NEWS
JAN 2024
Pop-up show with And A Tangerine in San Francisco!
Opening for my solo show of large scale paintings at Bannister Geyserville is Feb 3rd, 4-7pm!
DECEMBER 2023
Duo open studios! Sunday, Dec. 17th, 1-4pm. My woodworker husband, Sébastien Pochan, and I will be showing our work!
JAN 2023
NEW BOOK PROJECT
Excited to announce that I will be publishing a Peptoc-inspired book alongside fellow artist Asherah Weiss. We have signed with Andrews McMeel (distributed by Simon and Schuster) through our book agent Kate Woodrow/ Present Perfect. We are looking for teachers, parents, and young people to help us with our project. For more info, go to Peptoc.net
JAN 1 2023
NEW FEATURES ON MY WORK IN SF MAGAZINE, SONOMA MAGAZINE, + THE COVER OF PRESS DEMOCRAT
My work has gotten a lot of press lately! Check it out in the current issue of SF Magazine's "State of the Arts" Issue, the cover of the Jan. 1st Press Democrat, and a feature on my work and the wood sculptures by my husband, Sébastien Pochan, for Sonoma Magazine.
NOV 2022
PEPTOC GOES VIRAL, AGAIN!
We just received over 2.5 million calls in 48 hours. If you need a pep talk, call 707-8-PEPTOC. It will make your day, because kids will give you life advice.
More info at Peptoc.net
OCT 2022
GROUP SHOW AT LITTLE SAINT
Excited to have two of my large paintings in the first curated show at Little Saint Healdsburg, which is a part of Saint Joseph's Art Society in San Francisco. The show includes my work and paintings by Michelle Morby. Show runs through January, 2023.
AUGUST 13, 2022
SOLO SHOW AT LEGION PROJECTS
Thrilled to announce my solo show, “Take it Slow” at Legion Projects, Healdsburg. Opening Reception August 20th, 2-5pm. The show features new paintings on linen and works on paper.
APRIL 2022
I have been commissioned by Google to paint a 175ft mural for their new campus, as part of their AIR program.
MARCH 7, 2022
PEPTOC GOES VIRAL
The hotline project I helped create with my students at West Side Elementary started getting 5000 calls an hour just a few days after it went live, with features on NPR, CBS, and many other news channels, newspapers, and publications. Please go to
https://www.gofundme.com/f/peptoc-hotline to help us pay for the hotline fees and keep it going for ALL!
JAN 12, 2022
NEW MURALS
I just completed a 65ft mural for the exterior building panels for Flying Goat Coffee, Healdsburg, as well as two interior murals for their other location.
New murals also to go in for Acre, Petaluma in the coming weeks.
Dec 8, 2021
I was very honored to be interviewed by Dan Imhoff for his podcast, Full Expression. Click here to listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-8-jessica-martin-the-vocabulary-of-shapes/id1565574472?i=1000544195436
01.11.2021
RECEPTION FOR MY MURALS AT HARMON GUEST HOUSE. SUNDAY, NOV 7TH, 2021, 3-5PM, HEALDSBURG!
Great article on all my work and mural installations: https://harmonguesthouse.com/observations/article/?id=8
22.10.2021
HARMON GUEST HOUSE MURALS
I just completed five 35ft murals on the walls of each floor for Harmon Guesthouse, Healdsburg, CA.
16.05.2021
TRANSFORMATIONS, MAY 22-JUNE 19 AT LEGION PROJECTS, HEALDSBURG. Check out my latest work (paintings, wall sculpture, and a mural) as well as paintings from my Roving Venue partner in crime, Patrick Rhodes.Bring a picnic blanket (or borrow one from the gallery) and indulge in delicious bao buns and other treats at the Quail and Condor pop-up. Wine by Sutro Wine, Sebastien Wines, and Preston Winery.
"TRANSFORMATIONS"Jessica Martin and Patrick Rhodes
RECEPTION SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1-5PM
LEGION PROJECTS 711A HEALDSBURG AVE, HEALDSBURG, CA
11.12.2020
Stay tuned for two back-to-back spring shows in 2021 with Legion Projects!
11.05.2020
I am so thrilled to be curating a major public art series for the city of Healdsburg, CA. Work is temporary and site-specific, and features works by over 18 contemporary installation, light, and sound artists. Projects will be shown in rotation through June 2021. www.artinhealdsburg.com for more info
10.30.2020
NOVEMBER: My work will be spotlighted for the month at Studio Miracolo, an online gallery initiative by Galerie Amélie Maison, Paris
11.14.19
SO MANY PROJECTS!!
NOV 15: LAUNCH OF SEBASTICA: AN ART+WINE COLLABORATION WITH MY HUSBAND
NOV. 22: OPENING OF "DISCOVERED," AT SONOMA COUNTY MUSEUM, WHICH I HELPED JURY
DEC. 7: MY PRODUCT DESIGN AT THE DRAGONFLY HOLIDAY EVENT
DEC.13+14: "SUBJECT OBJECT" GROUP SHOW WITH ROVING VENUE
06.01.19 Check out my new project I started with fellow artist Patrick Rhodes, called ROVING VENUE. Our first event will be on Juen 8th at the old lumber mill site In Healdsburg, CA. 11 artists, 5 bands, $20 entry. Drink sales benefit West Side School. Website: rovingvenue.com
09.04.18 I'm pleased to announce that I am now the art teacher and art program director for West Side School, a small rural public school in Healdsburg, CA. After a pilot program last year, I have been hired to keep the program growing. Teaching young kids has been infinitely inspiring and full of joy. This year our projects will be based on conceptual art, social practice, installation, performance art, sound, sculpture, and more. All projects come from student's ideas, are process rather that product-focused, and are directly tied to curriculum. Goals are: collaboration, diversity of materials, and joy!
06.15.18 Open studio, July 7+8, 10am-2pm and by appointment at my studio. Email me for more info!
11.15.17 Check out the annual gift show at Dragonfly Farm! I will be there with hand-bound books and a line of textiles. Saturday,
Dec. 2, 12-4pm. 425 Westside Road, Healdsburg, CA.
http://www.dragonflyhealdsburg.com/
11.01.17 I have a piece in the Art for Access silent auction, benefiting undocumented immigrants who lost their homes in the recent Sonoma County fires. Purchase tickets here.
10.06.17 My artist group, 428collective, will be having a show at Hammerfriar Gallery, Healdsburg. Opening
Saturday December 2nd, 6-9pm.
03.25.17 Upside Dance has invited me to collaborate with them for their upcoming performance, "The Anatomy of Happiness." The performance will feature my film and ongoing project, "I wish I could Fly."
12.01.16 Join me for my STUDIO SALE! I will be moving studios, and I need to make room for new work! Saturday, December 17th 11-6pm.
428 Moore Lane, Healdsburg. Previews available December 12-16. Please contact me to gain access to the studio sale store on my website!
11.12.16 I have had the privilege of being a juror alongside Kate Eilertsen and Michael Schwager for Creative Sonoma's "Discovered" exhibit, slated to open on January 21st at Petaluma Arts Center. The final show will be based on site-specific installations and performance work by five very talented artists here in Sonoma County. Click here for more info.
3.10.15 FRIENDS, FOOD, LAND-- my collaborative project with Flora Skivington, has been chosen as an Official Selection for this year's Mendocino Film Festival, May 28-31. www.MendocinoFilmFestival.org
2.01.15 I recently completed a collaborative film project with artist Flora Skivington for this year's 428CSA art subscription project. www.428csa.com
9.14.14 My work will be featured at San Francisco’s West Coast Craft on December 6th and 7th, 2014!
2.16.14 Currently working on a large scale installation based on my Risk or Dream project, for Sonoma TedX June 2014 event.
12.01.13 428CSA IS NOW LIVE! Introducing an art subscription by my artist group, 428collective. 10 works of art over the course of 10 months. check it out: www.428csa.com
11.01.13 My current solo show, Everything Possible Everything Yours, has been extended through the end of November! Studio Blomster, Guerneville.
10.15.13 EVERYTHING POSSIBLE EVERYTHING YOURS A solo show of new paintings and installation at Studio Blomster, Guerneville, CA. Opening reception: November 1, 2013. Show runs through November 15th. This is the first show in a series of two-week shows by my art group, 428collective.
9.30.13 My work has been selected as a juried winner for ArtSlant Prize, 2013!
9.17.13 studio428 will host an evening of show and tell this december: what is one thing you did this year that inspired you creatively? stay tuned for more info: studio428.blogspot.com
9.05.13 428collective will be launching an art subscription program, inspired by the agricultural CSA box. Each month, subscribers will recieve a new work of art by one of the members of our collective
8.10.13 Join me for my opening of SUMMITS, a solo show at Gallery Lulo, Healdsburg. For more info, click here: http://mad.ly/874af3