Jess Fuller
Jess Fuller (b. 1972, Portland, ME) arranges dyed and sewn canvas shapes that pass under fields of color, creating movement through line, volume and draping.
The artist begins her process on the floor, working on multiple pieces at once, moving shapes around, letting time pass in a release for the imagination. Evocative of Matisse’s cutouts, Arp’s assemblages and Miro’s tapestries, these works unite color and texture to explore the limits of paint on canvas. Surfaces are washed, cut, glued, sewn, sprayed, and painted in a cyclical process that creates tension through the pairing of line and contour.
Artworks
Jess Fuller,
Green Light,
2018,
101 × 84 in (256.54 × 213.36 cm)
Acrylic and gesso on canvas
Jess Fuller,
Bertha,
2017,
65 × 51 × 5 in (165.1 × 129.54 × 12.7 cm)
Acrylic, plastic resin, canvas hat, and gesso on canvas
Jess Fuller,
Self Portrait in Blue,
2017,
64 × 50 ¼ × 6 in (162.56 × 127.635 × 15.24 cm)
Acrylic and gesso on canvas
Jess Fuller,
The Column of Lasting Inignificance,
2017,
104 × 86 in (264.16 × 218.44 cm)
Acrylic and gesso on canvas
Jess Fuller,
Picture of radical self-honesty,
2015,
67 × 53 ¼ × 8 in (170.18 × 135.255 × 20.32 cm)
Acrylic, plastic resin, foam, and gesso on canvas
Jess Fuller,
Picture of Transition,
2017,
66 × 52 × 8 in (167.64 × 132.08 × 20.32 cm)
Acrylic, plastic resin, foam, and gesso on canvas
Jess Fuller,
Self Portrait with Arm,
2017,
64 × 50 in (162.56 × 127 cm)
Acrylic and gesso on canvas
Jess Fuller,
Human Cloud,
2017,
60 × 72 × 6 in (152.4 × 182.88 × 15.24 cm)
Acrylic and gesso on canvas
Jess Fuller,
The New York Seer,
2017,
66 × 52 × 5 in (167.64 × 132.08 × 12.7 cm)
Acrylic, fiberglass, plastic resin, canvas hat, and gesso on canvas
Jess Fuller,
Selected Fruits and Nuts,
2017,
112 × 95 in (284.48 × 241.3 cm)
Acrylic and gesso on canvas
Installation Views
Installation view, Bertha, Canada, New York, 2017
Installation view, Bertha, Canada, New York, 2017
Installation view, Bertha, Canada, New York, 2017
Installation view, Bertha, Canada, New York, 2017
Exhibitions
Press
"Jess Fuller: Fairy Smoke at Herald St." Elephant September 9, 2015
CV
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019
Here, Now and The Future, Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford, UK
2018
Jess Fuller, Herald Street, London, UK
2017
Bertha, Canada, New York, NY
Jess Fuller, Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium
2016
A Great American Story, Herald St, Art Basel, Miami, FL
2015
Planet without a body, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
Fairy Smoke, Herald Street, London, UK
2012
Jellie, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Basic Matters: Substance in Contemporary Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2020
Turpentine, SOCO Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2018
Heat Brain, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Feed the Meter Vol. II, Ceysson & Bénétière, Koerich, Luxembourg
NADA Miami, Canada, New York, NY
2016
RePlanetizer, Regina Rex, New York, NY
World Made By Hand, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY
Fort Greene, Venus Over, Los Angeles, CA
Re-Planetizer, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
8 Femmes, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium
Inside-out, Berthold Pott, Cologne, Germany
2015
2015 White Columns Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY
2010
Material Issue and Other Matters, Canada, New York, NY