Jessica is a socially engaged multi-media artist and organiser who specializes in collage, print, and photography. She is an active member of the Belfast Print Workshop and also works as a freelance picture editor for an independent newspaper based in Berlin. Her passion for politics and broader social issues is reflected in her artwork.
Currently, Jessica is focusing on socially engaged art facilitation in the Arts Participation sector, participating in initiatives that foster community connections and amplify voices through artistic expression.
Latest Exhibitions/Workshops
2024
Roscommon Arts Centre - Pride Portrait Project - 6-month collaborative exhibition and workshop facilitation project
The MAC Belfast - Workshop facilitator - New Visions - socially engaged arts programme for Artists Teachers
Beautiful Resistance - Abdelfattah Abusrour - assistant organiser in collaboration with Artists Against Genocide/Vault Artist Studios/Cultúrlann Belfast
Belfast Print Workshop and Belfast Photofestival - group exhibition - Divergence
Birds of Gaza - Art workshop for kids - workshop facilitator with Artists Against Genocide at An Droichead, Belfast
2023
Postcards for Gaza - fundraiser group exhibition - Engage Art Studios
Galway, Ireland
McGings Exhibition - Modern Life - group exhibition - Westival Westport
Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
The Art of Resistance - Save our Sperrins - group exhibition - 2 Royal Avenue
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Resonate PT.2 - electronic music & art pop up exhibition - The National
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Prose to Print - members group exhibition - Belfast Print Workshop
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Féile Visual Arts Exhibition - group exhibition - Féile an Phobail Festival
Belfast, Northern Ireland
2019
At the End of the Rainbow Lies Belfast -
solo exhibition at coGalleries,
Berlin, Germany
Art and Proud, group exhibition at
Sea Holly Gallery
Belfast, Northern Ireland
2018
Pop-Protagonist*innen - solo exhibition at Silverfuture
Berlin, Germany
3 Kind of Portraits - group exhibition at The Fluid Gallery
Berlin, Germany