What I Believe

I believe that learning to be present with ourselves is one of the most radical acts we can make.

Not because it removes us from the world, but because it changes how we live within it.

Every moment we become more aware of our own patterns, every time we meet grief instead of passing it on, every time we choose presence over reaction, we change something larger than ourselves.

Inner work is not a retreat from the world.

It is one of the ways we participate in changing it.

My life has become a devotion to one question:

How do we create more peace?

I have explored it through painting, healing, listening, nature, and the lifelong practice of becoming more aware.

I do not believe peace begins in institutions.

I believe it begins in people.

One person becoming a little more present.

One family carrying a little less pain.

One conversation where someone feels safe enough to tell the truth.

These may seem like small acts.

I believe they change the world.

This is what I have devoted my life to.

This is why I paint.

This is why I work with people.

This is why I continue to do my own inner work.

Everything I make grows from this devotion.

Through painting, healing, and the spaces I create, I invite people to stop, rest, and become more present with themselves.

For inquiries about paintings or healing sessions: make contact with Jessica

Experience & Exibhitions

  • 2009
— London College of Communication, London, England, UK – Master of Arts in Fine Art photography

    1995 — Central St Martins School of Art and Design, London, England, UK – Diploma in Photography

    1995 — Central St Martins School of Art and Design, London, England – Bachelor of Arts in Critical Fine Art Practice

    1991 — Sir John Cass School of Art, London, England – Foundation Course

  • Shamanic & Body work Training

    Spirit of the Inca,school of Shamanic Energy medicine, UK  -Shamanic Medicine Wheel Training and member of staff 2016 – ongoing

    TRE (tension & trauma release exercise) certified provider 2013

  • 2023  Green Medicine No6 bruton High street, Somerset

    2002 The Longest Day, St Agnes Gallery, London.   

    1998 Bombs Over Camden, The Murray Arms, London.

  • 2023   Light years Ahead, A survey of Earth Guardianship, curated by Alison Mc Kenna,  John Marchant gallery, Brighton & Leicester gallery, De Montfort university, Leicester

    2021 Inside Art: Cell 5 & 6 Somerset arts week, curated by Luminara Florescu, Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset

    2022 Wells Art Contemporary Open. Curated by Simon Periton, Wells, Somerset

    2019  The New Walsall Art Gallery – 4 Bed Detached Home Of Metal - curated by Alan     Kane

    2014     Nearnothing, 2014Frames, Glasgow International Festival.

    Self published book, Notebook 2014

    2013    The London group Open, The Cello Factory, London

    Take me out, Art projects- Limoncello Gallery, The London Art fair

    The Photobook Show E, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton

    The Lindt Big Egg hunt, Uk

    2012 Self published book, Notebook.

    Young British Art 11, Dienstgebaude Gallery, Zurich

    2011 Brighton Photo Fringe Open 11’ Phoenix Gallery, Brighton selected by Charlotte Cotton                   

    Waterline, Waterfront Gallery, University of Suffolk: Judges selected prize winner

    Nomination Bar Tur Award & Exhibition, London

    The Edge of Extinction, Lo & Behold Gallery, London

    Young British Art, Limoncello Gallery, London curated by Matt Williamson

    Just Photography, Martos Gallery, New York

    2010 Salon Show, Four Corners, London

    Shoebox awards, (runner up) Oblong Gallery, London

    Punctuation program, Limoncello gallery, London

    SHOW Macandi Showroom, London

    2009   MA Show, London College of Communication.

    Travelling Light, Wilson Williams Gallery, London and Venice (exh. cat.)

    Interim Show, Well Gallery, LCC, London

    2004 Group Shows are a Waste of Time, Macbeth, London.

    1997 Peripheral Vision,De Fabriiek, Eindhoven, Holland.

    1996Kiss This, Focal Point Gallery, Southend on Sea, Uk

    1995After The Sublime( Landscape in Contemporary Photography) Cambridge Darkroom, Cambridge, Harewood house, Leeds. Angel Row gallery, Nottingham.

    1994Out of This World,The Cambridge Darkroom, Cambridge.Item description

  • 2010 Photo Imaging Network, Four Corners, London`

    2009 Sproxton Photographic Award (Selected by Peter Ainsworth & Charlotte Cotton)

  • British Council Visual Arts Library

    Private Collections

  • 2022 Pecha Kuchan - Silo Talks, Shatwell Farm, Somerset, UK

    2010 Photoforum Talk, Four Corners, London. UK

    Artist talk & Teaching The London Met University, MA Photography, Uk

    2009 The photograph as Object, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, Uk