Solo Exhibitions 2012 (title TBA) October 2 - 27, 2012, Pendleton Center for the Arts, Pendleton, OR Babyscapes: New Collage by Jessica Plattner, February 3 - February 27, 2012, Medicine Hat Cultural Centre, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada 2010 Jessica Plattner: Fact and Fancy, Sept. 10 - Oct. 8, 2010, Common Sense Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada 2008 Maternal Instincts / Instintos Maternales, June 12 – July 4, Galería Jesús Gallardo, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico Maternal Instincts: Portraits of Women in Oregon and Mexico, Nov. 15 – Dec. 5, 2008, Satellite Gallery, La Grande, OR 2007 Sueños, June 23 – July 20, Galeria Studio Cerrillo, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Indecision April 3 – 28, Firehouse Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR 2005 Conflicting Expectations April 7 – May 5, EWU Art Gallery, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 2004 Glamour Girls October 1 – November 1, Kathrin Cawein Gallery, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 2002 Games: Recent Paintings June 20 – September 1, Beth Or Gallery, Spring House, PA 2001 MFA Thesis Exhibition May 19 – 19, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1999 Women and Other Human Beings June 20 – July 20,Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD Mujeres y Otros Seres April 15 – May 15, La Galeria, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico 1998 Recent Paintings July 1 – August 1, Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD Pinturas March 1 – April 1, La Galeria, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions 2011 The Faculty Show, The Esplanade Arts and Heritage Center Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada Fit for Consumption, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA, curated by Aaron McNamee Eastern Oregon University Faculty Exhibition, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2010 No New Tale to Tell: Narrative in Contemporary Art, Claypool-Young Gallery, Morehead State University, KY 2009 12th International Juried Exhibition, Curator: Yolanda Lopez, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL EOU Faculty Exhibition, Jan. 9 - 30, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR 2008 Nervous Laughter, Sept. 6 – Oct. 17, Curated by Leslie Holt, phd gallery, St. Louis, MO 2007 Ninth Annual Miami University Young Painters Competition Finalists Exhibition, Dec. 13, 2007 – Feb. 9, 2008, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH From the Inside Out: Feminist Art Then and Now Feb. 21 – April 23, University Gallery, St. John’s University, New York, NY (catalogue) Faculty Exhibition January 13-27, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2006 East Meets West: Faculty from EOU and WOU May 5 – June 5, Opus 6IX Gallery, Eugene, Oregon 2005 Expressions Northwest ART PORT TOWNSEND (Merit Award), October 8-30, Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend, WA, Juror: Esther Luttikhuizen, Director, Kittredge Gallery, U. of Puget Sound ArtSlate, June 18 – July 2, CoArts, Condon, OR, Curator: Henry Sayre, Distinguished Professor of Art History, OSU Honored Artists (five-person exhibition) August 5 – 30, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR Texas National Competition and Exhibition April 9 – May 15, The Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacadogches, TX, Juror: James Surls (catalogue) Faculty Exhibition January 8 – February 5, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR 2004 Conversations: Influence and Collaboration in Contemporary Art (catalogue), National Traveling Exhibit, Curator: Barry Nemett, Chair of Painting, MICA Pacific Northwest Art Annual, July 6 – Aug. 30, Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Artists of Eastern Oregon Juried Show (Honored Artist Award), Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR., Juror: Don Gray, artist 2003 Connection to Place: Artists of Eastern Oregon Juried Show, Nightingale Gallery, La Grande, OR., Juror: Ed Marquand Faculty Exhibition, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University 2002 Winner’s Circle Maryland Artist’s Equity Foundation (Best in Show), Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD Scholarships, Grants, and Awards 2011-12 Faculty Sabbatical, Eastern Oregon University 2010 Faculty Scholars Summer Stipend, Eastern Oregon University 2007 Fulbright Scholar 2007-08 (México) Faculty Scholars Award, Eastern Oregon University 2005 Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center Merit Award, “Expressions Northwest” Faculty Service Fellowship, Eastern Oregon University 2004 Honored Artist Award, Eastern Oregon Regional Exhibition Faculty Scholars Award, Eastern Oregon University Merit Award, Eastern Oregon University 2003 Faculty Scholars Award, Eastern Oregon University 2002 Faculty Scholars Award, Eastern Oregon University Merit Award, Eastern Oregon University First Place Purchase Award, Expressions West Juried Exhibition 2001 Skowhegan Fellowship, Skowhegan and Tyler School of Art Best in Show Award, Winner’s Circle: MD Artists Equity Foundation Exhibit, Baltimore Museum of Art 2000 University Fellowship, Tyler School of Art and Temple University 1991-95 Conway/Proetz Scholarship, Washington University School of Art in St. Louis Artist Residencies 2005: Vermont Studio Center, July 31 – August 26 2001: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, July 11 – August 15 Articles, Publications, and Reviews Jodi Varon, “Harmony and the Imagination: A Conversation with Jessica Plattner,” Phantom Drift, No. 1, p. 57 - 63 “Maternal Instincts: Portraits of Women in Oregon and Mexico,” High Desert Journal, Spring 2009, Issue 9, p. 25 - 27 Alexis Salas, “Jessica Plattner’s Maternal Instincts,” Exhibition catalogue, Galería Jesus Gallardo, Universidad de Guanajuato, June 2008 Benjamin Pacheco Lopez, “Plattner: incognita mater” Periódica AM, June 19, 2008, Guanajuato, Gto, México Julio Domínguez Balboa, “Sueños de Jessica Plattner” Diario de Chiapas, June 22, 2007, p. 88-89 Carey Lovelace, “Feminist Group Shows: Girls, Girls, Girls,” Art in America, No. 6, June/July 2007, p. 91 Lori Waxman, "Upside Down and Inside Out," Exhibition Catalogue: From the Inside Out: Feminist Art Then and Now, St. John's University, New York, 2007 
Susan Rosenberg, "From the Inside Out," Exhibition Catalogue: From the Inside Out: Feminist Art Then and Now, St. John's University, New York, 2007 Edith Decker, “Humorous portraits on display at Firehouse,” Grants Pass Daily Courier, April 9, 2007, Grant’s Pass, OR Sylvie Pederson, “East Meets West: Faculty work from both sides of the Cascades,” Eugene Weekly, May 25, 2006, Eugene, OR Kristin Elsen, “Conflicting New Exhibit Challenges Expectations,” The Easterner, April 6, 2005, Cheney, WA “Northwest Artist Shows Glamour Girls,” Pacific Monthly, October 2004, Forest Grove, OR Catalogue: Texas National 2005 with Juror James Surls, 2005 Catalogue: Conversations: Influence and Collaboration in Contemporary Art, 2004 Catalogue: Artists of Eastern Oregon 2004, 2003 Catalogue: Winner’s Circle: Juried Alumni Exhibition at The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2001 Education MFA, 2001, Painting, Tyler School of Art, Temple University BFA, 1995, Painting, Washington University School of Art in St. Louis Academic Affiliation Visiting Artist-in-Residence, Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada (2011-12) Visiting Artist-in-Residence, Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence, Italy (Summer 2012) Associate Professor of Art, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR (2001 - current)