JIELA RUFEH CV
EDUCATION
B.F.A., Photography
Syracuse University, School of the Visual and Performing Arts
Syracuse, NY
Post Graduate Work
International Center of Photography
New York, NY
Post Graduate Work
Brooks Institute of Photography
Santa Barbara, CA
AWARDS
2020
Honorable Mention, Juried Exhibit 2020, Front Porch Gallery. Juror Maria Mingalone Executive Director of Oceanside Museum of Art. Carlsbad, CA
2019
First Place Award, CWA 90th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum. Juror Ann H. Sievers, Director and Curator, Art Museum of St. Joseph. Norwich, CT
Honorable Mention, Sublime, Bakersfield Museum of Art. Juror Ruta Saliklis, PhD, Curator and Interim Executive Director San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. Bakersfield, CA
Jurors Choice Award, 2019 Juried Biennial, William D. Cannon Art Gallery. Jurors: Robert Pincus renown art critic and writer for San Diego Union Tribune and Maria Mingalone, the Executive Director at the Oceanside Museum of Art.
Carlsbad, CA
2013 Honorable Mention, Water
Civic Gallery
Vista, CA
2004 Third Place Summation 2004
Escondido Municipal Gallery
Escondido, CA
2001 Honorable Mention for Photo Montage Digital Art,
Del Mar Art Fair
Del Mar, CA
2000 Won Digital Camera Shoot-Out for Mid-End Camera Category, representing work created with Polaroid’s PDC-2000
Photographic Marketing Association Convention
New Orleans, LA
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
2022 "Meet Jiela Rufeh Photo-Artist" ShoutOut SoCal Magazine
2021 "The Ever Unfolding Path", Encaustic Arts Magazine Spring edition, Santa Fe, NM
2021 YellowStone Art Auction 53, Yellowstone Art Museum
2019 Create! Magazine "Winter 2019" guest curator Margaret Winslow of Contemporary Art at the Delaware Art Museum
2016 "Riddles and heat fill two new exhibits at The Museum at Center for the Art" Arts & Entertainment, Coast News
Encinitas, CA
2016 LA Art Show Catalog Modern/Contemporary,
Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Exhibit A, For Art- Art Review”
Night and Day Magazine Weekly Guide
San Diego Union Tribune
San Diego, CA
2004 “Sculpture Exhibit in Fallbrook Leads Busy Art Month”
Preview Magazine Arts and Entertainment Guide
North County Times, CA
MTV Real World San Diego
Photography displayed in reality TV show house
2003 “Hands-on Explanation MiraCosta College hot-wax exhibit”, North County Times, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (** indicates solo or two person exhibition)
2023
Oceanside Museum of Art, 2023/24 Artist Alliance Biennial, Oceanside
Front Porch Gallery, Wide Angle World, Carlsbad
Oceanside Museum of Art, Color Pop! , San Diego, CA
The Museum of Encaustic Art, Joy, Cerrillos, NM
The San Diego Museum of Art Guild, 2023 Artists Guild Online Exhibition, San Diego
Juror: Hugh Davies
Front Porch Gallery, Lift The Sky, Carlsbad, CA
2022
The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, La Jolla, CA
The Studio Door, OMA Artist Alliance: Parallel Views, Hillcrest, CA
Oceanside Museum of Art, Art Auction 2022, Oceanside, CA
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Art Mix, Bakersfield, CA
Oceanside Museum of Art, 2022 Artist Alliance Biennial, Oceanside
Front Porch Gallery, Second Act, Carlsbad
2021
William D. Cannon Art Gallery, 2021 Cannon Invitational, Carlsbad
BFree Studio, As We See It: Two Visions in Encaustic, La Jolla, CA **
Front Porch Gallery, Molten: Art Forged Under Fire, Carlsbad
Front Porch Gallery, Juried Exhibition 2021, Juror Sergio Gomez Jr., Carlsbad
Encaustic Art Institute, Global Warming Is Real, Santa Fe, NM
William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Juried Biennial Exhibition 2021, Carlsbad, CA
Yellowstone Art Museum, Yellowstone Art Auction 53, Billings, MT
2020
Front Porch Gallery, Juried Exhibit 2020, Carlsbad, CA
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Art Mix, Bakersfield
Beacon Gallery, 2020 International Juried Show Totems, Boston, MA
2019
Oceanside Museum of Art, The Six Word Story, Oceanside, CA
Slater Memorial Museum, CWA 90th National Open Juried Exhibition 2019, Norwich, CT
Museum of Encaustic Art, 50 States/200 Artists Exhibition, Santa Fe (permanent collection)
Bakersfield Museum of Art , Visual Arts Festival 2019, Bakersfield, CA
VQ Gallery Santa Fe, NM (Representation)
William D. Cannon Art Gallery, 2019 Juried Biennial Exhibition, Carlsbad, CA
2018
Museum of Latin American Art, Beyond the Earth and the Sky, Long Beach, CA
Museum of Encaustic Art, 2018 Melting Pot/Melting Point, Santa Fe
Atlantic Gallery, International Juried Exhibition 2018 WHO.ARE.YOU?, New York, NY
Art Santa Fe 2018, Opus Art Collective, Santa Fe, NM
Museum of Encaustic Art, Global Warming is Real, Santa Fe, NM
Front Porch Gallery, FUSION: Three Artists’ Views of Contemporary Encaustic, Carlsbad
Bakersfield Museum of Art, ARTMIX 2018, Bakersfield
Maryland Federation of Art, Focal Point: The Art of Digital MediaExhibition, Annapolis, MD
2017
The Museum at the California Center for the Arts, Reuse Recreate Reimagine, Escondido
Oceanside Museum of Art, Artist Alliance 2017, Oceanside
Bakersfield Museum of Art, ARTMIX 2017, Bakersfield, CA
ART Palm Springs 2017, Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, Palm Springs, CA LA Art Show 2017 Modern/Contemporary, Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, Los Angeles
2016
Art San Diego 2016 Contemporary Art Show, Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, San Diego
The Museum at the California Center for the Arts, Heated Exchange: Contemporary Encaustic,
Escondidio, CA
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair 2016, Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, Palm Springs, CA
CONTEXT New York 2016 Art Fair, Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, New York, NY
Greenly Art Space, Urban Primitive A Three Woman Show, Signal Hill LA Art Show 2016 Modern/Contemporary, Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, Los Angeles
2015
Oceanside Museum of Art, Artist AllianceA+B, Oceanside, CA
Spectrum Miami Art Fair, Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, Miami, FL
Houston Fine Art Fair, Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, Houston, TX
Art Silicon Valley / San Francisco, Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, San Mateo, CA
Art SD2015 - A Spectrum Art Show, Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, San Diego, CA
2014
Encaustic Art Institute, Member’s Show, Santa Fe, NM
2013
Civic Gallery, Water, Vista, CA. Juror: Julie Perlin Lee Director of Collections, Bower Museum
2012
Oceanside Museum of Art, Artist Alliance, Oceanside. CA
2011
Oceanside Museum of Art, Memento Mori, Oceanside
Oceanside Museum of Art, Summer Soiree, Oceanside
2010 2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space, Menage #2, Long Beach, CA
2007 Galerie Tantow, Nature Dialogue, Berlin, DE**
2006 Galerie Saraie, Begegnungen, Berlin**
2005
Pfundt Gallery, Verwandlung, Berlin**
Light Works Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse**
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, 14th Annual Juried Exhibition, La Jolla, CA. Juror: Derrick Cartwright, Executive Director San Diego Museum of Art
Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2004
Boehm Gallery, Women and Hot Wax II, Palomar College, San Marcos, CA
2003
Kruglak Gallery, Women and Hot Wax, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA
San Diego Art Institute, 46th Annual International Exhibition, San Diego. Juror: Hugh M. Davies, Director of Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
2002
San Diego Art Institute, Southern California Regional Show, San Diego
Museum of California Center for the Arts, Interface International: A juried Exhibition Exploring Science, Technology, and Art, Escondido. Jurors: Dr. Don Bacigalupi Director of San Diego Museum of Art, Dr. Sally Yard of USD, David Avalos of CSU
2001
William D Cannon Art Gallery, 3rd Annual Juried Art Show, Carlsbad, CA. Jurors: Margaret Porter- Troupe Director of PorterTroupe Gallery & Betti-Sue Hertz Curator of Contemporary Art at the San Diego Museum of Art