SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025 (upcoming) Kiraathane, Istanbul, Turkey.

2022 The Living Thing About a Painting, Kiraathane, Istanbul, Turkey

2012 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

2010 Espy Foundation, Oysterville, WA

2005 Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2004 Bullitt and [Elisa] Jensen, Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2004 [Philip] Govedare and Bullitt, Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2002 Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2002 Elon University, Elon, NC

2002 Red Hat Software Corporate Headquarters, Raleigh, NC

2000 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

2000 Hewitt Gallery, Basin, MT

1999 Teresa Pelt Grubbs Art Gallery, Mount Olive College, Mount Olive, NC        

1999 Studio Azaretti, Rome, Italy

1998 John and June Alcott Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

1997 Vardell Gallery, Saint Andrew’s College, Laurinburg, NC

1996 Fine Arts Gallery, Mount Olive College, Mount Olive, NC

1995 [Claude] Carone and Bullitt, Warren Street Gallery (now Carrie Haddad

        Gallery), Hudson, NY

GROUP

2016 Small Works, Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, NY

2016 Cowgirls #4, Brik Gallery, Catskill, NY, curated by Richard Timperio,          

        director of The Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015 Sideshow Nation III, Circle the Wagons!, The Sideshow Gallery,          

        Brooklyn, NY

2012 Cowgirls of the Hudson, Brik Gallery, Catskill, NY, curated by Richard        

        Timperio, director of The Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

2011 Regional Artists Showcase, featuring recent artists project grant recipients        

       Betty Ray McCain Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2011 N.E.W, Visual Art Exchange, curated by Executive Director,            

       Contemporary Art Museum, Elysia Borowy-Reeder, Raleigh, NC

2011 PULP, Visual Art Exchange, curated by exhibitions manager, Contemporary          

       Art Museum, Kate Shafer, Raleigh, NC

2011 Fresh, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2010 Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2008 Windows to the River, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA

2007 Glance Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2006 (2005) Glance Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2005 The Best in the Triangle, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2003 American Academy of Arts and Letters Exhibition Invitational, nominated by          

         Nathan Oliveira, New York, NY

2003 Faculty Exhibition, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2003 Friends of George Bireline, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2002 Eight Women, Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2002 Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC

2002 Icarus 2002, Nag’s Head, NC

1999 American Academy in Rome, ( by invitation of NEH Seminar) Rome, Italy

1999 New Currents in Contemporary Art, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC

1999 John and June Alcott Gallery, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC  

1998 Elon College, Elon, NC

1995 Tivoli Artists Coop Invitational, Tivoli, NY

1995 Artists Go Public, Armory, Hudson, NY

1994 Heart Attack, West Broadway Gallery, New York, NY

1994 ISA Invitational, Naples, FL

1994 Bound by Light, PSA Art Showcase II, New York, NY

1987 Stanford Artists in New York, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

GRANTS/AWARDS/PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

2022 Kiraathane, Residency, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 Espy Foundation, Full Fellowship, Oysterville, WA

2009 Regional Artist Project Grant, United Arts Council, Wake County,          

         Raleigh, NC                    

2007 First Prize, Snapshot of Survival, Gilda’s Club National Competition

2005 Vermont Studio Center, Fellowship, Johnson, VT

2003 Finalist, American Academy of Arts and Letters Painting Award, New York,          

         NY

2001 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT

2000 Montana Artists Refuge, Fellowship, Basin, MT

1998 Smith Research Grant, UNC- Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

1993 David R. Hunter Founder’s Award, ATR Foundation, Seattle, WA 

Ongoing: Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Women,

Who’s Who in American Education, Who’s Who in the World

REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS

2022 The Living thing About a Painting; catalog, Kiraathane, Istanbul, Turkey

2012 Jill Bullitt, Paintings, Drawings, Encaustics, catalog, Francine Seders          

        Gallery, Seattle, WA

2010 The Chinook Observer, Long Beach, WA, arts feature on Espy Foundation          

        artists, June

2007 The News and Observer, (newspaper of record) Raleigh, NC, arts feature          

         on the closing of Glance Gallery, July

2004 The Independent Weekly, Raleigh, NC, cover feature, September

2003 The Independent Weekly, Raleigh, NC, arts feature, April

2002 The Spectator, Raleigh, NC, arts feature on Bickett Gallery, July

2001 The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, NY, author of art review, July-August

1994 Bound By Light:  PSA Art Showcase II, Public Securities Association, New        

        York, NY, catalog of group show

1987 Stanford Artists in New York, catalog of group show

LECTURES

2022 Keeping Painting Alive, Kiraathane, Istanbul, Turkey

2020  Istanbul Goodness and Beauty Philosophy Series,  Plato/Time/ My Work, on-line

2010 Espy Foundation, Oysterville, WA

2002 Elon University, Elon, NC

2000 Savannah College of Art and Design,  Savannah, GA

2000 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2000 Mount Olive College, Mount Olive, NC

1999 American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy

1999 Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC

1999 University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1999 UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC

1994 Public Securities Association Art Showcase II, New York, NY

1993 Women and Contemporary Art, International School of Art,          

        at the invitation of Elizabeth Lyons, Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEACHING

Raleigh Institute of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, NC 2010

Assistant Professor of Art, Adjunct, Mount Olive College, NC, 1999 - 2007

Visiting Lecturer in Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, fall, 2000, spring,

2003

Professor of Foundations, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA,

2000

Visiting Lecturer in Art, Duke University, Durham, NC, fall, 1998

Teaching Fellow in Art (Instructor of record), UNC-Chapel Hill, NC, 1997-1999

OTHER ART-RELATED

President, U.S. Friends of the International School of Art (in Monte Castello di

Vibio, Italy) New York, NY , 1993- 2000

Scholar-in-Residence, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, 1995-1996  

Executive Director, Dieu Donné Papermill (hand-made paper-making

non-profit) New York, NY, 1989-90

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The late Nicolas Carone, Penelope and the late Robert Creeley, Carey Cameron

and Ambassador Giovanni Ferrero, the late Honorable Abe Fortas, Barbara and

the late David Hunter, the late Frank Lobdell, the late Nathan Oliveira, The late

Jean Prinet of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, the late Arthur Hall Smith, Arthur

Sze and Carol Moldaw, Michael Waters and Mihaela Moscaliuc

EDUCATION

M. F. A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

A. B. in Art (with Distinction), Stanford University; worked primarily with Nathan

Oliveira and Frank Lobdell

Graduate-at-large program (painting), Stanford University; worked primarily with

Frank Lobdell and Nathan Oliveira

New York Studio School; worked primarily with Nicolas Carone

Studio assistant to Hilda Morris, Pietra Santa, Italy

PERSONAL

One daughter, Makaiya Bullitt-Rigsbee. Bullitt is the daughter of Stimson Bullitt

and the poet Carolyn Kizer ( Pulitzer, 1985).  Cancer survivor, 2003