Jess Irish is an award-winning media artist and filmmaker, working in experimental film, design collaborations, installation and interaction. Her work has been exhibited and screened nationally and internationally, and has receive multiple honors.
Irish is a full-time faculty in Art, Media & Technology at Parsons School of Design in NYC, where she teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses. Irish received her MFA in studio art from the University of California, Irvine (1996) and her second MFA in creative writing from The New School (2016). She lives the Hudson River Valley.
Director Statement
“My creative practice in new media is motivated by a deep curiosity to find new approaches for storytelling. Both as an individual artist and collaborating designer, I seek to find new ways technology can afford a multimodal perspective into non-fiction subjects. I’ve been inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s call to embrace the work of the “comprehensivist” — one who puts things together in new ways.”
Experimental Film & Music Video Festival 