Photo by Uriel Lopez
Contact –
jessica.d.mahon@gmail.com
@jessiemahon_
On view –
LA PARED, group exhibition, Galería Unión, Mexico City
Bio –
Jessie Mahon (American, b. 1993) makes dreamlike portals into human experience through meticulously rendered colored pencil drawings. Her work has been collected and shown across the United States and around the world, including Rockefeller Center and the permanent collection of Mattie Kelly Arts Center.
Jessie's visual language elevates everyday moments with the vivid surrealism reminiscent of 1980s-2000s animation. (Think William Eggleston meets Hayao Miyazaki.) Her anonymous figures inhabit richly detailed inner landscapes filled with loneliness, memory, beauty, and quiet contemplation. Drawing from a background in theatre, narrative forms the foundation of her practice, each composition telling stories that observation alone cannot capture. Her tender and sophisticated drawings invite viewers to explore the complex emotional territories that connect us all.
Jessie’s drawings have appeared in film and television - including HBO's Euphoria, Sex Lives of College Girls, Hulu/FX's Better Things, and Netflix's You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah - and on the cover and jacket of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group's In Repair by Printz Honor recipient A.L. Graziadei. Her work has been twice published and featured by Boooooom, the internationally recognized platform for independent artists, and she was named one of Saatchi Art’s Rising Stars in 2024. She has completed residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Aviário Studio in Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal, Rondo Residency in Mexico City, and the Uncommon Artist Residency at Sound View Hotel in Greenport, New York. Jessie has completed countless private and commercial commissions, including large-scale murals for Madison Wells Media and Ars Nova, single cover art for Atlantic Records, and a wide range of design work for small businesses.
Since 2022, she has been an artist ambassador with the New York Civil Liberties Union (a chapter of the ACLU), who have commissioned editorial illustrations, animations, public projects, and community art installations in New York City.
Jessie lives in Brooklyn with her wonderful husband Arya and is a proud co-founder of Milroy Projects.
Commissions –
Jessie takes on a limited number of commissions for select private and commercial clients. If you would like to get in touch regarding a commission or special project please feel free to reach out via email.
Press + links –
Nassau Avenue Gallery | limited edition giclée prints available for purchase, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery Umico | custom-framed limited edition giclée prints available for purchase, Los Angeles, CA
Rising Stars 2024 | Saatchi Art (featured on page 26)
A Brief Conversation Interview filmed, edited, and moderated by Christine Mai Nguyen
The Quiet Book by Booooooom (featured on page 31)
The Flag Project, Featuring 193 Different Designs Celebrating NYC, Opens In Rockefeller Center by Gothamist
Leaning into Mistakes: Intuitive Art Making class on Skillshare