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Forthcoming Exhibitions

  • Love Games, a two-person exhibition with Neil Gainer, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL. (Expected September 2025)

2025

  • Under the Mound, Solo Exhibition, Union Street Gallery , Chicago Heights, IL. April—May 2025.

  • Hypersurface of the Present, Double Exposure, a two person exhibition with Olive Stefanski, Roots & Culture, Chicago, IL. January–March 2025

2024

  • Our Delicate Armor, Ivory Gate Gallery, Chicago, IL. August 2024

  • Berserk Through a Flower Field, Solo exhibition, Grace Jane Gallery, Chicago, IL. June – July 2024

  • Bridgeport Art Center 12th Annual Art Competition, Chicago, IL. May – July 2024

  • Ovine Molds & No-Fail Nails: The Lamb Cake Show, Hoofprint, Chicago, IL. March 2024

2023

  • Delphian Open Call, Unit 1 Gallery, London, UK. October 2023. 

  • Alumni Showcase, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN. July 2023

  • Animal House, South Shore Arts, Munster, IN. June –August 2023

  • Aftergrader, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL. May–June 2023

  • How to Turn into a Frog, Solo Exhibition, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL. March–April 2023

  • Perennial Hug, Circle Contemporary North Shore, Glenview, IL. January–March 2023.

2022

  • Mark My Words, Chesterton Art Center, Chesterton IN. October –November 2022.

  • Emergent, South Suburban College, South Holland, IL. October 2022

  • Age of the Bimbo, Woman Made Gallery Chicago, IL. July–August 2022

  • Pop—Up Exhibition at IU Northwest Satellite Arts Space. Merrillville, IN. April–October 2022

  • Genesis, Co-prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL. May 2022

Other

  • Artist Talk at Project Onward - Chicago IL, March 2025

  • Artist Talk at Roots & Culture -Chicago, IL, March 2025

  • Artist Talk at St. Xavier University - Chicago, IL. February 2024

  • Artist Talk at South Suburban College, South Holland, IL. April 2023

  • Curator, Metamorphosis, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL. October 2022

  • IU Northwest Purchase Award, permanent collection acquisition. June 2022

  • Co-curator, Genesis, Co-prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL. May 2022

Jewlya Sturtevant is a contemporary artist from Massachusetts who lives and works in Northwest Indiana. She is primarily a figurative painter working  in oil and acrylic on canvas. Her paintings are recognized for their narrative content and visceral figuration. Sturtevant began studying art in Boston, Massachusetts, and completed her BFA at Indiana University in 2022; one of her paintings remains in the permanent collection of the university’s northwest campus. She has curated and exhibited throughout the Midwest.