Jessie Nickerson
Biography
Jessie Nickerson’s love of art began at age 4, when she decided to embellish her family’s walls with crayon “murals” and has been a life-long pursuit ever since. She received her BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and went on to Parsons School of Design to earn her MFA. Her illustrations and surreal images are inspired by fairy tales, elements of nature, and daydreams. She exhibits her work throughout the Cape, the South Coast and the Greater Boston area. She has taught drawing, painting and illustration at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, the Massachusetts College of Art and at local art centers and non-profits throughout the Cape. She also teaches through The Awareness Project, a nonprofit whose mission is to provide free mindfulness-based programing to the local community. When she is not in her studio, she can be found in her garden or hanging out with her two cats, Seamus and Selkie.
