Artist Biography & Resume
Biography
Jessica Osceola grew up her great grandmother's Seminole Indian village in Naples, Florida. Her parents are from vastly different cultural backgrounds, however one important aspect in her upbringing was the creative and artistic talents of her family, which would lay the foundation for her own life and work. Osceola graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University in 2008 with a Bachelors in Liberal Arts. Her passion for sculpture and ceramics developed during her undergraduate studies eventually lead her to attend Academy of Art University in San Francisco to pursue a Masters degree in fine art sculpture.
Recently, Osceola's sculptural work based on her personal narrative about multicultural identity was selected to be included in the group exhibition Return from Exile: Contemporary Southeastern Indian Art, which is currently traveling the United States. Osceola's most recent accomplishment is a feature of her life and work in a book titled "We Will Always Be Here: Native Peoples on Living and Thriving in the South."
Jessica works and lives in Naples, Fl where she owns a micro farm and works in her studio. Her life as a mother, farmer, and artist has influenced her work to include more about "cycles." The direction Osceola's work is moving includes concepts of earth, human, life, and identity using ceramics and culturally symbolic organic mediums.
Recently, Osceola's sculptural work based on her personal narrative about multicultural identity was selected to be included in the group exhibition Return from Exile: Contemporary Southeastern Indian Art, which is currently traveling the United States. Osceola's most recent accomplishment is a feature of her life and work in a book titled "We Will Always Be Here: Native Peoples on Living and Thriving in the South."
Jessica works and lives in Naples, Fl where she owns a micro farm and works in her studio. Her life as a mother, farmer, and artist has influenced her work to include more about "cycles." The direction Osceola's work is moving includes concepts of earth, human, life, and identity using ceramics and culturally symbolic organic mediums.
Resume
Education
2016 MFA Sculpture Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2008 BA Liberal Arts Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Contemporary Art of Jessica Osceola, Naples Depot Museum, Naples FL
Group Exhibitions
2015 Return from Exile: Contemporary Southeastern Indian Art, Traveling Exhibition
2015 Tapestry: The Cultural Threads of First America, Visitor Information Center, St. Augustine, Florida
2015 At Home: Seminole Reservations and Contemporary Native Art – Elgin Jumper and Jessica Osceola, Museum of Florida Art and Culture, Avon Park, Florida
2014 Long Long River: Tradition and Expansion in Native Art, The Art Galleries of Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida
2012 Select Fair, Catalina Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
2011 Art Now Fair, Catalina Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
2008 Art in the Raw, Primitive Edge Gallery at IAIA, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 Convergence III, College of Santa Fe Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 Exploitation of the Unidentified, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
2008 Space 39 Gallery, Fort Myers, FL (group)
2008 Seminole Artists, The Art Gallery at BCC, Pembroke Pines, FL
2007 13 Sculptors, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Ft Myers, Fl
2007 Seminole Artist: Modern Masters of Tradition, Ah-tah-thi-ki Museum, Big Cypress, FL
2006 13 Sculptors, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Ft Myers, FL
Lectures/Gallery Talks
2013 Florida Humanities Council, Clewiston, Florida
2008 Seminole Artists, Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, Florida
Selected Publications
2016 Bates, Denise E., We Will Always Be Here: Native Peoples on Living and Thriving in the South
2015 Bidney, Beverly, The Seminole Tribune, October 2015
2014 Vrugtman, Rosanne, Native American Artists Explore Their Local Roots in FGCU Exhibit,
2013 Sterwald, Drew, Pinnacle: Florida Gulf Coast University’s Magazine, Spring 2013 Pg.40-41
2013 May, Melissa, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Quarterly, Spring 2013, Pg. 10-11
2010 Loochkartt, Adina, The Seminole Tribune, October 2010, Pg. 3A
2010 Fortun, Kim & Mike, Cultural Anthropology, May 2010, Front Cover
2008 Dulman, Heather, The Observer, January, 2010, Pg. 4
2007 Eldred, Michole, Museum News, January-March, 2007, Pg. 8,9
Media Coverage
2016 Amy Tardif, Interview, WGCU Radio, Fort Myers, Fl, February 10, 2016
2012 Art Basel Miami Beach, Seminole Media Productions, artist interview
2011 Art Basel 2011, Miccosukee Magazine, artist interview
2007 Seminole Artists: Modern Masters of Tradition, exhibit documentary
Professional Experience
2009 Traditional Arts Specialist, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Naples, Florida
Collections
Mayor Joseph Boles
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