Joseph, Oregon
Jessica Plattner
Jessica Plattner is an Oregon artist and Associate Professor of
Art at Eastern Oregon University, where she has been teaching
painting and drawing since 2003. She earned an MFA in 2001
from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and a BFA in 1995 from
Washington University School of Art in St. Louis. Her paintings
have been exhibited in solo, group, and juried shows in the
United States, Mexico, and Italy. Highlights include a solo
exhibition at Galería Jesús Gallardo in Guanajuato, Mexico, in 2008,
and an upcoming solo exhibition at Common Sense Gallery in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in
October 2010. Her work was also featured in the spring 2009 edition of High Desert Journal.
Plattner has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a Fulbright Scholarship to Mexico, a
Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Grant, a Skowhegan Fellowship at Skowhegan School of Painting
and Sculpture, a University Fellowship at Tyler School of Art, and several Faculty Scholar awards
from Eastern Oregon University. She was also one of ten national finalists for the 2008 Miami
University Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award.
Plattner’s narrative paintings reflect her love of art history and her interest in all kinds of stories:
literary, cultural, and personal. When not painting or teaching, Plattner enjoys reading, traveling,
and hiking in the beautiful mountains of eastern Oregon.
More information available at www.jessicaplattner.com
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The Photographer
oil on linen, 50 x 29”
The Guardian
oil on linen, 42 x 29”
The Hungry Ghost
oil on linen, 40 x 30”
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