Jessica Johnson

Jessica Johnson, also known as JESSC.X (she/they) is a Boston-born and New Orleans-based artist that explores self-identity and Blackness through collage, fiber art, mixed media work, and music. Their work is intended to usher all who bear witness to it into a state of reverence for the past, understanding of the present, and hope for futures to come. 

The Berklee College of Music trained artist exists at the intersection of visual and aural art-making. In 2019 their voice was spotlighted on the debut album of Warner Music Group signed rapper IDK, titled “Is He Real?” also featuring Tyler the Creator, Burna Boy, and Pusha T. In February 2020 JESSC.X curated the Black History Matters 365: Now and Forever exhibition at the Lunder Arts Center’s Raizes Gallery, and in the the fall of 2022 they presented their debut solo exhibition, “Perfect Memory” an investigation of the unbroken ancestral memory held by Black people in the Americas by means of waves and water, inspired by Toni Morrison’s quote “All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” They currently serve as the Visual Arts Programs Coordinator at Antenna in New Orleans, LA.