Lecture: Jessye McDowell: Expanded Practice
Wednesday, September 24, 4:45-5:45 p.m., Glendening Annex
In this lecture, Jessye McDowell will share work from her recent sabbatical, including 3D animations created in Unreal Engine, and discuss research materials and technical processes that contributed to the work.
McDowell is a Baltimore-based artist and educator whose studio practice examines the interchanges of cultural mythologies, lived experience and the digital world. McDowell’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and in Europe, including solo shows at Unrequited Leisure (Nashville, TN), Sonoma State University (CA) and the Thomas Hunter Project Space at Hunter College (NYC); and group exhibitions at Lump Gallery (Raleigh, NC), Well Well Projects (Portland, OR), the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair (NYC) and Essex Flowers Gallery (NYC). Recent artist residencies include the Byrdcliffe Artist Residency (Woodstock, NY), 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 New York, 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.
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