Artist Resume
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Jessica Hess |
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EDUCATION |
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2003 |
Bachelor
of Fine Arts, Illustration |
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2000 |
University
of North Carolina at Wilmington |
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1997–98 |
Saint
John’s Museum of Art,
Wilmington, North Carolina, Printmaking |
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EXHIBITIONS |
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2010 |
Singles, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
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Casheesh III, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
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Subject / Subject, Subliminal Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, California |
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Temporal Surfaces, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, California |
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Paint It Now II, Distillery Gallery, South Boston, Massachusetts |
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50 Years - 50 Artists - 50 Paintings, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Artistic Stimulus II, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 2009 | Aqua Art Miami, White Walls Gallery, Miami, Florida |
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The Holiday Show - Size Matters, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio |
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The Toy Show II, Hunsaker Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
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Casheesh II, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
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The Great Impression, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
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Paint Pens and Pet Monsters, Fourth Wall Project, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Robots, Donuts, and Other Madness, Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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Fresh, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
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Casheesh, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
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Abstract and Decay, LAB, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Women - Portrait and Figure, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| 2008 | Boston 10, Ferrin Gallery, Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| Hot Spit, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts | |
| Boston Open Studios Coalition Exhibition, The Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism, & Special Events, Boston, Massachusetts | |
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Legends of Style, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Future Classics, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts |
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It's Gouache & Gouache Only, Andrea Meislin Gallery & Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York |
| 2007 | The Toy Show, Hunsaker / Schlesinger Fine Art, Bergamont Station, Santa Monica, California |
| It's Gouache and Gouache Only, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts | |
| 58th Annual Art of the Northeast Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut | |
| Red & White, Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts | |
| 2006 |
In
the Spirit of Play, The Holiday Toy Show, Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
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26th
Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Exhibition, The Stamford Art Association, Stamford, Connecticut |
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| Light In August, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts | |
| Particular Places, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut | |
| The Enduring Triumph of Realism, First Church Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts | |
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Take
to the City, Take to the Country,
Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts |
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Printmaking
Biennial, Woods Gerry Gallery,
RISD |
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Painted
Cities, Carrie Haddad Gallery,
Hudson, New York |
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2005 |
Industrial
Horizons, Solo Exhibition,
Gallery Katz, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Structure
II, Gallery Katz, Boston,
Massachusetts |
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2004 |
No
Big Heads, Self Portrait Exhibition ,Student
Union Gallery, University Anchorage Alaska |
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24th
Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Exhibition, |
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Blanche
Ames Regional Art Exhibition, Blanche
Ames Mansion, Sharon, Massachusetts |
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Cambridge
Art Association National Prize Show,
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Staff
Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery,
RISD |
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2003 |
Industrial
Landscapes, Solo Exhibition,
Gallery Katz, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Small
Works Group Show, Gallery Katz,
Boston, Massachusetts |
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Senior
Invitational Exhibition, Woods
Gerry Gallery, RISD |
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Trent
Burleson Painting Prize Exhibition & Competition,
ISB Gallery, RISD |
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The
Freak Show, ISB Gallery, RISD |
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Illustration
Senior Show, Woods Gerry Gallery,
RISD |
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Illustration
Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery,
RISD |
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2002 |
Disasters
in Genealogy, Red Eye Gallery, RISD |
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Blanche
Ames Regional Art Exhibition, Blanche
Ames Mansion, Sharon Massachusetts |
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Sketch
to Finish, Red Eye Gallery, RISD |
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ISB
Gallery Exhibition, RISD |
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AWARDS |
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2006 |
Stamford Art Association Award for Excellence |
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2004 |
Faber Birren National Color Award |
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2003 |
Trent Burleson Painting Prize |
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1999 |
Rhode Island School of Design Scholarship |
Publications |
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2010 |
San Francisco Weekly: Best of San Francisco, May 19, 2010 |
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New American Paintings Anniversary Edition 2010 |
| 2009 | The House Of Tate HOT #13 |
| Harper's Magazine, April 2009 | |
| 2008 | New American Paintings Northeast Edition #74 |