Jessica Westhafer
Portrait of Jessica, photo by Shark Senesac\n\nJessica Westhafer (b. 1990, Denver, CO) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She received her BFA from the University of Arkansas in 2014 and her MFA in Painting from Indiana University in 2020. Using a deceptively playful form of figuration, Westhafer explores psychosocial experiences. Westhafer\u2019s imagery taps into memory and sentiment in order \u201cto invent, reimagine, immortalize and even create\u201d idealized or fictitious narratives. These \u201csurrogate scenes of time and place\u201d arouse feelings of vulnerability through which she invites viewers to revisit their own histories. While very specific in its choice of subject matter and detail, her art captures ineffable aspects of early formative experiences that are universal.\n\nJESSICA WESTHAFER Partial Installation. SOMEWHERE THAT\u2019S GREEN NOVEMBER 9, 2022 - JANUARY 7, 2023. Photo: Shark Senesac.\n\nJessica Westhafer Always & Forever, 2022 Oil and watercolor on canvas 44 x 108 inches (111.8 x 274.3 cm) \xa9 Jessica Westhafer; Photo by Shark Senesac; Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery\n\nJessica Westhafer Bubble Wand, 2022 Oil, watercolor, and glass on canvas 80 x 90 inches (203.2 x 228.6 cm) \xa9 Jessica Westhafer; Photo by Shark Senesac; Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery\n\nJessica Westhafer 7th Period Science Class, 2022 Oil on canvas 84 x 72 inches (213.4 x 182.9 cm) \xa9 Jessica Westhafer; Photo by Shark Senesac; Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery