Jessica B Watson

Textiles, Drawing and the Built Environment

My work in the field of Architecture has brought me back to basics, putting pencil to paper, exploring space and the sculptural object.

My work explores the idea of cultural identity and interaction in the public and private realm. As individuals and societies the idea of what is public or private is increasingly blurred. It is this space, the merging / overlapping of public and private, that I am interested in.

I have been exploring the idea of Identity through textiles for around twenty years. Between 1996 and 2011 I lived in Sweden, where I completed my studies in Textile Art at Gothenburg University. Since returning to Sydney in 2011 via a year-long Artists’ Residency at Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia, I have held a solo exhibition at Tamworth Regional Gallery, undertaken a three-month Artists' Residency at Eramboo in Terry Hills and in 2016 began Architectural studies. Since receiving my Bachelor of Architecture, I have been exploring the Idea of Public and Private space through drawing and embroidery.

Bachelor of Architecture, UNSW, Australia.
Master of Fine Arts and Applied Crafts, School for Design and Crafts, HDK, Gothenburg University, Sweden

SOLO

2020 Opera House Drawings

2019-20 Commuter life @jessicabwatson - On hold due to Covid 19

2016 See Oh Too, Enliven Pittwater, Mona Vale, NSW

2016 Pulling it Together, Darlington Installation Projects (DIP), Newtown

2015 15 year sojourn, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Australia
2012 Catching the Last Leaf, Gallery Two Little Birds, Sweden
2011 Gecko on my Shoulder, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia
2011 Between Clouds and Butterflies, Alpha Utara Gallery, Malaysia
2009 Sketches from Rio, Art in Motion, Preera, Gothenburg, Sweden
2008 Sketches from Rio, Galleri mitt i centrum, Gothenburg
2008 Sketches from Rio, Galleri Mosebacke, Stockholm, Sweden

GROUP
2013 Cultivating the garden, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
2011 Gecko on my Shoulder, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia
2010 WWF, Art for Nature, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia
2010 2010 Miniartextil Como, Como, Italy
2010 Art for Nature, WWF Malaysia, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia
2006 Broderia Fantasia, Floras Rike Gallery, Sweden
2004 Butterfly Stomach & Hunter, Gothenburg City Library
2004 Hunter, Galleri D Lyx, Malmö, Sweden
2003 wouldwork, Knot Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2001 Watt Space, Newcastle, Australia
2001 Omfång, 25m...