Jessica Thalmann

Photo-based artist Jessica Thalmann advances the limits of photography, working within the space between 2-dimensional representation and 3-dimensional form. Recent investigations demonstrate her heightened interest in colour perception and the ways in which it effects image and form experience. It is through use of specialized paper folding methods that Thalmann has developed her signature artistic vocabulary, wherein she re-forms her photographs into abstracted shapes that physically mirror the manipulation of the light and colour relationships found within the structures of large-scale architectural forms that inspire her investigations. 

Thalmann received an MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies from ICP-Bard College and a BFA in Visual Arts from York University. In addition to her artistic practice, Thalmann has taught at the International Centre for Photography, Akin Collective, MacLaren Art Centre, Toronto School of Art, Gallery 44 and City College of New York. Her work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions in Canada and the U.S at Aperture Foundation, International Centre for Photography, Humble Arts Foundation (New York), and VIVO Media Arts Centre (Vancouver), Museum of Contemporary Art, Harbourfront Centre, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Angell Gallery, and Gales Gallery at York University (Toronto) to name a few. Thalmann has been an artist in residence at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity (Alberta) and at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles (California). She is a recipient of grants from the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council.