About Jess Albert

I studied Fine Art & Printmaking at Central St Martin’s and acquired a First Class BA Hons degree. From there I worked as a scenic painter for film and then specialised in decorative paint effects, murals and gilding and now working for a restoration company in many buildings across London. You can see work on www.jessalbert.weebly.com


In recent years, I have returned to fine art and produced a series of insect illustrations, paintings and digital (giclee) prints.


My obsession with insects started when I was a child taking long walks with my dad in North London and Cornwall. His interest in animals rubbed off on me and lead me to become fascinated with the infinite variations of species especially in insects.


My work is about the beautiful and the grotesque, mixing the scary with the stunning. My hybrid insects are made up of many different parts.  This could be, say, a wasp’s abdomen, moth wings or beetle pincers. The work draws you in with the beauty of a butterfly only to discover it has spider’s legs, so may challenge a few phobias and create unease!  Some work contains foliage, lichen or fungus, thereby forming a medley of nature’s wonders. Recently I’ve been drawing on my craft of gilding and marbling so combining the inert with the living - a real mix of nature’s beauty.

​​I have exhibited  at the Talented Art Fair and New Artist Fair at the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, Etsy Local Market, Handmade in Highgate,Handmade at Kew 2017,Handmade at Chelsea 2018 Highgate Fair in the Square and markets and pop ups for Muswell Hill Creatives, the designer maker collective of which I am a member.

​Her work has been displayed at Chris Kitch in Muswell Hill. Alieon,                             Muswell Hill, Victoria Stakes Pub

Galleries, Waterloo Square Gallery, East Sussex
                  Artichoke Gallery, Sussex, Aviary Gallery on line and Jesmond                    Newcastle upon Tyne
Adorn The Common 42 Monmouth Street Seven Dials, London 

​For upcoming dates, see News & Events.
Short film about Jess Albert

Upcoming events

Exhibiting at in 2020-2023

Adorn The Common Gallery
157 Regents Park Road, Chalk Farm, London NW1 8BB, Instagram- adornthecommon

Waterloo Square Gallery
5 Waterloo Square, Alfriston, East Sussex

The Aviary Gallery
14-16 Brentwood Avenue, Jesmond Newcastle upon Tyne 

Affordable Art Fair Hampsted 29th April-3rd May 2020 with the Aviary Gallery Canecled

Aleion 
346 Muswell Hill Broadway, London N10 1DJ Closed

Muswell Hill Creatives Winter Market 
Saturday 25th November, 10.30 till 4pm St James Square

Maynard Arms Christmas Market, Crouch End
Saturday 16th December 2023 11am to 4pm



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