Jill Schultz McGannon earned her BFA and MFA in Drawing and Painting at the Uiversity
of Georgia,
and later attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work can
been seen at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta,
Georgia, Addington Gallery in Chicago,
Illinois, Addison Rowe Fine Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Iocovozzi Fine Art
in
Savannah, Georgia.
She paints realistic landscape, figure, and still life paintings in oils, preferring to work
from life whenever possible. Following the classical approach of the Nineteenth century
Naturalist artists, Ms. McGannon
paints smaller landscapes plein-air, typically spending
time in Europe as well as in the North Georgia mountains, on
the Georgia coast, around
Lake Michigan, and in the hills of California. She began painting plein-air from the
hilltops
surrounding Cortona, Italy in 1994 when she was Artist in Residence for the
University of Georgia's painting program
in Cortona. Larger works are executed back
home in the studio, using the small paintings and photographs as resources.
With these
paintings, Ms. McGannon not only affords herself time spent in nature, but also hopes to
impress upon
the viewer the beauty and value of the diminishing landscape.
Education:
1990 Oxbow, Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
1988 MFA, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1985 BFA, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1983 UGA
Studies Abroad, Cortona, Italy
1981 Fayette County High School, Fayetteville, GA
Publications:
Gun &
Garden Magazine 4-09
Atlanta Home Magazine 9-03
Museums & Galleries- Atlanta, May-June 2000
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
4-28-00
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 4-23-99
New American Paintings, Spring 1998
Chicago Reader 8-15-97
Chicago Tribune 11-20-96
Chicago Tribune 2-20-94
North Shore Neighbor 1-16-94
Atlanta Journal Constitution
9-87
Awards:
2010 First Place for Oil Painting, Arts on the Creek, Johns Creek Arts Center
2002, 2003 Artist
in Residence, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia
1994 Artist in Residence, UGA Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy
1985 Mary Rosenblatt Scholarship, University of Georgia
Selected Exhibitions:
2011 Realism Show,
Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2010 Featured Artist, Quinlan Art Center, Gainesville, Georgia
2009 Featured
Artist, Atlanta Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2008 Two Person Show with Patrick McGannon, Addington Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois
2007 Recent Work, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Grand Opening, Addison Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Realism Show, Mason
Murer Projects, Atlanta, Georgia
2006 Jill Schultz McGannon, Addison Rowe Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Solo Show, Gwenda Jay/ Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Two By Two, Studio
E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Group Show, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta,
Georgia
2005 The Ever Changing Landscape, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, Louisville,
Kentucky
Group Show, Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Iconic
Landscape, Gwenda Jay/ Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
New Work (Featured Artist),
Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2004 Grand Opening Exhibition, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia
Personal Spaces, Gwenda Jay/ Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2003 March Landscape
Show, The Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
November Landscape Show, The
Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2002 Solo Show, Marie Terrel Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
Group Show, The Modern Primitive Gallery with Patrick McGannon and Suzy Schultz
2001
Landscape Show, The Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Athens Lost, The Lyndon
House Art Center, Athens, Georgia
Life; Its Many Dimensions, The Quinlan Art Center,
Gainesville, Georgia
Portrait Society of Atlanta, The Lyndon House Art Center,
Athens, Georgia
