Originally from California, Jess Clark was born in Oakland and grew up in Berkeley. He moved to upstate New York in 2003 and is now a resident of the Albany County area.

Apprenticeship 1997 - 2001

Four years of apprenticeship to San Francisco based sculptor Harriet Moore, consisting of training in stone carving and clay sculpture with emphasis on the figure using traditional methods and tools. The culmination of this period of work was the collaboration on the final realization of Moore's monumental bronze of St. Francis of Assisi, accepted for placement upon the Piazza Teatro Lyrick in Santa Maria degli Angeli, Italy by the mayor and municipal arts council of Assisi (Commune di Assisi). This statue was presented on behalf of the Sister City Association of the City of San Francisco and Artist's Embassy International, and was dedicated October 4, 2001.

Exhibits

2002

Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco
"Jesse Clark, Diane Fenster"
October 17 - December 1

2003

Blue Room Gallery, San Francisco
"Selected Blue Room Artists"
Jan 3 - Feb 10

Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley
"Marble and Bronze, Jess Clark & Elizabeth Dante"
Feb 27 - March 30

2005

Blue Room Gallery
"Interpretations: 8 Sculptors & the Figure"
May 19 - June 26

2006

Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
"The Figurative Show"
September 7 - October 8

2007

Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
"Red and White"
Jan 28 - Feb 25

2008

Way Out Gallery, Rensselaerville, NY
"Fields of Art - Selected Artists at Travis Hill"
Oct 11 - 13