Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville


The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, also known as MOCA Jacksonville, is a contemporary art museum in Jacksonville, Florida, funded and operated as a "cultural institute" of the University of North Florida. One of the largest contemporary art institutions in the Southeastern United States, it presents exhibitions by international, national and regional artists.
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History

MOCA Jacksonville was founded in 1924 as the Jacksonville Fine Arts Society, the first organization in the Jacksonville community devoted to the visual arts. In 1948 the museum was incorporated as the Jacksonville Art Museum, and in 1978 it became the first institution in Jacksonville to be accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
In late 1999, the museum acquired its permanent home, the historic Western Union Telegraph Building on Hemming Plaza, built by The Auchter Company, adjacent to the newly renovated City Hall, and became the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art. In 2000, a series of preview exhibitions opened in a temporary exhibition space while the building facade was restored to its original Art Deco style. The interior was completely refurbished to house the museum's galleries, educational facilities, a theater/auditorium, Museum Shop and CafΓ© Nola. Total renovation of the, six-floor facility was completed in 2003, culminating in a grand re-opening in May of that year.

Growth

After moving to its downtown location the museum experienced rapid growth in both membership and the size of the permanent collection. The many substantial additions to the collection increased not only its quality, but also its size to almost 800 pieces. In November 2006, JMOMA became the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville.
The museum continues to be a cornerstone of Jacksonville's multibillion-dollar downtown revitalization plan. Its exhibitions and programming bring new visitors to the civic core during the day, at night and on weekends. Educational programming includes children's literacy initiatives and weekend art making classes as well as regular tours, lectures, films and publications for children and adults.
MOCA Jacksonville's changing exhibitions feature the works of contemporary artists working in a wide assortment of media from painting, sculpture, and video. The third floor hosts exhibitions, which rotate approximately every four months.
The University of North Florida acquired the museum in 2009 to act as a cultural resource of the university.

Past exhibitions

2022

State of the Art: Locate January 21 – May 1, 2022Anderson Goncalves: Cultural Polarity January 8 – May 8, 2022Project Atrium: Chiharu Shiota: Letters of Love February 4 – June 26, 2022Creeks Rising: A City Reflected in Hogans & McCoys Creeks May 6 – June 30, 2022Jessica Hische: Covered February 25 – August 21, 2022Express Your UNF Pride May 13 – August 28, 2022Kara Walker: Cut To The Quick: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation May 20 – October 2, 2022Project Atrium: Maud Cotter: What Was Never Ours To Keep July 9 – November 20, 2022Urban Spaces: UNF Photography Student Exhibition December 2, 2022 – January 8, 2023Art With a Heart in Healthcare: What Lifts You Up September 11, 2022 – January 8, 2023Art + Politics: Grounding Dialogue December 14, 2022 – February 5, 2023Fifty: An Alumni Exhibition March 25, 2022 – February 12, 2023Shervone Neckles: Bless This House September 3, 2022 – March 5, 2023Project Atrium: Milagros December 9, 2022 – April 9, 2023

2021

Ally Brody: Public Domain January 16 – April 18, 2021The American Dream November 21, 2020 – March 7, 2021Jeremy Dean: Neither I, Nor Time, Nor History February 19 – May 30, 2021The Circle and the Square October 2, 2020 – June 6, 2021Romancing the Mirror December 4, 2020 – June 20, 2021Heirloom: Weaving Memory With the Now March 26 – August 1, 2021Imagination Squared10 March 26 – August 1, 2021Art With a Heart: Behind The Mask September 11, 2021 – January 2, 2022Doug Eng: Structure of Nature | Nature of Structure July 9, 2021 – January 2, 2022DamiΓ‘n Ortega August 27, 2021 – January 16, 2022Techno-Intimacy August 13, 2021 – February 13, 2022Left Side Right Side June 25, 2021 – March 6, 2022

2020

Virginia Derryberry: Private Domain January 16 – March 22, 2020Jenn Peek: dentify as Phoenix December 2019 – April 12, 2020Project Atrium: Rina Banerjee March 20 – June 28, 2020Recent Acquisitions: History in the Making January 10 – September 20, 2020Project Atrium: Rina Banerjee July 1 – October 25, 2020Breaking Boundaries: The Vision of Jacqueline B. Holmes February 20 – November 15, 2020A Decade of Art With a Heart: Celebrating 10 Years of Partnership September 12 – December 13, 2020Urban Spaces December 17, 2020 – January 10, 2021The American Dream November 21, 2020 – March 7, 2021Project Atrium: Carl Joe Williams November 20, 2020 – March 21, 2021Multiple Ones: Contemporary Perspectives in Printmedia July 1, 2020 – March 21, 2021

2019

Project Atrium: Evan Roth: Since You Were Born March 16 – June 23, 2019Urban Spaces April 20 – July 7, 2019Invisible Cities: Paintings by Nathan Lewis March 2 – July 21, 2019Micro-Macro: Andrew Sendor and Ali Banisadr February 2 – July 28, 2019Creative Campers: Art Camp Anthology Vol. 3 April 13 – August 4, 2019Project Atrium: Khalid Albaih: Camp/Wall/Flock July 20 – October 27, 2019Project Atrium: Kedgar Volta: The Fragility of Promise November 15, 2019 – March 1, 2020

2018

Art + Politics March 14 – April 4, 2018Pledges of Allegiance March 14 – April 4, 2018Project Atrium: Anila Quayyum Agha March 10 – June 24, 2018Art Camp Anthology Vol. 2 April 28 – July 29, 2018A Patterned Response March 31 – August 19, 2018Attentive Arrangements April 1 – August 19, 2018 A Dark Place of Dreams: Louise Nevelson with Chakaia Booker, Lauren Fensterstock and Kate Gilmore April 28 – September 9, 2018A World of Their Own: Art With a Heart in Healthcare August 4 – December 2, 2018Gideon Mendel: Drowning World August 31 – December 9, 2018Frank Stella Unbound: Literature and Printmaking October 6, 2018 – January 13, 2019In the Water September 1, 2018 – February 24, 2019Project Atrium: Amanda Coogan: The Ladder is Always There November 26, 2018 – February 24, 2019Spotlight: Marc Chagall's Dress November 26, 2018 – February 24, 2019Interior Geography: Mark Lester December 8, 2018 – April 7, 2019Painting the Picture: Works From the Permanent Collection December 22, 2018 – May 12, 2019

2017

Project Atrium: Juan Fontanive, Movement 4Call & ResponseProject Atrium: Gabriel Dawe, Plexus No. 38Synthesize: Art + MusicProject Atrium: Lauren FensterstockBands of Color: the Use of Line in Contemporary ArtHans Hofmann: Works on PaperThe Evolution of Mark-MakingUNF Gallery Iterations: Lorrie FredetteUNF Gallery Frank Rampolla: the DNA of the MarkAnother Side Revealed: Art with a Heart in Healthcare
  • ''Art Camp Anthology''

2016

Retro-spective: Analog Photography in a Digital WorldBreaking Ground: the Donald and Maria Cox CollectionProject Atrium: Shinique Smith: QuickeningProject Atrium: Nicola LopezConfronting the Canvas: Women of AbstractionProject Atrium: Ethan MurrowTime Zones: James Rosenquist and Printmaking at the MillenniumIn Living Color: Andy Warhol and Contemporary Printmaking UNF Gallery Leaves: Recent Prints and Sculpture by Donald MartinUNF Gallery Sustain: Clay to TableUNF Gallery Amer Kobaslija: A Sense of PlaceUNF Gallery The Other: Nurturing a New Ecology in PrintmakingMary Ratcliff, Interwoven: Hear, Home, and CommunityInside the Outline: Art with a Heart in Healthcare
  • ''Rock Paper Scissors: the Printmaking Process''

2015

Project Atrium: Ian Johnston: Fish TalesSmoke and Mirrors: Sculpture and the ImaginaryProject Atrium: Joelle Dietrick: CargomobilitiesSouthern Exposure: Portraits of a Changing LandscapeIn Time We Shall Know Ourselves: Photographs by Raymond SmithProject Atrium; Angela Glajcar: TerforationWHITEUNF Gallery Avery Lawrence: Live in JacksonvilleUNF Gallery Assemblage/Collage: Works by Phil ParkerUNF Gallery John Hee Taek Chae: Barbara Ritzman Devereux Visiting Artist ExhibitionUNF Gallery 2015 Art Ventures Grant Awards Artists, The Community Foundation for Northeast FloridaAmanda Rosenblatt: Allegory of FortuneUnmasked: Art with a Heart in Healthcare
  • ''Art Aviators Exhibition''

2014

Project Atrium: Angela StrassheimGet Real: New American PaintingProject Atrium: Caroline Lathan-Steifel: Wider Than the SkyThe New York Times Magazine PhotographsProject Atrium: Sean ThurstonObserving Objects: Works by Leigh MurphyMaterial TransformationsErica Mendoza: Visual Love LettersA Thousand Words: A Photo Response ProjectExpress Your #Selfie: Art with a Heart in HealthcareScholastic Art Exhibition: Gold Key Portfolio WinnersRainbow Artists ExhibitionUNF Gallery Art + Design Faculty ExhibitionUNF Gallery Juxtaposition: Works by Larry Wilson & Laurie HitzigUNF Gallery Backdoor Formalism
  • ''UNF Gallery Bede Clarke: Barbara Ritzman Devereux Visiting Artist Exhibition''

2013

Art with a Heart in HealthcareProject Atrium: Heather CoxKept Time: Photographs by Joseph D. JachnaInside/Out: MOCA's Permanent CollectionProject Atrium: Sarah EmersonMichael AurbachSLOW: Marking Time in Photography and FilmUNF Student Juried Exhibition
  • ''First Coast Portfolio''

2012

Project Atrium: Ian BogostReFocus: Art of the 1980sProject Atrium: Tristin LoweAnnual UNF Art & Design Faculty ExhibitionIn This Moment: Art with a Heart in Healthcare ExhibitionRendering Italy: UNF Art and Design Faculty AbroadReFocus: Art of the 1970sProject Atrium: Mark LicariThe Joys of Collecting: Selections from the Eisen CollectionRainbow Artists: Art and Autism Across the Spectrum ExhibitionCarrie Ann Baade: Solar MidnightJoe Forkan: The Lebowski CycleNorth East Florida Scholastic Art Award
  • ''ReFocus: Art of the 1960s''

2011

Tamara Culbert: 2011 Memphis Wood Excellence in Teaching AwardProject Atrium: Gustavo GodoyUNF Art and Design Faculty ExhibitionLarry Clark: The Tulsa SeriesShared Vision: The Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla Collection of PhotographyNo Place in Particular: Images of the American LandscapeProject Atrium: Melanie PullenWhat a Doll: The Human Object as ToyStranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard FinsterWhat A Doll: The Human Object As ToyRainbow Artists: Art and Autism Across the Spectrum ExhibitionFUSION: Ceramic Exhibition by the FIRM: Shane Christensen, Brian Jensen, Stephen Heywood, and Michael SchmidtWind Weaver and the Whirling Wheel: A Tale of Wolfbat RomanceThe Art of Seating: 200 Years of American DesignChair Installation by Dolf JamesEdge of Your Seat: Design Challenge, a juried student show in conjunction with ''The Art of Seating''

2010

East/West: Visually SpeakingUNF Art and Design Faculty ExhibitionImagination Squared: A Community Response ProjectHyperbolic Nature: Plein Air Paintings by Lilian Garcia-RoigTradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American ArtMarilyn Monroe: Life as a LegendLooking Forward, Looking Back: Celebrating the Contributions and Careers of Artist/Educators Larry Davis, Mark Howard & Paul Ladnier
  • ''Dan Estabrook: Forever and Never''

2009

Separate Strategies & Common GoalsHamish MacEwan: 90 in 09Robert Motherwell: Lost in Form, Found in LineThe Art of Teaching: UNF Faculty ExhibitionEmergence: Works by UNF Sculpture StudentsBalance and Power: Performance and Surveillance in Video ArtJazz Giants: The Photography of Herman Leonard
  • ''Why Look at Animals? Photography from the George Eastman Collection''

2008

Ultra-Realistic Sculpture by Marc SijanMaking Marks: Jacksonville CreatesThe Shape Of Things: Selections From The Permanent CollectionAnd Further the Dew Drop Falls: Installations by Chris NatropCivitates Orbis Terrarum: Recent Drawings by John BaillyCarly, So Far: Photographs by Francie Bishop GoodMemphis Wood: Jacksonville's First Lady of the ArtsContemporary Visions: A Focus on Jacksonville CollectionsRamen Noodles 2008: Installation by Sang-Wook Lee

2007

Essence and Materials: Works by Minoru OhiraSculptures by Duncan JohnsonRaddle Cross & Dowsing: Installations by Martha WhittingtonCoherent Structures: Recent Silverpoint Paintings by Carol PrusaValuistics: The Making Of: An Installation by James GreeneContemporary Currents: Selections from the Bank of America CollectionImpermanence: Recent Works by AndrΓ©s MichelenaKeyhole: Constructed Paintings by Todd MurphySecond Skins: Sculptural Soundsuits and Tondos by Nick Cave
  • ''Anderson and Low: Athlete/Warrior''

2006

Green Grass/Black Wings: Paintings by Ian ChaseTime Capsules: Illuminated Works by Jon DavisBloom: Paintings and Constructions by Luis Cruz AzacetaPilgrimages: Large-Scale Drawings by Clive KingNature of Elegy: Works by Timothy McDowellFlow: Paintings & Installations by Radcliffe BaileyIlluminating Space: New Works by Zac FreemanArtifacts: Photographs by David HallidayCheerleaders, Bodybuilders and Disco Queens: Photographs by Brian Finke & Morten Nilsson
  • ''Sheltering Eye: Selections from the Prentice and Paul Sack Photography Collection''

2005

That's Another Story: Works by Ke Francis30th Parallel: A Convergence of Contemporary Painting featuring Radcliffe Bailey, John Bailly, Jim Barsness, Luisa Basnuevo, Mark Messersmith, Rocio Rodriguez, Lynne Ridings, Barry SparkmanTransitions: Sculptures and Prints by Joe SegalActivating Space: Sculpture as Environment featuring Tim Curtis, David Geiser, George Long, Jeffery Loy & Joe Martin, Michael Murrell, Jimmy O'NealTonya Lee: New Works
  • ''Shared Vision: Photographs of Baracoa, Cuba – A Collaborative Documentary''

2004

Mark Sain Wilson: PhotographsImage & Energy: Selections from the Haskell CollectionPam Longobardi: World within WorldsPush Play: Redefining Pop featuring Ray Azcuy, Didi Dunphy, David Isenhour, J. Ivcevich, Federico Uribe and Irene ClouthierArnold Mesches: A Painting History 1940-2003
  • ''Fruition: New Works by Sarah Crooks Flaire''

2003

David Crown: MezzotintsSubject/Object: Photographs by Jay ShootsIntuition & Response: Masterworks from the Edward R. Broida CollectionJonathan Lux: New PaintingsHigh Tide: Works by Joe WaltersWoody Cornwell: New PaintingsSkin: Contemporary Views of the Body featuring Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sebastian Blanck, Connie Imboden, Pam Longobardi, Rona Pondick, Terry RodgersThe Consuming Image: New Painterly Pop featuring Alisa Henriquez, Ales Bask Hostomsky, James Mahoney, Chris Peldo, Michael Thrush, David Williams

2002

Alt.Photo: Redefining Process featuring Linda Broadfoot, Thomas Hager, Paul Karabinis, Dominick MartorelliContemporary Regional Sculptors featuring Nofa Dixon, Bob Kirk, Jan Tomlinson Master, David Royal Olson

2001

Neobotanica: Flora by Four Contemporary Artists featuring David Collins, David Geiser, Timothy McDowell, Barbara RogersAmerican Beauty: Sculptures by Jack DowdTowards the Organic: Material and Metaphor featuring Karen Rich Beall, Tim Curtis, Celeste Roberge

2000

  • ''Image Electric: The Work of Richard Heipp''