Jamie Venci
b. Milwaukee, WI
Lives and works Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
BFA Visual Art, Painting and Drawing, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Graduated with highest honors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 Set Decorator, Freelance, Los Angeles, CA, Affiliation: IATSE Local 44 (Set Decorator)
2013 - 2015 Art Department Coordinator, Freelance Art Department, Los Angeles, CA Affiliation: IATSE Local 871 (Art Department Coordinator)
2011 – 2020 Buyer, Set Dresser, Prop Assistant, Freelance Art Department, Los Angeles, CA, Affiliation: IATSE Local 44 (Property)
2010 – 2011 Museum Preparator, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
2010 – 2011 Preparator, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2008 – 2010 Development and Communications Assistant, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2008 – 2009 Museum Preparator, Weekend Technician, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2008 Auction Intern, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
SOLO ART EXHIBITION
2003 Institute of Visual Arts Solo Exhibit, Inova, Milwaukee, WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES/SCREENINGS
2011 Flowing/Sprawling/Rolling/Rising, RAW (resident artist workshop), the Garage artspace, San Francisco, CA
2011 The Questing Choreographer, part of The Cries of San Francisco by Allison Smith, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA (catalog)
2011 Tumbleweed Skein, RAW (resident artist workshop), the Garage artspace, San Francisco, CA
2011 Tumbleweed Skein, Fog Fest, Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA
2011 Close Encounter, a response to the exhibition Space Station by Llewelynn Fletcher, Carville Annex, San Francisco, CA
2010 Outerlands: Park to Presidio, a collaboration with FREE STORIES PROJECT, freestoriesproject.com, Online
2010 Location01, 100 Performances for the Hole – Take Two, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2009 Scavenger Dance, BRKLYN <-> SF, collaboration with Sharon Mashihi, Windows Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2009 A Tally, Live works and reading series, Converted Storefront, Oakland, CA
2009 Pop Noir, Annual Auction, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2009 Mixed Metaphors and Obsessive Compulsive Behavior, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 The Light Under the Blanket, collaboration with Sharon Mashihi, SPF3, the Garage artspace, San Francisco, CA
2008 APAture Gallery Show, Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, CA
2008 Skeeter and the Pack, Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA
2008 Monster Drawing Rally, Participating Artist, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2007 Open Studios Group Show, Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA
2007 Modern Tea presents Modern Art, Hayes Valley Market, San Francisco, CA
2007 Monster Drawing Rally, Participating Artist, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2006 Post-Postcard 10, the LAB, San Francisco, CA
2006 Yellow Dress, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI
2006 Yellow Dress, Get Your Video On, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Oakland, CA
2005 Yellow Dress, DansCamDanse Festival, Ghent, Belgium
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition 2004-05, Inova, Milwaukee, WI
2004 Aftermath, Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
2004 Not Flat, Gallery Paradiso, Milwaukee, WI
2002 Summery, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Double Trouble, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Foundations, Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
SELECTED PERFORMANCE CREDITS
2012 Disclosure Tactics, by Sarah Wilbur, Glorya Kaufman Dance Theater, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Instructions for Movement with Furniture, by Sasha Petrenko, The LAB, San Francisco, CA
2011 Every Map Together: Variations, by Renee Rhodes, SFAI Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2010 Gateway, Malleable Dance Theater, MAPP (Mission Arts Performance Project), San Francisco, CA
2011 Libretto & Prism, The Jennifer Mellor Dance Project, Women on the Way Festival, the Garage artspace, San Francisco, CA
2010 Libretto, The Jennifer Mellor Dance Project, RAW (resident artist workshop), the Garage artspace, San Francisco, CA
2010 Prism, The Jennifer Mellor Dance Project, Spring Forward, Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, CA
2009 Prism, The Jennifer Mellor Dance Project, Works in the Works, 8thStreet Studio, Berkeley, CA
2009 Taka, Copious Dance Theater, DanceWright Project & Guests, Mission Dance Theater, San Francisco, CA
2009 Handstands in the Shower, Copious Dance Theater, NDW Showcase, SF Dance Center, San Francisco, CA
2008 Legacy, by Channing Sargent, Women on the Way Festival, Shotwell Studios, San Francisco, CA
2006 Somewhere, by Luc Vanier, UWM Winterdances, Mainstage Theater, Milwaukee, WI
2005 Afterthought, by Janet Lilly, UWM Summerdances, Mainstage Theater, Milwaukee, WI
SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2011 the Garage artspace, residency for RAW (Resident Artist Workshop), San Francisco, CA
2008 the Garage artspace, residency for SPF3 (Summer Performance Festival), San Francisco, CA
2001 Foundations Freshman Award, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
2000 Frederick R. Layton Scholarship, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
LECTURES
2018 Lecture, Camp ShortFest! Palm Springs International ShortFest, University of California Riverside, Palm Springs, CA
PRESS
2011 Matt Sussman, Crying in Public, San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 14, 2011