Jessica Hess

Jessica Hess (born 1981)[1] is an American contemporary artist, based in Oakland, California.[2][3] She is internationally known for her realist paintings, which often feature either a landscape, buildings in a state of decay, street art, and/or graffiti.[4][5][6][7]

Jessica Hess
Born1981 (age 38–39)
Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materRhode Island School of Design
OccupationArtist
Years active2002–present
Websitehttp://www.jessicahess.com/

Hess was born in Massachusetts and she grew up in North Carolina.[8] Hess attended Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated with a BFA degree in Illustration in 2003.[8][9] Her work was featured in the juried international art magazine, New American Paintings, issue number 74 (February/March 2008).[10] Hess' artwork was used as an illustration for Harper's Magazine (April 2009).[11]

Exhibitions

This is a list of select exhibitions by Hess, in order by year.

  • 2019 – 12” x 12”, The Stockroom, Victoria, Australia[12]
  • 2019 – District 13 Art Fair, Paris, France[13]
  • 2019 – The Chaos Aesthetic, solo exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, California[14]
  • 2011 – Paint It Now III, Fowler Arts Collective, Brooklyn, New York
  • 2012 – Boston Ten and Beyond, the Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts[15]

References
  1. "Jessica Hess". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  2. "Juxtapoz Magazine - Jessica Hess Brings Her "Chaos Aesthetic" to Hashimoto Contemporary, SF". Juxtapoz magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  3. "The Evolving Structural Portraits of Jessica Hess". Hi-Fructose Magazine. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  4. Wolfram, Jessica (2014). "Local Artists Jessica Hess Discusses Graffiti Landscape Portraits". SF Station. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  5. "Ceramics, Landscape Painting, and Graffiti Merge in Jessica Hess and Christa Assad's Collaborations". Hi-Fructose Magazine. 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  6. "Jessica Hess". Wall Street International. 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  7. "Scope New York Brings the Streets to the Fair". Hyperallergic. 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  8. "Interview with Artist, Jessica Hess". Diginmag.com. 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  9. "RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2012". Issuu. p. 61. Retrieved 2020-01-07. 2003 - Last fall Jessica Hess IL
  10. "74 | New American Paintings, Juror: William Stover". New American Paintings. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  11. Kroll-Zaidi, Rafil (April 2009). "Findings". Harper's Magazine. ISSN 0017-789X. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  12. "Exhibitions". The Stockroom. 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  13. "Plastic Murs". District 13 Art Fair. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  14. "Crumbling Buildings and Graffiti-Covered Walls Are Meticulously Documented in Oil Paintings by Jessica Hess". Colossal. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  15. Topalski, Darko (2012-03-15). "The Danforth Museum Shows the "Boston Ten and Beyond"". ArtNews. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
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