Education
2008 MFA, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, Studio for Interrelated Media
2005 BFA, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, Studio for Interrelated Media
Grants/Awards
2016 Sarah Jacobson Film Grant
2016 Indiana Individual Artist Program Grant
2014 Creative Endeavor Award, College of Fine Arts, Ball State University
2013 Junior Faculty Creative Arts Competition Award, Ball State University
1998 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Film/Video Fellowship, New York, NY
1989 Mortin R. Godine Fellowship, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Residencies
2016 Hewnoaks Artist Colony, Lovell, ME
2014 The Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2013 Wassaic Artist Residency, Wassaic NY
2010 Elsewhere Collaborative Residency, Greensboro, NC
2007 Artist in Research, Berwick Research Institute, Boston MA
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Wish You Were Here, The Niche, University of Virginia, VA
2011 The Gates, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2000 Karaoke Project, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Body/Head: Live at Hassle Fest: Artist Record Covers, Gagosian Gallery at the LA Book Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Primer, Muncie Arts and Culture Council, Gearbox Makers Space, Muncie, IN
2015 Art About Artists, Godine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2015 No Ruse, Border Street Cultural Exchange Center, Boston, MA
2014 Boundary Battle, Carmen Wiedenhoeft Gallery (a Redline Production), Denver, CO
2014 Art Market Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2014 NMC10 Programme, Llewellyn Gallery, Alfred State College, Alfred NY
2014 NMC10 Programme, Seeth Gallery, West Virginia Weslyan Collage, Buckhannon, WV
2014 NMC 10 Programme, Brick City Gallery, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2013 Polarity, Lift Gallery, Greensboro College, Greensboro, NC
2012 Video Medeja, International Video Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia
2012 Pop Up Gallery Night at The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Art Studios, Albany NY
2011 Conversation Pieces, Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
2011 All Tomorrow’s Parties, Alexandra Palace Theatre, London, UK
2010 Informal Research Lab (IRL), Soho in Ottakring Festival, Vienna, Austria
2009 Iconoscope, Good Question Gallery, Milford, PA
2008 Forces of Nature, LIMN Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Don’t Need a Weatherman: to know which way the wind blows, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 I.C.A.R.U.S., Boston Cyberarts Festival, Patricia Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
2003 Video Windows, Curated by Shirin Neshat Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Promises, Promises, I.G. Bildende Kunst, Vienna, Austria
1999 Summit, Galerie 5020, Salzburg, Austria
1998 Stay: Transience and Sentimentality, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
1997 Station to Station, Curated by Tony Oursler Artist’s Space, New York, NY
1997 Ascent of Western Civilization: American Independent Rock, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Selected Screenings
2015 Antimatter Media Art Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada
2015 Haverhill Experimental Film Festival, Haverhill, MA
2015 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg, ON, Canada
2015 [RE]Gen New Media Festival, Burlington, NC
2015 Athens International Film Video Festival, Athens, OH
2014 Antimatter Media Art Festival, Victoria, BC, Canada
2014 Summerjam Music Mix, Electronic Arts Intermix, New York, NY
2014 Athens International Film Video Festival, Athens, OH
2014 NMC 10,Zona Auditorium, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
2014 NMC10 Programme, Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL2013
2013 1st Annual Experimental Video Festival, Launch Pad, Cooperative, Toledo OH
2013 Filmideo: Index Art Center, Newark, NJ, Weather You Remember: The Future
2013 Insta: International Show and Tell Media Festival, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2013 Capture: International Video Art Exhibit, Crisp Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, FL
2013 Current Conditions: Electric and Moving, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2010 Maura Jasper: Selected Video Works (solo screening), Soho in Ottakring, Vienna, Austria.
2009 Espacio Enter: Art-Science-Innovation-Technology-Society, Tenerife Espacio de Las Artes, Tenerife, Spain
2009 Without Borders Exhibition: Conjunction, University of Maine Museum of Art, Orono, ME
2008 Chain Reaction, Screening Program, Upgrade! International Conference, Skopje, Macedonia
2008 Our Friends are Electric: Urban Screens, Melbourne, Australia, Curated by Turbulence
2007 Upgrade! Boston, Studio Soto, (solo screening) Boston, MA
2000 TV/Voyeur, Pratt Institute Film Series, New York, NY, Curated by Astria Suparak
1999 OVNI, Centre de Cultura Contura de Barcelona, Spain
1999 Dusk, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1999 VII Mostra de Films de Dones de Drac Magic, Generaliat de Catalunya, Spain
1999 Warhol's Grave, Mecano, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Curated by Peggy Ahwesh
1999 2nd Muestro de Video Independent & Fenomens Interacious de Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, Spain
1998 The 1998 Video Room Festival, Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Social Body: Identity, Irritation, Abstration, Biennial of Moving Images, Saint-Gervais, Geneve, Switzerland
1997 New Works in Video, SoHo arts Festival, Void, New York, NY
1996 Video Shag, The Shag Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Curated by Kristin Lucas
1996 1996A Video, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
Presentations/Panels
2015 Presentation: Final Friday Pecha Kucha, David Owsley Museum of Art, Muncie, IN
2015 Presentation: Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, NC
2015 Presentation: New Media Caucus Showcase, Hunter College MFA Studio Building, New York, NY
2014 Presentation: Mid America College Art Association, San Antonio, TX
2010 Panelist: Informal Research Lab Process/Production, Soho in Ottakring, Vienna, Austria
2009 Presentation: Yes I Can, Soapbox Lecture Series, The IMA Gallery at Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2008 Presentation: Institute for Digital Arts and Animation, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2008 Presentation: Weather You Remember, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Presentation: Recent Video and Performance, Upgrade Boston: Video Sharing, Studio Soto, Boston, MA
2002 Panel Moderator: Art and Media Conference, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA
2000 Panelist: Mr. Fascination Discussion, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
1998 Presentation: Karaoke Project, Five College Film Council Lecture Series, Mount Holyoke College, South Hampton, MA
1998 Presentation: Karaoke Project, School of the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Publications
2014 Visitors (essay, artwork), Dinosaur Jr: Visitors, Numero Group, Chicago IL, April 2013
2013 Dinosaur Jr: The Official Book, (special edition print of work), Rocket 88 Publishing, London, November 2013
2012 Ideas Made Visible, (Contributor), Ball State University, January 2012
2004 Punk Rock Aerobics: 75 Killer Moves, 50 Punk Classics, and 25 Reasons to Get Off Your Ass and Exercise, by Maura
Jasper and Hilken Mancini, Da Capo Press, 2004
Selected Bibliography
Media-N, Journal of the New Media Caucus, April 2015.
Interview: Maura Jasper: In Like A Lion, Videofocus, Stigmart Art Review, 12th Edition, March 2015
Mary VanWassenhove, Boundary Battle, exhibition catalog: online publication, December 2014
Chris Kissel, Maura Jasper Talks About Leaving Behind the World of Album Covers, Diffuser.fm, July 1, 2014
Conversation Pieces, (exhibition catalog), Purdue University, September 2011
Nick Attfield, You’re Living All Over Me, Continuum Books, London July 2011
Ryan Carey, Gallery Watch, Citypaper, Philadelphia, PA, July 18, 2011
The IRL (full page artwork), Die Presse, Vienna, Austria, June 12, 2010
Without Borders VI: Conjunction 2009, (festival catalog), August, 2009
McQuad, Cate, Familiar Perspectives on Global Warming, Boston Globe, March 6, 2008
Josh Amatore Hughes, Punk Shui: Home Design for Anarchists, Three Rivers Press, February, 2006.
It's Just a Matter of Looking, American Fitness 22.5 (Sept-Oct 2004): p14(2).
Chrissy Persico, Calling All Headbangers, NY Daily News, New York, NY, March 29, 2004.
Carol Beggy and Mark Shanahan, Aerobics Gets Punked, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA. February 9, 2004.
Buzz Book: “Punk Rock Aerobics (Picks & Pans/Books), People Weekly, 61.4 (Feb 2, 2004): p41.
Robin Vaughn, Working Out Goes National, Boston Phoenix, January 30, 2004.
Teenage High Kicks, NME.com, July 4, 2003.
Lucie Wood, God Save the Lean, This is London from the Evening Standard, London, England, UK. June 3, 2003.
Nicole Mowbrey, Never Mind the Biceps, Here’s Punk Rock Aerobics, The Observer, London, England, UK. June 8, 2003.
Lorraine Ali, Aerobics for Anarchists, Newsweek, (Nov 11, 2002): p62.
Mary Huhn, Never Mind the Buttocks, New York Post, May 11, 2002.
David Shawn Bosler, Regulars, Punk Rock Aerobics, The Village Voice, May 22, 2002.
Jay Ruttenberg, Beat box, Beat On the Fat, Time Out New York, May, 2002.
Cory Kilgannon, Moshing to the Oldies, No Lycra Required, The New York Times, May 13, 2002.
Seth Mnookin, Where Jane Fonda Meets Joey Ramone, The New York Sun, May 6, 2002.
Annie Zaleski, Get Your Heart Punkin-Er Pumpin, AP (Alternative Press), November 2002.
J Mascis and Evan Dando Try Out Some Punk Rock Aerobics, Rolling Stone, October 25, 2001.
Nina Willdorf, An Exercise in Punk, The Boston Phoenix, August, 2001.
Merry Meikle, Video Has An Aesthetic All To Itself, NY Arts Magazine, #39, 2000.
Lia Gangitano, Mr. Facination, Trans, vol 6, 1999
The Legendary Fourth Generation, Galerie im Alkatraz IV, exhibition catalogue, a publication of Internationalen Sommerakademie fur Bildende Kunst. 1999.
Christopher Millis, Transience & Sentimentality: High Art Meets Low Art at the ICA, The Boston Phoenix, March 1998.
Lia Gangitano, On Leaving, Transience and Sentimentality exhibition catalogue, a publication of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA. 1998.
Eve Keller, Cart Blanche, exhibition catalogue, 6th Biennial of Moving Images, Saint-Gervais, Switzerland, 1997.
Selected Appearances/Radio/Television
Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees, television interview, Punk Rock Aerobics, CNN, recorded CNN News Group, New York, NY, April 22, 2004.
Gary Waleik, radio interview, Only A Game, for NPR, produced at WBUR, Boston, June 1, 2004
Fox and Friends, live television appearance, Punk Rock Aerobics, Fox News, February 2004
Mark Lynch, radio interview, Inquiry, WICN, Worcester, MA, January 2004.
Loose Lips, television appearance, Punk Rock Aerobics, Living TV, London, England, UK, 2003.
Richard and Judy, live television performance, Punk Rock Aerobics, Channel 4, London, England, UK, June, 2003.
CBS Radio, interview, Punk Rock Aerobics, recorded at CBS studios, New York, NY, January 2003.
VH1 News, television interview, May 2002.
The Social History of the Mosh Pit, film interview, directed by Christopher Wilcha for MTV Productions, May 2002.
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