Artworks

About

Jessica is a New Zealand based feminist artist. Shortly after graduating from the Elam School of Fine Arts in New Zealand, Jessica was nominated as a finalist for the NZ Emerging Artist Awards for 2018 for her photographic series ‘Performing Femininity’ 2018. She has shown work across New Zealand and in Berlin, Germany.

Jessica works with the construct of femininity through appearances and domestic spaces by reflecting on previous feminist theories on femininity and conducting interviews, to gather real life insights from young women, in order to contextually analyse their thoughts into her work. 

Her photographs and paintings continue make use of a feminine colour pallet and play with a somewhat fictional representation of real stories. Her works offer a reflection on domestic spaces (some may say ‘feminine spaces’) which is nostalgic and poignant. These often empty interiors aim to present a similar unease as her feminist photography to urge a conversation around the everyday thoughts and emotions relating to a young woman’s sense of space, appearance, femininity and feminism.

Medium

Oil Paint and Photography