EDUCATION
1986-1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Painting and Drawing, Louisiana State University
1989-1990 Cleveland Institute of Art
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2006-Present, Duane Reed Gallery, 4729 Mc Pherson Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108 www.duanereedgallery.com
2006-Present, Blue Gallery, 16 S. Elm St., Three Oaks, Michigan., www.ferraragallery.com
2010-2016, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, 73040 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA 92260 www.melissamorganfineart.com
2006-2015, Harris Gallery, 1100 Bissonnet St., Houston, TX 77005 www.harrisgalleryhouston.com
1998-Present, Ann Connelly Fine Art, 711 Jefferson Hwy., Baton Rouge, LA 70806 www.annconnelly.com
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO. “The Art of Jill Hackney and Perry Haas” – October
2019 Ann Connelly Fine Art – Upcoming two person exhibition – May
2017 Ann Connelly Fine Art – Solo exhibition
2016 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX
2016 Art Aspen, Aspen, Colorado
2016 Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs, California
2015 Ann Connelly Fine Art, “Landscapes”
2015 Festival La Bogue, Redon France, “Degrees of Separation”
2014 International Woman’s Foundation, Building 98, Marfa, TX., “Degrees of Separation”
2014 Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida
2013 Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, “Jill Hackney” solo exhibit
2013 L’Bogue Festival Art Exhibit, Redon, France, “Louisiana Vernacular”
2012 The Gallery at Manship Theater, Baton Rouge, LA, “Louisiana Landscapes” – Three person exhibit
2010 Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Two person exhibit.
2009 Olgivie/Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL, Two person exhibit.
2009 Steeple View Gallery, Arnaudville, LA, Echoes, solo exhibition
2008 Harris Gallery, Houston, TX, Two Person Exhibition
2007 Blue Gallery, Three Oaks, MI, Three Person Exhibition
2007 Xen Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Group show
2007 Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA., Synaesthesia, solo exhibition
2006 Harris Gallery, Houston TX, Perceptions of Reality, group show
2006 Grand Contemporary, Lafayette, LA, Group show
2005 Grand Contemporary, Lafayette, LA, Serendipity, solo show
2005 Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA, Still Life, group show
2005 Grand Contemporary, Lafayette, LA, A Grand Event, group show
2004 Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA, Jill Hackney, solo exhibition
2004 Weekend Living in Montecito Design Showhouse, Group show
2000 Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA, Spirit, group show
2000 Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA, Spring, featured artist, group show
PUBLICATIONS
2019 YouTube, “Duane Reed Gallery Presents the Art of Jill Hackney and Perry Haas”, https://youtu.be/Gb4SKdueBcU
2015 The Advocate, “Parlez-vous Français? Artist finds way to learn French at elementary school” Sept. 15
2015 Baton Rouge Business Report, “Profitable Artists: Jill Hackney,” June 10
2013 Art in America, November issue, page 78
2011 Country Roads Magazine, Jill Hackney-the Evolution of Light Through the Artist’s Eye – November issue, pages 62-63
2008 Southwest Art Magazine, A Visual Feast, Still Lifes of Food – November issue, page 76
2008 Art Galleries and Artists of the South, Vol. 6, Issue 1 May-August issue, page 72
2006 Illuminations: Expressions of the Personal Spiritual Experience, Tompkins / McMahon, page X, “Three Lemons”
2006 Southern Accents Magazine, Windmark Beach Showhouse, Vol. 29, No. 4 July-Aug. issue, page 95.
2004 Country Roads Magazine, Cover – November issue
2004 Traditional Home Magazine”The Pampered Guest – Traditional Home Weekend Living Showhouse” September issue, pages 158-159, 161.
SELECT PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana State University, Blake Hall, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Westin Resort, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Cadence Bank, Houston, Texas
Renaissance Hotel, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Ritz Carlton, Naples Florida
Iberia Bank, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Bonnet Creek Hilton Hotel, Orlando, Florida
Blue Cross Blue Shield, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2020 Radiant Hall board member, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2019 Juror for George Rodrigue Foundation High School Art Competition
2018 Featured artist and project leader for public art project “Van Gogh Facade” at Johnson’s Grocery https://redstickproject.com/van-gogh-facade-improveme
2016-18 Served on the Louisiana State Arts Council (appointment by the governor of Louisiana)
2016-18 Serving on CODOFIL board (Council of Development of French in Louisiana)
2016 Project leader for mural on C A Guidry Produce in Arnaudville, LA. Mural designed by students from BRFLAIM drawings of fruits and vegetables with their names in French.
2016 Artist and co-collaborator for mural at Baton Rouge Foreign Language and Immersion Magnet.
2015 Project leader with Semaine Française d’Arnaudville – working in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with students from Lycée Beaumont, Redon France together with Baton Rouge High School and Baton Rouge Foreign Language Immersion Magnet elementary on a mural project of “Stamps”.
2015 Project leader with Semaine Française d’Arnaudville working with French and Louisiana artist involved with the exhibit Degrees of Separation. Creating workshops and dialogues with the public.
2014 Led four Cobra painting workshops in Redon, France in connection with the Degrees of Separation exhibit through the partnership with NUNU Arts and Culture Collective and Les Articulteurs
2014 Facilitator at Hugh O’Brien Youth (HOBY) Leadership conference in Louisiana
2014 Juror for George Rodrigue Foundation High School Art Competition
2014 Walls Project Artist Residency
2014 Juror for George Rodrigue Foundation art competition
2013-2014 Board member Louisiana Partnership for the Arts
2013 Project leader with Walls Project – Better Block BR Pod design
2013 Volunteer with Walls Project on the installation of Project One public art
2010-2013 President of the Board of NUNU Arts and Culture Collective
2013 Juror for George Rodrigue Foundation High School Art Competition
2013 Facilitator at Hugh O’Brien Youth (HOBY) Leadership conference in Louisiana
2013 Volunteer and design team leader for Better Block Baton Rouge
2012 Named a Baton Rouge Development Fellow of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation