Jessica Cannon was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn in 1979. Solo exhibitions include Eternal Geometries at GAVLAK (Palm Beach, FL), Veils at Polina Berlin Gallery (New York, NY), and The Spiral Path at Winston's (Los Angeles, CA). Recent group exhibitions include I Look to the Moon Like a Fellow Traveler at LAMB Gallery (London, UK), Fresh Nature at Kutlesa Gallery (Goldau, Switzerland), Double Up at My Pet Ram (Santa Barbara, CA), Jung Lovers (Soloway, Brooklyn), and Master Class: Color at The Manes Center for Contemporary Art (Roslyn, NY).

Jessica is a past recipient of The Brooklyn Arts Council’s Community Arts Fund Grant and a recent resident at Jentel Foundation in Banner, WY, and at RAiR's Historic Studios in Roswell, NM. Select press and publications include: The New York Times, Flaunt Magazine, phaidon.com, Maake Magazine, New American Paintings, Dovetail, Quest Magazine, and Hyperallergic.

In Fall 2017 she founded Far By Wide, an ongoing series of exhibitions online and in pop-up spaces to support social and environmental justice organizations. She received a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Parsons School of Design. Jessica is represented by GAVLAK Gallery.