Jess Rees is a Seattle based artist, designer, and all around creator whose work explores the delicate balance between the built and natural landscapes. Through painting, installation and sculpture, she is interested in exploring how a persons perceived environment impacts their mood and impressions of the world. Themes of ecology, biology, architecture, history and art run through the work. Her favorite materials are watercolor, porcelain, light and natural ephemera. She has shown her work around Seattle, New York and Victoria BC and New Jersey, and has contributed to community art projects for Sound Transit, Seattle Artwalk, and The Vera Project.
JESSICA REES
Seattle, WA
jessrees@gmail.com
jessrees.com
EDUCATION
2007 Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. BFA Visual Art, Minor in Art History
2005 The Louvre, Paris, France
2002 Art Students League, New York, NY
EXHIBITION/PROJECT RECORD
2012
- Seattle Art Walk Calendar - Organizer, Print Zero Studios - Seattle, WA
2011
- The Matryoshka Show at Ghost Gallery - Seattle, WA
- Sound Transit Wall Art, Capitol Hill Light Rail Station - Public Arts Project - Spring 2011, ongoing installation
- Pretty Little Things, Solo Exhibition - Cakespy Gallery - Seattle, WA
- Light on White - Installation at Tink Tank, The Hideout - Seattle, WA - March to October 2011
- Ecotone, Select Group Show at Ghost Gallery - Seattle, WA
- Seattle Art Walk Calendar - Organizer, Print Zero Studios - Seattle, WA
2010
- Mini Art, Ghost Gallery Group Show, Seattle, WA - December 2010
- Feather Collection, Velouria- Seattle, WA
- Fall Ladies Show, 20Twenty - Seattle WA - Group Show Curated by Alexa Anderson
- Analog 5, Ouch My Eye, Group Photography Show - Seattle, WA
- Perceptions of Character - Invitational Group Show, Littlefield Gallery - Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Lauren Testa and Laura Cali
- Feather Collection, Rocks Paper Scissors Gallery, Art Clash Collective Fun-A-Day - Oakland, CA
- Blanket Fort Installation - Fleatown, Seattle, WA
2009
- Small Works, Tiny Art History @ Trapeze Art Collective - Seattle, WA
- Homage, Baby Seal Studio - Seattle, WA
- Annual Student Show, Pottery Northwest - Seattle, WA
- Absolutely Salacious, Tiny Art History @ Littlefield Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
- Things That Expand in All Directions, Fifty Fifty Arts Collective - Victoria, BC
- Fun-a-Day, Art Clash Collective - San Francisco, CA
2008
- Snowed In, Group Show at Fat Tiger - Seattle, WA
- Niche Drift, Fat Tiger, Tiger Club Annex - 619 Western, Seattle, WA
- Bricks, Seed Gallery, Newark, NJ
2007
- Regional BFA Exhibition, College Art Association, New York Center for Art
and Media Studies, New York, NY
- Links, Student Curated Show at LAB Space. Piscataway, NJ
- Cells, Solo Show - Public Library, Milltown, NJ
2006
- BFA Art Open, Mason Gross
- Thought Objects, Student Curated Show at LAB Space. Piscataway, NJ
2005
- BFA Art Open, Mason Gross. Awarded "Most Innovative", New Brunswick, NJ
- Streets 2K5 - International Festival of Street Art
2004
- BFA Art Open, Mason Gross. Awarded: "First Place Mason Gross"
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FEATURED
2010
Interview with Socio Tree
2009
Featured Artist on "The Levee Breaking", Summer 2009
2007
Image published in The Maul, Brooklyn New York Art Magazine
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WORK EXPERIENCE
2011 - Silkscreen instructor, Vera Project - Seattle, WA
2010 - Silkscreen printmaker, Print Zero Studios - Seattle, WA
2009 Ceramic Studio Assistant, Pottery Northwest - Seattle, WA
2007 Studio Assistant, Mary Ann Strandell - West New York, NJ
2004 - 2007 Graphic Design and PR - Rutgers University, NJ
2006 Graphic Design - Barenessessities.com