“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.
Art Lit Lab’s Bridge Work Program Artist | Madison, WI | 2023-2025
Women Artist Forward Fund Art Prize Finalist | Madison, WI | 2023
Awards and Fellowships
Note: Jessica changed her last name in 2021 to Gutiérrez.
State Bar Association | Madison, WI | March-May 2025
“Gifts from the Dark” | Art Lit Lab | November 19-December 21, 2024
Shaman Mama Wellness | Madison, WI | 2020-2025
Aubergine | Madison, WI | Opening MMoCA’s Spring Gallery Night | May-July 2024
Alvarado Realty | Madison, WI | MMoCA’s Spring Gallery Night | May 5, 2023
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
“Bridge Work” Group Exhibition featuring Bridge Work artists from Madison, Milwaukee and Lexington | Allen Priebe Gallery | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Oshkosh, WI, April 2025
“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 | Omega High School | May 5, 2023-August 22, 2023
Local Motive Art Show | Madison Local Motive | December 17, 2021
Group Exhibitions (selected)
Other Art Events
Aubergine | Madison, WI | MMoCA’s Spring Gallery Night | May 2024
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
Artist Talks
“Gifts from the Dark” solo exhibition opening reception, November 22, 204 at the Arts and Literature Laboratory
The Bipocalypse Podcast-Ep.1 Jessica M. Gutiérrez (Pankratz), 2021
Latinx Festival 2021 CultivArte Colectivo, Facebook Live Event, August, 18, 2021, https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=556730338701185
Tierra, Arte y Cultura, Facebook Live Event, October 10, 2020, https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=external&v=257976808858308
“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
Installations
Mural Design
Mural design for “Flock to State” Community Mural Painting Event on April 21, 2024 | City of Madison’s Experimental Pedestrian Mall | Madison, WI
