Jessica Wimbley
Youth Parks and Community Enrichment
Supervisor Samantha Vu
Artist Background
Jessica Wimbley is an artist/curator based in Sacramento, California. Her works are included in academic, museum, and public art collections, including the CA Public Digital Art Collection, Crocker Museum of Art, and LACMA.
Her recent public art projects include Fieldworks: Califia, 2021, part of the CA Public Digital Art Collection; the “Social Justice Billboard Project” in collaboration with the Northeast Sculpture and Gallery Factory in Minneapolis, MN; Masking Series,2021, featuring video and still photography created in partnership with the State of California and The Center at Sierra Health Foundation, to speak directly to Californians who have been hardest hit by COVID-19.
Wimbley received her BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design, M.F.A in Visual Arts from the University of California, Davis, and her MA in Arts Management from Claremont Graduate University. Wimbley is currently a Teaching Artist in Residence with Twin Rivers Unified School District in Sacramento, CA.
