EDUCATION:
1988 MFA, Medical Illustration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1976 MFA, Painting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1973 BA, Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2021 Day By Day, Aquarium Gallery, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2020 Paintings in Gouache, Taubman Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2019. Recent Works in Gouache, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2017 Possession, University of Michigan Institute for Humanities, Ann Arbor, MI
2017 Possessed, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
2014 Defying Ordinary, Art Space Vincennes, Vincennes, IN
2010 Thank You For Shopping Here, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
2009 In Praise of Physical Labor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2008 Pastels on Paper: Recent Work, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
2007 Machine and Tool Portraits, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI
2005 The Mechanical World, River Gallery, Chelsea, MI
2004 From the Scientific to the Subjective, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI
2001 Medicine into Art, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021 Pattern, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Small Works, JAG Gallery, Key West, FL
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2020 Steep, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
2019 Michigan Now, Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI
Odds and Ends, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Contemporary, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
All Media Exhibit, Detroit Artists Market Gallery, Detroit, MI
Visiting Artist, WSG Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2018 Terrain, Detroit Artists Market Gallery, Detroit, MI
Rinse/Repeat, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Celebrating Five Years, Art Space Vincennes, Vincennes, IN
The Heat Is On, Detroit Artists Market Gallery, Detroit, MI
Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
2017 Doors of Perception, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI
Serenity, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
Text and Image, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
Continuity, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
2016 Scrabble: A Play on Words, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
Group Show, Forest Avenue Design Collective, Birmingham, MI
2015 Get Real, Hall Spassov Gallery, Bellevue, WA
Massively Small, J-Go Gallery, Park City, UT
The Mundane Show, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Tecktonic, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
Real Paint, Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
Objectified, The Carr Center, Detroit, MI
Pink, DK Gallery, Marietta, GA
2014 Not So Still Life, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
Massively Small, J-Go Gallery, Park City, UT
Trompe L’Oeil Show, Francesca Anderson Gallery, Lexington, MA
Little Boxes, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
Visiting Artist, WSG Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2013 Contemporary Realism, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK
Food for Thought, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
2012 Contemporary Realism, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK
Mixed Messages, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
Urban Intersection, Quidley & Co., Boston, MA
Group Show, Hall-Spassov Gallery, Bellevue, WA
2011 First Impressions, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI
Artifacts, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
Contemporary Realism, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Small Works Group Show, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2010 Wordage, Detroit Artists Market Gallery, Detroit, MI
Still Life, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Contemporary Realism, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2009 Personal Territory, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Group Show, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2008 The Fine Art of Drawing, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
Contemporary Realism, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Pastel Selections, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
RECENT AWARDS:
2019 Artist in Residence, Studios of Key West, Key West, FL
Finalist, Alexander Rutsch Award, Pelham, NY
Runner Up, One 9, 9th Annual Manifest Prize, Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Corinne Maillard Robinson Award, Michigan Fine Arts Competition, BBAC, Birmingham, MI
2016 Artist in Residence, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY
Artist in Residence, Playa, Summer Lake, OR
2015 Artist in Residence, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, WY
2013 First Place 2D, Great Lakes Small Works Show, Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, MI
2012 Best of Show, All Media Show, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2011 First Place 2D, Great Lakes Small Works Show, Riverside Art Center, Ypsilanti, MI
Honorable Mention, Silver Medal Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
2010 People’s Choice Award, Univ. of Mich. School of Art & Design Alumni Exhibit, Ann Arbor, MI
2009 Purchase Award, Pastel Society of America 37th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
Artist in Residence, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
Artist in Residence, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN
2008 Elected as Master Pastelist, Pastel Society of America, New York, NY
Pastel Painters of Maine Award, Pastel Society of America 36th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2007 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
Fourth Place, Pastel Society of New Mexico National Pastel Exhibition, Albquerque, NM
Honorable Mention, Mid-America Pastel Society, Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, MO
Fourth Place Still Life, The Pastel 100 Competition, The Pastel Journal
2006 Second Place, The Pastel National, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Pearl Kalikow Award, Pastel Society of America 34th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
Artist in Residence, Jentel Arts, Banner, WY
Artist in Residence, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY
2005 Silver Award, Great Lakes Pastel Society, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI
Third Place Still Life, The Pastel 100 Competition, The Pastel Journal
Firth Place, Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
Windsor/Newton Award, Pastel Society of the West Coast Annual Exhibition, San Luis Obispo, CA
Artist in Residence, Hall Farm, Townshend, VT
Artist in Residence, Blue Mountain Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
2004 Artist in Residence, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN
2003 Purchase Award, Pastel Society of America 31st Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
Dick Blick Award, Pastel Society of America 31st Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
2021 Art contribution to Indelible, literary journal published by the American University in Dubai
2019 The Intrigue of Everyday Objects, by Robert K. Carsten, The Artists Magazine, April
2017 After Purging Her Possessions, an Artist Paints What Remained, Sarah Rose Sharp, Hyperallergic,
October 16, 2017
2016 Brushing Up: Deliver the Letter, The Artist’s Magazine, July
2014 Defying Ordinary,: Paintings by Jaye Schlesinger Art Space Vincennes, A. Jendrzejewski & A. Delap
2012 In The Bag, by Lisa Wurster-Dolan, The Artist’s Magazine, July/August
2011 Les Maitres du Pastel, Diverti Editions, Naintre, France
Strokes of Genius 3, by Rachel Wolf, North Light Books
2010 American Arts Quarterly, Gallery Henoch presents Still Lifes, Winter
Urban Tableau, By Sarah Strickley, The Pastel Journal, August
Contemplative Pop Art Meets Meticulous Photorealism, by John Carlos Cantu, Ann Arbor News
2009 Strokes of Genius 2, by Rachel Wolf, North Light Books
2008 The Fine Art of Drawing, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2006 Pure Color: The Best of Pastel, by Maurene Bloomfield and James A. Markle, North Light Books
Contemporary American Realism, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2005 What Needs to Be Retrieved: Tools, Art, & History, Davistown Museum, Liberty, ME
Jaye Schlesinger Reimagines The Still Life, by Michael Chesley Johnson, The Pastel Journal, Feb.
PROFESSIONAL BOARDS AND PANELS
Jury Advisory Board, Ann Arbor Art Fair, term 2015-2021
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, Minigrant Review Panel, Ann Arbor, MI, 2017