Jayne Surrena

Philadelphia, PA, USA

Education

University Of The Arts

Master of Art, Teaching the Visual Arts

With an emphasis on the history, theory and practice of art education, as well as hands-on experience in the classroom and service-learning opportunities teaching special education and English language learners, the MAT in Visual Arts program prepares students for the Pennsylvania Instructional I Certificate to teach art in grades K-12.

Curriculum
The MAT in Visual Arts is a 42-credit degree-granting program. Students can complete the coursework in two years of full-time study. Coursework includes professional education classes, advanced studio work, liberal arts study, and a student-teaching practicum. There is no thesis requirement for this program, but students must complete the Instructional I PRAXIS and all other required PRAXIS tests with satisfactory scores before Pennsylvania certification is granted.
August 2008 - May 2010 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

University Of The Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing

Program Total Credits: 123

Students in the Painting/Drawing Program are consistently exposed to a wide range of both art historical precedents and contemporary art paradigms in order to realize that content/meaning is always specific to the form that is used to express it, to understand that choices of technical and stylistic approaches must be appropriate to desired ends, and to appreciate that the personal, the cultural and the historical are interlaced.

The curriculum is based on a framework of research, studio experimentation, artistic invention, and daily practice. In collaboration with Liberal Arts, we underpin the critical advantage of knowing exemplary works in the varied fields of literature, the physical and social sciences, history, religion, and philosophy. Our emphasis on the liberally educated artist assures that our graduates will be knowledgeable beyond contemporary studio skills, be enabled and motivated to add something of value, not only to painting’s historical legacy, but to the broader contemporary context of serious human enterprise.

Our capstone senior thesis project/solo exhibition prepares each individual for successful entry into graduate-level programs, and to be competitive in gaining other forms of support, such as those available in grants, residencies, and commercial gallery exhibitions.
August 2002 - May 2006 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Languages

English (Native),
Spanish (Conversational),

*Abridged Artist Resume

*Abridged Resume



Solo Exhibitions

2013.Fictional Memoirs. James Oliver Gallery.
2006. Senior Thesis Exhibition

Group Exhibitions

2014. Eraserhood Forever. PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia

2014. BalletX Benefit. Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia

2012. Wallbreakers. Whiskey Park, New York.

2012. The Sketchbook Project. Brooklyn, NY

2011. University of the Arts Alumni Show

2010. Art Burn. Art Basel. Miami, FL

2006. Wax, Light and Lacquer. Bambi Gallery



Juried Exhibitions

2012-13 See Me. Art Takes Times Square
2010. Making It. Alumni Show. University of the Arts
2009. Summer in the City. Projects Gallery



Auctions

2014. In-Liquid 14
2011. Philadelphia Stories Charity Auction
2009. Philadelphia Stories Charity Auction
2008. In-Liquid Un – Zipped

Collections
2012. The Mountain Road Resort. Stowe, Vermont
2009. Shah Alam Gallery. Malaysia



Publications

2013. Aint-Bad Magazine. February 26,2013. http://aintbadmagazine.com/Jayne-Surrena

2013. Park Art Magazine. Issue 4. January 3,2013. http://www.parkmagazine.org/

2012.Park Art Magazine. Issue 3. April 23, 2012. Cover and Spread. http://www.parkmagazine.org/index.php/en/archive

2012. The Edge Magazine of the University of the Arts. Winter 2012. Page 58. Alumni Spotlight.

2009. ArtSceneNews.com Art Basel Miami Beach: Burning Down the house. 2009

http://tinyurl.com/artscenenewssurrena



Education

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

MA Teaching the Visual Arts & BFA in Painting and Drawing