Artist's Statement
Jessica Joslin spent her early years wandering through the halls of natural history museums, enchanted with the exquisite Victorian-era taxidermy and osteological displays, with their brass fittings and gleaming wood. Inspired by these visits, she began to slowly acquire a collection of natural objects: shells, seedpods, feathers, bones, and assorted oddities. In 1992, she began building the first beasts of this menagerie, using objects from her collection.
– text courtesy of Lisa Sette Gallery
Artist's Bio
Jessica Joslin is represented by Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.
Selected Exhibitions: 2011 – In the Trees: Twin Peaks 20th Anniversary Exhibit, Los Angeles, California; 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona; Old Souls (Reincarnated Objects), Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lush Life, Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle, Washington; Cojoined in 3D, CoproGallery, Santa Monica, California; 25th Anniversary Exhibition, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California. 2010 – Hybrids, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Brass & Bone, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona; Rogue Taxidermy Show, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Everything is Illuminated: Revealing the Back Room, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona; Lowbrow Tarot Project, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Natural Beauty, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Rome, Italy.
Admiral and Luce, Virgil and Ace
2008, antique brass findings and hardware, bone, leather, velvet, antique pony harness, vestment trim, sequins, bullet casings, chain, silver, glass eyes, 42"×17"×22"
Cerise
2008, antique hardware, brass, bone, musical intrument parts, glove leather, cast pewter, glass eyes, 8"×6"×11"
Egon
2008, antique hardware and findings, brass, bone, leather, steel, cast/painted plastic, glass eyes, 17"×8"×9"
Gustave
2008, antique brass findings and hardware, bone, velvet, satin, antique steel tricycle, glass eyes, 19"×19"×16"
Lambert and Salvia
2008, antique hardware and findings, bone, brass, beads, standoffs, leather, velvet, trim, coat hook, model canon, glass eyes, 8"×10"×22"
Lautrec
2008, brass, bone, glove leather, fur, glass eyes, 3.5"×11"×4.25"
Ludwig
2006, qntique hardware, brass, beads, standoffs, bone, velvet, glove leather, 24"×10"×15"
Marco
2006, antique hardware and findings, bone, beads, fur, painted wood, satin and velvet collar, glove leather, glass eyes, 9"×5"×9"
Neville
2008, antique brass findings and hardware, bone, leather, fur, velvet, brass bullet casings, chain, silver, glass eyes, 20"×15.5"×11"