Jessica Rankin explores time and memory through a deeply personal lens, often referencing the poetry of her mother and poet (Jennifer Rankin), while seamlessly bridging the past and present in an ornate exploration of memory, identity, and place. Selected solo and duo exhibitions include White Cube Hong Kong (2024); Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin (2023); White Cube Paris (2022); White Cube Bermondsey, London (2021); Touchstones Rochdale, UK (2017); Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (2016); Salon 94, New York (2014); Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta (2013); The Project, New York (2009); MoMA PS1, New York (2006); and Franklin Artworks, Minneapolis (2005). Group exhibitions include the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney (2025), Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy (2024); The Uptown Triennial, New York (2017); Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK (2015); Fie Myles, New York (2011); Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (2011); The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2006); The Project, Los Angeles (2005); and Artist’s Space, New York (2003).
Rankin was born in 1971 in Sydney, Australia and lives and works in New York.
Courtesy Cassandra Bird

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