Jessie Stevenson (b. 1993, Norwich, UK) lives and works between North Norfolk and London. She graduated from Central Saint Martins with a BA in Fine Art in 2017 and finished her MFA in Painting at The Slade School of Fine Art in 2022, for which she received, The Graduate Award, The Bartolomeu dos Santos Award. She is currently Honorary Research Associate at The Slade School of Art.
Stevenson's work is inspired by landscape as a way to explore physical and emotional energies. Built of shifting, bright colour dynamics, her paintings investigate a sense of escapism as a poetic and philosophical gesture, using historical, autobiographical, spiritual and literary sources. She continually draws from the natural world, particularly the evolving terrain of the North Norfolk coastline. Clouds, rhododendrons, marshland, pine trees, and the natural phenomena of light become registers to channel her experience of memory and place.
The work embodies an ideal beauty while revealing alternative layers of reality on the canvas, embracing both harmony and disorder. Her approach to painting, incorporating writing, drawing, and video resembles a layered tapestry. Beginning from the ground, rooted in the present moment, her process expands outward, weaving a narrative that reflects the ever-changing nature of existence.
Solo exhibitions include; ‘From Hiding Places Ten Years Deep’ at Berntson Bhattacharjee Gallery, London (2024); 'The Circling Deeps' at Sapling Gallery in London (2023); 'Broken Gleam' at Berntson Bhattacharjee in Sweden (2022); 'Way Out West' at Sapling Gallery in London (2021). Art fairs include; Art Brussels Fair, duo booth, with Berntson Bhattacharjee in Belgium (2025); and Market Art Fair, solo booth, with Berntson Bhattacharjee in Stockholm (2024). Group exhibitions include; ‘Medium Rare’ at Berntson Bhattacharjee Gallery, London (2025); 'Ithaca' at Herald St Gallery in London (2023-24); 'Babele' at Spazio Musa in Turin (2023); 'The Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Charity Auction' at Phillips in London (2023); 'Dreaming in Colour' at Bonhams in London (2022); 'The Pump House' at Berntson Bhattacharjee in London (2022); 'Stäying Alive' at Berntson Bhattacharjee in Sweden (2021). Stevenson was winner of the Cass Art Prize in 2017 and was the recipient of the 2021 Col Art Residency in London. In November 2022, she completed her residency as part of The Richard Ford Award at The Prado Museum, Madrid.