JESSICA LOU SHIELDS
FIBER ARTIST + FASHION DESIGNER
OWNER OF UPCYCLED HIPPIE
EVER SINCE I WAS LITTLE I'VE HAD A THING FOR FASHION. AS I GREW OLDER I FOUND A WAY TO MAKE IT INTO A CAREER, WHILE DISCOVERING OTHER PASSIONS TO INTEGRATE AS WELL; SUCH AS FIBER ART AND INTERIOR DESIGN. THROUGHOUT ALL MY EXPLORATIONS ONE THING HAS ALWAYS REMAINED THE SAME; MY LOVE FOR COLOR AND PATTERN.
EDUCATION
2019 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS; FIBER AND FASHION DESIGN, FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY
2017 ASSOCIATE OF ARTS, BAY COLLEGE
COLLABORATIONS
OTTO STUDIO / UPPER HAND BREWERY / A PAIR OF PANTS / VERIZON WIRELESS / BONIFAS ARTS CENTER / BAY COLLEGE
EXHIBITIONS
2023,2020 FABRICATIONS: UP FIBER ART, BONIFAS ARTS CENTER | ESCANABA, MI
2022,2020 FINLANDIA ALUMNI EXHIBITION, FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY GALLERY | HANCOCK, MI
2022,21,20 NORTHERN EXPOSURE EXHIBITION, BONIFAS ARTS CENTER | ESCANABA, MI
2019 SOLO EXHIBITION; WELCOME TO THE ENTANGLEMENT, HARTWIG GALLERY | ESCANABA, MI
2019 BFA DIPLOMA WORKS EXHIBITION, FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY GALLERY | HANCOCK, MI
2019 THE BILL SHOW, REFLECTIONS GALLERY | HANCOCK, MI
2019,2018 JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION, FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY GALLERY | HANCOCK, MI
2018 CRYING BEGINS AT 6, REFLECTIONS GALLERY | HANCOCK, MI
2018 SUMMER STUDENT EXHIBITION, REFLECTIONS GALLERY | HANCOCK, MI
2017 SOFT SCULPTURE STUDENT ART SHOW, HARTWIG GALLERY | ESCANABA, MI
2017,2016 STUDENT ART SHOW, BESSE GALLERY | ESCANABA, MI
AWARDS
2021 ARTS NETWORKING AWARD RECEIVED FROM BONIFAS ARTS CENTER
2019,18,17 GRANT RECEIVED FROM BARBARA L. KUHLMAN FOUNDATION, INC
2018 BEST IN SHOW AT FINLANDIA UNIVERSITY JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION
2017 SCHOLARSHIP RECEIVED FROM DAVE AND ELSA BRULE
2017 FIRST POLACE RECIPIENT AT BAY COLLEGE STUDENT ART SHOW