Jessye McDowell, Future Sets (Unknown) (2021)
Digital print of 3D-modeled image, 30 in x 24 in, Edition of 30. Printed with Fellow Natalie Woodlock.
Fascinated by the affects of technology on humans, Jessye McDowell creates representations of the “natural” world through entirely digital means, which include three-dimensional modeling and rendering. McDowell's distinctive landscapes and still lifes convey the "slipperiness between how real and object-like the images seem and the completely virtual method of their creation."
Jessye McDowell is a Baltimore-based artist and educator whose studio practice examines the interchanges of cultural mythologies, lived experience and the digital world. Her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and in Europe, including recent solo shows at Unrequited Leisure (Nashville, TN) and Sonoma State University (CA), and recent group exhibitions at Lump Gallery (Raleigh, NC), Well Well Projects (Portland, OR), and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair (NYC). Recent artist residencies include the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony (Woodstock, NY), the Wassaic Artist Residency (Wassaic, NY), and the Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT). McDowell received an MA in Media Studies from the New School University in NYC, and an MFA from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She served as the President of the New Media Caucus from 2020-2023, and is currently an Associate Professor of Digital Art & Animation at St. Mary's College of Maryland.