Jessie Homer French (b. 1940, New York, New York, lives and works in Mountain Center, California) is a self-taught, self-proclaimed 'regional narrative painter' who routinely, perhaps even obsessively, paints archetypes of death, nature, and rural life.
Read MoreShe has held solo exhibitions at Massimo De Carlo, London, UK; Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, Dallas and Seoul, South Korea; Mother's Tankstation, Dublin and London; the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California; Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California; Winchester Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia; and Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles.
Her work has also been included in group exhibitions at Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles; CLEARING, New York; the Palm Springs Museum; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach; and Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica. French's work is included in the permanent collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, Palm Spring Art Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She was included in the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022, and the Hammer Museum's Biennial in 2023.
Text courtesy Various Small Fires
