Education

2011 –                  Master of Fine Arts |  University of Notre Dame

2009                   Bachelor of Fine Arts |  Indiana University South Bend
 

Experience

2011 –                  Professor |  University of Oklahoma

2009-2011        Instructor of Record |  University of Notre Dame
 

Solo Exhibitions

2027                   (Upcoming) Reuben Sanders Gallery, Wichita, Kansas

2027                   (Upcoming) American Two-Step | Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota

2027                   (Upcoming) Cul-de-Sac | Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas

2026                   Knickknacks | Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH

2023                   Only the Lonely | Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR

2020                   In Arcadia | Hansen Art Gallery, East Central College, Union, MO

2019                   Postcard Cities |  Union Grove Gallery, University of Alabama Huntsville, AL

2018                   Reruns |  Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK

2017                   New Works |  JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK

2017                   Living is Easy with Eyes Closed |  Mainline, Tulsa, OK

2015                   Hidden Spaces |  Science Museum of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

2014                   Small Vistas, Big Myths |  South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

2014                   Shifting Frontiers |  Gaylord Pickens Oklahoma Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK

2014                   Western Installation |  Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, Duncan, OK

2013                   See The USA |  JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK

2012                   Enduring Myth, Fragile Legend: Paintings of Jason Cytacki |  Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY

2012                   Don’t Look Back |  JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK

2010                   Into the Sunset |  Colfax Cultural Center, South Bend, IN
 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2026                   (Upcoming) Memories and Mindscapes | IUSB Gallery, South Bend, IN

2026                   Road Trip | Reuben Sanders Gallery, Wichita, KS

2025                   Nice03 | Midwest Nice Gallery, Aberdeen, SD

2025                 INT’L All Media 2025 | Minot State University, Minot, ND

2025                  Field of View | Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX

2024                   The Worlds We Make | Kylemore Abbey, Galway, Ireland

2024                   Drawing Narratives | Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK

2024                   Sense of Place: The Emotive Bonds of Human Geography | Open Sky Editions, Oklahoma City, OK

2024                   37th Annual Sears Invitational | Sears Art Museum, Saint George, UT

2023                   Drawing Narratives | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

2023                   Nice01 | Midwest Nice Gallery, Aberdeen, SD

2023                   Plaza Walls Festival | Plaza Walls Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK

2023                   Deck the Walls | DNA Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK

2023                   Scatter Terrain | Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

2022                   Rustbelt: REDUX | Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

2022                   Scatter Terrain | Penn State University Gallery, University Park, PA

2022                   35th Annual McNeese State University Works on Paper Exhibition | McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana

2022                   On the Verge of Recognition | Well Well Projects, Portland, OR

2022                   11th National 2D Competition | Cape Fear Studio, Fayetteville, NC

2021                 Scatter Terrain | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

2021                   Liminal | Verumultimum, Portland,OR

2020                   Concept: Survey | Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa, OK

2019                   We Belong to the Land | Clermont-Ferrand, France

2019                   24 Works on Paper | Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalitions

2019                   Contemporary 2019: Contemporary Figure | Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO

2019                   7th Annual Juried Exhibition | Batesville Area Arts Council, Batesville, AR

2019                   OU SoVA Faculty Exhibition | JRB Art at the Elms, Oklahoma City, OK

2018                   Four by Four 2018: Midwest Invitational Biennial |  Springfield Art Museum, Springfield MO

2018                   Representing the West |  Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO

2018                   1,406 Days of Collecting |  Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX

2018                   24 Works on Paper |  Traveling Exhibition

2017                   Cultural Connections |  Chappelle de L'Oratoire, Clermont-Ferrand, France

2017                   Art Now |  Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, OK

2017                   Representing the West |  Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO

2016                   5th Annual Armstrong National |  Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA

2016                   Marshall University 5th Annual National |  Marshall University, Huntington, WV

2015                   The Real Show |  Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX

2015                   14th Annual American Landscape Show |  Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

2015                   Folktales and Legends |  John Michael Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2015                   Art Now: Painting 2015 |  Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI

2015                   AXIS 10th National Juried Competition |  Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2015                   The Summer Show |  St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA

2015                   Elaborate Collaborate |  IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, OK

2013                   Inaugural Exhibition |  Peachtree Gallery, Lubbock, TX

2013                   2-D and 3-D Exhibition |  L.H. Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton,CA

2013                   Diamond National Art Competition |  Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, Hot Springs, AR

2013                   Alumni Exhibition |  IUSB ART Gallery, South Bend, IN

2013                   POP UP Gallery |  Dreamer Concepts, Bartlesville, OK

2013                   Momentum Tulsa |  Living Arts, Tulsa, Ok

2013                   OVAC 12 x12 |  Oklahoma City, OK

2012                   Art Now |  City Arts Center, Oklahoma City, OK

2012                   OVAC 12 x12 |  Oklahoma City, OK

2011                   Momentum Tulsa |  Living Arts, Tulsa, OK

2011                   MFA Thesis |  Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN

2010                   Go Figure |  Thaddeus C. Gallery, Laporte, IN

2010                   Contemporary American and Italian Artists on Paper |  Eyedart Gallery, Goshen, IN

2010                   The Glass |  ISIS Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

2010                   Praise is Such Meager Thanks |  The Spurious Fugitive Gallery, South Bend, IN

2009                   Llanto del Papel: Latino Legends in Two Dimensions |  Crossroads Gallery, South Bend, IN

2009                   30th Elkhart Juried Regional |  Midwest Museum of Art, Elkhart, IN

2009                   New Faces |  ISIS Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

2008                   Mythonomy |  The Spurious Fugitive Gallery, South Bend, IN

2008                   Ubernatur Curiosities |  The Spurious Fugitive Gallery, South Bend, IN

2008                   Small Treasures |  The Spurious Fugitive Gallery, South Bend, IN

2007                   Diminutive Fables |  The Spurious Fugitive Gallery, South Bend, IN

2007                   BFA Exhibition |  Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN

2007                   Michiana Annual Arts Competition |  Box Factory for the Arts, St. Joseph, MI

2006                   27th Elkhart Juried Regional |  Midwest Museum of Art, Elkhart, IN

Awards and Publications

2025                   Best in Show, INT’L All Media 2025, Minot State University

2025                   First Place, NICE03, Midwest Nice Art

2024                   Artist-in-Residency, University of Notre Dame Global Center at Kylemore Abbey, Galway, Ireland

2021                   OVAC Visual Art Fellowship –Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

2020                   Juror’s Choice Award |  Concept: Survey, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

2018                   OVAC Creative Project Grant |  Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

2015                   OVAC Visual Arts Fellowship |  Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

2014                   OVAC Creative Project Grant |  Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

2014                   First Place Award |  Diamond National Art Competition, The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs

2014                   Inside the Studio: Jason Cytacki | Arts Focus Oklahoma, January 2014

2013                   Like a Rhinestone Cowboy |  Sascha Scott, CAA Reviews

2012                   21 Under 31 Artist to Watch |  Southwest Art Magazine, Volume 42, Sept. 2012

2012                   Summer Shows |  Museum Magazine, Volume 91, no. 4, July-Aug. 2012, p. 10

2012                   Cover |  Arts Focus Oklahoma, January 2012

2012                   Junior Faculty Fellowship |  University of Oklahoma Research Council

2011                   Award of Merit |  Momentum Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

2011                   Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award |  Kaneb Center, University of Notre Dame

2010                   Graduate Student Research Grant |  Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame

2010                   Blue Canvas |  Blue Canvas Magazine, Issue 6

2009                   Interview with Jason Cytacki |  Aspire Magazine, p. 18-21

2008                   George G. and Abby Thomas Purchase Award |  Midwest Museum of Art Juried Regional, Elkhart, IN

2008                   Graduate Student Professional Development Grant |  Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Notre Dame

2007                   IUSB Fine Arts Faculty Award |  IUSB, South Bend, IN

2005                   Langland Fine Arts Scholarship |  IUSB, South Bend, IN

Public Lectures and Workshops

2026                 Curator’s in Conversation, Panel hosted by OVAC, Gaylord Pickens Museum Oklahoma City, OK

2026                 Oklahoma Arts Institute Drawing Workshop, Classen High School, Oklahoma City, OK

2026                 Artist Talk, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH

2025                 Drawing on Narratives Artist Panel, Mainsite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK

2024                 Oklahoma Arts Institute Drawing Workshop | Moore High School, Moore, OK

2023                 Ink it Over, OAEA 2023 Conference, University Central Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK

2023                 Creativity Unleashed | Norman Library East, Norman,  OK

2023                 Drawing on Narratives Panel Discussion | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

2019                 Artist Talk, East Central College | Union, MO

2018                 Artist Panel | “Four by Four,” Springfield, MO

2017                 Artist Talk | JRB Art at the Elms

2017                ISAS Festival of the Arts Workshop | Cassady School, Oklahoma City,

2017                 Joe Andoe and Painting in the 1980’s | Fred Jones Art Center, Norman, OK

2017                Artist Survival Kit: Exhibition Ready | SixTwelve, Oklahoma City, OK

2016                 Juror, Student Exhibition | Northeastern State University, Talhequa, OK

2014                 Artist Talk | University of Notre Dame

2014                 Gallery Talk | South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN

2014                 Artist Talk | Gaylord Pickens Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City

2012                 Artist Talk and Workshop | Rockwell Museum of Art, Corning, NY