Jessica Skolovski

I am a mixed-media artist living and working in Berne, Switzerland.
Art is a perfect medium for me to share my ideas. Our thoughts, believes, feelings and the way we look at things effect the experiences in our lives. In my artwork I reflect and aim to convey this.
My medium of choice is paper. Paper permits an immediate and intimate way of creation that I appreciate. I am interested in the texture of paper, and the myriad possibilities working with the material allows. The techniques I mainly use in my artworks are collage and assemblage in combination with drawing, painting or printing.
I work with images taken from magazines, the internet, postcards, leaflets, stamps, personal photographs and other printed paper. Occasionally I include objects in an assemblage manner such as found box frames, fragments of mirrors, wire, and natural matter, rendering the images more complex by adding different layers and surfaces. The artworks have a seductive quality generated by the motive and the haptic materiality; the very physical presence of texture.
I am inspired by images or landscapes I come across. Often, I draw inspiration from an interesting quote, a philosophical thought, a story, a dream or an intriguing concept I read abou...

University of Bern, Master Art History (specification Curatorial Studies and Museology), 2012 - 2014
University of Bern, Bachelor in Art History, 2011-2012
ECAV, art college, Sierre, Valais, Bachelor in Fine Arts, 2005 - 2009
University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Erasmus-exchange year (Departments of Fine Art, Photography and Painting and Drawing), 2008 - 2009
School of Art and Design, Lucern, preparatory year in Visual Design, 2004 - 2005

Group Exhibition, Ateliereröffnung, 10. - 11. Dezember, 2022 Remetschwil

Leitung Munterbunt, Schlachthaustheater Bern, 27. November und 18. Dezember 2022, Bern

Kinderkulturtreff Mini, Projekt "Lichtspiel", November 2022, Théâtre Les Halles Sierre und Zeughaus Kultur Brig

Group exhibition, TeamPlayer Ausstellung, 2022, Kulturraum Alter Werkhof Brig.

Group exhibtion, FRAUEN FEIERN DIE KUNST. Auf lustige ART und Weise, 2022, Kunst- und Kulturraum VISAVIS Bern.

Group exhibition, FATart Fair - 100 zeitgenössische Künstlerinnen, 2020, Kunstmesse und Ausstellungsplattform, Kammgarn West, Schaffhausen.

Group exhibition, Sammlung Reflect, 2018, Studio of Martin Schnidrig, Ried b. Kerzers.

Group exhibition, L'Imparfait du présent. Z im Raum, works on paper from students and alumni of ECAV, 2014, New space Von Gunten, Thun.

Group exhibtion, Les Halles, diploma exhibition, 2009, ECAV, Sierre

Group exhibition, trace. new contemporary art exhibition, 2009, The Beechwood Shopping Centre, Cheltenham

Group exhibition, PLANÈTE JEUNES EXPO 08 – SCÉN’ART 2, Fondation Valaisanne Action Jeunesse, 2008, Galerie Vidondée, Riddes