Jessica C. Fisher is an American painter working in oil, whose practice is rooted in confession - making visible what resists being spoken.

Her figurative work brings the viewer in close: faces fill the frame, eyes hold attention, and the space between subject and observer collapses until looking becomes something mutual and unsettling. The work carries real lived weight - not as subject matter but as method. Paint becomes the language for things that cannot otherwise be said.

Fisher came to painting through an unconventional path - studying filmaking in the early 2000’s, then taking years away from making entirely. She returned to art in 2023 through private mentorship with illustrator Sterling Hundley; a turning point she describes as transformative. She subsequently joined the Quarantine program in Menorca, Spain, where she found her commitment to painting and entered a sustained mentorship with British painter Edward Povey. Her practice has since been shaped by international residencies with Riven Projects in Catalonia and ongoing dialogues with painters including Phil Hale and Henrik Uldalen.

Born in New York, she relocated to Joigny, France in 2026, where she maintains an active studio. Her current series, Confessions, challenges her to put into paint things that she struggles with in her emotional landscape.