Jackie Tileston
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Jackie Tileston is an American artist
and painter
. She is Associate Professor of Fine Arts in the School of Design
at The University of Pennsylvania. Her work is represented both by Zg Gallery in Chicago and Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia. She is the recipient of the 2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
in painting and the 2004 Pew Fellowship in the Arts
.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
. She is Associate Professor of Fine Arts in the School of Design
University of Pennsylvania School of Design
The University of Pennsylvania School of Design is the design school of the University of Pennsylvania. It is currently ranked 3rd in urban planning by The Best Colleges, 10th in urban planning by Planetizen, and 8th in architecture by DesignIntelligence...
at The University of Pennsylvania. Her work is represented both by Zg Gallery in Chicago and Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia. She is the recipient of the 2006 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
in painting and the 2004 Pew Fellowship in the Arts
Pew Fellowships in the Arts
The Pew Fellowships in the Arts is an organization established by the Pew Charitable Trusts in 1991 which awards grants to Philadelphia-area artists. The grants provide artists with an economic freedom that presents the opportunity to focus on their individual practices over a considerable period...
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