An artist with 20+ years of experience teaching in the university setting and independently, Jill possesses an intuitive mind coupled with excellent visual, verbal and written communication skills. Accustomed to teaching students of all levels, Jill has a way of instilling confidence and encouraging students to take risks with remarkable outcomes. She is represented internationally in prominent collections including a former FBI Director and the Vatican Observatory Museum.

Education

MFA Visual Arts, Painting, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
BS Journalism, Advertising Sequence, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Art Students League, New York, NY

Teaching

Art Professor, Adjunct, University of New Haven, CT,  2016

Art Professor, Adjunct, Lincoln College of New England, Southington, CT 2014 – 2016

Select Exhibitions

-Vatican Observatory Museum, Castel Gondolfo, Vatican City, Phi and Juno metallic prints installed in permanent        collection, 2020
-Greenwich Art Society, 100th Annual Exhibition, Greenwich, CT, Juror: Kelly Baum, Curator, Modern
and Contemporary, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, 2017
-Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, Chelsea, NYC, 2017
-Selfies Exhibition, Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Arnold Bernhard Center, Bridgeport, CT
-MFA Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, Chelsea, NYC & The WCSU Gallery of Visual and Performing Arts, 2015
-Celebrating Lyme’s Beauty, two-venue juried exhibition: Lyman Allyn Art Museum, Glassenberg Gallery,
New London, CT and Lyme Art Association, CT, 2013
-Between the Shining Seas, ASMA Juried Exhibition, a two-venue juried exhibition: Wisconsin Maritime Museum and the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, 2011

Awards

Connecticut Office of the Arts Fellowship Grant, 2020
W.B. Connor Trust Scholarship, Western Connecticut State University, 2013/2014

Publications

Hearst CT Media: CTInsider, CT Post, New Haven Register and Shelton Herald
Face the Nation, Washington D. C. painting serves as backdrop for James Comey interview, 8/2020
Hartford Courant, Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society Annual Exhibition, October 2013
New London Day, Plein Air Schooner Competition and Exhibition, New London, CT, 2013
Connecticut Post, Pulse, Nichols is Versatile: From Yacht Portraits to Pirate Murals, Phyllis Boros, 2013 WTIC, Fox CT

Of Interest

The Comey Rule, Showtime, Grand Canyon painting replica in Comey’s former FBI Director’s office set

9/2020 Gallery & Studio Guide, NYC, Blue Mountain Gallery Thesis Exhibition, Christine Graf, 2015

Morning News TV Interview, One Woman Show in New London, CT, 2013

WVIT, NBC CT and WTIC CT, TV interviews for Cancer Benefit Invitational Exhibition, 2012