Jessica Marie Mercy
IG: jesthedeluxe // jessicamariemercy.com // jessicamariemercy@gmail.com
Education
2021 - 2023
Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Studied under Stephanie Hanes, Doug Jeck, Samuel, Jernigan, Victoira Jang, & Amie McNeel.
2016-2018
Associate in Fine Arts, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
Studied under Amanda Knowles, Kelda Martensen, George Rodriquez, Lynne Hull, and Ben Moreau
2006 - 2007
Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA
2004 - 2006
Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, WA
2003 - 2006
West Valley High School, Yakima, WA
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Jessica Marie Mercy, Bon Voyage Vintage, Seattle, WA
2023
Don’t Fucking Touch Me, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA
Femme Prints, Kaladi Brothers Coffee, Seattle, WA
Don’t Fucking Touch Me, North Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2022
Jessica Marie Mercy, Kaladi Brothers Coffee, Seattle, WA
2021
Queer Spaces, Capitol Thrill Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020
Give Them Their Roses, Kaladi Brothers Coffee, Seattle, WA
2019
Expendable/Disposable Femme, Pratt Fine Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017
Queer Space, The Factory, Seattle, WA
Jessica Marie Mercy, Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center, Seattle, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Quotidian Queer, North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023
Factory Forever, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA
Strange Preservations, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
SORRY no sorry, Slide Gallery, Seattle, WA
Queer As Hill, Cloud Gallery, Seattle, WA
Material Latitudes: Honors Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
Works In Progress, Gallery 009, Seattle, WA
2022
Low Fidelity, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
Pride On Public Display, Pound Arts, Seattle, WA
2020
SCREAM: 2020 CoCA Gala & Auction, CoCA, Seattle, WA
2019
Saturn Returns, Soft Spot, Seattle, WA
Multiple Media, Capitol Hill Frame Central, Seattle, WA
Look How Far We’ve Come: A Queer Art Show 902 Feet in the Air, Sky View Observatory at Columbia Center, Seattle, WA
2018
Redlined, Magnuson Park Gallery, Seattle, WA
Marginalia: An Exhibition Addressing Gender & Queerness In Print, University of Wyoming, Lamarie, WY
Cut Stab Slash: Sharp Objects In Art, Phantom Realms, Seattle, WA
Oh, You STILL Work There?, The Factory, Seattle, WA
NSC Student Art Exhibition, North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017
Perpetual Revolution: The Image And Social Change, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Summer Art Walk Awards, City Arts Magazine, Sole Repair, Seattle, WA
NSC Student Art Exhibition, North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Art + Craft Sale, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
2022
Anderson Ranch Residency Award, University of Washington and Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO
2018
Pratt Fine Arts 2018-2019 Artist in Residence Award, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2017
Summer Art Walk Award, City Arts Magazine, Seattle, WA
John and Mary Ann Mangles Endowed Scholarship, Seattle, WA
Group Heath Endowed Scholarship, Seattle, WA
Seattle Colleges Endowed Scholarship, Seattle, WA
North Seattle College Leadership General Fund Award, Seattle, WA
Awards
2023
Megan Seling, “Don’t Fucking Touch Me”, The Stranger, Web. <https://www.thestranger.com/stranger-suggests/2023/06/21/79042845/stranger-suggests-all-pride-all-week-long>
2022
Marty Griswold, “Jessica Marie Mercy”, Public Display. Art Volume 1, Issue #4, pg 38-39
Marty Griswold, “Jessica Marie Mercy”, Public Display. Art Volume 1, Issue #3, pg 11
2020
Miranda Metcalf, “Jessica Marie Mercy”, Pine/Copper/Lime, Web. <https://www.pinecopperlime.com/episode-thirtyfive-jessica-marie-mercy>
2019
Alan Berner, “Lights, sculptures and bread at Seattle Art Fair”, Web. <https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/lights-sculptures-and-bread-at-seattle-art-fair>
Jasmyne Keimig, “Look How Far We’ve Come: A Queer Art Show 902 Feet in the Air”, Web. <https://www.thestranger.com/events/40201598/look-how-far-weve-come-a-queer-art-show-902-feet-in-the-air>
Jasmyne Keimig, “Queers in the Sky”, Web. <https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2019/05/31/40347753/queers-in-the-sky>
2018
Patrick Toney, “Still Here, Still Queer”, Licton Springs Review pg 22
Bethany Jean Clement, “Paying the rent: A show by Seattle artists who work in the food service industry”, The Seattle Times
2017
Samuel Mixon, “Pony”, Licton Springs Review pg 30-31
Gayle Clemans, “In Our Space”, The Seattle Times Weekend Plus pg 23
Cristine Drach, “Pussy Dentata”, FIST, Edition 01 pg 21
2016
Caitlyn Edson, Jazzlyn Stone, “Jessica Marie Mercy”, Make Space Zine Issue #5 pg 8-15
Publications and Presentations
2019
“Live Editions: Printed by Pratt”, Live Screen Printing and Demonstration, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2018
“Queer Space”, Lecture and Inkubator, Southern Graphic Council International, Las Vegas, NV
2017
Teaching Assistant to Kelda Martensen, Beginning & Intermediate Printmaking, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
Teaching Assistant to Amanda Knowles, Screen Printing, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
“Collagraphy Through a Screen”, Lecture and Demonstration, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA, November 29
Steamroller Printing Festival, Demonstration, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA, June 2
Selected Related Teaching Experience
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
Seattle Print Arts
Pratt Fine Arts
Southern Graphics Council International
North Seattle College Art Group
Phi Theta Kappa