Jared Packard’s practice straddles studio-based artmaking and curatorial
work. His paintings and installations comprise of raw canvas and
collaging techniques, including grommets and sewing, which act as sheilds and
bandages to offer guarded glimpses into vulnerability and brokenness. His painted gestures seek to register moments of intimacy and examine the politics of identity performance. Drawing
from personal experiences of addiction and being HIV-positive, Packard’s
paintings embrace stigma and flaw as poetic modes of constructing self. As
a curator, Packard coordinates exhibitions that interrogate power structures
that regulate and control marginalized communities.
Jared Packard (b. 1989) is an artist and curator who has held positions at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL, and International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. Packard completed his BA at Clark University and his MFA at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has curated Opulence: Performative Wealth and the Failed American Dream, Bemis Center, Omaha; the NEA-funded unLOCK: Merging Art and Industry, Lockport, IL; the nationally traveling exhibition, ReTooled: Highlights from the Hechinger Collection; and (Re)Flex Space, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL. He has shown at the Salina Art Center, Salina KS; Project Project, Omaha, NE; ADDS DONNA, Chicago, IL; Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL; Centre International d’Art Contemporain, Pont-Aven, France; Hillyer Art Space, Washington, D.C.
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Jared Packard (b. 1989) is an artist and curator who has held positions at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL, and International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. Packard completed his BA at Clark University and his MFA at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has curated Opulence: Performative Wealth and the Failed American Dream, Bemis Center, Omaha; the NEA-funded unLOCK: Merging Art and Industry, Lockport, IL; the nationally traveling exhibition, ReTooled: Highlights from the Hechinger Collection; and (Re)Flex Space, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL. He has shown at the Salina Art Center, Salina KS; Project Project, Omaha, NE; ADDS DONNA, Chicago, IL; Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL; Centre International d’Art Contemporain, Pont-Aven, France; Hillyer Art Space, Washington, D.C.
email jaredpackardstudio -AT- gmail.com