Jesse Castor is an artist living and working from her home in South Philadelphia. She graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2022 with a focus in printmaking. Since then she has volunteered with local print shops including Second State Press, where she helped organize classes and workshops for the public that sought to teach beginners how to use traditional printmaking techniques in ways that could be adapted for home studios. Her intentions are based on wanting to use materials in a thoughtful and intuitive way. Relying on the nature of the medium itself to influence the subject her work invites change. Time, memory, and impermanence are as much a part of the process as ink or paper.

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  • BFA Printmaking, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 2022

  • 2024- “In Motion”, Hive Cafe, Philadelphia, PA

    "Local Artist Spotlight", Wendy's Frame Shop, Philadelphia, PA

  • 2024- “Expanding Methodologies”, Westchester University, Philadelphia, PA

    -”The Body Electric”, Studio Incamminatti, Philadelphia, PA

    2023- “Devotion To:”, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA

    -”Print Philly”, Philadelphia Print Consortium, Philadelphia,PA

    -”SuperBloom”, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA

    -”Artist Spotlight”, Second Street Music, Philadelphia, PA

    -”First Friday Salon”, I Knead Coffee, Philadelphia, PA

    -”Models and Makers”, Studio Incamminatti, Philadelphia, PA

    -”ACPS Annual Members Show”, Plastic Club”, Philadelphia PA

    2022 -”Salon”, The Head and the Hand, Philadelphia PA

    -”Annual Student Exhibition”, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA

  • 2022- Gray Trust Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

    Landmark Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

    Maguire Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

  • 2022- “Trash Zine”, Dog Bowl Zines, Philadelphia, PA

    -”Talking Trash”, Alicia Willett, Live-Work-Blog