CV

Jess Burgess

Born 1993, UK

Contact:

Jess-burgess@live.com

Education

20l6-2017 MA Fine Art (Distinction), Norwich University of the Arts

2013- 2016 BA Fine Art (First), Norwich University of the Arts

Solo Exhibitions

2021

3rd July - 14th August Bread and a Girl, Fairhurst Gallery, Norwich

Group Exhibitions

2022

Figuration Libre, joint exhibition with Julian Semiao, Acid Gallery, Lille, France

Contemporary Landing, The Malting Gallery, Snape Maltings, Suffolk

Art for Youth London, The Mall Galleries, London

2021

It’s All Relative, Artistellar X Four You Gallery (online exhibition)

Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Holt Festival, Holt (Shortlisted)

"Ultramarine" Fashion Arts Summer Exhibition, Fida & Isitituto Marangoni Parntership, Miami

Finding Sanctuary, Curated by Ekaterina Popova, Visionary Art Collective (online exhibition)

Cley 20 nowhere, Curated by Amanda Geitner, North Norfolk

2020

Art for Youth London, The Mall Galleries, London

Indian Summer, Artistellar curated by Adele Smejkal (first Artistellar exhibtion), London

Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Holt Festival, Holt (Shortlisted)

13. , Crypt Gallery, Norwich

2019

Greggs or Greta? Artists Reflect on 2019, The Auction Collective, The Menier Gallery, London

Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Holt Festival, Holt (Shortlisted)

At the End of Lines, Original Projects, Great Yarmouth

AucArt Lab, curated by George Barker, AucArt, London

Two Lives in Colour, East Gallery, Norwich

2018

FULLY AWAKE a multi-exhibition project organised by ‘Teaching Painting’ group, exhibiting alongside Sarah Longworth-West and Estelle Thompson, Dyson Gallery, Royal Collage of Art, London

Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Holt Festival, Holt (Shortlisted by Eileen Cooper RA, Lady Anwen Hurt and Robert Upstone)

UNA Gallery, Hosted by The Shoe Factory Social Club, Norwich

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London (Shortlisted)

Pull up with Lemons (showing with Ottilie Rounce), Skippings Gallery, Great Yarmouth

2017

Sir John Hurt Art Prize, Holt Festival, Holt (Shortlisted by Amanda Geitner, Robert Upstone and Calvin Winner )

Lynn Painter-Stainers exhibition tour, Guildford House, Guildford, Surrey

Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London (Winner: Young Artist of the Year)

2016

Home Part III, Gloucester Street, Norwich

2015

Hidden Spaces, Firstsite Gallery, Colchester

Home Part II, Studio 20, Norwich

Painting about Painting, St Georges Gallery, Norwich, Selected by Simon Granger (Artist and Senior Lecturer at Norwich University of the Arts)

Publications and Press

2022 British Vogue, May 2022 Issue

2020 Bread and a Girl, Solo Show Press Release for Fairhurst Gallery, by Nina Fowler (featuring text by Adele Smejkal)

2019 Friend of the Artists Volume 11: Selection by Anna Mikaela Ekstrand, Angeliki, Kim Jonsson, Adele Smejkal

2019 Two Lives in Colour: Fred Dubery and Joanne Brogden, by Ian Collins

2019 Art Girl Graduates We’re Opening Our Wallets For, The Art Gorgeous, by Lizzy Vartanian

2018 ArtMaze Mag Summer Issue 8: Curated Selection by Sara Maria Salamone and Tyler Lafreniere, Founders and Head Curators of Mrs. Gallery, NYC

Awards and Residencies

2022 Shortlisted Fida awards, Supported by Conde Nast College of Fashion and Design in London

2021 newplatform.art development programme

2020 Shortlisted Fida awards S/S 2020, Supported by Conde Nast College of Fashion and Design in London

2020 Longlisted ‘Beers London Summer Marathon 2021’

2019 The AucArt Lab Residency, AucArt, London

2018 Winner of the first Zealous Stories, open to UK-based painters

2017 Young Artist of Year, Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, Mall Galleries, London

2016 First Dubery and Brogden Scholarship recipient, East Anglian Art Fund