Jess Hurley Scott is a contemporary painter working primarily in multiple layers of acrylic panels. Her dioramic pieces are influenced by new technologies inspiring her to break down traditional painting reinventing landscape and the canvas.
Exhibitions
2025 “Common Ground, Reflection”, Boston Logan International Airport, Terminal A. April 14th, 2025- indefinitely.
2025 “Winter Juried Exhibition”: Duxbury Art”, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA. February 2nd– April 19th.
2024 “Patterns in Nature”, Cabridge Art Association, Cabridge, MA. October 10th– January 8th, 2025.
2024 “Jess Hurley Scott: In residence” (solo exhibition), Rusticator, Seal Harbor, ME. August 22nd– Oct 4th.
2024 “Water”, (small group), James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada.
2024 “Summer Party”, (small group), Coastal Chic Interiors, Norwell, MA.
2024 “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?”, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA.
2024 “Boston Muse: Womxn’s Art”, (group show), Boston City Hall, Boston, MA.
2024 “Winter Juried Exhibition”: Duxbury Art”, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA.
2023 “Placemaking”(group invitational), Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA.
2023 “Ambition” (juried), Lassell University, Newton, MA.
2023 “Tidal Places” (solo exhibition),Shaw Contemporary Jewelry/Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME.
2023 “National Prize Show” (juried), Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
2022 “Jess Hurley Scott: New Work” (solo exhibition), Untold Brewing, Hingham, MA.
2022 “Summer Exhibit” (small group show), Rusticator, Seal Harbor, ME.
2022 “Jess Hurley Scott: Mirror Image” (solo exhibition), South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2022 “Water” (small group show), James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada.
2022 “wild LIFE” (group show), Keld Mahoney Gallery, Scituate, MA.
2021 “Tides & Tranquility” (solo exhibition), Untold Brewery, Scituate, MA.
2021 “Summer Exhibit”, (small group), Rusticator, Seal Harbor, ME.
2021 “Pivot” (juried show), South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2020 “Wash Your Hands” (small group show), online exhibition, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2020 “Floating Dreams” (juried), Canvas Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
2020 “Lust After” (juried), Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA.
2020 “Water: Medium & Mirror” (small group show), ClipArt Gallery, East Boston, MA.
2019 “Boston International Art Show”, Edgewater Gallery in Boston, Boston, MA.
2019 “October Exhibition” (small group show) Edgewater Gallery in Boston, Boston Design Center, Boston, MA.
2019 “Maritime Miniatures by Maritime Masters”, (group invitational), Maritime Art Gallery at Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT.
2019 “International Marine Art Exhibition” (juried), Maritime Art Gallery at Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT. Sept 27th– December 31st.
2019 “Jess Hurley Scott, Laura Ellis, Phil Sultz”, Star Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME. August 22nd– September 6th.
2019 “Summer Salon” (group invitational), Down Town Association presented by Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2019 “South Shore Art Center, 64th Arts Festival” (Member’s juried show, Gallery artist Showcase)
Arts Festival, & South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2019 “Process” (small group), Jess Hurley Scott, Ken Lindgren, Karen Cass, Kathleen Draper Garner, Pam Golden, Jeanne Wiley, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2019 “Rebirth” (juried), South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2018 “Summer Exhibition” (small group show), Star Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME.
2018 “Summer Exhibition” (group show), Solace Studio + Gallery, Surf City, NJ.
2018 ARTcetera Boston 2018, featured artist, Boston, MA, October 27th.
2018 “Visual Destination” (small group show)- Margaret Morrison, Susan Breen, Jess Hurley Scott, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2018 “Making Waves”(solo exhibition), Paul Pratt Memorial Library, Cohasset, MA.
2018 “20in18” (group show), Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2018 “NAWA- With Eyes Open” (juried), The Thompson Gallery, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA.
2017 “Margory Torrey, Melina White, and Jess Hurley Scott”, Star Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME.
2017 “South Shore Art Center, 62th Arts Festival” (Member’s juried show & Gallery Artists showcase)
Arts Festival, & South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2017 “Sirens: Three female artists focus on the sea”, RSM Art Gallery, Charlestown, MA.
2017 “Water & Waves” (solo exhibition), The Marine Arts Gallery, Marblehead, MA.
2016 “American Society of Marine Artists 17th National Exhibition”, (traveling juried exhibit) The Muscarelle Museum, Williamsburg, VA, Chesapeake Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD, Art Academy Museum, S. Easton, MD, Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN, Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT. September 2016- January 2017.
2016 “Summer Artist Showcase”, (group show), Thomas Henry Gallery, Nantucket, MA.
2016 “Members Show” (juried, honorable mention), South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2016 “American Society of Marine Artists North Regional Exhibition”, (juried show) Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN.
2016 “Jess Hurley Scott: And again”, featured painting, Gourmet Garage Tribeca, New York, NY, , presented by Woodward Gallery, NYC.
2016 “Jess Hurley Scott: Along the Front” featured painting, Gourmet Garage Tribeca, New York, NY, , presented by Woodward Gallery, NYC.
2016 “New Work, New York”, (group show) Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2016 “Nor-Easter”, (juried), New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.
2015 “Members Open”, (group show), Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA.
2015 “Blue”, (juried), Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
2015 “Wave Lengths”, (solo show), The Lucky Finn, Scituate, MA.
2015 ARTcetera Boston 2015, featured artist, Boston, MA.
2015 “Jess Hurley Scott”, (solo show), Trinity Collection, Nantucket MA.
2015 “Summer Artist Showcase”, (small group show), Trinity Collection, Nantucket MA.
2015 “Jess Hurley Scott: Recent Paintings” (solo show) The Lucky Finn, Scituate, MA.
2015 “Reflections: American Society of Marine Artists” (juried show), Gadsden Art Center, Quincy FL.
2015 “Journeys” (juried show), South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2015 “Myth & Memory” (small group show), South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2014 “Nantucket Stroll Artist Showcase” (small group show), Trinity Collection, Nantucket, MA.
2014 “70th Annual Fall Salon”, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
2014 “Blue Ribbon Members Show”, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2014 “Wish You Were Here”, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
2014 “New Members Show”, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA.
2014 Arts Festival: Juried Show and Members Show, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2009 “Color Matters”, (juried), South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2008 “Sublime Climate III/III: Symbiosis” (group show) Thompson Gallery, Cambridge School of Weston.
2004 Annual Group Show – Honorable Mention Art Student’s League, NY, NY.
2000 Harbor-Fest, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA- both Juried Show & Members Show.
1999 Boston Globe Art Show
Residencies
2024 Artist Residency, Pouch Cove Foundation, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada. June 1-30th.
2022 Artist Residency, Pouch Cove Foundation, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada. May 1-30th.
2019-2022 Artist in Residence, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. (Community outreach program to elementary school children, approximately 4,500 children in total).
Awards
2024 Third Place, Alternative Materials, “Winter Juried Show” for the piece, “Stick Season”, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA.
2021 Honorable Mention, “Pivot”, for the piece, “Isolated Bubbles”, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2021 Honorable Mention, “Pivot”, for the piece, “Agitation”, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2019 Grand Prize Member’s Juried Show, “South Shore Art Center, 64th Arts Festival” South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. June 14th– 16th.
2016 “Nor-Easter”, (juried), New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT.
2016 Honorable Mention, “Members Show” (juried), South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
2004 Honorable Mention, Annual Group Show, Art Student’s League, New York, NY.
Collections and Commissions
2025 “Common Ground, Reflection”, Permanent Installation, Boston Logan International Airport, Terminal A.
2023 “Rip Curl”, Permanent Collection, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA,
2022 “Kraken”, Permanent Installation, Untold Brewery, Scituate, MA, November 1st.
2019 “Minot Night”, public mural, Commissioned by Scituate Community Christmas, November 10th.
Bibliography
2024 Artists Magazine, “Tracing is NOT Cheating”, Nov-Dec.
2024 South Shore Home Life and Style, “Catching the Perfect Wave: Jess Hurley Scott”, Summer.
2024 Podcast: Untsticking It with Blaire and Molly, “Episode 8: Jess Hurley Scott”, April 16th.
2022 The Anchor, “Untold Brewing & Clandestine Kitchen to Come to Derby Street”, November 7th.
2021 Hull Public Schools: Blue Notes, “An Ocean Voyage with Mrs. Pestone”, April 8th.
2020 Artscope Magazine, “Best of Online Shows: NAWA MA “Floating Dreams” Strikes a Chord”, May 28th.
2020 Wide Walls, “Wash Your Hands! A New Online Group Exhibition by Woodward Gallery”, April 2nd.
2020 Artscope Magazine, “Location. Location. Location.: Harbor Gallery Perfect for ClipArt Water Theme”, March 3rd.
2019 WallStreetInternationalMagazine.com, “Down Town Summer Salon”, August 7th.
2019 Widewalls.com, “What’s Going On This Summer at Woodward Gallery?”, August 5th.
2019 Artscope Magazine, “Jess Hurley Scott: Hand-Painted Trickery is Picture Perfect”, March-April.
2018 FindingSilverPennies.com, “Creativity over Coffee: Jess Hurley Scott”, November 16th.
2018 The National Association of Women Artists- With Eyes Open, Todd Bartel, Thompson Gallery. October.
2018 WallStreetInternationalMagazine.com, “Visual Destination”, July 6th
2018 Widewalls.com, “Woodward Gallery’s Visual Destination Now Open!”, June 26th
2018 BostonVoyagerMagazine.com, “Meet Jess Hurley Scott”, June 11th
2018 CohassetWickedLocal.com, “Making Waves: Jess Hurley Scott “, March 6th.
2018 WallStreetInternationalMagazine.com, “20in18”, January.
2017 Novograts.com, “From Our Home, Holiday Pop-Up: Artists We Love”, December.
2017 SLCInteriors.com, “Summertime Blues”, June.
2016 South Shore Living Magazine, ‘Last Scene Here’, April.
2016 Wall Street International Magazine, ‘New Work, New York’, January.
2016 ArteFuse.com, ‘Woodward Gallery: New Work, New York’, January 3rd.
2016 The Examiner, “Artists Unite to debut ‘New Work” in Lower East Side Gallery’, January 4th.
2016 WideWalls.ch, ‘Group of Artists in Woodward Gallery Exhibition Debut Pay Tribute to New York’, January.
2015 South Shore Living Magazine, ‘Into the Deep’, November.
2015 Cambridge Art Association, ‘Blue: It’s More Than a Color’ exhibition catalog, November.
2015 South Shore Living Magazine, ‘Art Afoot: A Walking Guide for Art Lovers’, July.
2015 South Shore Style TV, ‘Jess Hurley Scott, Local Artist’, June.
2015 Scituate Mariner, ‘In Our Midst: Drawn by turmoil, struck by serenity’, May 7th.
2015 ArtNewEngland.com, “Journeys Exhibition at the South Shore Art Center”, January.
2015 The Patriot Ledger, ‘Weekend’s Best’, January 10th.
2015 American Society of Marine Artists & Gadsden Arts Center, ‘Reflections” Exhibition catalog, April.
2014 Hingham Journal, ‘Save the Date: Hingham Arts Walk is October 19th’, October 8th.
2009 southshoreartcenter.blogspot.com, “South Shore Art Center, Color Matters Exhibition”, Sept. 16th.
2008 csw.org, “Sublime Climate III: Symbiosis”, May 20th.
Education
Syracuse University B.F.A. 2000, Syracuse, NY
Syracuse University, Florence, Italy 1998
Art Students League, New York, NY 2003-2005
Diablo Glass School, Roxbury, MA 2006-2008
New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA 2010-2012
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