Overview

Jessica Dickinson (b. 1975) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Her practice is centered around the creation of dense, atmospheric abstract paintings that explore shifting experiences of time, perception, matter, and consciousness. Optical yet tactile, minimal yet baroque, restrained yet generous, they offer space for the labor and process of paying attention. Making only four paintings a year, her ongoing drawing projects – notebook drawings, traces, works on paper, and remainders – extend these ideas through their own particular materialities and modalities. While her paintings evolve slowly over the course of a year, her drawings offer an opportunity to arrest a moment or focus in on a singular event.

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Works
  • Jessica Dickinson, anchor-that-counters (notebook drawing for From: This #5), 2021
    Jessica Dickinson
    anchor-that-counters (notebook drawing for From: This #5), 2021
    Colored pencil on paper with linen tape
    11 3/4 x 16 in
    29.8 x 40.6 cm
  • Jessica Dickinson, walk-towards (notebook drawing for From/With #4), 2021
    Jessica Dickinson
    walk-towards (notebook drawing for From/With #4), 2021
    Colored pencil on paper with linen tape
    11 3/4 x 16 in
    29.8 x 40.6 cm
  • Jessica Dickinson, From: Far, 2020-2021
    Jessica Dickinson
    From: Far, 2020-2021
    Pastel, gouache, rug stain on paper with crayon on reverse
    50 5/8 x 42 3/8 in
    128.6 x 107.6 cm
    Framed: 54 3/8 x 45 1/2 in
    138.1 x 115.6 cm
  • Jessica Dickinson, trace (From/With), 2019-2022
    Jessica Dickinson
    trace (From/With), 2019-2022
    Pastel, wax oil pastel, dirt, and oil on paper with holes
    45 1/4 x 36 in
    114.9 x 91.4 cm
    Framed: 48 5/8 x 39 3/8 in
    123.5 x 100 cm
  • Jessica Dickinson, With/With:Not, 2019-2020/2024
    Jessica Dickinson
    With/With:Not, 2019-2020/2024
    Oil on limestone polymer on wood panel
    Remainders 1-15, graphite on paper
    54 x 48 in
    137.2 x 121.9 cm
    Remainders: 72 1/2 x 60 in each
    184.2 x 152.4 cm
  • Jessica Dickinson, trace (From: Know), 2018-2022
    Jessica Dickinson
    trace (From: Know), 2018-2022
    Pastel, wax oil pastel, dirt, and oil on paper
    45 1/4 x 36 in
    114.9 x 91.4 cm
    Framed: 48 5/8 x 39 3/8 in
    123.5 x 100 cm
  • Jessica Dickinson, trace (From: This), 2018-2022
    Jessica Dickinson
    trace (From: This), 2018-2022
    Pastel, dirt, graphite, wax oil pastel, and oil on paper with rips and holes
    45 1/4 x 35 1/2 in
    114.9 x 90.2 cm
  • Jessica Dickinson, As/ With, 2018-2019
    Jessica Dickinson
    As/ With, 2018-2019
    Oil on limestone polymer on panel with 12 graphite on paper remainder drawings
    55 x 49 in
    139.7 x 124.5 cm
  • Jessica Dickinson, Now: Are, 2016
    Jessica Dickinson
    Now: Are, 2016
    Gouache, graphite, wax oil pastel on paper with holes
    51 1/4 x 42 1/4 in
    130.2 x 107.3 cm
  • Jessica Dickinson, Are: Here, 2015-2016
    Jessica Dickinson
    Are: Here, 2015-2016
    Oil on limestone polymer on panel
    55 x 52 in
    139.7 x 132.1 cm
  • Jessica Dickinson, Yet: Are, 2015-2016
    Jessica Dickinson
    Yet: Are, 2015-2016
    Pastel, graphite, and gouache on paper with holes
    51 1/8 x 42 in
    129.9 x 106.7 cm
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