Jessica Timmis
JESSICA TIMMIS is an artist and Art Psychotherapist living and working in Coventry, England.
“As a child I drew and wrote on hundreds of bits of paper. I think I found it comforting. When I was about 13 I discovered I could make things look realistic if I tried really hard and sometimes I used art to gain recognition. Sometimes I used it more consciously to explore my feelings. It began to hold several functions in my life. I did an Art Foundation course at Barnsley College and went on to study for a BA (Hons) in Art- Practice and Theory at Lancaster University. I got a 2.1 writing my dissertation art as autobiography which correlated with the themes in my painting.
I went on to study at Leeds University on the MA: Feminism and the Visual Arts with Griselda Pollock. I got an AHRB grant to do this which I still feel lucky to have been awarded today. I got a distinction in 2002. In 2003 I became a mother and my life changed again. I suppose my career has been a conversation between the roles of artist and mother which is currently gaining in momentum. In 2017 after the birth of my daughter I was shortlisted for the Procreate Mother Art Prize. I am now a mum to two children aged 15 and 2. I co-facilitate the Coventry Mothers Who Make hub. I am developing my art practice to include new elements which feels extremely exciting. I am also a practising Art Psychotherapist.
