Born England, 1986. Currently living and working in Bedfordshire, UK.
EDUCATION
2016 - Glasgow School of Art, Masters in Fine Art Practice
2012 - Turps Banana, Painters Studio Programme London
2011 - University College Falmouth, BA (Hons) Fine Art
2008 - Bedford College, Foundation Diploma in Fine Art
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2023 Artist in Residence, Sandro Moretti Foundation, Terni, Italy
2022 Artist in Residence, Galleria d’arte Niccoli - Parma, Italy
2022 Open Project Fund, Creative Scotland, Glasgow
2021 Visual Arts & Crafts Maker Awards, Glasgow
2015 Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary - Finalist
2015 Dumfries House, Scotland - Artist in Residence
EXHIBITION RECORD
2024
I know I Mountain Dew it for ya (solo) Ronchini, London
2023
CROSSROADS Galleria Umberto Benappi Torino, Italy
Miss Uragano, Chiara Guidi, Lunetta11 & Galleria d’arte Niccoli at Casa Gramsci, Torino, Italy
Rossori Dell’Arte (The Redness of Art) Ronchini, London
2022
Boyfriends (solo) Roma Arte in Nuvola, Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Rome, Italy
I knew you were trouble when you walked in (solo) Art Verona, Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Verona, Italy
I wish people liked me more (solo) Pavilion Pavilion, Glasgow
Memory and Matter Arte Fiera, Galleria d'Arte Niccoli, Bologna, Italy
2020
Through the Avant-Garde APE Parma Museum, Italy
2019
How small a thought Art Now, Margate
Surface Tension Steve Turner, Los Angeles
2017
Mary, Blinky, Jessica, Yay! (solo) Gerald Moore Gallery, London
Got It For Cheap 2017 0-0 LA Athens, Vancouver, Copenhagen, Oslo, LA
Summer Auction Syson Gallery, Nottingham
Art Car Boot Fair, London
Steal the Show Bentinck Street, Glasgow
The Undead Painters present FLASH SALON III Saturation Point, London
2016
Paper Cuts Transition Gallery, London
Secret Auction, Art on a Postcard Maddox Gallery, London
Collective Memory (the past and future is ours) Celine, Glasgow & Bushwick Open Studios, New York
Graduate Degree Show - Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow
Spectrum - Open Exhibition PS Mirabel, Manchester
The Undead Painters present FLASH SALON II Bond House Gallery, London
A Camel is a Horse - Transmission Members Show Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
The Smaller The Larger Sobering Gallery, Paris
Constant Cravings Taidelaboratorio Viiskulma, Helsinki
Art Car Boot Fair London, Hastings
Diamonds and Pearls Glasgow School of Art Project Space, Glasgow
Prime Wall Projects, Montrose, Scotland
2015
Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary Mall Galleries, London
Charity Auction, Art on a Postcard Soho Revue, London
The Undead Painters present FLASH SALON Bond House Gallery, London
Art Car Boot Fair London, Margate
Lonely Long Feet - Sara Kerry, Jessica Wilson Standpoint, London
Bow Arts Open Studios The Nunnery, London
2014
Surfacing East Street Arts, Leeds
Composed Formations The Juncture at Unit 3, London
Mark Wallinger selects The Best of Bow Arts Bermondsey Project, London
Summer Saloon Lion and Lamb, London and Suffolk
Art Car Boot Fair London, Liverpool, Folkestone
Bow Arts Open Studios The Nunnery, London
Show, but also tell The Gallery, King's College London, London
Preamble The Juncture at Unit 3, London
First Come, First Served Lion and Lamb, London
2013
Freeze 13 The Mayor's Parlour, London
Turps Banana Painting Programme Vigo, London
Turps Banana Studio Exhibition V22, London
Artist of the Day Flowers Gallery, London
Art Car Boot Fair Brick Lane Yard, London
Turps Banana Interim Show The Mayor’s Parlour, London
An Undelivered Postcard from the Edge of the World Jotta, London
First Come, First Served Lion and Lamb, London
CURATORIAL/ PROJECTS
2017 Steal the Show curated by Jessica Wilson Bentinck Street, Glasgow
2013 Co-founder of The Juncture, an artist led initiative encouraging dialogue in a space between studio and gallery
REVIEWS/ INTERVIEWS
Wordless: Phil King in conversation with Jessica Wilson - Turps Banana Issue 28, Feb 2024
“Creation is the rebellion” Interview with Jessica Wilson - The Aesthete Hunter
Jessica Wilson - Floorr Magazine Issue 3
Patterns That Connect - Summer Saloon Show 2014, Lion and Lamb