About
Influenced by nature, her mixed media work features geometric and organic compositions that create depth, texture, and movement. Furthermore, abstraction through form, light, and shadow allows her to respond to and engage with contemporary culture’s onslaught of visual imagery.
Working primarily with wood and paper, her latest work navigates the complexities of light and form as artistic medium, physical reality, and aesthetic concept. Using clarity and simplicity as her visual language, Jessie strives to generate the maximum effect on the viewer with minimal media.
Jessie Laura is a Peruvian mixed media artist and art director based in San Francisco, CA.
Biography
JESSIE LAURA (B. 1987, Lima, Peru) lives and works in San Francisco. She earned a BFA in Design and Film from The School of Visual Arts, New York (SVA NYC). Laura has been featured in notable group shows in the U.S. including New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Laura has completed artist residencies at Rule Gallery in Marfa, Texas and Art Warehouse in Delray Beach, Florida.
Laura’s Artwork has been featured in The Other Art Fair’s Fair Director’s Pick, (2023) and Apartment Therapy (2021). Laura’s work is held in private and corporate collections across the U.S. and U.K.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Solo Exhibition, The Sea Ranch Lodge, Sea Ranch, CA (Upcoming)
2022
Visual Whispers, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
Group Exhibitions
2023
The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
Retrospective: In a new light, Tint Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022
Into the Beyond, Tint Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
Opening Show, Common Space, San Francisco, CA
West Coast Craft, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
2019
Collage Now, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Feed your Walls, BCC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Collage, Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach, FL
2018
BCC / Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
PaperWorks: Refolded, La Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
The Collage Show by Undercurrents Projects on Artsy.net
BCC Website Launch, Pop up Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Shakers: Women Who Shake Things Up, Living Gallery, New York, NY
ConArtist v. BCC, ConArtist Gallery New York, NY
Life/Lines: Abstract Geometry by Women, Gowanus Lab Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Brooklyn Collage Collective. vs. Sydney C.S., Chinatown Soup, New York, NY
Meatspace, BCC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Artist in Residence
2021
Residency Program, Rule Gallery, Marfa, TX
2019
Residency Exchange Program: Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach, FL
Workshops & Speaking Engagements
2023
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
2019
Surreal Playground: Collage Workshop, Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach, FL
2018
Live Collage Session, La Brea Gallery, CA
2017
Surreal Playground: Collage Workshop, Living Gallery LES, New York
Selected Bibliography
2023
CANVAS REBEL MAGAZINE
Meet Jessie Laura
2022
SF ARTS
Galleries: Into the Beyond
BOCA MAGAZINE
'“At Coral Springs Museum, a Minimalist, Monochrome Sanctuary”
2021
APARTMENT THERAPY
“A Minimal California Home Is Soft, Calming, and Classic While Still Being Visually Interesting”
NEW COLLECTION
“Jessie Laura: I create my own restrictions”
THE CONTEMPORARY CREATIVES
In the Studio: Featured Artist
2019
DIMANCHE CREATIVE
Featured Artist
2018
ARTSY.NET
“7 Questions, 7 Artists. | The Known & the Unknowable: The Collage Interview”
COSAS MAGAZINE
“Jessie Laura y Kike Congrains, Two Peruvian Collage Artists That You Should Know” (Spanish)
BLENDED.COM
“Brooklyn Collage Collective: Working to Make Collage a Well-Known Medium in the Arts”
BROKELYN.COM
“Getting to know the Brooklyn Collage Collective”
Education
2016
BFA Film, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2011
BA, Arts & Design, San Ignacio de Loyola School, Lima, Perú