Art as a practice
I show up to practice my art every day.
After years of pushing pixels exclusively, I needed another outlet. I returned to physical drawing, rediscovering a style I thought I'd left behind in architecture school. I follow my curiosity about space and co opt drawing to think about mental models, mindfulness and deeper personal work.
Today, my artwork appears in galleries, shows, and books. In my shop (updating soon) you’ll find originals, prints, and stickers. I accept commissions for art, illustrations and large-scale installations.
With art I focus on how we experience aspects like perspective, flow, or form, reducing three dimensional sensations to two dimensional drawings. They become visual annotations of space, acknowledging that space itself cannot be captured on paper. Space exists through our perception and perspective, shaped by our conscious and subconscious interactions with it. Each piece becomes a note about how we inhabit space, how we feel within it, and how our individual perspectives informs our understanding.
Artist Statement
Jess Gibson is a mixed media artist whose work ties together themes of time, space, craft and place. She has a Master's degree in Architecture and fifteen years experience as a Motion Graphic Designer / Animator. Her favorite tools are rulers, paper, pens and After Effects. Motherhood and mindfulness are fueling the spark to reclaim her creative core.
Jess lives and works in Oakland, California. She is a dedicated mother, baker, and mindfulness practitioner. Her art work can be seen in the recently published book Refuge In Small Things. Her work has appeared in group shows at Faultline Gallery Space in Oakland, CA and a solo show at Resurrect Oakland. Her digital work clients include Airbnb, Google, Vespa, Adobe, Motorola, Cisco, WWE, Xfinity, Intel, GS&P and WTBR. She has returned to California College of the Arts (CCA) as an adjunct professor and guest lecturer.
