BIO
Jessica Palomo (b.1985, Dallas, Texas) is a Mexican American artist who holds a BFA in Sculpture from Southern Methodist University and her MFA in Drawing from Arizona State University. Palomo works in drawing and sculpture to investigate the effects of trauma and grief. She was the artist in residence at the Palazzo Rinaldi in 2011 with a solo exhibition in Noepoli, Italy. She has been the recipient of many awards including the Nathan Cummings Travel Grant and the City of Phoenix Artist to Work Grant. Her work has been exhibited internationally including the Palazzo Rinaldi in Italy, the Contemporary Art Space in China and locally including the Phoenix Art Museum and the Tucson Museum of Art in Arizona.
Palomo currently lives and works in Phoenix and is represented by Bentley Gallery.
Photo taken by Scott Zdon