Artist Biography

Jessie Edelstein (b.1997) is a multidisciplinary artist from Long Island, New York, currently based in Los Angeles. Her work focuses on the themes of queer identity, technology, and digital/consumer cultures. Her face paint looks serve as the foundation of her body of work. Her ongoing face production practice explores using the face as a substrate in lieu of traditional canvas and how one’s body can operate as a platform for self-expression. She is also interested in human mutability, the Internet, and the integration of tech and the body, as well as their effects on identity.

Since 2021, she has been working on a music/performance project called Jessie.Mp3. She released her first EP "Human Clickbait" (produced by cancercrush) in 2022, which explores the duality of navigating identity in both the physical and digital worlds. She is currently expanding the "Jessie.Mp3" project through original sound designs, videos, and performances.

Jessie graduated from SUNY New Paltz in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Visual Art and is currently pursuing an MFA at ArtCenter College of Design. Her artwork has been featured in a variety of exhibitions in the Hudson Valley, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles. Her face paint work can be seen in music videos and in publications such as Paper Magazine and Dazed Beauty.