Jesse Mockrin

Jesse Mockrin is a Los Angeles-based painter known for her visually seductive works that appropriate and fragment details from Old Master paintings, particularly from the Rococo and Baroque periods. She isolates figures, hands, and gestures from canonical Western paintings, reimagining them in contemporary contexts that explore themes of desire, gender, and power. Her lush, intimate canvases have garnered significant critical attention for their ability to simultaneously honor and subvert the art historical tradition.