SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2008 Treed, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
2006 I
Got a Right, Whitney Art Works,
Portland, ME
Everything Crash, Harbor Art Gallery,
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
2005 This
is How We Float, Essex Art Center,
Lawrence, MA
2004 Float, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
2003 New
Paintings, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
2002 New
Work, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
2001 Jeff
Badger, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 I¹m
Just Sayin¹ / I Know Right?, Whitney
Art Works, Portland, ME (upcoming)
Drawn To Life, ARTSWorcester,
Worcester, MA
Shoot Your Face Off, Space
Gallery, Portland, ME
2009 50
Artists, 50 States, 50 Mediums, The
Eclipse Gallery, Algoma, WI
The Business of Art, University of New England, Portland, ME
Happy
Tree Friends, Charlotte St Foundation
/ Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO
The
Funnies, Whitney Art Works, Portland,
ME
Comic-al, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2008 Biennial Juried
Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary
Art, Rockport, ME
Merhaba,
Baghdad, Qasam Sabti Gallery, Baghdad,
Iraq
Juried Alumni Exhibition, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Re:Format, ellO
Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2007 30
Years / 30 Cakes, Urban Institute for
Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Tiny, curated by Bruce Brown,
Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
2006 SUPERvision, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
Still Life, Center for Maine
Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
LandEscapes, College of the
Atlantic Beech Hill Farm, Bar Harbor, ME
Believing is Seeing: Perceptions of Reality, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Funny-Scary-Happy-Sad: Contemporary Clown Art, Ubu Studio Gallery, Portland, ME
From the Inside II, June
Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
Humor?, Maine College of Art, Portland,
ME
2005 New
Art 2005, MPG Contemporary, Boston,
MA
Annual Juried Exhibition, Essex
Art Center, Lawrence, MA
Art Institute of Boston MFA Exhibition 2005, Epicenter, Boston MA
Reclaiming Space, Installation at
Portland City Hall, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
2004 SuperSalon, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Fire with Fire: On Myth on Contemporary Culture, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Greater Portland and Cumberland County, Maine State Capitol Complex, Augusta, ME
Festival of The Sacred and Profane,
Peaks Island, ME
2003 Alumni
Reunion Exhibition, Tang Museum,
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Treats, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
Creatures, Filament Gallery,
Portland, ME
Words & Images, University of
Southern Maine, Portland, ME
In My Backyard 3, Yarmouth, ME
2002
Paper Cut 5, Siberia, New York, NY
911:
Maine Responds, Maine Art Gallery,
Wiscasset, ME
Opening
Exhibition, SPACE Gallery, Portland,
ME
Bacon, 31 Withers Street, Brooklyn, NY
Festival of The Sacred and Profane - Spot!, Peaks Island, ME
2001 Gaze, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
In
The Beginning, University of New
England, Biddeford, ME
Festival of The Sacred and Profane (the devil made me do it), Peaks Island, ME
CURATORIAL
PROJECTS
2008 The Funnies, co-curator, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
2007 After The End of The World, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
2006 From the Inside II, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2005 From the Inside, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2004 Flavor,
SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
Tin Conspiracy, SPACE Gallery,
Portland, ME
discrete
symbols from a finite set, SPACE
Gallery, Portland, ME
2003 The Next, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
2002 Plow, co-curator, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME
TEACHING
Southern Maine Community College,
Department Chair, Fine Arts, 2009-present
Southern Maine Community College,
Instructor, 2006-2009
Bowdoin Summer Art Camp,
Instructor, 2009
Massachusetts College of Art,
Adjunct Faculty, 2007
Maine College of Art Camp ,
Instructor, 2004
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Workshop
Instructor, 1998
Skidmore College, Teaching Assistant, Fiber Arts;
Printmaking, 1997-1998
VISITING ARTIST
2008 Creative
Conversations, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME, panelist
2006 Massachusetts
College of Art, Visiting Artist, MSA Program; Exhibition Design
2005 The
Dublin School, Dublin, NH, Visiting Artist
Rivertree Center for the Arts, Kennebunk, ME, Visiting Artist
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME, Panelist, In Control of Your
Faculties
Maine College of Art, Sculpture Major Seminar, Visiting Artist
Maine College of Art, Painting Major Seminar, Visiting Artist
2004 Currier
Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, AllState Art Festival, Artist Mentor
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, Panelist, Art and Business: Networking
2003 Art
Students Honor Society, Manchester, NH, Keynote Speaker,
Currier Museum of Art, AllState Art Festival Artist Mentor
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
³Artists
to Watch². Maine Home + Design, April, 2009.
Camila,
Avery Yale. ³Getting Treed.² The Maine Switch, November, 2008.
Anchors, Zach. "Interview: Jeff Badger." South Portland Sentry
August 25, 2006: p 6
Elson, Kerry. ³ART on the Edge.² Port City Life July /
August 2006: p. 100.
Healy, Pat. "Spy Food and Drunk Fish." Boston Metro
March 24, 2006: p. 12.
Metzer, Andy. "Where Does it come from?" The Mass
Media March 26 2006: p 1.
Thompson, Chris. ³Out of Pocket.² Portland Magazine
December 2003: p. 44-49.
³Reader¹s Choice Poll: SPACE: Best Art Gallery.² Portland
Phoenix November 14, 2003.
Knowles,
Maggie. "Hot, hot heat - Parker and Badger at the Hay Gallery." The
Portland Phoenix
July 4, 2003: p. 16.
Graves, Laurie Meunier. Review of ³New Work.² Wolf
Moon Press July, 2003.
³Power, Sex-economy and the function of aesthetics² Film by Nick Allanach, 2003. Featured Artist.
Gannon, Victoria. ³Performance Art Huh?² Casco
Bay Weekly November 21, 2002.
Cover
story and image: p. 10-14.
³Inaugural exhibit shows
gallery¹s potential.² Casco Bay Weekly August 1, 2002: p. 26.
³Badger, McCreight in Hay
Spotlight.² Portland Press Herald January 3, 2002: p. 2D.
Beem, Edgar. ³Tim McCreight¹s
Silver Hammer.² Maine Times January 31, 2002: p 21.
AWARDS
2008 Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission
2005 Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission
2004 Maine Artist
Access, juried into state arts directory
EDUCATION
2005 M.F.A., Art Institute of Boston at Lesley
University, Boston, MA
1998 B.A.,Fine Art / English, Skidmore College.
Saratoga Springs, NY
1997 semester abroad program, Westminster University,
London, UK