Jessica Pearless Artist

ACHIEVEMENTS
2020 | 40 Under 40, Influencer, University of Auckland
2020 - 2025 | Co-Director, NORTHART, Auckland
2019 | University of Auckland Alumni
Leadership Scholarship Winner
2015 - 2020 | Boosted Artist Mentor for
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand
2015 | Merit Award, Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award
2014 | Women of Influence Finalist, Arts Category
Alternate Grantee, Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award
Shortlist, Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award
Merit Award, The New Zealand Painting & Printmaking Award
2013| Alternate Grantee, Fulbright-Wallace Trust Art Award
Shortlist, Fulbright-Wallace Trust Art Award
Merit Award, The New Zealand Painting & Printmaking Award
Creative New Zealand Quick Response Grantee
2012 | Shortlist, Fulbright Wallace Trust Art Award
2011 | AMP Do Your Thing National Scholarship Winner
Inaugural Artists Alliance Residency Recipient
2010 | Zinni Douglas Award, Walker & Hall Art Award
University of Auckland Postgraduate Scholarship
2009 | University of Auckland Postgraduate Scholarship
2002 | Pumphouse Art Awards, Merit Award
Denise Gerrard Scholarship Recipient, University of Auckland
2001 | Derivan Art Spectrum Prize for Painting,
Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland

SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2015 | Flags for Te Wero Island, site specific billboard,
Te Wero Island for Waterfront Auckland
2014 Commissioned Artist, Clonbern Lane_site, Clonburn Service Lane, Urban Design Project
2011 | Folder, Artists Alliance limited edition artwork
edition of 850 works to accompany Art All Issue #105
Arthouse_site, The Arthouse, Nelson
2009 | OSB_site, Old South British Building, Auckland

Jessica's portrait photograph by Felix Jackson, 2025 for mothermother