ABOUT
Jessica is a multi-hyphenate artist whose work explores movement, memory, and materiality through contemporary abstraction. Influenced by yin and yang and her experience as a fraternal twin, she examines dualities such as chaos and control, and darkness and light.
Primarily a painter, she works with materials including acrylic and latex paint, spray paint, oil sticks and pastels, collage, digital elements, and found materials on canvas, wood, and paper. Her layered process balances intention with chance, creating surfaces shaped by gesture and improvisation.
Drawing from personal experience and environment, her work invites reflection and open interpretation.
BIO
Jessica Krause Smith lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her Studio Art degree from Skidmore College. Her paintings have been exhibited widely, including at IFAC Arts, Walter Wickiser Gallery and Sotheby’s. Her work is also featured in the permanent collection of the Tang Museum at Skidmore College and in numerous private collections across the U.S.