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Jessica

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never retains its original dimension -Oliver Wendell Holme

About Me

I was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and I played with snapping turtles, snakes and crawfish when I was a kid. My dad taught me how to draw. Everyone always told me I would be an artist when I grew up. My family moved to Sydney, Australia when I was ten, and I played with fruit bats, nintendo and ran from spiders and Magpies. I drew and painted a lot, and the teachers told me that I would be an artist someday. Then we moved to Melbourne, Australia where I met my best friends Bridget and Misty, and we played with boys. I still drew and painted a lot, and my art teacher sent me to art camp three years in a row. I smoked way too much weed at the end of highschool and the next two years were a blur...we moved to San Francisco and my last highschool art teacher gave me a scholarship to go to the Academy of Art University. Now I am all grown up and I still draw and paint all the time, so I guess I am an artist. Most of my friends are artists too. As I may have mentioned... I like to draw and paint all the time. My other favorite things to do are going to art openings, watching weird films, searching videos on youtube, all things low brow, reading, watching tennis tournaments, playing tennis, swimming, travelling, going to the beach, hanging out at bars with my friends, flirting with boys, kissing boys, dancing, singing Karaoke, spending time with my family, eating really good food, wine tasting, cooking, and bitching about the government.
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My Interests

ART ART ART ART ART......Boys, Boys, Boys...www.jessicawhiteside.com

I'd like to meet:

Friends, Other Artists, and artist groups, and peeps from back in the day, and maybe cute boys too.

Music:

Bloc Party, The Knife, Ladytron, Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Muse, The Bravery, Tapes n' Tapes, Feist, Lilly Allen, Depeche Mode, U2, Cold Play, Patsy Cline, Gnarls Barkley, Madonna, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Jeff Buckley, Bush, Kylie Minogue, Bjork, The White Stripes, Portishead, The Cranberries, Pearl Jam (in love with Eddie Vedder)Led Zeppelin, The Roots, Andre 3000, Outcast, Tricky, Greenday, Weezer, Incubus, 311, Beastie Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Sublime, The Cure, The Clash, The Ramones, The Smiths, The Specials, No Doubt, Billie Holiday, Blondie, Prince, David Bowie, Radiohead and all 80's music.

Movies:

Recent films I loved: Pans Labyrinth, 300, Short Bus, Little Miss Sunshine and The Departed. I also am inspired by: Amelie, Finding Neverland, The Ninth Gate, Sleepy Hollow, and pretty much any Johnny Depp film. The Fifth Element, Lord of the Rings... The best movies ever are, Ghostbusters, The Princess Bride, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Real Genius, Beetle Juice, Space Balls, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Royal Tenenbaums, Sixteen Candles, A Fish Called Wanda, Monty Python's Holy Grail, Clue, Pulp Fiction, Predator, Labyrinth, Legend and The Goonies.My all time favorite movie is Interview with a Vampire.

Television:

No time for TV...only painting

Books:

Juxtapoz magazine. Books about artists are pretty much the only thing I've been reading recently. Well, that and Time magazine.

Heroes:

Bono, my dad, Sasha Baron Cohen, Dave Chappelle, my Granny, Camille Rose Garcia, Glenn Barr, Nancy Pelosi, Stephen Colbert, Madonna, Al Gore, Bjork, Dane Cook and my friend Bridget.

My Blog

Vegas Baby!

OMG...best weekend ever! My girls took me to Vegas to celebrate the "thank god I'm not getting married to you know who weekend!" That's the nice version. So awesome!!! Vegas weekend special thanks to...
Posted by Jessica on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:43:00 PST

Art Reviews by Jessica

Hi everyone, I am excited to say that I am now officially an art critic. No, not really, but I am a contributing writer on artbusiness.com, which is pretty cool site. Check out some of my reviews: a...
Posted by Jessica on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 11:49:00 PST

More photos from Camille Rose Garcia's Opening

Okay here are the rest of the photos I took from Camille's opening. What an amazing show! :) Jessica ..>Camille's Opening II..>...
Posted by Jessica on Tue, 29 May 2007 01:05:00 PST

New Work

Here is a better look at some of new paintings for those who are interested. Hopefully I'll get some more professional photos made soon! Cheers! Jessica..>New Work..> ...
Posted by Jessica on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:48:00 PST

Tragic Kingdom, The Art of Camille Rose Garcia

"Tragic Kingdom" The Art of Camille Rose Garcia Here are some photos from her reception at the San Jose Museum of Contemporary Art on Saturday night. Camille looked gorgeous as always, and her art lo...
Posted by Jessica on Wed, 23 May 2007 11:16:00 PST

Shawn Barber and Kim Cogan's opening

Check out the show... It was an awesome turn out, and so much fun. Robin Williams stopped by to support the artists and purchased one of Kim's paintings. If you missed the opening, you have to go and ...
Posted by Jessica on Tue, 08 May 2007 09:16:00 PST

SFMOMA Modern Ball

Here are all my photos from the Modern Ball. I took all the really drunk ones out! ..> Modern Ball..>...
Posted by Jessica on Fri, 04 May 2007 10:56:00 PST

Trip to LA

Most Amazing weekend ever! I had such an awesome time in LA this weekend! I got a chance to meet my favorite artists, and help work on the film, "New Brow" which is going to be amazing. Interviewing ...
Posted by Jessica on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:22:00 PST

New Brow

Okay peeps, Check out the second video posted on my page called "New Brow".  My friend Tanem is making a documentary about Low Brow art/ Pop Surrealism. It is sure to be awesome! Let me know if ...
Posted by Jessica on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 03:44:00 PST

Shoes

OMG Shoes!! Here is the my space page for "Kelly".  A must see! www.myspace.com/kellylikesshoes ...
Posted by Jessica on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:01:00 PST