A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.
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Jessica Du Preez

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Bio

BFA, 2013, Florida Southern College; BA, 2013, Florida Southern College; MFA, 2021, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Personal Statement

My artistic practice explores themes such as healing from body shame, performing beauty as a survival mechanism, and examining gender based sexual violence in both the public and private spheres. In my most recent work, I am investigating the semiotics of lips and butterflies as a way to subvert gendered clichés and critically examine performative gender.

Exhibitions

Melvin Art Gallery, Lakeland, FL; Elmhurst Art Museum, IL; SNEHTA, Athens, Greece; Milcon Gallery, Virtual; Terrain Exhibitions, Chicago, IL; Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL; Patient Info, Chicago, IL; Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL; Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.

Courses

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Description

Students draw from the model as a means of understanding form, shape, and line using a variety of media. The course emphasizes shorter poses as training in immediate response to gesture and form. This course serves as a requirement and preparation for topic-based Figure Drawing B classes.

Class Number

1877

Credits

3