Jessica Fontenot draws and paints our contemporary world, often from the driver’s seat. Her work is a mix of infrastructure observations and a record of place as anchors for our memories.
Projects:
2024
200 Days
A travel art project through Europe where I create a daily watercolor of a street scene I find. 12 cities, 7 countries, 200 days and 200 drawings.
Feb 5 - Aug 22, 2024.
2019-2022
The Roadtrip Show
A body of work created from photographs taken during a 5,000 mile roadtrip through the US Southwest.
The exhibition is a website experience: theroadtripshow.com
2016-2017
One Year of Buildings
Every day for one year I drew a building, and developed my architectural, watercolor drawing style.
2017-2020
East Austin Work
A collection of artwork about the past and present of the East Austin neighborhood in Austin, TX.
2017
Rockland Residency
Artwork made during my time in Seattle as part of the Rockland Residency. I focused on the city’s gentrification and how redlining in the mid-1900s affected who lived where.
