About

Jocelyne Prince is an artist working with the material and the conceptual properties of glass. Her process explores how actions can be recorded through material. Transparency, optical phenomenon and projection are key tools that translate these poetic acts into performative events, or into objects that highlight ephemeral occurrences.

bio – Jocelyne Prince

Prince grew up in Saint Boniface, Manitoba. She earned her B.F.A. from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and an M.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design. She exhibits her work in museums and alternative venues across North America, Asia and Europe. She has been awarded the Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching and a George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship. Prince is a full-time member of the faculty in Rhode Island School of Design’s Glass Department. She lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island.

solo shows and events

2021: Library of Amorphous Matter and Octadic Beacon Rovensky—two site-specific installations in the Rovensky Delivery Room and the Abraham Redwood summer house at the Redwood Library, Newport, RI
2018: Sol Obscura—live event. S12, Bergen, Norway
2016: Luminous Flux—live event. Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
2015: Glory Studies of Unexplained Events—live event. Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York
2014: Butoh/Fiasco—live event. Toyama Institute of Glass, Toyama, Japan; Atelier LePrince—exhibition and live event. Illingsworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
2013: Phantom (Pepper’s Ghost)—live event. Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
2012: El Greco Revisited—live event. Tacoma Museum, Tacoma, Washington; Rôda Blommor—live event. Rejmyre Glasbruk & Art Lab, Rejmyre, Sweden; Baltic Blue—live event,.Estonia Academy of the Arts, Talliin, Estonia; Oluf Høst Sunrise Revisited—live event. European Context 2012, Bornholm, Denmark
2011: Cherry Blossom—live event. Korean University of the Arts, Seoul, Korea
2010: Sonata—live event. Espace Verre, Montreal Quebec
2009: Sound Piece Performance—performance. Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium
2008: Amsterdam Spin Event 10.10.08—live event. VRIJ Glas, Amsterdam/Zaandam, Netherlands; Amsterdam Spin Event 10.10.08—live event. VRIJ Glas, Amsterdam/Zaandam, Netherlands
2002: Projections – Watermark Taxonomy—exhibition. Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2000: Disco Ball for the New Millennium—exhibition. Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia & Mobius Gallery, Boston, MA
1997: Viruses—exhibition. Galerie Articule Gallery, Montreal, Quebec

group shows and events (selected)

2020: Intercalary Art Event—multi-venue exhibition (Cazan Gallery, Ladd Observatory and John Hay Libairy) with Sean Salstrom, Katie Bullock and Robert Horton, Providence, RI.
2018: Project Atalanta—Participation in an online collaborative project in honor of the 400th anniversary of Michael Maier’s book Atalanta fugiens (1618). projectatalant 18: FIRE LOVES FIERY THINGS
2015: Emanations—American Museum of Glass, Millville, NJ
2014: ars subtilior—concert series organized by Community Music Works at Machine with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI; Colloquium: Alvin Lucier – Sound in Space—Brown University Music Department, Providence, RI – participation in Music for Cello with One or More Amplified Vases by Alvin Lucier performed by Laura Cetilia
2012: Enacting the Screen—Curator: Denise Markonish, Brick + Mortar Video, Greenfield, MA
2011: Glass in All Senses—Curator: Jennifer Scalan. Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
2010: Art and Brain Collaboration—Organized by Brown University, Institute for Brain Science. Project in collaboration with Diane Hoffman-Kim and Hoffman-Kim Laboratory.
2009: Scratching the surface – Matters of perception—Organized by the Rietveld Academy, Virtueel Museum Zuidas & Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Tenuous Tenacity—Curators: Brad Copping & Jeroen Maes, Glazen Huis, Lommel, Belgium; Rejmyre Matters III—Curators: Sissi Westerberg and Veronica Wiman. Galleri Engelska Magasinet Rejmyre, Sweden; GLAS—Curator: Anna Carlgren. Designhuis, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2008: Lo! A Collection of Secreted Tales and Objects of Wonder—Curators: Lauren Holt & Ken Linehan. Museum of Small Finds, Pawtucket, RI
2007: Me and Them—Curator: Micah Lexier. Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon; On Going Invention—Curator: Katherine Gray. Robert V.Fullerton Museum, Cal State University, San Bernardino, CA
2006: 20 Years On—Curator: Elizabeth Swineburn. Ebeltoft Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark (catalogue); Residue—Curator: Erica Adams. AA/B Gallery, Art Advisory, Boston, MA
2003: The Other Side of the Looking Glass: The Glass Body and its Metaphors—Curator: Susanne Frantz. Turtle Bay Museum, Redding, CA (catalogue); The Poetry of Science—Curator: Robin Cass. The Gallery, One Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, NY (catalogue); 20/20 Vision—Curator: Susanne Frantz. The Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ (catalogue)
2001: Visionary Women—Curator: Robin Cass. The Gallery, One Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, NY

grants and awards

2015: Emanation Artist in Residence, Creative Glass Center of America, NJ
2014: Artist in Residence, Alberta College of Art & Design; Howard Foundation Fellowship, Brown University
2013: Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching, Rhode Island School of Design
2012: Professional Development Fund Grant, Rhode Island School of Design; Faculty Conference Fund, Rhode Island School of Design
2011: Nanji Art Studio, Artist Residency, Seoul, Korea
2008: Vrij Glas Artist Residency, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Canada Council, Travel Grant to Sweden; Faculty Conference Fund, Rhode Island School of Design
2007: The Studio at Corning, Residency, Corning, NY
2006: Professional Development Fund Grant, Rhode Island School of Design
2005: Professional Development Fund Grant, Rhode Island School of Design
2000: CGCA Fellowship, Artist Residency, Creative Glass Center of America, NJ; Canada Council, Travel Grant

other professional activities

(Selected Juries, VA Lectures and Workshops)

2017: Juror, Sculpture Award, Howard Foundation; Juror, URI School of Engineering commission, RISCA Percent for the Arts
2015: Juror, CGCA artist in residence awards, CGCA/Wheaton Arts
2014: Artist lecture & workshop, Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland; Artist lecture, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama, Japan; Artist lecture, Tama University, Tokyo, Japan; Artist lecture, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Canada; Artist lecture, Tomas Bata University, Zlín, Czech Republic; Juror, CGCA artist in residence awards, CGCA/Wheaton Arts
2012: Artist lecture, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia
2011: Artist lecture & workshop, Korean University of the Arts & Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
2009: Artist lecture & workshop, Place as Matter, Rejmyre, Sweden
2008: Artist lecture, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland; Artist lecture, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden; Artist lecture & workshop, IKA, Mechelen, Belgium; Artist lecture, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Artist lecture, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design (UMPRUM, , Prague, Czech Republic; Artist lecture & workshop, Danmarks Designskole, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007: Artist lecture, The Studio at Corning, Corning, NY; Artist lecture & workshop, Haystack School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2006: Artist lecture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Artist lecture & workshop, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2005: Artist lecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2004: Artist lecture, Bornholm School of Glas & Keramic, Bornholm, Denmark; Artist lecture & workshop, Toyama City Institute of Glass Art, Toyama, Japan; Workshop co-taught with Susanne Jøker-Johnsen, The Studio at Corning, Corning, NY
2002: Artist lecture, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Artist lecture & workshop, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada; Artist lecture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; Artist lecture, American Museum of Glass, Millville, NJ

teaching experience

2013-actual — Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Associate Professor, Glass Department.

2016-17 — Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation & RISD Abu Dhabi, UAE/Providence, RI. Faculty Mentor, SEAF Program, Cohort #4.

2006-13 — Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Assistant Professor, Glass Department.

2005-06 — Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Interim Chair, Glass Department.

2001-05 — Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Adjunct Faculty Glass, Sculpture & Digital Media Departments.

2002 — Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Visiting faculty, Intermedia Department.

2001-02 — Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Adjunct faculty, Visual Art Department.

2000-01 — Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine. Adjunct Assistant professor – Sculpture Department.

1995-99 — Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Adjunct faculty, Sophomore, Junior and Degree Program Workshop.

education

1992-94 — Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. MFA (Honors)

1983-85 — Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. BFA

artist-statement – Jocelyne Prince

LIVE EVENT SERIES

GLASS: AN ACCOMPLISHED PERFORMER

There is a palpable energy in all fabrication studios. Both makers and observers are immersed in the primeval connections elicited through the action of making. Hot glass studios are especially conducive scenarios where forces such as heat, gravity, and timing are strategic elements in an overall plot. Performative and photogenic, molten glass has infinite variation and the hand/body that forms it has unmistakable humanistic vigor. In the Live Event series hot glass shops are re-contextualized. They become theatrical spaces. The series brings to the forefront the act of making and activates the glass itself as living performer.

SCULPTURE WORKS

GLASS: A ZERO LEVEL OF MATTER

Transparent matter is tricky. Visually we distinguish air from water, water from ice, ice from glass, through perceived shifts in density. Glass is difficult to see; it is a transparent barrier that engages a complex system of looking.

On one level we choose to not to see the material – we look through it and consume the visual access through the glass, we ignore the window, aquarium, jar or building that is in front of us. On another level we focus on the glass itself and are flooded by the extraordinary shifts in density and surface that challenges our understanding of the air and space that surrounds us, we see reflections, smudges, dust, greenish tint, bubbles, warbles…

Transparent matter creates an involved relationship between viewer and material. Glass is a ubiquitous substance that exists on a zero level of matter; a nothingness, which can be both present and absent.