Jessi Cross

Jessi Cross is a painter and printmaker working in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Jessi attained her BFA in Printmaking from Maine College of Art in 2000 and her MA in Art Therapy from Southwestern College in 2007. Raised by an artist in rural Maine, she made art throughout childhood when not in the forest, attended life drawing classes in high school, and was involved in public arts projects and gallery events in New England.

Since 2003 Cross has lived in New Mexico. She paints with gouache and ink and creates block prints. She has shown in multiple community settings and has engaged in community murals in Maine and New Mexico. Cross is a recipient of the 2023 Artist Grant on Water and Scarcity through the City of Santa Fe, culminating in a solo exhibition and several talks about her process with the project. She has recently shown work in Light & Art Space Gallery in Silver City, NM, Art Mozaik Gallery in Santa Fe, NM, and Mariposa Gallery in Albuquerque, NM. Her works are done on paper.

2000: BFA in Printmaking with Honors, Maine College of Art & Design Portland, Maine
2007: MA in Art Therapy/Counseling, Southwestern College Santa Fe, New Mexico

ART MOZAIK
March 2024
Art Unleashed Juried Group Exhibit

LIGHT ART SPACE SILVER CITY, NM
Oct-Nov 2023
H2O: Shifting Currents Juried Group Printmaking Show

SANTA FE WATERSHED ASSOCIATION SANTA FE, NM
May-July 2023
Solo Exhibit of Works Completed for Art is the Solution Artist Grant
City of Santa Fe Arts Commission

SANT A FE PUBLIC LIBRARY SANTA FE, NM
January 2023
Magic of the Mountains & High Desert Solo Exhibit

SÍ GALLERY
AUSTIN, TX
Aug – September 2022
Art in the Time of Corona | Vol 2

MARIPOSA GALLERY ALBUQUERQUE, NM
Feb 2022 - current
Prints of artwork for sale.

WILDHEART GALLERY
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE SANTA FE, NM
March 2022
Solo faculty exhibit of recent work

DAB ART GALLERY
LOS ANGELES, CA
September 2021 - current
Art in the Time of Corona |Vol 2 online juried group exhibit
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/jessi-cross-earth-breathing