Full CV
JAY HANDY
Madison, Wisconsin / Utrecht, Netherlands
jayhandy.com
@jayhandyink
jay@jayhandy.com
EDUCATION
MFA, Visual Arts
Lesley University College of Art and Design
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Owner/President Management Program (OPM)
Harvard Business School
Three-year executive education program
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS + PROJECTS
Solo Exhibition
Barcelona, Spain
February 2027
Circle Royal
Group Exhibition
Barcelona, Spain
2027
Carnelian Gallery
Exhibition
Madison, Wisconsin
July 2027
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Exhibition
Madison, Wisconsin
Fall 2027
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Colors of Resilience
Athens, Greece
2024
Musings, Memories, and Monroe
Monroe Arts Center
Monroe, Wisconsin
2023
This Must Be The Place
Studio23
Madison, Wisconsin
2022
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
American Feral Gallery
Madison, Wisconsin
2025–2026
Real Círculo Artístico de Barcelona
Vibrant Echoes: Art in Motion
Barcelona, Spain
2025
Water and Bricks
Overture Galleries
Madison, Wisconsin
2024
Eternal Feminine, Eternal Change
Florence Biennale
Florence, Italy
2023
MFA in Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition
Lesley University College of Art + Design
Cambridge, Massachusetts
2022
The Dream: Saturnia Film Festival Biennale
The Fortezza Orsini
Tuscany, Italy
2022
Picture Window
Spazio SV: Centro Espositivo San Vidal
Venice, Italy
2022
12th Annual International Juried Exhibition
Gallery 110
Washington
2021
Re•Vision!
Overture Gallery
Wisconsin
2021
New Work from the Vox Populi Print Collective
Annex Gallery
Wisconsin
2021
Brand 49 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper
Brand Library & Art Center
California
2021
Re-Emergence! Explorations in Photography and Printmaking
Remarque Print Workshop & Gallery
New Mexico
2021
Revision
BBAM! Gallery
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2021
GALEX 55 National Competition & Exhibition
Galesburg Art Center
Illinois
2021
New Editions: A Printmaking Exhibition
Indianapolis Art Center
Indiana
2021
August 2021 Group Art Show
Jones Gallery
Missouri
2021
Dynamic
D’Art Center
Virginia
2021
Another Moment in Time Spring Art Competition
Old Town Arts and Crafts Guild
New York
2020
64 Arts Exhibition
Buchanan Center for the Arts
Illinois
2020
Bank of the Arts National Juried Exhibition
Craven Arts Council & Gallery
North Carolina
2020
Printmaking Exhibition
Printmakers.016
India
2020
Summer Small Works Show
Kansas City Stockyards Gallery
Missouri
2020
A World Without End
no barking aRt
London, England
2020
Sea Change
ODETTA Gallery
New York
2020
Flows Across the Bridge
Chelsea College of Arts
London, England
2020
AWARDS + RECOGNITION
CODAworx Summit / General Glass International
Be of Two Minds selected for architectural glass production
Washington, D.C.
2025
Indianapolis Art Center, New Editions Printmaking Show
Best in Show Runner-Up
2021
Harlow & Lila Blum Works on Paper Award
Workman’s Plight
2020
SELECTED COLLECTIONS + PERMANENT PLACEMENTS
University of Wisconsin Health Permanent Collection
Held Together
Madison, Wisconsin
2026
Monroe Arts Center
Road Home
Permanent installation
Monroe, Wisconsin
Centiro Solutions Corporate Collection
Stockholm, Sweden
Private collections in the United States and Europe
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Grachten Galerie
Utrecht, Netherlands
Kristina Rasskazova
Barcelona, Spain
Sugar River Atelier and Gallery
Monticello, Wisconsin
American Feral Gallery
Madison, Wisconsin
PUBLIC + ARCHITECTURAL WORK
Architectural Glass Development
Be of Two Minds selected for translation into architectural glass following recognition at the 2025 CODAworx Summit.
Five-Panel Custom Glass Commission
Commissioned development of five glass works based on original print imagery
2025–2026
Handy’s imagery is being developed for kiln-fused, illuminated, and layered glass applications in healthcare, hospitality, corporate, residential, and public environments.
COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS
Shorewood Hills Community Art Project
Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin
2024
Musings, Memories, and Monroe
Monroe Arts Center
Monroe, Wisconsin
2023
Bay City Community Art Project
Bay City, Michigan
2022
These projects invited residents to contribute personal and historical photographs. From hundreds to more than a thousand submissions, Handy selected and transformed a small number of images into original works connecting contemporary printmaking with community memory and local history.
PUBLICATIONS + BOOK PROJECTS
Forthcoming memoir by Shelby Joy Scarbrough
Cover artwork
2026
Home Again: A Restoration Story
Laura Gallagher
Cover art
2024
Revista Literária Pixé, Edição nº 32
Featured artwork
September 2022
SPEAKING + PANELS
Flows Across the Bridge
Chelsea College of Arts
London, England
Opening exhibition panel discussion on life during the COVID-19 pandemic
June 30, 2020
ARTISTIC PRACTICE
Drypoint engraving
Etching
Chine collé
Hand-dyed Japanese washi paper
Monoprinting
Photography-based mixed media
Collage
Kiln-fused printed glass
Illuminated glass
Architectural and site-responsive art applications
