Biographical Statement

Jessica Wohl was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Growing up in two different suburban households, she was an only child, the youngest child, and the oldest child simultaneously. Leaving these homes, she moved to Kansas City, Missouri to attend the Kansas City Art Institute where she received her BFA in illustration and art history in 2001. Though trained as an illustrator, her studio practice grew to include drawing, painting, collage, installation and performance.

Over the next six years, Jessica continued to exhibit her work nationally, receiving her first solo show at the Epsten Gallery under the guidance of the Kansas City Jewish Musuem, in Overland Park, Kansas. She has taught at The University of Georgia, Maple Woods Community College, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Kansas City Art Institute. Her work is collected by the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, the Sprint-Nextel Corporation, H&R Block World Headquarters, and numerous private collectors. In 2010, she received her MFA from the Lamar Dodd School of Art the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Art History teaching drawing and painting at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

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