Bio:
Jesse Brown is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Los Angeles. With a creative practice spanning over two decades, his expansive body of work encompasses painting, sculpture, public art, murals, earthworks, furniture, installations, and books.

His studio practice is deeply rooted in the physical and historical landscape of his environment. Acting as both a maker and a scavenger of the city's margins, Brown gathers his mediums by wandering derelict sites, abandoned green zones, and the LA River. By utilizing reclaimed industrial materials alongside natural earthen elements, he embeds a tangible "sense of place" directly into his works. His commitment to community engagement stems from his unconventional beginnings in Seattle. Leaving home and school at fifteen, he navigated the juvenile court system, which ordered him to complete community service at a mural arts organization for at-risk youth. This pivotal experience provided vital mentorship and revealed the transformative, healing power of creativity, sparking a lifelong dedication to public art. Leaving formal education behind in his youth, Brown embarked on his creative career at an early age, driven by an autodidactic and lifelong curiosity. Rather than following a traditional academic path, his trajectory has been continuously informed by hands-on experience and a diverse community of artists, mentors, designers, architects, and anyone with knowledge to share. Guided by this collective wisdom and over twenty years of independent work, Brown continues to expand his practice today, dividing his time between his studio work and executing large-scale public art projects that activate and engage the public realm.

Artist Statement:
I am a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Los Angeles. With a creative practice spanning over two decades, my expansive body of work encompasses painting, sculpture, public art, murals, earthworks, furniture, installations, and books. My studio practice is deeply rooted in the physical and historical landscape of my environment. Acting as both a maker and a scavenger of the city's margins, I gather my mediums by wandering derelict sites, abandoned green zones, and the LA River. By utilizing reclaimed industrial materials alongside natural earthen elements, I embed a tangible "sense of place" directly into my works. At the core of my practice is a rigorous investigation into the profound impact of human expansion on fragile ecosystems. In my paintings, I explore a deep reverence for the natural world set against my observations of humanity's hostility toward it. Driven by extensive materiality research and native plant ecology, these works examine the tension between our destructive footprint and the awe-inspiring ingenuity of nature. By formulating earthen plasters and raw pigments to build topographic textures on the canvas, my paintings highlight how the natural world continually adapts to and reclaims hostile architecture, transforming concrete wastelands into sites of ecological resilience and quiet defiance. This deep engagement with my surroundings dictates my broader process. Through the tactile act of working with these site-specific materials, I seek to honor the invisible labor and history embedded in the built environment, reclaiming what has been wasted or left behind. By giving discarded materials a new life, purpose, and narrative, my ongoing practice is a continuous dialogue with the environment. Whether I am executing large-scale public murals or intricate studio works, my intention is to reveal the value in what is overlooked or abandoned, transforming neglected spaces and resources into powerful testaments of resilience, continuous growth, and the restorative capabilities of art.