple a day,” Chicago, IL
2018 - Pleasant Home Museum, Oak Park, IL
2018 - Damn Joan, “The Trick” Commissioned interactive virtual work for Deceit edition, Produced in Brooklyn, NY, hostesd online
2017 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, “Invisible Roses,” Chicago, IL (Commissioned work for the MCA’s 50th Anniversary)
2017 - MANA Contemporary Chicago, “Impossible Gardens” Chicago, IL (Site-specific Work)
2017 - Chicago Ideas Week, “Invisible Roses,” Chicago, IL
2017 - International Museum of Surgical Science, “Hyperception,” Chicago, IL
2017 - The Institute for Art and Olfaction, Artist-in-Residence, “Thornapple: Exploring Magic via Scent,” Los Angeles, CA
2017 - Mayslake Peabody Estate, “Thresholds: Illusions for the Senses & the Mind,” Oak Brook, IL
2016 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, “Thresholds: Illusions for the Senses & the Mind,” Chicago, IL
2016 - Pleasant Home Museum, “(in)visible,” Oak Park, IL
2015 - Pleasant Home Museum, “Thresholds: Illusions for the Senses & the Mind,” Oak Park, IL
GROUP
2021 - American Repertory Theater, Harvard. “Conjuror’s Club” Online.
2019 - Norfolk & Norwich Festival, “A magical fluxus game,” Norwich, England
2018 - Weinberg-Newton Gallery, Remembrance / Resistance (“Generations of Magicians Share a Secret...”) Chicago, IL
2017 - Birmingham Museum of Art, Art on the Rocks (“The Right Time, The Right Space, X Marks the Spot”) Birmingham, AL
2017, 2016 - High Concept Laboratories, Various group shows, Chicago, IL
2016 - Birmingham Museum of Art, Art on the Rocks (Site-specific Work: “Olfactory Recipes”) Birmingham, AL
2016 - Chicago Loop Alliance, Activate (“Olfactory Recipes”) Chicago, IL
2013 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, First Friday (“Photosynthesis Reexamined”) Chicago, IL
SELECTED SPEAKING AND LECTURES
2021 - Illinois Science Council “Magic & Psychology: How Do We Know?”
2021 - University of Chicago’s Center for Leadership & Involvement “Designing the Impossible,” Online.
2020 - Illinois Science Council “The Science of Magic.” (Postponed)
2020 - Lincoln Park Zoo “Amazing Human and Animal Senses” Adult education webinar.
2020 - Arlington Heights Memorial Library, “Coffee Chat: Science & Magic with Neuroscientist Prof. Stephen Macknik”
2019 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, “In Progress.” Artist talk
2019 – University of Pittsburgh, “Artist talk,” Online
2019 – Chicago Ideas Week “Designing the Impossible,” Chicago, IL
2019 - Science of Magic Association Conference, “Fantasy based on fact: Using the scientific method to design effective magic “Chicago, IL
2019 – International Awesome Summit, “Artist Talk,” Chicago IL
2018 – Carthage College, “Studio Visit and Artist Talk,” Cognitive Science of Magic course. Chicago, IL
2012 – Northwestern University, “Panel Discussion” for Magic and Medicine Course, Chicago, IL
2012 – Cusp Conference, “Impossible Maker,” Chicago, IL
2009 – Theory & Art of Magic Conference, Mullenburg College, “Sartre’s Theory of the Imagination and the Unreality of Magic,” Allentown, PA
FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, AFFILIATIONS & GRANTS
2021 - Harvard metaLab Affiliate
2020 - NYC ACE Hotel, Artist-in-Residence, New York, NY (Postponed)
2020 - Arlington Heights Memorial Library Artist & Research Residency, Arlington Heights, IL
2018 – Illinois Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant
2017 – The Institute for Art and Olfaction, Artist-in-Residence, Los Angeles, CA
2017, 2016 – The City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Individual Artist Grant
2016 – High Concept Labs Sponsored Artist, Chicago, IL
2015 – Awesome Chicago Foundation Grant, Chicago Chapter
2014 – Escape to Create Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Seaside, FL
PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
Print & Digital Media Featuring Andrews’ Work
2021, 2020, 2019, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 1999 - The Chicago Tribune
2021, 2020, 2019, 2016 - Chicago Reader (2016, Cover Story)
2020 - New York Times
2020 - Colossal (Chicago e-news)
2020, 2019, 2019 - Chicago Magazine
2020 - AV Club
2020, 2020, 2019, 2014, 2013, 2005 - The Daily Herald (2019 Cover Story)
2020, 2019, 2017, 2016 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, MCA DNA, Online
2020 - Rebellious Magazine
2020 - USA Today (Sponsored by MCA Chicago)
2019 - The Cut (from New York Magazine)
2019 - Yahoo News
2019 - Magische Welt, Germany (International Magazine, Cover Story)
2019 - Genii Magazine, International Publication
2018, 2016 - NewCity, (2018 Best of Chicago Award)
2018 - Rainbowed Arts Digital Magazine
2018 - ArteFake, France
2018 - Orland Park Prairie (Cover Story)
2017, 2016 - Chicago Ideas Week Online
2016 - PBS, Chicago Tonight, Online
2015, 2008 - MAGIC Magazine, International Publication
Television & Radio
2019 - WCIU-TV, Morning News, Interview
2018 - Magical Thinking Podcast Interview
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 – NBC affiliate WJGH-TV, Panama City Beach News
2016, 2012, 2007,1997 – WGN-TV Morning News
2012 – NPR Chicago affiliate Vocalo – 89.5 FM
2010, 2009 – Chicagoing – ABC-7 TV Chicago