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 Iπm Just Sayinπ / 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

≥Artists to Watch≤. Maine Home + Design, April, 2009.

Camila, Avery Yale. ≥Getting Treed.≤ The Maine Switch, November, 2008.
Anchors, Zach. "Interview: Jeff Badger." South Portland Sentry August 25, 2006: p 6

Elson, Kerry. ≥ART on the Edge.≤ 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. ≥Out of Pocket.≤ Portland Magazine December 2003: p. 44-49.

≥Readerπs Choice Poll: SPACE: Best Art Gallery.≤ 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 ≥New Work.≤ Wolf Moon Press July, 2003.

≥Power, Sex-economy and the function of aesthetics≤ Film by Nick Allanach, 2003. Featured Artist.

Gannon, Victoria. ≥Performance Art ≠ Huh?≤ Casco Bay Weekly November 21, 2002.

Cover story and image: p. 10-14.

≥Inaugural exhibit shows galleryπs potential.≤ Casco Bay Weekly August 1, 2002: p. 26.

≥Badger, McCreight in Hay Spotlight.≤ Portland Press Herald January 3, 2002: p. 2D.

Beem, Edgar. ≥Tim McCreightπs Silver Hammer.≤ 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