Biography and education
Jessamyn Plotts is an artist living and working in San Marcos, TX. She is an adjunct lecturer at Texas State University. She received her BFA from Texas State University in 2015 and her MFA from Southern Methodist University in 2019.
Her work, a combination of painting, drawing, and performance, deals with boundaries. What makes us want to separate vision from the physical body? Why do we contain and define images the way we do? What happens when those kinds of boundaries are blurred? Jessamyn often compares images made from memory and imagination with those made from observation, sometimes combining remembered or imagined images with what she sees. Other times, mental images and observed images remain distinct.
Jessamyn has exhibited her work at artist run spaces throughout Texas. Her most recent show, a solo exhibition at Texas State University's Flex Space titled Cat's Cradle, dealt with images of the drug addict/beauty-fashion personality Cat Marnell made between 2012 and 2020.
Her work, a combination of painting, drawing, and performance, deals with boundaries. What makes us want to separate vision from the physical body? Why do we contain and define images the way we do? What happens when those kinds of boundaries are blurred? Jessamyn often compares images made from memory and imagination with those made from observation, sometimes combining remembered or imagined images with what she sees. Other times, mental images and observed images remain distinct.
Jessamyn has exhibited her work at artist run spaces throughout Texas. Her most recent show, a solo exhibition at Texas State University's Flex Space titled Cat's Cradle, dealt with images of the drug addict/beauty-fashion personality Cat Marnell made between 2012 and 2020.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Plotts, Jessamyn Leigh. City of San Marcos Arts and C ultural Grants, City of San Marcos, Municipal, $4500. (Funded: January 2025). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Detain / Contain / Bind / Boundary / Membrane / Puncture / Break / Rupture.
Spellerberg Projects.
December 13, 2025 - January 3, 2026
Artists: Solo
(International)
Schedule:
- Closing Reception. January 3, 2026 Spellerberg Projects, Lockhart TX.
- selfie grid.
Texas State Galleries.
August 2025 - November 2025
Artists: Group
(National)
Schedule:
- Letting the River Spill Opening. August 2025 - Present Texas State University Galleries, JCM Building, Department of Art and Design, Texas State University.
- What Would Vincent Do?.
Mothership Studios.
October 4, 2025 - October 11, 2025
Artists: 4
Schedule:
- What Would Vincent Do? October 4, 2025 Mothership Studios, San Marcos TX.
- What Would Vincent Do? October 10, 2025 Mothership Studios, San Marcos, TX.
- What Would Vincent Do? October 11, 2025 Mothership Studios, San Marcos TX.
- trash bag body.
Rojo Gallery.
May 2025 - June 2025
Artists: Group
(Regional)
Schedule:
- Body of Work Opening. May 14, 2025 - Present Rojo Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
- 1) Victoria's Secret, San Antonio, studio, X. oil on panel and paper. 60" x 40." 2019-2024. 4) Self-portrait driving. oil, chiffon, thread, and photo transfer on paper. 6" x 10." 2024. 2) Lana Spider Web. 10"x8". image transfer on chiffon. 2024. 2) Box Still Life Collage With Lana and Pregnancy Test. 20"x12". oil on paper and collage. 2024. 4).
Contracommon.
March 20, 2025 - April 17, 2025
Artists: Group
(Regional)
Schedule:
- Out of Body Opening. March 20, 2025 - Present Contracommon, Austin, TX.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Honorable Mention, LUHCA, Lubbock, Juror Chad Dawkins. June 5, 2020 - July 7, 2020
Featured service activities
- Member
Recruitment Committee
- Member
Recruitment Committee
- Other
Gutterblood Talk Show
- Organizer
San Marcos Studio Tour
- Organizer
San Marcos Studio Tour
- Organizer
San Marcos Studio Tour