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.
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
Exhibitions/ Awards
2022 “Untold Kraken”, Mural Commission, Untold Brewing, Hingham, MA. November 1st.
2022 “Jess Hurley Scott: Mirror Image”, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. June 2nd – July 5th.
2022 “Water”, James Baird Gallery, Pouch Cove, Newfoundland, Canada. May 28th – Sept 1st.
2022 “wild LIFE”, Keld Mahoney Gallery, Scituate, MA. April 9th– 30th.
2021 “Tides & Tranquility”, Untold Brewery, Scituate, MA. July 2nd – 12th.
2021 “Summer Exhibit”, Rusticator, Seal Harbor, ME. May 15th– August 31st.
2021 “Pivot”, ( 2 Honorable Mentions) South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. April 8th – May 22nd.
2020 “Wash Your Hands”, online exhibition presented by Woodward Gallery, New York, NY. April 2nd -May 12th.
2020 “Floating Dreams”, Canvas Fine Arts, Boston, MA. March 5th– March 30th.
2020 “Lust After”, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA. Feb 5th– March 1st.
2020 “Water: Medium & Mirror”, ClipArt Gallery, East Boston, MA. Jan 23rd– June 15th.
2019 “Boston International Art Show”, Edgewater Gallery in Boston Booth, Boston, MA. Oct 24th-27th.
2019 “October Exhibition” (Small Group Show) Edgewater Gallery in Boston, Boston Design Center, Boston, MA. Oct 1st– 29th.
2019 “Maritime Miniatures by Maritime Masters”, Maritime Art Gallery at Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT. Nov 16th– Jan 31st, 2020.
2019 “International Marine Art Exhibition”, 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 Show), Down Town Association presented by Woodward Gallery, New York, NY. July 1st– August 31st.
2019 “South Shore Art Center, 64th Arts Festival” ( Member’s juried show- Grand Prize Winner, Gallery artist Showcase) Arts Festival, & South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. June 14th– 16th.
2019 “Process” (small group: Jess Hurley Scott, Ken Lindgren, Karen Cass, Kathleen Draper Garner, Pam Golden, Jeanne Wiley), South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. January 3rd– February 8th.
2019 “Rebirth (Juried by Craig Bloodgood)”, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. January 3rd – February 8th.
2018 “Summer Exhibition” (group_, Solace Studio + Gallery, Surf City, NJ, June 1st– Thanksgiving Weekend.
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”, Paul Pratt Memorial Library, Cohasset, MA.
2018 “20in18” (Group Show), Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2018 “NAWA- With Eyes Open”, 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 exhibiton), 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, Ghost, New York, NY. March 2016 -January 2018.
2016 “Jess Hurley Scott: Along the Front” featured painting, Gourmet Garage Tribeca, New York, NY. March 2016 – ongoing.
2016 “New Work, New York”, (group show) Woodward Gallery, New York, NY.
2016 “Nor-Easter”, (juried, 3rd Prize Winner), 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”, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA – national juried show.
2008 “Sublime Climate III/III: Symbiosis” (group show) Thompson Gallery, Cambridge School of Weston.
2004 Annual Group Show – Honorable Mention, The 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
Bibliography
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.
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