Jessica Simorte completed her MFA at the University of Cincinnati in 2014 is currently teaching at Sam Houston State University. She has shown regionally, locally and internationally and has been included in numerous esteemed publications. Simorte’s practice serves as an ongoing examination of how art making can function as a mode of placemaking. Having experienced topophilia her entire life, the work ultimately focuses on drawing and painting as a means of navigating physical and intangible places. She is represented by Galleri Urbane in Dallas, TX.