ABOUT THE ARTIST

Jacqueline Pichardo was born in 1989 in the visually saturated city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Using her hometown as inspiration, she uses a combination of pastel, charcoal, and watercolor on paper to create lush portraits of women weaved to specific narratives.  In 2012, Pichardo received a B.F.A. in painting at Indianapolis’ Herron School of Art and Design while working as a gallery attendant for the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA), and writing the narrative that accompanies her visual work at www.whatimustdo.tumblr.com

She currently prowls the Strip, somewhere deep in the Las Vegas night. 

EDUCATION
2007-2009 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 
2009-2012 Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis BFA

EXHIBITIONS HISTORY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 “PLEASE DON’T GET BORED OF ME,” Indy Indy Artist Colony, Indianapolis, IN
2010 “Ephemeral Pleasures” Big Car Gallery, Indianapolis IN. (Curated by Shauta Marsh)
2010 “What I Must Do: An Exploration of Ephemeral Pleasures” The Funk House, Las Vegas NV.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 “Herencia” Two Thirds Studio and Service Center, Indianapolis, IN
2012 “Chimaeras Attic,” Primary Colors Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2012 “The Reject Show” Indy Indie Artist Colony, Indianapolis IN
2011 “Works of Hope and Healing” Marsh Gallery, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis IN
2011 “Bodies of Waters” iMOCA and Big Car Gallery, Indianapolis IN (curated by Shauta Marsh)
2011 “Campus Center” Cultural Arts Gallery, IUPUI, Indianapolis IN
2011 “Beyond The Mark” Marsh Gallery, Herron School of Art and Design Indianapolis IN (Curated by Vance Farrow and Anila Agha)
2010 “The Chicken Show,” Benjamin Franklin Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
2010 “Indiana Black Expo” Indianapolis Cultural Arts Pavillion, Indianapolis IN
2009 “UNLV Vagus Nerve Show,” Vagus Nerve Gallery, Las Vegas, NV 
2008 “UNLV Graphic Design Juried Exhibition,”  UNLV Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas NV

AWARDS
2011 Mari Evans-Zora Neale Hurston Award
2010 Big Car Emerging Artist Scholarship
2010 Sam Fulton/Indianapolis Museum of Art Scholarship
2009-2012 Top Herron Out of State Scholarship 
2009-2011 Outstanding IUPUI Transfer Scholarship
2007-2009 Nevada Millennium Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS and PRESS
2012 im|material at Herron (Curated by Rita C. Organ)
2010 Sherman, Chi “The Women Who Leave Me Wondering: Jacqueline Pichardo’s Ephemeral Pleasures” NUVO  Newsweekly November 10th
2010 Grossman, Dan “Review: Ephemeral Pleasures: Paintings by Jacqueline Pichardo” NUVO Newsweekly November 8th pg 13
2010 “Las Vegas City Life” pg 49
2010 “The 18b Arts District Guide” Las Vegas Woman Magazine Fall 2009 pg 20
2009 “The Vagus Nerve, Fine Art and Literary Journal, Spring 2009” pg 72

Private Collections 

The Gypsy Den Boutique, Las Vegas