Jessica Stratton
Visual Artist & Educator
Jessica Stratton is a working artist and educator in Ithaca, NY.
As a teacher, Jessica instructs her students how to communicate their ideas visually in a wide variety of mediums, both in traditional studio methods and digital production.
As an artist, Jessica employs a broad range of approaches in her own work, blending together digital and studio aesthetics. Her current body of work is an investigation of chronic illness and how one learns resilience and persevere through the experiences of pushing through physical struggles.
Jessica’s current project, resilienceRSVP, requests participation from others by collecting their stories of resilience and perseverance. Click to participate.
Ongoing projects by Jessica are her Chronic Illness Postcards––bite size memoir messages mailed out to various audience groups on an “as occurrence” basis. To start receiving postcards from Jessica, fill out this form.
Exhibition History
Solo Exhibitions
2023 December - 2024 January From the Bottom of my Heart LCL Gallery, Lansing, NY
2020 June - CAP Artspace, Resilient, Exhibition Virtual, Ithaca, NY
Artist Talk for solo exhibition, Resilient, 2020
Group Shows
2023 October - Within Reach, Upstate Art Collective, Utica, NY
2022 November - December - What Brings You Solace?, The Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY
2021 August - Triumph, New York Art Teachers Association Group Exhibition Virtual, ArtSteps
2020 August -TOGETHER, Exhibition Virtual, Kunstmatrix
2020 July - Luminosity: The Beauty of Light, Exhibition Virtual, NYC4PA, New York, NY
2020 July - Inspired, New York Art Teachers Association Group Exhibition Virtual, ArtSteps
2020 May - Beyond My Battle: Art with Heart and Hope, Exhibition Virtual, Saratoga Springs, NY
2019 October - Resilience, The Mezzanine Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2019 September - Inspirations, The Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY
2019 July - Graduating Thesis Exhibition, VCFA Gallery in College Hall, Montpelier, VT
2019 May - Beyond My Battle: Art with Heart and Hope, Spring Street Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2019 April - Master & Grasshopper, The Loomis Gallery, Mansfield, PA
2019 January - MFA in Visual Art Winter Residency Exhibition The Ark Gallery, Montpelier, VT
2018 December - Annual Open Show, Community School of Music & Art, Ithaca, NY
2018 November - NYSATA Members 10x10 Show, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Bu alo, NY
2018 August -September - Aesthetic + Pedagogy: Visual Works by LCSD Educators, Lansing Town Hall, Lansing, NY
2018 July - The Ark Gallery MFA in Visual Art Summer Residency Exhibition, Montpelier, VT
2018 January - The Ark Gallery MFA in Visual Art Winter Residency Exhibition, Montpelier, VT
2017 July - The Ark Gallery MFA in Visual Art Summer Residency Exhibition, Montpelier, VT
2016 May - Community Art Partnership Group Show, CAP Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2002 October - Rude and Bold Women, YWCA, Binghamton, NY