About the Artist

Jess Cross is a contemporary realist painter and printmaker. Born in Freedom, Pennsylvania in 1981, Jess received her BFA in Painting from Salisbury University in 2004 and her MFA in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2007. Since receiving her Master's Degree, she has been exhibiting and selling her work both nationally and internationally, including solo shows in Philadelphia and Maryland. Jess is currently living in the Mountains of Northern California.

Recent Exhibitions
2023 “Figures and Faces” Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2022 “National Fine Art Show” Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, CO
2022 “Exordium”, Foyer Gallery, Salisbury Art Space, Salisbury, MD
2022 “Human Faces and Figures” Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2022 “Emotions” Gallerium Art Exhibition and Publication, Online
2021 “Collectors Choice”, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2021“Faculty Exhibition”, Salisbury University Art Galleries, Salisbury, MD
2020 “Printmaking Plus”, D’Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2019 “Perturbation”, Indiana University Art Gallery, Kokomo, IN
2019 “Methods”, Salisbury University Art Galleries Downtown, Salisbury, MD 2019 “Adorn Me”, Gallery at Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL
2018 “Timeless Art” L’Atelier Berkshires Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2018 “Paint Snow Hill” Bishop's Stock Gallery, Snow Hill, MD
2018 “Viva La Femme”, L’Atelier Berkshires Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2018 “Members Show”, Art Institute and Gallery, Salisbury, MD
2017 “Wheaton Biennial: Printmaking Reimagined”, Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA
2017 “The Art of Ink”, Featured Printmaker, Ocean City Center for the Arts, Ocean City, MD
2017 “Homecoming: SU Alumni Juried Exhibition”, SU Art Galleries Downtown, Salisbury, MD
2017 “The Divine Feminine” Ocean City Center for the Arts, Ocean City, MD 2017 “May Plein Air Show” Bishop's Stock Gallery, Snow Hill, MD
2017 “Annual Art Department Faculty Exhibition”, Salisbury University Gallery, Salisbury, MD
2016 “Women in Art 2016 Invitational” Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2016 “UMUC Faculty Arts Invitational” UMUC Gallery, MD
2016 “May Plein Air Show” Bishop's Stock Gallery, Snow Hill, MD
2016 “Skate Deck Art Show and Auction” Tony Weeg Photography Studio, Salisbury, MD