Jess Shaw North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Artist Printmaker, Jess Shaw, transforms details of the North Yorkshire landscape into contemporary artwork. Inspired by the influence of ice & water on our environment, she combines different print media such as monoprint, screen print, woodcut with mark-making, collage and painting to explore notions of continuity & transience in relation to our temporal human experience.
Based in the countryside bordering the North York Moors, Artist Printmaker Jess Shaw combines different print media such as monoprint, screen print, woodcut with mark-making, collage & painting, to explore notions of continuity & transience, individuality & interconnectedness, in relation to the human experience of the natural world.
The mysterious beauty of unique ephemeral ice-patterns formed overnight in winter, are re-imagined in paint & print to celebrate the innate creativity of the natural world. They become reminders of the fragility & singularity of life, each one spontaneously appearing for a few hours before melting. A reminder of our connection to the cycles of life when we take the time to slow down, connect to the landscape & ourselves through observation & listening. She asks us to rediscover our internal and external senses, to notice details and to hear the quiet voices leading us on a journey of reconnection with our true nature.
Artwork
Enfolding Us VE 1/4, Woodcut & Collage, 2025, £395
Enfolding Us VE 3/4, Woodcut & Collage, 2025, £395
Enfolding Us VE 2/4, Woodcut & Collage, 2025, £395
The Dance of Life VE 2/3, Woodcut & Collage, 2025, £395
The Dance of Life VE 1/3, Woodcut & Collage, 2025, £395
Ice VII, Gouache on Board, 2024, £450
Ice VI, Gouache on Board, 2024, £450
Ice V, Gouache on board, 2024, £450
Ice IV, Gouache, 2024, £450
Ice I, Gouache, 2024, 450
Projects and exhibitions
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Forms of Water Solo Exhibition02/11/2025 — ongoing My first solo show at the Helmsley Arts Centre examining the theme of Forms of Water as ice-patterns and also landscape forms carved out by ice over millennia. In total there are 26 pieces on show from monoprints to chine collé, screen-print with mark-making, woodcut and collage, gouache paintings and photogravure. |
HELMSLEY ARTS CENTRE, Helmsley | Details |
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The Big Art Show November 202526/10/2025 — 31/10/2025 Selected to take part in the Big Art Show at Baldersby Park, one of the largest art fairs in the North of England. |
Baldersby Park, Thirsk | Details |
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North Yorkshire Open Studios 2025 Summer06/06/2025 — 14/06/2025 Selected to take part in North Yorkshire Open Studios as an emerging artist over two weekends in June. |
Quarry Art Studio, Kirkbymoorside | Details |