Bio
Jessica Singerman makes paintings, drawings, videos, sculptures, and installations to conjure the vastness of outdoor spaces and a sense of wonder. In her work she engages the senses, provokes reflection on our connection to the natural world, and underscores the fragility of the landscape, while allowing space for joy.
Singerman earned her BA magna cum laude with Highest Honors in 2002 from the College of William & Mary, Virginia, and her MFA in 2004 from the University of Delaware with a graduate teaching fellowship.
Her artwork is part of Art in Embassies, a program that brings American art into U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide. She has had solo exhibitions at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem (SECCA), and the Sechrest Gallery at High Point University. Her work is in the collections of Genentech in San Francisco, CA, Linea South End in Charlotte, NC, and the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC.
Singerman was born in Bangor, Maine in 1980, and lived in France and the United States during her early life. In previous lives, she taught yoga and worked as an adventure guide leading bicycle tours all over the US, Europe, Central America, and Australia. She rides bikes and runs, and lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with her husband and their son.
Artist Statement
I make paintings, drawings, videos, sculptures, and installations to conjure the vastness of outdoor spaces and a sense of wonder. I engage the senses, spark reflection on our connection to the natural world, and underscore the fragility of the landscape, while allowing space for joy.
As a North Carolina artist, I am fortunate to have access to wide open spaces and forests, as well as mountain trails. Outdoor activity and making artwork make me feel most like myself: whole and engaged with my environment. As an outdoor athlete and as a former guide leading people across continents by bike and foot, I know firsthand how landscapes shape us and how we, in turn, alter them.
I enjoy being able to use different materials and techniques according to each project, employing textiles, natural dyeing, collage, oil, watercolor, and encaustic paint. The work varies in scale from immersive and monumental installations and paintings to small and intimate drawings.
My practice is in a lineage of other artists such as: Richard Diebenkorn’s compositions and mark-making, Agnes Martin’s quiet meditative grids, Amy Sillman’s shapes and colors, William Kentridge’s animations and erasure, and Sheila Hick’s colors and use of mass.
Ultimately I work to inspire people to return to the outdoors and build meaningful connections with others there.