
Titles and Organizations
Adjunct Faculty, School of Art, CVPA
Contact Information
Campus: Fairfax
Building: 2010 Art and Design Building; MSN 1C3
Email: jkallis@gmu.edu
Personal Websites
Biography
Jessica Kallista is an artist working in collage, video, sound, poetry, and performance. She received her MFA in Creative Writing with a concentration in poetry from George Mason University in 2002. In November 2014 she founded Olly Olly, an alternative art space and resource, in Fairfax, Virginia.
Jessica is the 2022 recipient of George Mason University's Margaret C. Howell Outstanding Achievement Award. In 2023 she received George Mason University's Sojourner Truth Faculty Award.
Degree:
MFA, Creative Writing, with a concentration in poetry, George Mason University, 2002
Specialist Areas:
- Aesthetics
- Critical Theory in Visual Art
- Writing for Artists
- Analog Collage