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Through their techniques learned from patchworking and quilting paired with their style of color blocking, Jess Ackerman utilizes these skills in painting as a form of storytelling. Ackerman weaves past memories of self and totems found in the landscape of their childhood home in Northern California as an ultimate journey towards healing. Tables become conduits for nourishment, fruits and vessels become channels for mental, spiritual and emotional sustenance, and motorcycles and symbols of technology act as nods to the budding tech industry of the 80s and 90s. Jess Ackerman currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon.

In Ackerman’s latest collection of work, the artist draws upon the "sad clown paradox"—the psychological concept characterized by one’s creation of light-hearted humor in public situations, despite inner turmoil. With expert use of color and imagery, Ackerman leans into highly emotive and personal narratives with a playful eye. Vibrant depictions of tulips, cake, and everyday objects are the visual lure for a deeper conversation.