Intuitive Abstraction: The Art of Dynamic Harmony

Jessica Kirk creates meditative and expressive art that invites viewers to experience peace and wholeness. (Wholeness meaning the feeling of all parts of yourself—like joy, sorrow, calm, energy, etc.—being acknowledged and held together, as well as a sense of connection to something larger). Painting is not only meaning making for her, but also an opportunity for others to step into that transcendent state for themselves.

With a BFA and MS from the University of Tennessee, Jessica is both a fine artist and a dedicated teaching artist, shaping creative minds as a K-5 art educator in. Her work has been exhibited in Knoxville’s most respected galleries,

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*My writing and art is from my mind/heart, not AI. I promise someone just actually taught me how to use an em-dash (this “—”thing that Chat GPT uses a lot).

**Land and Lineage Acknowledgement | This work is created on Cherokee and Yuchi ancestral lands, who were removed violently and unjustly, and that Jessica is the beneficiary of that removal. Her capacity to make this work is made possible by the Māori healers. A portion of proceeds go to Running Strong for American Indian Youth, the Cherokee Nation, and the Māori Party.

***Labor Acknowledgement | We must acknowledge that much of what we know of this country today, including its culture, economic growth, and development throughout history and across time, has been made possible by the labor of enslaved Africans and their ascendants who suffered the horror of the transatlantic trafficking of their people, chattel slavery, and Jim Crow. We are indebted to their labor and their sacrifice, and we must acknowledge the tremors of that violence throughout the generations and the resulting impact that can still be felt and witnessed today. —Dr. T.J. Stewart . A portion of proceeds go to the Bottom Knoxville.