EDUCATION
2013-2015: MFA in Arts Leadership, Seattle University
2009-2013: BFA in Painting, University of Cincinnati - College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025: (forthcoming), Miami, FL
2024: Slow Opening, NOON Projects, Los Angeles
2024: Awning, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, Maine
2023: Placing (Two Person show with Jean Blackburn), Turley Gallery, Hudson, New York
2022: Middle Bay, NOON Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2020: I Remember Feeling Far, Specialist Gallery, Seattle, Washington
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024: As We Are (upcoming) curated by Sayantan Mukhopadhyay, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Maine
2024: Wild Light, Hewn Oaks Residency curated by Lights Out Gallery, Lovell, Maine
2023: Home, Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, Maine
2022: Interior, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine
2022: The More the Merrier, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, Maine
2022: The Container Garden, Sears Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2021: Parts of an Immense Whole; 9 Painters in conversation with the work of Joseph A. Fiore, Portland, Maine
2021: In here: studio e Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2020: Admirational Invitational, studio e Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2020: Deconstructed Art Fair, Specialist Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2019: Winter Salon, Koplin Del Rio, Seattle, Washington
2018: Vatican, studio e Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2013: The Love Farm Collective, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2012: Recent Works by Jay Stern and Catherine Richards, Parlour, Cincinnati, Ohio
2012: Recent works by Jay Stern & Chris Schimmel, Smartfish Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
Two Coats of Paint, Jay Stern’s psychological realism, Contributed by Mark Wethli. August 2024.
Portland Press Herald, Art review: On the surface, the new exhibit of painter Jay Stern’s work is beautiful Maine pastorale, Written by Jorge Arango. Maine. 2024.
Boston Art Review, What to See at New England Galleries this Summer, Written by Karolina Hać. 2024.
Art Verge, Jay Stern’s New Paintings Capture Maine’s Landscapes Through His Unique Queer Perspective, Interview and Writing by Yannis Kostarias. 2024.
Art Maze Mag, Collective Volume Edition 34-37, 2024.
Art New England, 10 Emerging New England Artists, Interview by Maureen Canney. 2024.
Paquette, Brian. “Outside In, Interiors Born from Nature.” Montlake Shade Project, pp. 82. Print.
Decor Maine, Jay Stern: Perspectives on Place. Interview by Suzette McAvoy. Maine. 2023.
Portland Press Herald, Each of four fall shows worth a visit to Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Written by Jorge S. Arango. Maine. 2022.
Booooooom, Artist Spotlight: Jay Stern, Written by Anna Schneider. Vancouver, Canada. 2022.
Aeqai, I Remember Feeling Far, Interview by Hannah Leow. Cincinnati, Ohio. 2020.
The Stranger, The Top 15 New Pioneer Square Art Shows. Written by Jasmyne Keimig. Seattle, Washington. 2020.
The Stranger, Jay Stern: I Remember Feeling Far. Written by Jasmyne Keimig. Seattle, Washington. 2020.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
James Castle House Collection, City of Boise, Idaho
U.S. Bank Center at Cedar Hall, Seattle, Washington
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2024: The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2024: Hewnoaks Resident, Lovell, Maine
2024: James Castle House Resident, Boise, Idaho
2013: Director’s Choice Award, Senior Show (Reed Gallery), University of Cincinnati
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
2024: OUTMaine x Center for Contemporary Art’s Virtual Artist Talk Mini Series