Jessica C. White (she/her) grew up in Taiwan where she learned to love storybooks and traditional crafts, and is now a studio artist and educator in Asheville, NC, where she makes prints, artist books, and crankies. Her practice revolves around narrative relief prints, wood engravings, and letterpress printing. She draws inspiration from music, folk tales, ghost stories, children’s books, and the ancient beauty of the Appalachian mountains.
Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be seen in public collections including Yale University, Stanford University, Lingnan University Hong Kong, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her publications include Letterpress Now: A DIY Guide to New & Old Printing Methods, published by Lark Crafts, and Ladies of Letterpress: A Gallery of Prints, published by Princeton Architectural Press. She is the co-founder of Ladies of Letterpress, an international trade organization of women printers, a member of the Southern Highlands Craft Guild, and is the President of the Wood Engravers’ Network.
Fancy degrees she holds include a BFA in Sculpture from East Carolina University, a Graduate Certificate in Book Arts, an MA, and MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa. When she’s not getting inky in the studio, you can find her catching a breeze in her sailboat Cassiopeia.
