Jillian Vaccaro
Education
2021 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Masters of Fine Arts
2014 Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art
Minor in Education
Solo Exhibitions
2026 (Upcoming) Galatea Fine Art, Rooted in Memory, Boston, MA
2024 Galatea Fine Art, Resonance, Boston, MA
2024 Unbound Visual Arts - Arthaus Gallery, Threading Memory, Allston, MA
2022 Industry Lab Residency Show, A Lasting Impression, Cambridge, MA
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Mosesian Center For The Arts, Altered States: Transformation in Art, Watertown, MA
2026 Piano Craft Gallery, group show, Movement: Emotions Through Color and Abstraction, Boston, MA
2026 Galatea Fine Art, In From the Cold, Boston, MA
2025 New Hampshire Art Association, 26th Annual Joan L. Dunfey Open Juried Exhibition, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2025 Project B Gallery, New Moon, Framingham, MA
2025 Galatea Fine Art, Galatea and Friends, Boston, MA
2025 Galatea Fine Art, Many Parts, Boston, MA
2025 Portsmouth Historical Society and New Hampshire Art Association, Contemporary Currents, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2025 Galatea Fine Art, Goddesses, group exhibition, Boston, MA
2025 Galatea Fine Art, Galatea at 15, group exhibition, Boston, MA
2024 Galatea Fine Art, The Real Story, group show, Boston, MA
2024 Anna Maria College, Faculty Exhibition, Paxton MA
2024 MassArt X Gallery, Heirloom Convoy, Boston, MA
2024 Brickbottom Artists Association and Gallery, Movement: Emotions through Color and Abstraction, group show, Somerville, MA
2024 Portsmouth Historical Society and New Hampshire Art Association, Matter of Memory, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2024 Galatea Fine Art, Harmony in Diversity, Boston, MA
2023 Brookline Arts Center, Material Lineage, selected group show, Brookline, MA
2023 Fountain Street Gallery, selected annex fellow group show, Boston, MA
2023 Anna Maria College, Faculty Exhibition, Paxton, MA
2023 ArtsWorcester, Twentieth Biennial, Worcester, MA
2023 Pavement Coffee - Symphony, selected works, Boston, MA
2022 New Hampshire Art Association, 23rd Annual Joan L. Dunfey Open Juried Exhibition, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2022 MassArt X Gallery, Little Splinters, Boston, MA
2022 The Danforth Art Museum, Danforth Annual Juried Exhibition, Framingham, MA
2022 ArtsWorcester, Playing Games, Worcester, MA
2022 Laconia Gallery, Bodies; Embodied, selected group show, Boston, MA
2021 The Patricia Doran Gallery, Bodies; Embodied, Self Curated Group Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
2021 The Hera Gallery, Dough, Rhode Island
2021 MassArt X Gallery, Changing Since Changing, Boston, MA
2021 Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Fresh Faces, Boston, MA
2021 Artsy, Fresh Faces, Virtual Exhibition
2021 Art Room Gallery, International Open Art Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition
2021 Grey Cube Gallery, Second International Abstract Online Art Show, Virtual Exhibition
2020 Fusion Art, 6th Annual Colorful Abstractions Online Juried Art Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition
2020 Fusion Art, 3rd Annual Women Artists International Online Juried Art Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition
2019 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Exhibited Selected Works June - August, Boston, MA
2017 Cathedral High School Group Show, Selected Faculty Works, Boston, MA
2014 Emmanuel College, Senior Thesis Exhibition, Boston, MA
Selected Galleries/Museum Affiliations
2024 - Present, Unbound Visual Arts, Member, Allston, MA
2023 - Present, Galatea Fine Art, Member, SoWa Boston, MA
2023 - Present, ArtsWorcester, Member, Worcester, MA
2022 - Present, The Corporate Art Loan Program at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
Residencies
2022 Industry Lab Artist in Residence, Cambridge, MA
Awards
2024 Portsmouth Historical Society and New Hampshire Art Association, Matter of Memory, Honorable Mention, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2023 ArtsWorcester, Twentieth Biennial, Third Place Prize Winner, Worcester, MA
2022 New Hampshire Art Association, 23rd Annual Joan L. Dunfey Open Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
2022 ArtsWorcester, Playing Games, Juror's Prize Winner, Worcester, MA
Lectures/Talks
2024 Galatea Fine Art, Resonance, artist talk, Boston, MA
2023 ArtsWorcester Biennial Coffeehouse - Prizewinners, Worcester, MA
2022 Residency Artist Talk, Industry Lab, Cambridge, MA
2021 MassArt MFA Thesis Talks, virtual lecture series
Publications
2025 Sugarman, Jay, Museum Open House: Galatea Fine Arts, video interview with Galatea and Friends artists
NewTV Community, Newton, MA, July 15, 2025
2024 Artscope Magazine, December 2024 – Artwork featured in preview for upcoming exhibition Resonance at Galatea Fine Art