Jason Cole Mager
Brooklyn, New York
info@jasoncolemager.com

Education:
2005 Master of Fine Arts, Hunter College, New York, New York
2001 Post Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Exhibitions:
2014 "To Benefit II" Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2014 "Narcissism and the Self-Portrait" Anne St. Gallery, Newburgh, New York
2012 "Flesh and Bone" Blanc Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2012 "To Benefit" Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2012 "Proof of Purchase" Samsøn Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 "The Pager Turners" Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2009 "Insight: Contemporary Approaches to Drawing" Anne St. Gallery, Newburgh, New York
2009 "Everybody" Envoy Gallery, New York, New York
2008 "Death Is Not The End" 31Grand, New York, New York
2008 "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" 31Grand, New York, New York
2007 "Just A Ghostly Paper Sigh" 31Grand, New York, New York
2006 "Ignite San Francisco"; Gen Art, San Francisco, CA
2006 "Leave New York" Sweet Home Gallery, New York, New York
2005 "Bad Hare Day" Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc.Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2005 "Williamsburg Summarts Festival" Galapogos Arts Space, Brooklyn, New York
2005 "Friends of Kris"; McCaig-Welles Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2005 "MFA Thesis Show" Hunter Times Square Gallery, NY, New York
2005 "Island Art Film & Video Festival" Prenelle Gallery, London, England
2005 "Every Little Bit Counts" Anatomy, New York, New York
2004 "Moving Images –Ides of March" ABC NO RIO, New York, New York
2003 "Open Hearts" 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2001 "Boston Drawing Project" Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 "The Sweatshop" Fifth Stop Studios. Brooklyn, New York
2001 "Surface Deep" Little White Box Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 "Art in Context" Gallery First Expression, Boston, MA
2001 "Annual Juried Exhibition" SMFA, Boston, MA
2001 "Collective Progressions" Katherine Weems Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 "Toys" Gallery First Expression, Boston, MA
2000 "Multiples and Repetition" Gallery First Expression, Boston, MA
2000 BFA Show, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1999 Two-Person Show "Future Reflections" Oxbow Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
1998-1995 Herron Gallery (juried exhibitions). Indianapolis, IN
1997 "Selected Works" Faris Building of Fine Arts. Indianapolis, IN

Curatorial Work:
2006 "Leave New York" Sweet Home Gallery, New York, New York

Awards:
1999 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's "Oxbow School of Painting Fellowship"
1998-1999 Donald M. Mattison Scholarship
1998 "Honors" Herron Exhibition
1997-1998 Charles Yeager Scholarship
1996-1997 Herron General Scholarship

Association:
The Drawing Center, New York, New York
Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc., Brooklyn, New York
Flatfile Project: Pierogi Gallery. Brooklyn, New York
Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery. Boston, MA

Selected Bibliography
The Pager Turners, L Magazine, March 2011
Melanie White, With Narritive Artwork..., Prospect Heights Patch, Feb. 2011
James Wagner, Death Is Not The End, JamesWagner.com, Dec. 2008
J O'Shea, Ghost of the Lower East Side, Supertouch, Dec 2007
James Wagner, Leave New York?, JamesWagner.com, April 2006
William Powhida, Bad Hare Day, The Brooklyn Rail, Feb. 2005
Keane Pepper, Art Crawl, Free Williamsburg, Nov. 2003
Home & Design Magazine, Fall 2002


Teaching:
2003 TA, Advanced Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY
1998-1999 Figure Drawing, Herron School of Art Saturday School Program,
Indianapolis, IN

Collections:
Laureate Capital
Tavis Smiley Collection
IUPUI Main Library, Indianapolis, IN

Personal:
Born: July 31, 1974 Indianapolis, Indiana USA