American, b. 1967. Lives and works in Kansas City, Missouri.

Artist's videos on the YouTube BDG Channel Playlist YouTube Playlist


Recent Press:

- Interviews of Jill Downen on the YOUTUBE Gallery playlist (Watch Interviews on YouTube)
- TV Interview by Kerry Marks for HEC-TV on the current exhibitions Watch Now
- Video of Jill Downen exhibition at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in February 2011. (Video Link)
- Video of Jill Downen exhibition at Bruno David Gallery. January 2012. (Video Link)
- Timelapse video of Dust and Distance University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas (March 2012) (link)
- Jill Downen in Art in America (December 2010) (pdf) and (Link)
- Jill Downen by David Bonetti in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (pdf)
- Jill Downen by Stefene Russell in the St. Louis Magazine/Look-Listen (pdf)
- Don't Think of a Construction Site by Hess Caplinger in the Examiner.com (pdf)
- Jill Downen: Hard Hat Optional by Jessica Baran in the Riverfront Times (pdf)
- Downen Takes a Fresh Direction by Ivy Cooper in the St. Louis Beacon (pdf)
- Construction Zone by Dickson Beall in the Westend Word (pdf)

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Untitled 5 Plaster, acrylic, paper on wood panel 9 x 12 x 1 1/2 inches	Untitled 4 Plaster, acrylic, paper on wood panel 9 x 12 x 1 1/2 inches	Untitled 6 Plaster, gold leaf, acrylic, paper on wood panel 12 x 16 x 1 1/2 inches	Study for (dis) Mantle Meditation Place Plaster on wood panel 18 x 24 x 3 1/2 inches
Spine Plaster on paper 36-1/4 x 8-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches (framed)	Breast Block Gypsum, polystyrene and latex paint 19 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches	Upstairs Wood, plaster, latex paint 7.5 x 5 x 6 inches	Paper Eggshell Concrete, paper, plaster, LED light 9.5 x 10 x 18 inches
(Dis) mantle Mixed media on paper 49-1/2 x 13-1/2 inches (framed)	Silence (detail) Wood, burlap, plaster 17.5 x 12 x 13 inches	Wayfinding (detail) Plaster, latex, wood, polystyrene 15.5 x 15 x 29.5 inches	Wayfinding Plaster, latex, wood, polystyrene 15.5 x 15 x 29.5 inches
Upstairs (detail) Wood, plaster, latex paint 7.5 x 5 x 6 inches	Rebuilt (detail) Wood, plaster, paper, acrylic 9 x 10 x 14.5 inches	Rebuilt Wood, plaster, paper, acrylic 9 x 10 x 14.5 inches	The room under my skin (detail) Wood, plaster, concrete, gold leaf, acrylic, latex 14 x 11 x 18 inches
The room under my skin Wood, plaster, concrete, gold leaf, acrylic, latex 14 x 11 x 18 inches	We'll never find the house without a map (detail) Thread, dry pigment, wood 4.5 x 6 x 8 inches	We'll never find the house without a map Thread, dry pigment, wood 4.5 x 6 x 8 inches	Anter Room (detail) Gold leaf, glass, wood 4.5 x 6 x 8 inches
Anter Room Gold leaf, glass, wood 4.5 x 6 x 8 inches	Swept Clean (detail) Plaster, paper, acrylic, wood 8.5 x 10 x 15 inches	Swept Clean Plaster, paper, acrylic, wood 8.5 x 10 x 15 inches	Conflagration (detail) Wood 8.5 x 10 x 15 inches
Conflagration Wood 8.5 x 10 x 15 inches	Curtain (detail) Wood, plaster, plastic 9.5 x 10 x 18 inches	Curtain Wood, plaster, plastic 9.5 x 10 x 18 inches	Plexus (detail) Concrete, wood, paper, plaster, latex 8.5 x 19 x 24 inches
Plexus Concrete, wood, paper, plaster, latex 8.5 x 19 x 24 inches	Ribbed Vault (detail) Wood, latex 14 x 10 x 18 inches	Ribbed Vault Wood, latex 14 x 10 x 18 inches	Spinal Column (detail) Paper, plaster, wood, latex 9.5 x 7.5 x 18 inches
Spinal Column Paper, plaster, wood, latex 9.5 x 7.5 x 18 inches	Beyond this point (detail) Plaster, acrylic, chalk, wood, polystyrene 15 x 12 x 17.5 inches	Beyond this point Plaster, acrylic, chalk, wood, polystyrene 15 x 12 x 17.5 inches	Duct (detail) Wood, plaster, plastic 10.5 x 6 x 5 inches
Duct Wood, plaster, plastic 10.5 x 6 x 5 inches	Quake Wood, concrete, plaster, latex paint 4.5 x 6 x 8 inches	Quake (detail) Wood, concrete, plaster, latex paint 4.5 x 6 x 8 inches	Stack Plaster, paper H 15 1/2 x W 8 1/2 x D 8 inches
Breast Blocks (Stack) Gypsum, polystyrene and latex 52 x 35 x 20-1/2 inches (49 elements)	Artifact (from The Posture of Place) Concrete H 15 1/4 x W 8 1/2 x D 8 inches	Artifact (from Beauty Mark test piece) Concrete, gold H 9 1/4 x W 8 1/2 x D 8 inches	Tendon (from The Posture of Place maquette) Eps, gypsum, latex H 19 1/2 x W 8 1/2 x D 8 inches
Three-Dimensional Sketchbook Mixed media, cabinet H 30 1/2 x W 33 1/4 x D 16 inches	Three-Dimensional Sketchbook Mixed media, cabinet H 30 1/2 x W 33 1/4 x D 16 inches	Un-nameable Concrete, plaster, latex H 12 1/2 x W 8 1/2 x D 8 inches	Nerve Plaster, paper H 16 x W 8 1/2 x D 8 inches
Artifact (from a dream) Concrete H 14 x W 8 1/2 x D 8 inches	Breast Blocks (Stack) Detail Gypsum, polystyrene and latex 52 x 35 x 20-1/2 inches (49 elements)	Breast Block Concrete 19 x 8-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches	Torso (detail) Lumber, polystyrene, plaster, latex 100 x 24 x 24 inches
Torso Lumber, polystyrene, plaster, latex 100 x 24 x 24 inches	Architectural Cartilage on Rack Lumber, polystyrene, latex 96 x 102 x 13 inches	Architectural Cartilage on Rack (detail) Lumber, polystyrene, latex 96 x 102 x 13 inches	Currents Mixed media Size variable (Permanent Installation)
Small Tendon on Pallet Lumber, polystyrene, plaster, latex Size variable	(dis)Mantle Dry pigment on paper 36-1/2 x 26-1/2 inches	WALL Gypsum and matte medium on paper 29 x 21-1/2 inches	(dis)Mantle (Installation View) Mixed Media Size Variable (Installation)
(dis)Mantle (Installation view) Mixed Media Size Variable (Installation)	(dis)Mantle (detail) Mixed Media Size Variable (Installation)	Architectural Bone Plaster, lumber 5 x 81.5 x 3.5 inches	Architectural Skin (I) Plaster, steel mesh, latex 28 x 29 x 2.5 inches
Wall Block with Support Beam and Sandbags (detail) Mixed media Size variable	Wall Block with Support Beam and Sandbags Mixed media Size variable	Architectural Skin (II) Plaster, steel mesh, latex 28 x 29 x 2.5 inches	Tendon Block Polystyrene, gypsum, latex 18 x 19 x 18 inches
Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009	Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009	Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009	Hard Hat Optional at Bruno David Gallery (Installation view-detail) 2009
Untitled Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Untitled Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 19 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 11 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches
Hybrida 10 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 9 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 15 inches	Hybrida 3 Gypsum and matte medium on paper 11 x 18 inches	Secret Ridge Polystyrene, gypsum and latex paint 21"x57"x5"
Over Flow Polystyrene, gypsum, wood and latex paint Dimensions Variable