Jessica Valoris is a multidisciplinary artist and community facilitator. Through ritual performance, sound collage, and mixed media painting, Jessica creates sacred spaces that honor the earth-based traditions of her Black and Jewish ancestors. Her art is rooted in practices of collective care, ancestral reverence and embodied study.
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Jessica Valoris
(she/her)
About
Jessica Valoris is a multidisciplinary artist and community facilitator. Through ritual performance, sound collage, and mixed media painting, Jessica creates sacred spaces that honor the earth-based traditions of her Black and Jewish ancestors. Her art is rooted in practices of collective care, ancestral reverence and embodied study. Focusing on histories of Black fugitivity and marronage, Jessica hopes to elevate conversations about reparations, abolition, and earth stewardship. Her art is both balm and blueprint: mapping out pathways for the Black liberatory imagination and reviving recipes for collective care. Jessica is an alumna of the Intercultural Leadership Institute and Halcyon Arts Lab. Iterations of her work, Black Fugitive Folklore, have been shown at the VisArts, Tephra ICA, The Phillips Collection, The Kreeger Museum, Africana Film Festival, and Brentwood Arts Exchange.
Mediums: Film, Dance, Mixed Media/Installation, Visual Art, Sound Art
Location: Washington D.C.
