Exhibitions
2008—present
Jeff Kasper has exhibited and presented public programs in the United States, and internationally, at The 8th Floor, Dedalus Foundation, Cleveland Institute of Art, New York University, EFA Project Space, Shape Arts (UK), the 26th International Graphic Design Biennial Brno (Czech Republic), Okno Gallery, (Russia), The International Graduate Center for the Study of Culture at the University of Giessen, (Germany), Greensboro Project Space, The James Gallery at the CUNY Graduate Center, Queens Museum, The Graduate Institute for Design, Ethnography & Social Thought at The New School, Bronx River Art Center, and the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College.
Recent solo-projects have been commissioned by ArtBridge and Meta Open Arts and presented with New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks), Downtown Art Theatre, and University of Massachusetts Herter Art Gallery.
Jeff Kasper has exhibited and presented public programs in the United States, and internationally, at The 8th Floor, Dedalus Foundation, Cleveland Institute of Art, New York University, EFA Project Space, Shape Arts (UK), the 26th International Graphic Design Biennial Brno (Czech Republic), Okno Gallery, (Russia), The International Graduate Center for the Study of Culture at the University of Giessen, (Germany), Greensboro Project Space, The James Gallery at the CUNY Graduate Center, Queens Museum, The Graduate Institute for Design, Ethnography & Social Thought at The New School, Bronx River Art Center, and the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College.
Recent solo-projects have been commissioned by ArtBridge and Meta Open Arts and presented with New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks), Downtown Art Theatre, and University of Massachusetts Herter Art Gallery.
Residencies & Awards
2016—present
Kasper was recently awarded the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space SHIFT Residency (2017-18), Art Beyond Sight’s Art & Disability Residency (2018-19), Community Engaged Artist Residency at Downtown Art (2019), Artcubator Residency at The Umbrella Arts Center (2021), ValleyCreates Working Capital Grant from Assets for Artists/MASSMoCA and Western Massachusetts Community Foundation (2021), and Public Art Learning Fund from New England Foundation for the Arts (2022).
In 2017, he was selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Disability Arts NYC Task Force for cultural leaders working to promote the practice and policy of disability artistry. He continues that work today by advocating for the integration of disability justice and trauma informed practices in studio art and design pedagogy, as well as increasing institutional access for disabled artists.
Kasper was recently awarded the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space SHIFT Residency (2017-18), Art Beyond Sight’s Art & Disability Residency (2018-19), Community Engaged Artist Residency at Downtown Art (2019), Artcubator Residency at The Umbrella Arts Center (2021), ValleyCreates Working Capital Grant from Assets for Artists/MASSMoCA and Western Massachusetts Community Foundation (2021), and Public Art Learning Fund from New England Foundation for the Arts (2022).
In 2017, he was selected to participate in the inaugural cohort of the Disability Arts NYC Task Force for cultural leaders working to promote the practice and policy of disability artistry. He continues that work today by advocating for the integration of disability justice and trauma informed practices in studio art and design pedagogy, as well as increasing institutional access for disabled artists.
Lectures & Teaching
2012—present
Kasper served as visiting faculty at Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College, Queens College CUNY, and Fordham University, where he led studios and seminars in design and technology, media studies, socially-engaged art, critical theory, and disability culture.
He has facilitated workshops at the MoMA Department of Education, OCADU, Carleton University Art Gallery, Cooper Union, Fashion Institute of Technology, School of Visual Arts, New York Hall of Science, and the School at the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).
In 2018, he served as a mentor for the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Program in Social Practice.
In 2019, Kasper joined the faculty of art at University of Massachusetts Amherst as Assistant Professor, becoming Undergraduate Program Director in Fall 2020.
Kasper served as visiting faculty at Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design, Eugene Lang College, Queens College CUNY, and Fordham University, where he led studios and seminars in design and technology, media studies, socially-engaged art, critical theory, and disability culture.
He has facilitated workshops at the MoMA Department of Education, OCADU, Carleton University Art Gallery, Cooper Union, Fashion Institute of Technology, School of Visual Arts, New York Hall of Science, and the School at the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).
In 2018, he served as a mentor for the New York Foundation for the Arts Immigrant Artist Program in Social Practice.
In 2019, Kasper joined the faculty of art at University of Massachusetts Amherst as Assistant Professor, becoming Undergraduate Program Director in Fall 2020.
Curatorial Projects
2017—present
In 2017-2018 Kasper was named Public Programming Fellow at CUE Art Foundation where he curated the multi-part series Access/Points: Approaches to Disability Arts
In 2017-2018 Kasper was named Public Programming Fellow at CUE Art Foundation where he curated the multi-part series Access/Points: Approaches to Disability Arts
Arts Organizing & Public Engagement
2008—present
From 2015-2019, Kasper served as the Director of Engagement at More Art where he supported the strategic development and design facilitation of long-term public art initiatives while leading a fellowship program for emerging socially-engaged artists.
He co-founded Civic Art Lab, with Laura Scherling and the collaborative GREENSPACENYC, as an annual volunteer-run community space for sustainability advocates and neighbors to engage with local to global ideas and initiatives.
In addition to working with dozens of organizations focused on arts and social planning, Kasper has supported the work of nearly 200 individual artist-activists. He frequently leads study groups, workshops, mediation and conflict transformation processes for arts collectives and residencies. He often sits on peer review boards for arts awards and grants.
His work as a non-profit arts leader has been funded by multi-year grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Arts Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Vilcek Foundation, Lambent, and Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation.
From 2015-2019, Kasper served as the Director of Engagement at More Art where he supported the strategic development and design facilitation of long-term public art initiatives while leading a fellowship program for emerging socially-engaged artists.
He co-founded Civic Art Lab, with Laura Scherling and the collaborative GREENSPACENYC, as an annual volunteer-run community space for sustainability advocates and neighbors to engage with local to global ideas and initiatives.
In addition to working with dozens of organizations focused on arts and social planning, Kasper has supported the work of nearly 200 individual artist-activists. He frequently leads study groups, workshops, mediation and conflict transformation processes for arts collectives and residencies. He often sits on peer review boards for arts awards and grants.
His work as a non-profit arts leader has been funded by multi-year grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Arts Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Vilcek Foundation, Lambent, and Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation.
Writing & Public Speaking
2010—present
Kasper is the co-editor of More Art in the Public Eye available with Duke University Press.
He was a contributor to Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art (Skyhorse, 2018) the first comprehensive textbook for the field of socially-engaged art. His work was recently featured in a study of Social Practice Art: Distrupting Disability at the University of Maine Center for Inclusion and Disability Studies. Past collective projects and writing about socially-engaged art are featured in the books Futures Worth Preserving: Nostalgia and Sustainability in Cultural Constructions of the Present (Transcript, 2019), and Bridging Communities Through Socially Engaged Art (Routledge 2019). He has been featured in The New York Times, Spectrum NY1 News, Untapped Cities, Brooklyn Magazine, Hyperallergic, PLOT Journal, Medium, City Atlas, and City Limits.
Kasper has lectured on design education, public art, and social art pedagogy at CAA, FATE, AIGA, IAFOR, and the Interaction Design & Children conference.
Kasper is the co-editor of More Art in the Public Eye available with Duke University Press.
He was a contributor to Art as Social Action: An Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teaching Social Practice Art (Skyhorse, 2018) the first comprehensive textbook for the field of socially-engaged art. His work was recently featured in a study of Social Practice Art: Distrupting Disability at the University of Maine Center for Inclusion and Disability Studies. Past collective projects and writing about socially-engaged art are featured in the books Futures Worth Preserving: Nostalgia and Sustainability in Cultural Constructions of the Present (Transcript, 2019), and Bridging Communities Through Socially Engaged Art (Routledge 2019). He has been featured in The New York Times, Spectrum NY1 News, Untapped Cities, Brooklyn Magazine, Hyperallergic, PLOT Journal, Medium, City Atlas, and City Limits.
Kasper has lectured on design education, public art, and social art pedagogy at CAA, FATE, AIGA, IAFOR, and the Interaction Design & Children conference.