After growing up in the Bronx, Jessica moved upstate New York, went to Dutchess Community College and then to the State University of New York at New Paltz. This is where she discovered her love for oil painting. Art had always been a passion of hers but she did not know how she can make it into a career, so she majored in graphic design.
After graduating from SUNY New Paltz, she found work at the Poughkeepsie Journal's production department.
Currently, I am taking classes online towards my MFA in Graphic Design at the Academy of Art University.
selected group exhibitions
Dec. 2008 "Latino Art Show" Howland Cultural Ctr., Beacon, NY
Nov. 2008 "G.A.S. 2nd Annual Holiday Small Works Show" Gallery and Studio, Pok, NY
Dec. 2007 "Holiday Members Exhibition" Barrett Art Center, Pok, NY
Dec. 2007 "G.A.S. Holiday Small Works Show" Gallery and Studio, Pok, NY
Dec. 2007 "Barrett Holiday Small Works Show" Artist Comm. Ctr, Pok, NY
Dec. 2007 "Holiday Cheers!" Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY
Oct. 2007 "Artists in the Garden" Vanderbilt Mansion Italian Rose Gardens, Hyde Park, NY
Sept. 2007 "Pawling Arts and Crafts Festival" Pawling, NY
Sept. 2007 "Light-Shadow-Conscience" Howland Cul. Ctr., Beacon, NY
Sept. 2007 "Interpreting Beacon" Chthonic Clash, Beacon, NY
Aug. 2007 "River Art Walk" UNICO Waterfront Park, Newburgh, NY
June 2007 "River Art Walk" UNICO Waterfront Park, Newburgh, NY
June 2007 "Big Art Show" Cunnee-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
June 2007 "Artists on the Campus" Mt. St. Mary College, Newburgh, NY
May 2007 The Cubbyhole Coffeehouse, Poughkeepsie, NY
April 2007 "Square Foot Show" Art Gotham, NYC, NY
March 2007 "Women Artists of the Hudson Valley" Howland Cul. Ctr, Beacon, NY
Oct. 2006 "Artists in the Garden" Vanderbilt Mansion Italian Rose Gardens, Hyde Park, NY
Sept. 2006 "Heart, Passion, & Community" Howland Cul. Ctr, Beacon, NY
April 2006 "Member's Show" Howland Cul. Center, Beacon, NY
March 2005 "Women Artists of the Hudson Valley" Howland Cul. Center, Beacon, NY
Sept. 2004 "Latino Jewels" Howland Cul. Ctr, Beacon, NY
