JESSICA C. WHITE •   ASHEVILLE, NC

Jessica C. White grew up in Taiwan where she learned to love storybooks and traditional crafts, and is now a studio artist and educator in Asheville, NC, where she makes prints, books, and crankies. She is the Professor of Printmaking at Warren Wilson College where she also teaches drawing, book arts, and paper making. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be seen in public collections including Yale University, Stanford University, Lingnan University Hong Kong, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Fancy degrees she holds include a BFA in sculpture from East Carolina University, an MA and MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa, half of a pilot’s license, and almost a full sailing certificate.

"I am a printmaker and book artist with a practice that revolves around narrative relief prints, wood engravings, letterpress printing, and crankies. I draw inspiration from the nature I see in my backyard, folk tales, ghost stories, and children’s books. I look for the intersections between story and truth. I read between the lines to find the quiet parts left unspoken. I think about the owls and crows that share the same tree but see the earth below differently. I’m always looking for the light."


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