BIOGRAPHY

Veronica De Jesus was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in many American cities. After attending community colleges in the Sacramento area, she was accepted to the San Francisco Art Institute, where she graduated with honors in 1998.

For three years following her graduation, De Jesus showed at the Jenn Joy Gallery in downtown San Francisco. While holding down three jobs, she learned how to read and write Braille. From 1999 to 2001, she taught arts and crafts to the blind community at the Lighthouse for the Blind in San Francisco.

In 2001, De Jesus was accepted to the Master of Fine Arts program at UC Berkeley. The Department of Art Practice awarded her the Eisner Award twice, once for each year of the program.

Upon graduating, De Jesus was granted a yearlong residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Marin, California. She shows extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area and is scheduled (summer, 2006) to publish a book of drawings commemorating people who have recently passed away.

De Jesus is a member of the Sound Shack, a small group of artists dedicated to providing a space for dialogue through sound technology, journalism and visual art. The Sound Shack has performed locally in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is currently working on a project for fall 2005.

De Jesus currently lives and has an art studio in Oakland, California.