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] Her paintings are of urban environment and fame and confirm the art of graffiti through fine lenses of oil paintings on canvas and gouache on paper.

Jessica Hess
Born1981 (age 41–42)
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 – District 13 Art Fair, Paris, France[12]
  • 2019 – The Chaos Aesthetic, solo exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, California[13]
  • 2012 – Boston Ten and Beyond, the Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts[14]

Publications
  • Juxtapoz Hyperreal, Gingko Press, 2014[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. "Plastic Murs". District 13 Art Fair. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  13. "Crumbling Buildings and Graffiti-Covered Walls Are Meticulously Documented in Oil Paintings by Jessica Hess". Colossal. 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  14. Topalski, Darko (2012-03-15). "The Danforth Museum Shows the "Boston Ten and Beyond"". ArtNews. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  15. "Juxtapoz Hyperreal". Gingko Press. Retrieved 2022-08-13.


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