Top banner: Dead Sea, from Negative Spaces 2024, Giclee prints on vellum, 35mm negatives, LEDs, wood, 11 x 14
Row 1:
Akko Akka, from Negative Spaces, 2023, Giclee print on vellum, 35mm negatives, LEDs, wood, 11 x 14
Jericho, from Negative Spaces 2023, Giclee print on vellum, 35mm negatives, LEDs, wood 11 x 14
Jordan River, from Negative Spaces, 2023, Giclee print on vellum, 35mm negatives, LEDs, wood, 11 x 14
Row 2:
Jerusalem, from Negative Spaces 2024, Giclee print on canvas, 35mm negatives, embroidery, LEDs, wood 11 x 14
Ne’Urim, from Negative Spaces 2024, Giclee print on vellum, 35mm negatives, LEDs, wood 11 x 14
Negev, from Negative Spaces 2024, Giclee print on vellum, 35mm negatives, LEDs, wood 11 x 14
Row 3:
East Jewett #4 from New Wilderness 2023, Digital Chromogenic Print, 36 x 24
Colgate Lake #2 from New Wilderness 2023, Digital Chromogenic Print, 36x 24
East Jewett #1, from New Wilderness 2023, Digital Chromogenic Print, 36 x 24
Bio
Jess Levey is a New York City based, multimedia artist who works in photography, assemblage, video installation, and sound. By combining various media, Jess transforms imagery through the addition of material barriers while exploring boundaries between the tangible and intangible. Visual barriers exist in her work either as interventions in front of the lens or with collaged materials layered under a transparent image. By intentionally introducing material barriers, the viewer is asked to consider the many impediments that keep us disconnected from one another and from our natural world.
Her work has been exhibited at various art spaces in and around NYC including Exit Art, The Invisible Dog, NurtureArt, MoCADA, and The Rochester Contemporary. Her work has also been selected for exhibitions at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago and Spilt Milk Gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her films have been selected for festivals such as the NY Short Film Festival, The NY Pause Film Festival, The Queens World Film Festival and the Paris Short Film Festival. Jess’s work was also selected for Tomorrow’s Stars: The Art Brooklyn Open Call Exhibition at the Verge Art Fair.
Jess was born and bred in Brooklyn, NY where she lived until she moved with her husband and daughter to Jackson Heights, Queens- the most diverse neighborhood in the world where you can hear over 165 different languages spoken.
Jess received her BA from Barnard College and her MFA from Hunter College. Jess was an artist-in-residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Center (LMCC) on Governors Island in New York City in Fall 2023 and is a recipient of a 2024 NYFA grant from the Queens Art Fund.
The Jewish Art Salon (JAS) is a 501.c.3 non-profit organization. It is a global network of contemporary visual artists and art professionals. Established in 2008 and based in New York City, JAS has over 400 members and over 2,000 participants. Through its 60+ shows, events and collaborations in the US, Europe and Israel, JAS has reached approximately 30,000 individuals since its inception. JAS provides important programs and resources, and develops lasting partnerships with the international art community and the general public.
