SuperVroom Painting

Jess Bellamy was born in Whittier, CA and lives & works in Los Angeles, CA. She received a B.A. in Political Science from USC in 2014 and is an MFA candidate at USC Roski School of Fine Arts. Bellamy’s interest in the environment, years spent working at KCRW, and personal and familial histories as a woman of Afro-Cuban and Jewish descent greatly influence the themes and world-making in her work. Predominantly an oil painter, Bellamy also works with image transfer and assemblage, using the familiarity of the Southern California landscape and aesthetics to connect shared visual references, presenting compositions that are dream-like narratives giving form to unseen or alternative possibilities. Her work has been included in thematic exhibitions such as Boiling Point (2019) and Parallel Realities and Unpopular Truths (2020) with Superposition Gallery. She is an active member of The Circuit, a Black Arts Coalition, focusing on academic and art market reform.