Jess Levey

Jess Levey is a New York City based, multimedia artist who works in photography, assemblage, video installation, and sound. Her work has been exhibited at various art spaces in and around NYC including Exit Art, The Invisible Dog, NurtureArt, MoCADA, and The Rochester Contemporary. Her work has also been selected for exhibitions at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago and Spilt Milk Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her films have been selected for festivals such as the NY Short Film Festival, The NY Pause Film Festival, The Queens World Film Festival and the Paris Short Film Festival. Jess's work was also selected for Tomorrow’s Stars: The Art Brooklyn Open Call Exhibition at the Verge Art Fair. Jess was born and bred in Brooklyn, NY where she lived until she moved with her husband and daughter to Jackson Heights, Queens- the most diverse neighborhood in the world where you can hear over 165 different languages spoken. Jess received her BA from Barnard College and her MFA from Hunter College. In 2023, Jess was an artist-in-residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Center (LMCC) on Governors Island in New York City and she was recently a recipient of a NYFA Queens Arts Fund grant.

MFA Photography, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY
BA in Art History and Visual Arts, Barnard College at Columbia University, New York, NY

2025
Perspectives, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Second Spring, Queens Center of The Arts, Solo Show, Long Island City, NY
2024
Off Brand, A.R.T, Queens, New York
He Said, She Said, Artsy-exclusive exhibition at Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Salon Des Refusés, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Collective, Brooklyn, New York
Freeform, Upstate Art Weekend, Lexington Arts + Science, Lexington, New York.
Shattered, Culture Lab, Queens, NY
Monochromatic, Site:Brooklyn Gallery
EnvironMental Coy, The Yard, Brooklyn, New York. Curated by Sika Foyer
BotanicArté, Taller Boricua, New York, New York. Curated by Andrea Sofìa Matos
2023
Official selection, New York Pause Film Festival, New York, NY
2022
Official Selection, New York Short Film Festival, New York, New York
Official Selection, Queens World Film Festival, Queens, New York
Official Selection, Domestic Documents: Spaces of Care & Crisis, Pleasure Dome, Toronto
Official selection, World Cinema Carnival Film Festival, Calcutta
Official selection, Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela
2021
Painting At Night. Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
Boundaries. Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
If Not Now, When? Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Reciprocity. Woma...