-Bio
Jeremy Uglow was born and raised in a small town in southeastern Wisconsin but now lives and works in Los Angeles. He earned his BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and his MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His work has been exhibited across the country, including in Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee. His practice includes, but is not limited, to painting, bookmaking, and framing.
Recently, Jeremy has had the opportunity to work in a much larger studio space, a shift that has allowed him to take on a broader scope and bring to light ideas he’s been developing. His studio has opened up exciting possibilities in his work, giving him the room to work on a greater quantity of objects at once and explore multiple series.
-Statement
What does it mean when we speak about self or the individual? While visually distinct, the base impetus of their creation is to speak on levels of social and personal construction. On one hand, they discuss means of individual construction of identity. There are components that come from environmental influence, both past and present, acting as forming factors, such as Religion, Art, politics, and pop-culture. As well as components that are self-driven, such as the decision to create a persona to present to the external world and disguise the individual in favor or an ulterior, exterior image. On the other hand, the paintings discuss factors that are intended to confuse the individual or society at large, building on a separation of subjective experience and its surroundings. Ultimately, the intention of my work is to explore how we are simultaneously influenced by, and the impact we have on our social environment.
In the creation of these paintings, I implement multiple styles to emphasize a point or create a separation of objects within the image. I borrow from art history to utilize a language that we already understood at some point in the lineage of culture, albeit a potentially in the form of pastiche, to speak to the contemporary. The intention is to simultaneously create the appearance of dissonance and a type of disguised relationship.
-Education
2012 -MFA, Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
Philadelphia, PA, May 11, 2012 Graduated
2009 -BFA, Painting, University of Wisconsin Whitewater (UW-W)
Whitewater, WI, December 22, 2009 Graduated
-Awards/ Scholarships/Honors
2013 -Riverwest Artist Association Art Walk 2013 Best In Show; Stonefly Brewery Co., Milwaukee, WI
2012 -Joan Mitchell Foundation’s 2012 MFA Grant Nominee
2011 -MFA Merit Award, 2011-2012, PAFA
-Academy MFA Scholarship, 2011-2012, PAFA
2010 -MFA Merit Award, 2010-2011, PAFA
-Academy MFA Scholarship, 2010-2011, PAFA
-Solo Exhibitions
2026 -(Forthcoming) title to come; Jimon Gallery; Glendale, CA
-Group Exhibitions
2026 -Scottsdale Art Fair; Tim Yarger Fine Art; Scottsdale, AZ
-Be Still; Band of Vices; Los Angeles, CA
2023 -Beautiful Toast Dream; Permanent Storage Projects; Los Angeles, CA
-In The Now; Munzón Gallery; Long Beach, CA
2018 -Scaredy Cat; 4WS Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
-A Thimble Full of Red; Permanent Storage Projects; Los Angeles, CA
2017 -Ekphrastic and the Copied; Roberta A. Fiskum Art Gallery; Whitewater, WI
-Poems for Nothing; ArtBar; Milwaukee, WI
-Mini “Tiny” Art @ Tiny Prices; ArtBar; Milwaukee, WI
2016 -Mini “Tiny” Art @ Tiny Prices; ArtBar; Milwaukee, WI
2015 -Get Out-the House; Atlantis the Lost Bar; Philadelphia, PA
-Constructions & Obstructions; Founders’ Gallery; Wilmington, DE
2014 -No Need for Nostalgia; Art Bar; Milwaukee, WI
-Solo Exhibition: the Real, the Virtual; CAR&N Gallery, Waterford, WI
2013 -Stonefly Brewery Co., Milwaukee, WI
-Muddy Muddy Mud Finger; Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
2012 -It’s a Small, Small World; Family Business, New York, NY
-Thesis Exhibition; Annual Student Exhibition; Museum of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
-Scale; Osvaldo Romberg Studio Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
-+++Simpletons+++; The Peanut Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
-One Week Painting; Art Bar, Milwaukee, WI
2011 -Student Juried Exhibition; Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
-Returning Student Juried Exhibition; Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2010 -Juried Student Self-Portrait Exhibition; Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the ---Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
-One Week Painting; Art Bar, Milwaukee, WI
-Image Memory Representation; Cultural Arts Center, Whitewater, WI
-Professional Experience
2017 -Curated and installed “Poems for Nothing” at ArtBar, Milwaukee, WI
-Paradigm Publishing: “We Passengers”; Creation of a limited edition of handmade book boxes
2016 -Commissioned book binding for the Wisconsin State Reading Association’s 2017 Convention
-Curated and installed “mini tiny art @ tiny prices” at ArtBar, Milwaukee, WI
2015 -Commissioned Illustration for Wisconsin State Reading Association
2014 -Paradigm Vol. 1: Genesis, produced limited edition of handmade slipcases
-Figure Drawing Instructor at the Creative Arts Resource and Network of Western Racine County, Waterford, WI
2011 -Teaching Assistantship, Plaster/Casting Techniques with Sarah Peters, PAFA, Fall Semester
-Teaching Assistantship, MFA 767 Letterpress & Book Arts with Rosae Reeder, PAFA, Spring Semester
-Artist Panel/Discussion
2016 -Visiting Artist Lecturer for the Advanced Painting class at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
2015 -Constructions & Obstructions exhibitor’s panel discussion at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 2/16/2015
-Media
2013 -Juror’s Selection, New American Paintings, Northeast issue #104, pgs 134-137
-Volunteer Work
-Camp Hope, camp counselor; Rosholt, WI
-Juror of Visual Arts Classic, UW-W, Center of the Arts
-Instructed gifted and talented students of Dyer School, Burlington, WI; 11/24
