Born in London, Jess is an Illustrator and freelance Workshop Facilitator  based in the South East. After completing her illustration degree, she realised her intrigue was always based on a love of culture and people. Jess now works across different areas of illustration, animation and design, with her goal being to create moments of relatability, narrative, connection and joy.
 
She specialises in making work based on cultures, narrative and  social commentary; which have previously culminated in commissions for album covers, books, murals and animations.
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Clients include VANS x MoMA, critically acclaimed platform It's Freezing in LA! and the V&A. She's also illustrated gal-dem's book 'I Will Not Be Erased which was nominated for the 2020 Waterstones Children's Book prize. 

If you're interested in working with Jess or want to say hello then please feel free to contact her:
 email:  hello@jessnash.co.uk

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 Press: 
A Blog Called Howl
Its Nice That
People Of Print
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 Selected workshops: 
 V&A 
 Institute of Imagination
VANS x MoMA
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 In Print: 
Joyful, Joyful! 2022
Britons Through Negro Spectacles cover, 2022
The Culture & Commerce Taskforce, New Voices, 2021
 I Will Not Be Erased, gal-dem and Walker Books, 2019
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Lectures:
Norwich University of the Arts
Kingston
UCA Farnham and Epsom
RCA
UAL Camberwell
University of Northampton
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 Selected exhibitions: 
Vans x MoMA Aerial Painting installation, London 2020 
We Are Here, London School of Economics library, London 2018
We Are Here, Alev Lenz Studio London 2017
#OPEN16, Peckham Platform, London 2016
Peckham Press House, Peckham Platform, London 2016
D&AD New Blood, London 2014

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Clients are saying:
"I've worked with a number of illustrators over the past couple of years and Jess is one of the very best. She has a fabulously unique style, and has been brilliant at interpreting our sometimes less than precise ideas. Always friendly, responsive and communicative, Jess has been so easy to work with and we have been blown away by the final illustrations and animations we commissioned. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her!"
 - Dr Simon Newitt, The King's Fund