Exhibitions
2013
Solo show, King Street Coffee, Leesburg VA
July, 2013
This series of works on paper and prints by Jesse Wells focuses on the interactions among individuals, and the exploration associated with an endless summer.
"To Conjure: Meditations on the Frontier", Solo show at The WVTF and Radio IQ Studio Gallery, Charlottesville VA
December 6, 2013
This collection of works on paper, shadowboxes and mutoscopes focuses on two individuals separated by distance and unknown landscapes; drawing upon interpersonal dynamics, present-day depictions of the past and the American Old West, it seeks to fill the physical and conceptual void created by longing.
2012
“Reckonings” Solo show, New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville VA
May 4 - May 28, 2012
Jesse Wells' most recent series is an assemblage of tokens pointing to peripheral moments and the significance we attribute to incidental human actions over time. In applying a frontier mentality to everyday life, viewing the explored as unexplored, it appears that what hovers in the distance can either be a danger or a discovery. Maybe it is both.
Solo show, Splendora’s Cafe, Charlottesville VA
July 2012
2011
Solo show, Splendora’s Cafe, Charlottesville VA
January 7 - January 31, 2011
This series focuses on moments of naïve and dangerous exploration – actions that come from an innocent place that might still bring about irrevocable knowledge.
“Carl Meet Virginia” SOLO SHOW at The Garage, Charlottesville VA
May 6 - May 29, 2011
Jesse's newest work explores impossible connections and unifying totems. Mapping the interpersonal aesthetics of the quest, it features prints and works on paper, zines, crochet, and embroidery.
Group Show with New City Arts for the International Arts Movement, NYC
November 2011
2010
SOLO SHOW, Virginia Discovery Museum, CHARLOTTESVILLE VA
November 16 - December 6, 2010
A series which focuses on the interaction between individuals, and the gentle and ambivalent education that they approach each other with.
2009
“Fault Zones” DUO SHOW at The Garage, Charlottesville VA
June 5 - June 25, 2009
New work focused on the physical chasm between individuals exemplified during ambivalent and complex moments. With stunt doubles on fire and boxers embracing, this work seeks to highlight the quiet caught within the chaos, and people trying to come to grips with themselves and others.