About

Jessica Anne Schwartz is an artist who lives and works between New York and Paris. Her work of the last three decades has been widely acquired and is held in both private and public collections. Her art practice has been featured in The Paris Review, Artists Magazine, London Art Roundup, and other publications.

Her work emerges from an intricate fusion of immediate sensory perception and modulated creative expression, rooted in a lifelong synaesthesia in which sound, color, and sensation all intertwine. In her world, sensory boundaries dissolve—sound takes on color and form, emotions become tactile, and silence carries resonance. Such heightened sensory interpenetrations shape a body of work that is diverse yet cohesive, and informs her belief in the inherent value of every human interaction.

Guided by a receptivity to her environment, Schwartz draws insight from found objects, landscapes, and intangible moments—such as the quiet history held within a spoon, or the rhythms of a pile of horseshoes in a Yellowstone moraine that began directing her hand. She often describes herself as a vessel through which these entities and their histories live - yielding paintings, drawings, sculptures, and land-based installations that feel both immediate and timeless. Her various series—ranging from drawings that arise from on the synaesthetically distinct impressions of voices as varied as those of Richard Feynman, Alan Watts, Oliver Sacks and James Baldwin though the music of Chopin and Mozart and on out through the plein air internal landscapes of “Paintings from a Place Called Mathilda” as well as other such coherently variegated lieus d’esprit--are distinct yet interconnected, reflecting a lifelong inquiry into the intricate braidings of perception and narrative.

At its center, Schwartz’s work is devoted to creating and sharing a democratic beauty to foster a more profound human connection. Her mind weaves and rearranges sensory inputs, manifesting a brave and inviting new world for its audience. This process and its outcomes are both mysterious and empathic.

Please contact her studio for all inquires.