The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University are excited to exhibit "Problem Child," by Jamie Walters Kessler in the KSU Downtown Gallery located at 141 East Main Street, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, Ohio. The exhibit will take place August 22 - September 27, 2025, with a reception on August 22, 5-7 p.m. This exhibit features several recent works by this noted artist.
Jamie Walters Kessler is a contemporary post-conceptual artist with an interdisciplinary practice that incorporates thought experiments, object-making, art-actions, intervention, happenings, system-making, new media, sound, video and social practice. Her artistic practice examines and considers issues of social justice by re-imagining the connection between creativity and civic action. Kessler's practice is influenced by histories and methodologies of community organizing, democratic practices, collective action, protest culture and art-making as a form of both introspection and socio-political activism.
She has exhibited nationally and internationally through exhibitions such as the Carnegie Museum of Art, Digital America, the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art, Erie Art Museum, the VII International Exhibition of Mail Art, Rome, Mid-America College Art Association, Corner Projects, Chicago, GAZE Film Festival, San Francisco, Rosebud Film Festival of Washington D.C., Ice House Studios PGH, University of Pittsburgh, Robert Morris University and Feminist Spaces. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Art. Originally from Richmond, Virginia, she now lives and works in the Cleveland, Ohio area.
This exhibit is free and open to the public and has been brought to you with support from the Ohio Arts Council.
Other upcoming exhibits:
The Art of Seeing: Reflections on Art through Poetry
A collaboration between the School of Art Collection and Galleries & the Wick Poetry Center
This exhibit features over twenty artworks from the School of Art Collection and ekphrastic poems by members of the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ community written in response to those selected works.
CVA Gallery, 325 Terrace Drive, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, Ohio
August 26 - October 8, 2025
Reception: August 29, 5-7 p.m.
Aggregate III: Avalanche of Talent
This juried exhibit is open to all artists living in the United States working in any medium.
KSU Downtown Gallery 141 East Main Street, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, OH
October 10 – November 29, 2025
Reception: October 10, 5 – 7 p.m.
Rashayla Marie Brown, Curlee Raven Holton and Raven Print Editions Fellow
CVA Gallery, 325 Terrace Drive, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, Ohio
October 30- November 25
Reception: October 30, 4-6 p.m. with an artist talk at 6 p.m.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF ART COLLECTION AND GALLERIES
The School of Art Collection and Galleries consists of six exhibition spaces located on the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University campus and downtown Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, Ohio. The KSU Downtown Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF ART
The School of Art at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University was established in 1941 and maintains a tradition of excellence in visual arts education, creation, scholarship, and leadership. Its undergraduate and graduate programs in the visual arts offer a range of directions and opportunities in the fields of art education, art history, and studio art, which includes a comprehensive array of studio disciplines: ceramics, drawing, glass, jewelry/metals/enameling, painting, print media and photography, sculpture and expanded media, and textiles. The School of Art Collection and Galleries consist of six exhibition spaces located on the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ campus and downtown Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ and a collection of over 4,000 artworks and objects. The School of Art is located at the Center of the Visual Arts at 325 Terrace Dr. in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. The 27,900-square-foot facility — twice the length of a football field —had its grand opening in 2016 and houses all School of Art studios and classrooms under one roof.
Image: Lady Liberty, Lady Justice, and Nike Goddess of Victory at the Mercy of the Courts, Dye on canvas, LED neon tube lights, 9ft 4in W x 5ft H, 2024