Jean Yawn

I approach weaving like painting, considering the relationships between each element of saturation, sheen and texture. Through a multidisciplinary process of drawing, painting, and weaving I can reflect on the nostalgia I feel for rapidly disappearing landscapes. My woven work takes form from the early fragmented memories of my life in Alaska and my experiences moving to the Midwest and East Coast. My hope is that the craft and patience it takes to construct each woven object can be savored by others in slow observation.

Selected Exhibitions

2022 SSW Art and Literature, University of Maryland SSW, Baltimore, MD

2021 HATAK, North Willows, Montclair, NJ
2019 Left Space, Pigtown Pop-Up Exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2018 Stormy Weather Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2018 Rite of Spring: Selected Works, Pointless Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
2015 MICA Thesis Exhibition, Sheila and Richard Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2014 Graduate Student Exhibition, Leidy Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2013 An Artist’s Perspective, Franklin Arts Center Resident Artists Gallery, Brainerd, MN
2013 Graduate Student Exhibition, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2012 Selected Works, Bang Bang Salon & Creative Space, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Selected Works, Salon Ori, St. Paul, MN
2011 Memory: Selected Works, BI Worldwide Gallery, Edina, MN
2011 Sleepwalk, Fallout Urban Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2011 Memory, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Foot in the Door, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2009 Dear President, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

Professional Experiences

2015 Graduate Alumni Panelist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2015 Graduate Teaching Intern, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2012-2015 Outreach Arts Instructor, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
2013 Arts Instructor, Fair School, Crystal, MN
2013 Graphic Designer, Ve-Nel Lettering – All Service Screening, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Administrative Support, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN
2012 Teaching Assistant, Printmaking, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN
2011 Teaching Assistant, PSEO: Painting, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN
2010 Marketing and Photography Intern, Jan Bilek Ceramics, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Volunteer, Migual Asturias Academy, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
2008 Teaching Assistant, Ceramics, Colony High School, Palmer, AK