{"id":13237,"date":"2022-12-24T11:57:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T16:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=13237"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:29:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T19:29:46","slug":"jessica-westhafer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/jessica-westhafer\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Westhafer"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3271\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13237-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/JessicaWesthafer.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/JessicaWesthafer.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/JessicaWesthafer.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_13247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13247\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13247 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Portrait_10.22_6_sRGB_300dpi-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Portrait_10.22_6_sRGB_300dpi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Portrait_10.22_6_sRGB_300dpi-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Portrait_10.22_6_sRGB_300dpi-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Portrait_10.22_6_sRGB_300dpi-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Portrait_10.22_6_sRGB_300dpi-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Portrait_10.22_6_sRGB_300dpi-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Portrait_10.22_6_sRGB_300dpi-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Portrait_10.22_6_sRGB_300dpi-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Portrait of Jessica, photo by Shark Senesac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitoschnabel.com\/exhibitions\/jessica-westhafer\">Jessica Westhafer<\/a> (b. 1990, Denver, CO) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She received her BFA from the University of Arkansas in 2014 and her MFA in Painting from Indiana University in 2020. Using a deceptively playful form of figuration, Westhafer explores psychosocial experiences. Westhafer\u2019s imagery taps into memory and sentiment in order \u201cto invent, reimagine, immortalize and even create\u201d idealized or fictitious narratives. These \u201csurrogate scenes of time and place\u201d arouse feelings of vulnerability through which she invites viewers to revisit their own histories. While very specific in its choice of subject matter and detail, her art captures ineffable aspects of early formative experiences that are universal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13248\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13248 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Somewhere-Thats-Green_VSG_2022_Install_08_bench_300dpi-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Somewhere-Thats-Green_VSG_2022_Install_08_bench_300dpi-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Somewhere-Thats-Green_VSG_2022_Install_08_bench_300dpi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Somewhere-Thats-Green_VSG_2022_Install_08_bench_300dpi-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Somewhere-Thats-Green_VSG_2022_Install_08_bench_300dpi-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Somewhere-Thats-Green_VSG_2022_Install_08_bench_300dpi-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Somewhere-Thats-Green_VSG_2022_Install_08_bench_300dpi-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Somewhere-Thats-Green_VSG_2022_Install_08_bench_300dpi-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/JW_Somewhere-Thats-Green_VSG_2022_Install_08_bench_300dpi-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JESSICA WESTHAFER Partial Installation. SOMEWHERE THAT\u2019S GREEN NOVEMBER 9, 2022 &#8211; JANUARY 7, 2023. Photo: Shark Senesac.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13249\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13249 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Always-Forever-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Always-Forever-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Always-Forever-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Always-Forever-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Always-Forever-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Always-Forever-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Always-Forever-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Always-Forever-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Always-Forever-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Westhafer Always &amp; Forever, 2022 Oil and watercolor on canvas 44 x 108 inches (111.8 x 274.3 cm) \u00a9 Jessica Westhafer; Photo by Shark Senesac; Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13250\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13250 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Bubble-Wand-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Bubble-Wand-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Bubble-Wand-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Bubble-Wand-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Bubble-Wand-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Bubble-Wand-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Bubble-Wand-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Bubble-Wand-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer_Bubble-Wand-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Westhafer Bubble Wand, 2022 Oil, watercolor, and glass on canvas 80 x 90 inches (203.2 x 228.6 cm) \u00a9 Jessica Westhafer; Photo by Shark Senesac; Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13251\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13251 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer-7th-Period-Science-Class-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer-7th-Period-Science-Class-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer-7th-Period-Science-Class-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer-7th-Period-Science-Class-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer-7th-Period-Science-Class-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer-7th-Period-Science-Class-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer-7th-Period-Science-Class-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Jessica-Westhafer-7th-Period-Science-Class.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Westhafer 7th Period Science Class, 2022 Oil on canvas 84 x 72 inches (213.4 x 182.9 cm) \u00a9 Jessica Westhafer; Photo by Shark Senesac; Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel Gallery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/JessicaWesthafer.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listJessica Westhafer (b. 1990, Denver, CO) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. 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