Jessica Pickering
‘My practice is inspired by the intersections between feminism, archives, and semiotics, which I translate into visual art through auto-destructive installations and printmaking techniques. Works are often contextualised against archives, oral histories, and statements I’ve collected on the experience of objectification. The intention being, to tackle the constant question of how to work with and against existing systems that determine our portrayal and perception without reinforcing the patriarchy.’
Jess Pickering is a multidisciplinary visual Artist based in Glasgow, originally from Oxford. Pickering graduated with a first-class honour’s degree in Sculpture and Environmental Art from the Glasgow School of Art in 2026, including a short period studying at the California Institute of the Arts in 2024. Whilst in the US she studied a range of undiscovered feminist archival materials that have become a continual reference point within her practice. Often exhibiting installations and works that function with the viewers interaction in locations across Glasgow, California, and England.