Flooded Jesse Narens 12” x 12” Acrylic and pencil on wood Born in 1990, Jesse began showing work in 2008 while simultaneously curating and participating in eclectic art and music events at DIY spaces (dodiy.org) located around the Midwest after choosing to forgo a formal art education. Moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2010 and experiencing through some of the last wild places what Frederick W. Turner describes as “a kind of existential humility born of a sense of all the life that surrounds and includes us and that will go on without us,” they’ve continued to show work while also participating in things like COASST (coasst.org) & OSCC Coastwatch (oregonshores.org/coastwatch), live painting, offering open-ended art sessions for kids, and curating various places, including their own gallery/studio, The Hollow, which was located at Portland's Everett Lofts in 2013.
