Jessica Tyler is an artist currently living and working in the city of Los Angeles. She received her BFA in Painting and Drawing from The Tyler School of Art.

The idea of the epic has led Jessica down obsessive paths, which includes detail pattern making and collaging. Her work articulates an exploration of beauty and destruction in natural environments using 2D and 3D techniques to build alternative and abstracted landscapes. Her new body of work is rooted in a personally written folktale which Jessica believes through the use of her paintings and illustrations will take her whole life to visualize fully.

Shows

Expansion / Lacuna Artist Lofts / Chicago IL / 2012
11th Annual Art Auction / Root Division / San Francisco CA / 2012
Group Exhibition / Mission Bowling Club / San Francisco CA / 2012
Solo Show / Aunt Mary’s Cafe / Oakland CA / 2012
A Book About Death / Willo North Gallery / Phoenix AZ / 2011
The Sinking Seasons / Adorn Space / Philadelphia PA / 2010 Installation and collaboration with artist Tristan Wright
Artists’ Summer Caucus / The Rodger LaPelle Gallery / Philadelphia PA / 2010
The Cohoquinoque Crew / 22 Gallery / Philadelphia PA / 2010
Grand Small Works / F.U.E.L. Collection / Philadelphia PA / 2009
BFA Exhibition Show / Chestnut Hill Gallery / Chestnut Hill PA / 2009
BEECH / Beech Gallery / Elkins Park PA / 2008
Festa di Roma / Temple Gallery / Rome Italy / 2008
23 Projects Exhibition / Zaim Art Center / Yokohama Japan / 2007

Project Involvement

The Canvas Project Volume 3, Art House Co-op / Brooklyn, NY – 2010
The Sketchbook Project 2011, Art House Co-op / Brooklyn, NY -2011

Related Work Experience

Root Division / Exhibitions and Events Intern / San Francisco CA /August – December 2012
Art Director, The Red Verse music video; San Francisco CA – 2012
Gallery Coordinator/assistant, VOLTAGE Metal Works; Alameda CA – Summer 2011
Director/Founder, The Coho Crew artist collective; Philadelphia PA – 2009-2011

Education  
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Painting/Drawing / Art History minor / 2004 – 2009
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA / Magna cum-laude
Study Abroad programs: Painting/Art History, Temple University, Rome, Italy / Drawing, Temple University, Tokyo, Japan

Awards
Gianni Caproni Art Prize: Painting /Temple University, Rome, Italy / 2008

Awarded by the Contessa Maria Fede Caproni and her sister Princess Letizia Giovanelli Caproni, co-awarded by faculty of Temple University Rome