I am the third generation of artists in my family. My mother and grandmother are also artists, yet they were a little, let’s say, disconcerted, that I did not want to pursue anything but art and art school from a very early age.
Born in suburban New York, just north of Manhattan, I had the opportunity to visit the great museums of New York City on a fairly regular basis. The Met was my favorite. I wanted to live there, like in that children’s novel, "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler"; I dreamt about getting lost and having to spend the night sleeping with the sarcophaguses or in an elegantly made up room in the American Decorative Arts wing. My imagination went wild imagining entire families and their interactions within those spaces.
I am always thinking about things I could make, build, create; my brain is constantly working; sometimes causing sleepless nights. If I could afford to just make art, and not work, I would, in a heartbeat. As it is right now I can’t imagine living long enough to actually have time to create all of the things swimming around in my little head - and I plan on living to a ripe old age.
This body of work stems from my love of pop culture and pop art. I’m not one of those pop culture geeks who can quote entire monologues from movies. I tend to only remember phrases like, “I want my two dollars!” (Better Off Dead). I am the kind of pop culture geek who is in love with artists of the 70’s and 80’s; in love with the idea that something even remotely like The Factory ever existed and that the 70’s and 80’s was an era (perhaps the end of an era that started with Peggy Guggenheim‘s promotion of Man Ray, Brancusi and Duchamp in the 1920’s) where the artists lived to see themselves recognized throughout the world. Of course this recognition does coincide with the development of mass media…and while I am sure I could write an entire dissertation on this subject….

My name is Jes Muse. And this is some of my art.

Thank you.
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If you would like to purchase or show any of the work seen on this site please contact Jes at contact@jesmuseonline.com.


Artists Resume
Katonah Museum of Art (1992), Katonah, NY
SUNY Purchase, Senior Thesis Exhibit (1997), Purchase, NY
Christie's Staff Exhibit (1998), New York, NY
Organica Gardens (1998/99), Mamaroneck, NY
The Rising, Brooklyn (2001), NY
Red Dora's Bearded Lady (2002), San Francisco, CA
Ladyfest 2002, San Francisco, CA
The Secret Spot (2003/4), San Francisco, CA
The Salon (2006), San Francisco, CA
The Crucible (2003, 2004, 2005), San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Pride (2007), San Francisco, CA
Anvil Hair Design Studio (2007-ongoing), San Francisco, CA
3 Dollar Bill (2007), San Francisco, CA
Petchitecture 2008, San Francisco, CA (donation of painting to silent auction)
Mezzanine 11th Anniversary 2009, San Francisco, CA
Homo-A-Gogo 2009, San Francisco, CA