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Jessica Monette
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana - Lives in East Palo Alto, California
EDUCATION
2024
MFA, Art Practice, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2020
BA, Studio Art, Painting & Sculpture, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2016
AA, Painting & Sculpture, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025–2026
Root Me in the Soil, In the Wake and the Becoming
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2024
Unveiling Histories: A Fabricated Archive
Emerging Artists Program, Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Mother of Collaboration
The Good Ship Dodo Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024
Home Landings
Coulter Art Gallery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2023
de Young Open
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2023
Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition
SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2023
Now Ain't Some Day Yet
Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2022
Unlimited Art Show
Art Attack SF, San Francisco, CA
2022
Capture the Moment
SFWA Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021
Group Exhibition
Joyce Gordon Gallery in Collaboration with Oakland Sneaker Museum, Oakland, CA
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2026–2027(current)
Heroes & Legends
Commissioned by East Palo Alto Community Archive, East Palo Alto, CA
2023
Mulheres Revolucionárias (Revolutionary Women)
Public mural, Instituto Sacatar, Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil
RESIDENCIES
2026
Joan Mitchell Center
New Orleans, LA
2026 — Forthcoming
Black Space Residency Program
San Francisco, CA
2023
Instituto Sacatar
Itaparica, Bahia, Brazil
SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS
2024
CAA Professional Development Fellowship in Visual Art — Honorable Mention
2023
Cadogan Award
San Francisco Foundation
COLLECTIONS
2026
Collection of CCH Pounder
2023
La Prose Redux
Special Collections, Bowes Art & Architecture Library, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2026
Mays, Candice. “Can You See Our Heart? What a Class Trip to New Orleans Taught Me About Living Archives.” Medium, May 28, 2026.
2025
Evans, Bryn. “Water as Witness: In Conversation with Jessica Monette.” Burnaway, August 28,
2025.
2025
Zack, Jessica. “How a San Francisco Ceramicist Built a Creative Haven for Artist-Parents and Their Kids.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 23, 2025.
2024
Golomb, Adam. “Cardinal Canvas: MFA Students Celebrate Home ‘In the Wake’ of Change.” The Stanford Daily, May 30, 2024.
INVITED LECTURES, ARTIST TALKS & CONVERSATIONS
2026
Conversation with Stephanie Dinkins
Institute of Contemporary Art San José, San José, CA
2026
Artist Talk in Conversation with Adrian Burrell
SHACK15 in collaboration with the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
2025
Artist Talk
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2025
Moderator
Anderson Collection at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2025
Panelist
Black Women's Healing Fest, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2024
Artist Talk
Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, CA
2021–2023
Artist Talk
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2023–2026
Lecturer, Department of Art & Art History
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2025–2026
Lecturer, Department of African and African American Studies
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2025
Lecturer, School of Art
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
TEACHING & COMMUNITY EDUCATION
2023
Teaching Assistant, Department of Art & Art History
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2022
Art Instructor
Stanford Jail and Prison Education Project, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2021
Art Instructor, Upward Bound Program
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Champaign, IL