Jessica Hess
Jessica Hess is an American contemporary artist, based in Oakland, California. 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.
Hess was born in Massachusetts and she grew up in North Carolina. Hess attended Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island and graduated with a BFA degree in Illustration in 2003. Her work was featured in the juried international art magazine, New American Paintings, issue number 74. Hess' artwork was used as an illustration for Harper's Magazine.Exhibitions
This is a list of select exhibitions by Hess, in order by year.
- 2019 – 12” x 12”, The Stockroom, Victoria, Australia
- 2019 – District 13 Art Fair, Paris, France
- 2019 – The Chaos Aesthetic, solo exhibition, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, California
- 2011 – Paint It Now III, Fowler Arts Collective, Brooklyn, New York
- 2012 – Boston Ten and Beyond, the Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts
