Jessica Taylor Bellamy

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.

MFA candidate at University of Southern California Roski School of Fine Arts '22

B.A. Political Science with a minor in Painting University of Southern California 14

2020 In Cahoots: Artists and Curators at USC Roski, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles CA

2020 Going Home, TZ Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2020 Made In California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA

2020 Parallel Realities and Unpopular Truths, Superposition Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Boiling Point, Superposition Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Save Mr. Wisdom’s Auction (Keep Slauson Fresh), Nous Tous Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Global Inheritance: TRASHed Coachella, House of Machines DTLA & Empire Polo Fields; Indio, CA

2019 GIFC, The Costume House; Toronto, ON, Canada

2018 GIFC LA, 0-0 LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2018 ARTXSCAPE II, The Attic, Los Angeles, CA

2018 Love: A Group Show, Los Angeles County Store; East Hollywood, CA

2018 Global Inheritance: TRASHed Coachella, MaRS Gallery DTLA & Empire Polo Fields, Indio, CA

2017 Contemporary Landscape, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea

2017 $100 Show Co-Lab Gallery, Highland Park, CA

2015 Spring Fling, Co-Lab Gallery, Highland Park, CA

2014 Advanced Painting & Drawing, Lindhurst Gallery, University of Southern California

2014 Gallery McGinty's, Altadena, CA

2013 USC Roski Annual Student Exhibition, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California

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