Jessica Russ

“Drupe”, Acrylic on canvas, 2021.

Having graced the former Café des Philosophes on Place Pépinet in Lausanne, we’re delighted to be able to offer you this powerful work of contemporary art in our space.

Preferably hung vertically (portrait), but horizontally (landscape) is also acceptable, depending on the context.

Jessica Russ

Originally from Nyon, Jessica Russ (08.08.88) lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. She started her training in Visual Arts at the ECAL (Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne) in 2008. She continues her training by doing a master at the HEAD (haute école d’art et de design de Genève), where she focuses on painting only. In 2019, the culture department of Lausanne grants her a studio in the old stables of the Mon Repos park for a period of five years. That same year, she received the Alice Bailly prize as well as the prize of the city of Nyon. Within the framework of the Alice Bailly prize, she exhibits individually at the CHUV space, in Lausanne. In 2021 she presents her second solo exhibition « Versicolor”, at Standard Deluxe, an independent art space in Lausanne. In the same year, she participated in an exhibition of new acquisitions from the collection of the Banque cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) at the Musée cantonale d’art de Lausanne (MCBA). In 2022, she begin to work with the Heinzer Reszler gallery in Lausanne and presented her solo show “Sun Salutation”.

Read more on the website: www.jessicaruss.ch