Art does not begin or end in the studio. For Jessica Anne Schwartz, it happens in real time, through encounters with other people—often unplanned, sometimes brief, sometimes intimate. Her practice places work into circulation rather than containment, and treats interaction itself as art.
Schwartz paints on envelopes, airplane vomit bags, and other utilitarian surfaces—objects already meant to be used, handled, and passed along. The work often takes place through encounters with strangers, in sickrooms, or in moments shaped by waiting and care. At times an object is exchanged; at other times, nothing changes hands.
This practice exists alongside her studio and land-based work, sharing a concern with attention, presence, and how people meet one another. The work does not aim for permanence or documentation. It exists in the moment it is enacted.
