JESSE ALBRECHT
Education
2006 Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics & Drawing, Honors, The University of Iowa, Iowa City
2000 Bachelor of Science, Ceramics, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
Exhibitions (selected)
2027 Vessels of War and Recovery, The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID *Solo Show*
Vessels of War and Recovery, Mondak Heritage Center, Sidney, MT *Solo Show*
2026 Vessels of War and Recovery, University of Montana, Missoula, MT *Solo Show*
Vessels of War and Recovery, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT *Solo Show*
Vessels of War and Recovery, Helen E Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
*Solo Show*
2025 Vessels of War and Recovery, Omerta Arts, Helena, MT *Solo Show*
Vessels of War and Recovery, The Historic Clark Chateau, Butte, MT *Solo Show*
Mythos, Kolva-Sullivan Gallery, Spokane, WA
Fragments—of War, Paul Harris & Marguerite Kirk Gallery, Belgrade, MT
61 st Gala, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Ashtrays, James May Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Kirk’s Ceramics, Kirk’s Grocery, Billings, MT
Collectors Show, Bozeman Art Museum, Bozeman, MT
2024 Local Color, Visions West Contemporary Art Gallery, Bozeman, MT
Jesse Albrecht--Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN *Solo Show*
Ashtray Invitational--Peter Morgan and Friends, Richmond, VA
Journeys Onward, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY
Montana Clay Tour, Helena, MT
Kirk’s Ceramics, Kirk’s Grocery, Billings, MT
Suicide Hotline (Recovery), University Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Yellowstone Art Museum, 60 th Gala, Billings, MT
Recent Works, Faust Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2023 Juried National VII, Juried by Stephen Lee, Red Lodge Art Center, Red Lodge, MT
Pre-sent (Social Commentary), Kirk’s Grocery, Billings, MT
I Contain Multitudes, Juried by Garth Johnson, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Vessels of War & Recovery, Schoolhouse History & Art Center, Colstrip, MT *Solo Show*
Make Believe in Yourself, Paintallica, NE Sculpture Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Kirk’s Ceramics, Kirk’s Grocery, Billings, MT
Journeys Onward, Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY
Prodigal Ceramics Son, Lasansky Studio, Iowa City, IA
Recent Works, Faust Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2022 The UN-homecoming of Uncle Dirty and Jimmy Cardell, Sean Chandler & Jesse Albrecht, Yellowstone
Art Museum, Billings, MT
Recent Works, Faust Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2021 Yellowstoned, Paintallica, Aunt Dofe’s Gallery, Willow Creek, MT
Pursuit of Happiness (He’s Friendly), Tinworks, Bozeman, MT
2020 Tired of Winning, Paintallica, Tinworks, Bozeman, MT
2019 Veteran Triannual, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Rat Trap Clay Club, National Council on the Education of Ceramic Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2018 Visual Voices: Truth Narratives, Juried by Winnie Owens-Hart, Society for Contemporary Craft,
Pittsburg, PA
Montana Triannual, Juried by Kevin Redstar, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2017 After Action Review, Solo Show, Target Gallery, Saint John’s University, St. Cloud, MN
Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach,
VA
We The People: Serving Notice, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Charlie Foxtrot—LH Project Veteran Residents NCECA, The Cleaners Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 Art and Other Tactics: Contemporary Craft by Artist Veterans, San Francisco Museum of Craft and
Design, San Francisco, CA
Art and Other Tactics: Contemporary Craft by Artist Veterans, Los Angeles Museum of Craft and Folk
Art, Los Angeles, CA
Jesse Albrecht & Jessica Putnam-Phillips, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Montana Triannual, Juried by Peter Held, Missoula Museum of Art, Missoula, MT
2014 Beer and Football, courtesy of Jay Schmidt, The Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Paintallica, Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, IA
Soldier's Point of View-Fighting for the Nation/An Uncertain Battlefield, National Museum of the United
States Army, Arlington, VA
2012 Paintallica, P3 Studio, Cosmopolitan Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Book As Witness, The Artist’s Response, The Center For Book Arts, NYC
International Paper Biennial 2012, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, The Netherlands, and Museum
Meermanno/ Huis van het boek, Den Haag, The Netherlands
2011 Paintallica/Adam Kimmel/Carhartt X, Barneys, New York City, NY
Public Collections (selected)
The Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C.
The National Archives, A People’s History, 10 Years of IVAW, 700 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington D.C.
Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
Thomas J. Watson Library, New York City, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collaboration with David Dunlap
The Smithsonian American Art Museum, collaboration with Ehren Tool, The Renwick Gallery, Washington D.C.
Harvard Fine Arts Library, collaboration with Brian Borchardt, Artist Book Collection, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
Yale University, collaboration with Brian Borchardt, Haas Arts Library, New Haven, CT
Stanford University, with Brian Borchardt, Green Library, Special Collections, Stanford, CA
Residencies, Workshops & Lectures (selected)
2025 Veteran Meet Facilitator, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
Artist Panel with Barbara Van Cleve and Ben Pease moderated by Jenny Moore, Yellowstone Art
Museum, Billings, Montana
2024 Workshop and Artist Talk,
2023 Gallery Talk, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
2022 Veteran Panel & Project Space, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Sacramento, CA
2018 Visual Voices, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Pittsburg, PA, Panel
2017 St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN, Artist Talk and Workshop
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA, Artist Talk and Workshop
Clay As Conduit, National Council on the Education of Ceramic Arts, Portland, OR, Panel
2015 LH Project, Joseph, OR, Residency & Lecture
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR, Workshop & Lecture
2014 The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, Workshop
LH Project, Joseph, OR, Residency & Lecture
Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, Residency
2013 LH Project, Joseph, OR, Residency & Lecture
2012 P3 Studio, Paintallica, Art Production Fund, Cosmopolitan Casino, Las Vegas, NV, Residency
2010 University of Iowa Center for the Book, Iowa City, IA, Combat Paper, Workshop & Lecture
Endicott College, Beverly, MA, Lecture
2009 School of Visual Arts, National Conference of Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, Art of War, New
York City, NY, Lecture
Kendal College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI, Lecture
Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI, Lecture
Ox Bow Institute, Saugatuck, MI, Workshop & Lecture
2008 Anamosa State Penitentiary, Anamosa, IA, Workshop
2007 The Studio Assistant to Don Reitz, Clarkdale, AZ
2006 The Studio Assistant to Don Reitz, Clarkdale, AZ
Bibliography (selected)
Ulf Pike, “The Task,” Studio Potter, October 2023
Aaron Rosen, “The Kiln Decides,” Yellowstone Art Museum, catalogue essay, April 2022
Leah Ollman, “Resistance in clay: Ceramic artists speak out against Trump, war and more in 'We the People,’”
Los Angeles Times, Entertainment, 9/21/17
Craft in America, “Service,” PBS, Carol Sauvion, November 2014
Damaris Colhoun, “Art Grenade,” The Believer, 103 rd Issue, November/December 2013
Eric Wilson, “Warning: Artists at Work,” The New York Times, Fashion & Style, 7/20/11
James Dao, “Voice on Phone Is Lifeline for Suicidal Veterans,” The New York Times, 7/31/10
Military Experience
2006 Honorable Discharge from Iowa Army National Guard
2004 Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2004); Emergency medicine Sargent, Alpha Company 109 th Area
Support Medical Battalion. Attached to HHC Division 101 st Airborne (Air Assault) Mosul, Iraq
2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2004); Emergency medicine Sargent, Alpha Company 109 th Area
Support Medical Battalion. Attached to HHC Division 101 st Airborne (Air Assault) Mosul, Iraq
2002 Combat Medic Course, Honor Graduate, Fort Sam Houston, TX
1997 Basic Combat Training and Cannon Crewmember Course, Fort Sill, OK