Jessica Ostrowicz (UK)

Jessica Ostrowicz studied Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Dresden and Contemporary Art Practice with a focus on Critical Practice at the Royal College of Art in London. For over a decade, she has participated in numerous group exhibitions internationally, including ‘The Dodo and the Seed’, at Siobhan Davies Studios, London, UK, ‘FAMILY BUSINESS, Erinnern als künstlerisches Motiv (Remembering as an Artistic Motif)’ at the Centrum Judaicum in the New Synagogue, Berlin, Germany in 2020, and ‘Common Threads’ for Bienalsur at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Oaxaca, Mexico. Solo exhibitions include ‘The Inhale Before’ at Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin and ‘Remaining Without Returning’ at OP ENHEIM Gallery in Wrocław, Poland. Over the years, Ostrowicz has been repeatedly funded by the Arts Council England. In 2024, she received the Women Artists in Residence scholarship from the Cordts Art Foundation for a residency in Berlin. The resulting solo exhibition ‘I Wish I Was – (Homeward Bound)’ was on view at the Berlin Nogallery from December 2024 to February 2025. Supported by the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham and the Rothschild Foundation, she has been working as the Artist in Residence at HMP Spring Hill prison since the beginning of 2025.