Frieze LA 2024
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled, 2023
Redwood (salvaged), cord, poplar, conversion varnish, chrome-plated steel, and glazed ceramic
78 x 30 x 30 inches
198.1 x 76.2 x 76.2 cm
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled (to assess in the morning by looking at the sky), 2023
Redwood (salvaged) and enamel paint on redwood
41 3/4 x 42 x 45 inches
106 x 106.7 x 114.3 cm
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled (c. o.), 2023
Redwood (salvaged)
32 1/2 x 46 x 46 inches
82.5 x 116.8 x 116.8 cm
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled (new ways of thinking about all of it), 2023
Deodar Cedar, acrylic paint on Redwood
(salvaged), enamel paint and fiberboard
53 1/2 x 41 1/2 x 16 inches
135.9 x 105.4 x 40.6 cm
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled, 2023
Redwood (salvaged), enamel paint
37 x 37 x 10 inches
94 x 94 x 25.4 cm
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled, 2023
Redwood (salvaged)
17 5/8 x 7 x 17 3/8 inches
44.8 x 17.8 x 44.1 cm
Jesse Schlesinger
Not geologic time, nor arboreal time, but its own time scale (C. O. for MP), 2022
Redwood (salvaged)
32 x 24 inches diameter
81.3 x 61 cm diameter
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled, 2023
Glazed ceramic
12 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 2 inches
31.8 x 31.8 x 5.1 cm
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled (aggregate/remnant 01), 2024
Redwood (salvaged), enamel paint and concrete
54 x 18 x 18 inches
137.2 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled (Hope you went for a walk and the skies opened up and you got soaked and it was glorious), 2022
Found object (Sycamore), Redwood, enamel paint and fiberboard
66 x 12 x 12 inches
167.6 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled (portal 03), 2023
Glazed ceramic
11 3/8 x 11 3/8 x 2 1/4 inches
28.9 x 28.9 x 5.7 cm
Jesse Schlesinger
Untitled (leavings), 2021
Galvanized steel (found) and Oak
16 1/2 x 13 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches
41.9 x 35.2 x 11.4 cm
Photo of artist Jesse Schlesinger in his studio by Ekaterina Izmestieva
Jesse Schlesinger (b. 1979, Kentucky) is a multidisciplinary visual artist who lives and works in San Francisco working in sculpture, site-specific installation, drawing, and photography. His work is fundamentally concerned with place: how the natural environment, architectural context and engagement, and historical precedent contribute to experience and understanding. Labor and craft are key elements of his practice. Inherent in this work is a reverence for material reflected in the process. His upbringing as a second-generation carpenter (with a focus on traditional craftsmanship) and long-term involvement with a small farm have jointly influenced the philosophy of his work.
Schlesinger received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting and Drawing from the California College of the Arts in 2008. Schlesinger has exhibited widely both domestically and internationally including exhibitions at 6018 North, Chicago, IL; Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA; Colpa Press, San Francisco, CA; Curator’s Cube, Tokyo, Japan; Eleanor Harwood, San Francisco, CA; Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA; Friends Indeed, San Francisco, CA; Gallery 200/Minnesota St Project, San Francisco, CA; Gallery Hiroo Tokyo, Japan; Governor’s Mansion, Sacramento, CA; Kadist, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Craft & Design, San Francisco, CA; POP Gallery, Culver City, CA; Round Weather Gallery, Oakland, CA; San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA and Setagaya Museum, Tokyo, Japan (postponed).
Schlesinger has had numerous residencies both domestically and internationally, including Think Green Produce, Tokyo, Japan, 2013; 6018 North, Chicago, IL, 2012 and Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 2012. Public Art Commissions/Awards include N-Judah Public Artwork (to be completed 2024), SFAC, San Francisco, CA; Minna Natoma Art Corridor Sculptures, San Francisco, CA, 2021; US-Japan Artists Exchange Fellowship, NEA and JUSFC, 2019-21; US-Japan Artists Exchange Fellowship, NEA and JUSFC, 2018-19; Everything Stays the Same and Everything Changes, Menlo Park Public Shore, CA, 2015; Welling, the Progress, San Francisco, CA, 2015; Studies for Temporary Monuments, Aster, San Francisco, CA, 2015 and SECA finalist, SFMoMA, San Francisco, CA, 2012.
