JESSICA WEE
born in 1988 - lives and works Montreal
Jessica Wee (b. 1988, New Jersey) is a Korean American Canadian artist based in Montreal. She earned her BFA in Studio Art at Concordia University, Montreal (2011), where she is currently an MFA candidate. She also has completed a Diploma in Classical Realist oil painting at Angel Academy, Florence (2017). She has held solo exhibitions at Steve Turner Gallery, L.A. (2023); Latitude Gallery, New York (2022); Spring Break, New York (2022), and the Maison de la Culture NDG, Montreal (2024). In 2023, she participated in the Vermont Studio Center Residency program. Her work has been featured by Artforum, Artnet, Hyperallergic, and La Presse. Between 2019 and 2021 she acted as the head assistant painter for contemporary artist Angel Otero in New York.
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