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Biography
I
have already lived many lives in my lifetime. I graduated in
1976 from the drama department of New York City’s High
School of Performing Arts. Through
the early 1980's,
I
acted, sang and danced in various productions in New York,
including a solo cabaret show at Kelly’s Village
West and Tramps with John
Wallowitch.
During this time, I became heavily involved in the pro-choice
movement, which led me to feel that I should become a lawyer
to have a greater effect on the world. In September of 1982,
I went to Rutgers School of Law. I graduated in 1985, and joined
the
litigation
department
of
the New York
office
of
Cleary,
Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. At Cleary I was very fortunate
to extern at MFY Legal Services, and work on several landmark
tenants
rights cases. I left Cleary in 1991, after the birth
of my first daughter, Mariel.
For
several
years
after
leaving the law, I worked as a decorative painter while building
my portfolio as an artist and illustrator.
Shortly after the birth of my second daughter Samantha, in
2001, I sold my decorative painting business to focus on fine
art and illustration. I feel extremely blessed to have had
so many wonderful experiences on so many
diverse
paths.
Exhibitions
Current:
Connections
Court
Gallery
William Patterson University
Wayne, NJ
March 2006
Juror: Dr. Donald Kuspit
Wood, Water and War
Starpin
Gallery
Shelton, CT
March 2006
Curator: Laura Cassetti
Women Celebrate the Lively Arts
Makeready Press
Gallery, Montclair, NJ
March 2006
Curator:
Maureen O'Brien
Ancestral
Voices Solo
Show
Interchurch Center, New York, NY 2005
Dialogue:
Romance & Nature
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts,
Fredericksburg, VA 2005
“Down
the Path” was awarded 3rd place
The Spirit of Palestine
Jerusalem Fund Gallery,
Washington, D.C. 2005
"Capacity
to Forgive" (winner of Third Place award)
LOCAL
COLOR
Artspace 129, Montclair, NJ 2005
After
the Seed is Sown
Interchurch Center Gallery, NY NY 2002
Studio
Montclair Fourth Annual Art Exhibition
Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ 2001
juror: Hsiao-Ning Tu, Curator: Noyes
Museum
Studio
Montclair Annual Open Studio Tour
Montclair, NJ 2001
Glenfield
Art Auction
Glenfield School, Montclair, NJ 2001
Beyond
Boundaries
Montclair State University, Montclair NJ 2000
juror: Nan Rosenthal, Metropolitan Museum of
Art (“Ms. Sporn’s work is frankly beautiful without being sentimental.”)
Studio
Montclair Annual Open Studio Tour
Montclair, NJ 2000
Flower
Portraits and Other Botanicals, (solo)
Watercolors by Jessica Sporn
Sache Gallery, Glen Ridge, 1999
Studio Montclair Annual Open Studio Tour
Montclair, NJ 1999
GRAPA
Art Show and Auction
Glen Ridge, NJ, 1998
Art
in the Park
Montclair, NJ, 1998
Glen Ridge Arts Festival
Glen Ridge, NJ 1994 - 1998
The
Whimsical World of Jessica Sporn (solo)
Women’s Club of Glen Ridge, Glen Ridge,
NJ1996
Publications:
Eaton,
J Sanders, Exploring Jessica Sporn's
Imagistic Peacable Kingdom, Gallery and Studio, Feb/Mar 2006
Arts a way
of life for multi-talented Ridger, Glen
Ridge Voice, November 3, 2005
Windows, Adding On, Design New Jersey, October/November
2004
Fresh Approach, Design New Jersey August/September
2004
Exotic Essentials, The Record/Herald News (Home
Design Section), February 2001
Shifting Out of Neutral, New Jersey Star Ledger, January
26, 2000
(image
reproduction) Studio Montclair News, Annual Studio
Tour Fall 2000
(image
reproduction) Studio Montclair Hosts 7th Annual Open Studio
Tour, Montclair Times, 9-30-99
Big Ideas for Small Kitchens, Family Circle
Magazine, April 1, 1998
Cover Illustration “Pesach,” New Jersey Jewish News, April
1997
Cover Illustration, “A Good Teacher,” New Jersey Jewish
News, August 1997
Illustration
Clients
Pacific Enterprise • Aviv Judaica • LPG
Greetings • Stroke of the Heart • Pictura
USA • Recycled Paper Greetings • Glitterwrap • Marian
Heath Greeting Cards • The Paper Magic
Group, Inc • Inscribe • US
Can Co. • Barton-Cotton • Leanin'
Tree •
Kunstverlag WeingARTen • This
End Up • Intercontinental Greetings,
Inc., • Brown Publishing Network, Inc. • Nadia
Groot & Co. • Publications International • Current,
Inc • Picture
Perfect • Giftco
Education
New
York University, B.A., January 1982
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