JESS ALLEN
b. 1966, United KingdomJess Allen (b. 1966) is a contemporary British artist, born in Dorset and now based in Cornwall. She studied at Camberwell College of Arts and Falmouth School of Art. Her practice is centred around domestic objects and locating the sublime in the seemingly mundane. She explores the gulf between our exterior façades and inner worlds, allowing us to glimpse the varying degrees of chaos and order that may lie behind doors.
Her recent solo exhibitions include Like Dust the Shadows Remain, Scroll Gallery, New York (2023); Nobody’s Watching, Blue Shop Gallery, London (2022) and Books and Boxes, Blue Shop Cottage, London (2021). In 2023 her work was featured internationally in group exhibitions that include Through the Window, Sens Gallery, Hong Kong; Kiaf Art Fair, Gallery Mark, Seoul, South Korea; The Angel in the House, Studio West Gallery, London and __Untold Stories,__G/ART/EN Gallery, Como, Italy.
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