Biography 

Jessica Gorman is a performance and digital artist who looks at ideas of communication within a relationship. Gorman was born in West Lothian, Scotland, on the 2nd of December 2004. She is currently studying the HNC Art Portfolio Production course at West Lothian College, Scotland. Her work explores ideas of how communication in a relationship can change or be affected by long distance. Gorman has most recently been developing works which explore use of technology such as phones in relation to communication, phone calls and texts are the most common method of communication from a long distance. Gorman will be moving from her home in West Lothian, Scotland to Aberdeen, Scotland in September which has been an influence in her explorations of communication in a long-distance relationship as this will become a big part of her everyday life soon.

Gorman has explored public artworks in the form of projecting onto bus stops, her series of work “call me” consists of digital videos which she has projected onto bus stops and cars in West Lothian, Scotland. Another work Gorman has developed is “the bloody pear of anguish” which is a performative video piece which features Gorman trying to speak into a pear with a bloody mouth, she was influenced by the medieval torture device “the pear of anguish” which was traditionally used to break an individual’s jaw therefore leaving them unable to speak.

Jessica Gorman has been influenced by several artists, key artists who she has related to are Christine Sun Kim, Sterlarc, Jenny Holzer, Bill Viola, Katie Paterson, Ai Wei Wei and Yoko Ono.

Jessica Gorman is currently completing her HNC Art Portfolio Production course at West Lothian College and she has received an unconditional offer for first year studying BA (Hons) Contemporary Art Practice at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, which she will be starting in September 2023.

Jessica Gorman

Born in West Lothian Scotland

Education:

2016-2022: Deans Community High School

2022: Summer School, West Lothian College

2022-2023: HNC Art Portfolio Production, West Lothian College – Ongoing

Volunteering work:

January 2022 – March 2022: Ward Helper at St John’s Hospital

Jobs:

October 2021 - May 2022: McDonald’s, Crew Member

May 2022 – December 2022: New Look, Retail Assistant

December 2022 – 2023 present: Tesco, Retail Assistant

Public Artworks and Exhibitions:

September 2022: “Ignore me” performance, West Lothian College.

October 2022: “word mask” performance, West Lothian College.

May 2023: “Call me” projections, Deans, West Lothian, Scotland.

May 2023: Leaving paintings on bus stops, Deans, West Lothian, Scotland.

June 2023: Upcoming HNC Art Portfolio Production end of year Exhibition

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