Nice to meet you! I'm Jessie.

About

Born in Memphis, TN, Jessie Robertson moved with her family to Wilmington in 2010. Since 2017, Jessie’s award-winning art has displayed in several group and solo art exhibits, including shows at Wilma Daniels Gallery, ACES Gallery, 216 N. Front Street, the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher, and Art in Bloom Gallery. While continuing her education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Jessie worked as a gallery assistant and filmmaker at Art in Bloom Gallery, where her work is represented. Now, having graduated from UNCW with bachelor’s degrees in Studio Art and Digital Arts in 2023, she continues to explore artwork through painting, sculpture, and digital multimedia. Jessie hopes that the more she learns and creates, the more successful she will be in achieving her goal of saving the frogs.

Education

University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) | 2023
Bachelor of Arts, Digital Arts, Interactive Graphics Concentration
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art
Minor: Computer Sciences
GPA: 3.990, University Honors, Dean’s List

Cape Fear Community College (CFCC), Wilmington, NC | 2019
Associate in Fine Arts in Visual Arts, Associate in Arts, and Associate in Science
GPA: 4.0, President’s List

Skills & Technology

  • Studio arts, publication design, graphic design, and web design
  • 2D / 3D computer animation, visual and audio editing, visual effects, and documentary film production
  • Mastery of Adobe Animate, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere
  • Experience in Adobe Audition, Lightroom CC, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Media Encoder, and XD
  • Experience in Google Workspace, Autodesk Maya, Audacity, and WordPress
  • Experience in Python, Java, C++, HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Certified in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access (2017)

Experience

Filmmaker / Editor
Art in Bloom Gallery, Wilmington, NC  |  2019- present

  • Edited and performed all post-production tasks, including visual effects, graphic production, sound and music design
  • Produced 15 artist videos and 4 short documentary films
  • Researched and interviewed documentary subjects
  • Filmed, recorded audio, and resourced imagery

Gallery Specialist
Art in Bloom Gallery, Wilmington, NC  |  2019- present

  • Assisted customers and discussed, displayed, wrapped, and sold works of art
  • Helped maintain inventories, social media, and website, and installed art within the gallery
  • Designed graphics including postcards, flyers, and digital and physical signage

Independent Artist
Frogs and Friends, Wilmington, NC  |  2018- present

  • Created original artwork for sale to promote awareness surrounding frog conservation
  • Produced paintings, prints, greeting cards, sculptures, and silk-screened t-shirts
  • Maintained an online Etsy store and showed work at galleries, museums, and public art events

Select Film Credits

Karen Paden Crouch in the Land of Make Believe (Documentary short), Wilmington, NC  |  2022
Filmmaker and editor

  • Selected for the 28th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival and 2023 Tryon International Film Festival
  • Semi-Finalist in the March 2023 Dublin World Festival, and nominated/awarded for eight other events

Women’s Impact Network 2021 Grant Recipients (Documentary short), Wilmington, NC  |  2021
Filmmaker and editor

  • Screened at Manna Restaurant for the 2021 WIN Grant Awards Ceremony

Elizabeth Darrow: Believing in the Process (Documentary short), Wilmington, NC  |  2019
Filmmaker and editor

  • Selected for the 26th Annual Cucalorus Film Festival
  • Screened at the 17th Annual DocuTime Film Festival at UNCW

Select Projects

UNCW Senior Exhibit  |  2022

  • Collaborated with a small student committee to design a 70-page printed catalogue including the visual art of 32 students
  • Photographed and edited photos of student works

“Black Lives Do Matter: End Racism Now” Art Installation, Wilmington, NC  |  2020-23

  • Designed type, mockups, drafting, and instructions for a 132’ installation of free-standing signs
  • Supported its 2023 reinstallation and reintroduction at the Cameron Art Museum

“Seizing: Personal Stories of Living with Seizures” (UNCW Student Performance Ethnography)  |  2019

  • Digitally illustrated interpretative art informed by the performance’s script
  • Designed flyers for event and formatted for printing

Wilmington Early College High School  |  2015-19

  • Designed school’s wolfpack logo, used for banners, advertising, website, and merchandise
  • Won the 2015 CFNC T-Shirt Design Contest to award t-shirts to all students and staff
  • Recreated school crest as current logo, used for website, t-shirts and printed banners

“Forest of DREAMS” Mural, 10th and Fanning Street, Wilmington, NC  |  2016-17

  • Illustrated pages for, color edited illustrations, and formatted four published coloring books
  • Contributed 400+ volunteer hours to the design, painting and repair of a 240’ retaining wall
  • Responsible for the editing and publishing of YouTube videos
  • Composed music for, edited singing audio, and animated images for the music video

Media

Elizabeth White, “Art of the Film: A new documentary on Karen Paden Crouch,” WILMA, May 10, 2023.
Venita Jenkins, “Jessie Robertson ’23,” We Are UNCW, UNCW, Nov 14, 2022.
Shea Carver, “Women to Watch Awards Finalists- Arts,” WILMA, Oct 1, 2020.
“Frog Artist Jessie Robertson,” SAVE THE FROGS!, Apr 13, 2019.
Jesslyn Ferentz, “Local artists featured at the Aquarium at Fort Fisher,” WECT News, Mar 18, 2019.
“MADE Winners – Arts Category,” WilmingtonBiz, Mar 1, 2019.

Gallery Affiliation

Art in Bloom Gallery, Wilmington NC