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BiographyJessica van Brakle was born in Bethesda, MD, and is a recent MFA graduate from The University of Maryland. She received her BFA in 2007 from The Corcoran College of Art & Design.

Van Brakle’s work has been exhibited extensively throughout the Washington metropolitan area and included in Art Fairs such as Scope Miami and (e)merge Art Fair. She participated in the Artist Residency Program at the Arlington Arts Center from 2011 to 2015 and was selected in 2010 for a two-year fellowship with Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC. In 2020, Transformer Gallery awarded her the Artists Sustaining Artists Program Grant, and in 2019 and 2008 she received the Individual Artist Grant for Painting from the Maryland State Arts Council. Her work is included in the collection of the US Consulate, Dubai, as well as many corporate collections such as Google, PNC, Hilton Worldwide, and Capital One Digital Headquarters. Van Brakle currently maintains an art studio in Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.

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