Jalaina Joy Felker
Born in 1996, Fort Collins, CO
Lives and Works in Denver, CO
Education
2024 MFA, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2019 BFA in Art Education, Concentration in Painting, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Hide and See, The Matchbox, Denver, CO
2022
Beauty, Grace, Resilience, Locust Cider, Fort Collins, CO
Golden Goddesses, Copper Muse, Fort Collins, CO
Group Exhibitions
2024
The Space Between, The Lab on Santa Fe, Denver, CO (Juried by Joshua Berkowitz)
*Hide and See, Solo Exhibition, The Matchbox, Denver, CO
I Am That!, The Lab on Santa Fe, Denver, CO (Juried by Joshua Berkowitz)
Lesley MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
2023
Banging on the Machine, The Lab on Santa Fe, Denver, CO
Tiny Art Big Ideas, Spectra Art Space , Denver, CO
An eye not told what to see, sees more…, Bitfactory Gallery, Denver, CO (Juried by Dan Drossman)
In the Flesh, The Banshee House, Denver, CO
XOXO Flora, RemainReal Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO
Pride, RemainReal Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO
Rocky Mountain Triennial, Museum of Art Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO (Juried by Merry Scully)
Small and Powerful, RemainReal Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO
The Mudd Club, Lane Meyer Projects, Denver, CO
Mile High Moon, RemainReal Fine Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2022
*Jalaina Felker, Locust Cider, Fort Collins, CO
*Jalaina Felker, Copper Muse, Fort Collins, CO
2019
CURC (Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creativity), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2018
CURC, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Arts for Dinner, CSU Mini Gallery, CSU, Fort Collins, CO (Collaborative art installation)
2017
Annual Student Art Exhibition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2016
Annual Student Art Exhibition, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Bibliography
2019
CURC (Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creativity), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2018
CURC, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Featured Artist, R.E.D Women’s Advocacy Zine, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2017
Featured Artist, R.E.D Women’s Advocacy Zine, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2015
Photographers Forum, “Best of College and High School Photography 2015,” (Honorable Mention)
Talks
2024
Complicated, Boundless, and Ever-Evolving; Femininity is Mine, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Commissions/Collections
2024
Private Collector, Tiana, Acrylic painting (20 x 30 in), Timnath, CO
2023
Private Collector, Willow Reconstructed, Oil painting cut and sewn (30 x 40 in), Denver, CO
Private Collector, Bodies, Acrylic painting (11 x 14 in), Denver, CO
Private Collector, Self-Love First, Linocut (8 x 10 in), Denver, CO
Private Collector, Silenced, Intaglio print (9 x 14 in), Denver, CO
2021
Public Mural, Michael’s Mural (20 x 5 ft), Anytime Fitness, Fort Collins, CO
Private Commission, Space Goddess, Painting (20 x 30 in), Fort Collins, CO
Private Commission, Water Goddess, Painting (30 x 48 in), Denver, CO
Private Commission, Shiva, Pencil Drawing (12 x 12 in), Fort Collins, CO
Private Commission, Exhale, Painting (20 x 28 in), Denver, CO
2020
Private Commission, Sunkissed, Painting (36 x 48 in), White Plains, NY
2018
Album Cover, Jerney, Motion Picture, Painting (12 x 12 in), Fort Collins, CO
Teaching Experience
2024
Resident Critic, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Lead Art Instructor, Tinker Art Studio, Boulder, CO
2023
Lead Art Instructor, Tinker Art Studio, Boulder, CO
Lead Summer Camp Teacher, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Lead Summer Camp Teacher, Tinker Art Studio, Boulder, CO
2021
High school Art Teacher, Fossil Ridge High School, Fort Collins, CO
2020
High school Art Teacher, Fossil Ridge High School, Fort Collins, CO
2019
Middle School Art Teacher, Loveland Classical Academy, Loveland, CO
Gallery Experience
2023
Lead Summer Camp Teacher, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2019
Lead Teacher, BRAINY (Bringing Arts Integration to Youth), Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Community Service
2019
Arts and Community Outreach Volunteer, Entreamigos Community Center, Muralist and Workshop leader, San Pancho, Mexico
2018
Arts and Community Outreach Volunteer, Cerene, Center for Adults with Disabilities, Lima, Peru