Bio
Jessica Maffia is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in New York City. In reverence and mourning, she honors the natural world of the city and its surroundings through repetitive, meditative processes. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US and is currently in the Flat Files of Pierogi Gallery. Maffia is the recipient of numerous artist residency fellowships including at the Albee Foundation and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, as well as two grants from the Hell's Kitchen Foundation. She created a permanent mural installation for the National Audubon Society’s Audubon Mural Project, installed a NYC Percent for Art permanent installation in a new public school, and exhibited three of her “Soil Beings” at Smack Mellon. She is currently a BeTheMuseum fellow and looks forward to upcoming exhibitions at Unison Arts and the Garner Arts Center as well as her first performance at Glasshouse Projects.