Jessica Matier

Jessica Matier attended Parsons School of Design. In 2016 she departed from watercolor and collage practices to pursue a mixed media approach to abstract painting. Her work was in group exhibitions in the New York City, New Jersey, Chicago, FSU Museum of the Arts, and The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn. In 2019 Rutgers University acquired the painting, Natural Things, on display at the Camden Center of the Arts. Matier was born in South Korea in 1985. When she was three months old, she was adopted and raised in New Jersey, where she currently resides.

Statement

I create internal landscapes to illustrate the flow of energy to dispense overlooked ideas that subconsciously dictate my present thoughts and actions. I intend to create opportunities for self-growth, and in effect, illustrate the collective progression of humankind. I add mythical and alchemical symbols to punctuate self autobiographical images to serve as references for the metastory based on the transcendence of everyday lives into ideal states of being.

I utilize all water-based mediums at a vigorous pace to execute a painting without interruption from second thoughts and trivial tangents. The interactions between the mediums transmute themselves into an image appear...

Parsons School of Design

2021 Strange Paradigm, Young Space, Virtual Exhibition
2021 London Paint Club, Group Show, Virtual Exhibition
2021 The Good Galerie, States of Patience, Solo Exhibition, Paris, France
2021 The Affordable Art Fair UK, NoonPowell Gallery, London, England
2021 Peace in Chaos, Art 629, Asbury Park, NJ
2021 Equity Gallery, NY Artists Equity Association, Only If We Wish To, Group Show, Curated by Shane Allen, New York, NY
2021 Springboard Arts, Group Show, Chicago, IL
2020 Hedges and Houses and Mothers and Children, I Like Your Work Podcast, curated by Pennylane Shen, Virtual Exhibition
2020 Showfields x Heather Falconer, Virtual Exhibition, New York, NY
2020 Art in Seclusion, The Visionary Projects, Virtual Exhibition, New York, NY
2019 Affection, Orchard Galerie, New York, NY
2019 LIC: Fear III, Plaxall Gallery, New York, NY
2019 The Big Painting Show, Belmar Arts, NJ
2019 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Tallahassee International, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, FL
2018 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Women’s Group Show, DT234 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Regional Semi-Finalist, Sponsored by Artsy + Scope Miami, White Box Gallery, New Y...