My practice
My work explores magical realism, searching for the extraordinary amongst the commonplace.
Memories thread throughout the work, blurring what we see and what is no longer there. Using found images from family archives, I consider our relationship with the past.
Inspired by childhood memories, my prints convey a sense of nostalgia. Photographs, like the landscape, hold memories that link us with this past, anchoring us to the history of a place.
Rooting myself in realism, I combine intaglio and pinhole photography to record the landscape. Through this process the commonplace is transformed: fleeting moments are recorded, details are lost and added, building a playful narrative of a particular place.
Inspired by Marosa Di Giorgio “I Remember Nightfall” my current work is an exploration of poetry and nocturnal landscapes.
Jess studied at Goldsmiths College of Art, London and has been a member of Spike Print Studio in Bristol since 2006.
Exhibitions
Jess has exhibited widely since 2009 and highlights include:
The Exposition Collective at L’Atelier Aux Lilas, Paris
Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair
Royal West of England, Academy Open 168, 169 and 170, Bristol
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
Associates Exhibition Penwith Gallery, St Ives
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
London Original Print Fair, London
Project Babel, Jyväskylä, Finland
