BIO

New York based artist, ESS22, has been painting their fierce, emotive female figures on paper in ink for more than a few years. Formerly a working tattoo artist, ESS22 used their unique set of art skills, heartbreak, and exploration of aesthetics to fuel their original creations.

The female figures that ESS22 puts down on paper are a mirror into the artist’s POV of living as a female, an outsider in society, and the will to carry on and thrive despite what the world throws their way.

Artist Statement

My artwork is informed by tattooing, textiles, printmaking, and a love for working with a brush on paper. There is nothing like the relationship between the eye, the hand, and a brush dipped in a medium on paper, compared to using a pen to create the linework. After making a lightweight sketch or transfer using pencil on paper, unless I dip straight into my ink, I create my emotive figures.

Group Exhibitions

2021

January 2021 - "10th All Women Art Exhibition," Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery

2020

December 2020 - "All Colors," Contemporary Art Gallery Online

July 2020 - "Black & White," Colors of Humanity Art Gallery

April 2020 - "Monochrome." Las Laguna Gallery

February 2020 - "Red," Colors of Humanity Art Gallery

January 2020 - "Sticker You Presents...Repeeled Art of the Sticker Show, Toronto, CANADA

January 2020 - "9th All Women Art Exhibition," Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery

2019

September 2019 - "Slideshow Sideshow," Red Studio Garage

2018

April 2018 - "Comics, Anime, Cartoons & Fantasy," Las Laguna Gallery

Publications

August 2020 - Art Hole UK Magazine No. 3

Spring 2020 - The Artblog, "Artists in the Time of Coronavirus"