“For me, creating art is a sacred healing practice.”

ABOUT ME

Jessica M. Gutiérrez is a self-taught Nicaraguan-American Watercolor and Mixed Media Artist residing in Madison, WI. Jessica’s work is enchanting, magical and vibrant. Her bold use of color, intuitive linework and flower-adorned subjects, creates an energetic, emotional and authentic composition. Jessica tells visual stories of her healing journey and utilizes the creative process as a deeply personal healing practice. She is captivated by the pain and beauty that comes with the human experience, the wonder of creation in all of its manifestations, the importance of our ancestral stories and the resilience of the human spirit.

Awards and Fellowships

Note: Jessica changed her last name in 2021 to Gutiérrez.

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  • Women Artist Forward Fund Art Prize Finalist/Madison, WI/2023

  • Art Lit Lab’s Bridge Work Program Artist/Madison, WI/2023-2025

  • “Gifts from the Dark” /Art Lit Lab/ November19-December 21, 2024

  • Aubergine/Madison, WI /Opening MMoCA’s Spring Gallery Night/ May-July 2024

  • Alvarado Realty/Madison, WI /MMoCA’s Spring Gallery Night/ May 5, 2023

  • Shaman Mama Wellness /Madison, WI/2020-2024

  • Alvarado Realty /Madison, WI/MMoCA’s Fall Gallery Night/ November 12, 2021

  • Fair Trade Coffee House /Madison, WI/March-May 2017

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

“Dia de los Muertos” Gallery Night Exhibit @Commonwealth Development by LOUD on November 13, 2023.

Artists Left to Right: Sophia Voelker, Jessica M. Gutiérrez, Issis Macias, Rodrigo Carapia, Roberto Torres Mata, Alex-Alejandro Punbra-Nilvio Alexander Punguil Bravo, Chele Ramos

  • “Women Artists Forward Fund Group Exhibit for Applicants” @Aubergine/Madison, WI/November-December 2024

  • Latino Art Fair Art Show@Commonwealth Development Gallery by LOUD/May 3, 2024

  • “Creative Pursuits: Selections from Corpus Collosum Ebling Library’s online arts journal” @Ebling Library/Madison, WI/October 16, 2023-December 8th, 2023; opening-November 16th, 2023

  • “Dia de los Muertos” Gallery Night Exhibit @Commonwealth Development by LOUD/Madison, WI/opening-November 3rd, 2023; closing-November 13, 2023

  • “Mingle and Masterpieces: 100 State’s Artful Evening” @100State/Madison, WI/November 3, 2023-May 2nd, 2024

  • “Women Artists Forward Fund Group Exhibit for Applicants” @Art Lit Lab/Madison, WI/September 22, 2023-November 11, 2023

  • “Spreading Our Wings" Gallery Night Celebration @1973 Art Gallery, Red Gym/Madison, WI/September 25, 2023

  • LOUD Gallery Show at Omega High School, May 5, 2023-August 22, 2023

  • Local Motive Art Show, December 17, 2021

Group Exhibitions (selected)

  • Madison Mental Health Market/SOAR and Midtown Artisans/Madison, WI/November 25, 2023

  • Outdoor Arts Festival/Dane Arts and Farley Center/September 9, 2023

  • Kchonga/Madison, WI/May 19, 2023

  • La Alianza 2023 Immigrant Justice Week/Madison, WI/April 7, 2023

  • Latino Art Fair/Madison, WI/March 3, 2023

  • Ruby Lu Hair Salon/Madison, WI/ July-August 2022

  • Madison Makers Market Black Friday Market/Madison, WI/ November 2021

  • Latinx Art Festival/CultivArte Colectivo event/Madison, WI/August 28, 2021

  • Ruby Lu Hair Salon/Madison, WI/ November 2019

  • Barriques/Spring Gallery Night/Madison, WI/May 4, 2018

Other Art Events

Artist Talks

Installations

  • “A Quiet Flourishing” and “Bearing Witness” selected by Planned Parenthood’s Forward Art Initiative housed at Planned Parenthood’s new building in Milwaukee, WI/2023 https://forwardartinitiative.com/jessica-gutierrez

  • “La Flor #2 and La Flor #3 selected for Madison Utility Box Project-E. Johnson and Paterson/2023

  • “Koi Pond” print selected for Meriter Hospital Installation/Madison, WI/July 2021

  • “Happy Elephant” selected by DAIS, for their new building/ Madison, WI/May 2014

Mural Design

Design for “Flock to State” Community Mural Painting Event on April 21, 2024/City of Madison’s Experimental Pedestrian Mall/Madison, WI