Jessica Martin

Jessica Martin is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator based in Northern California. Her work explores our relationship to nature, time, and joy.

Jessica studied Anthropology at Vassar College and did her field work in Madagascar and France. She received her MA at California College of the Arts. Jessica has been Artist in Residence for Google, and her work has been shown throughout the Bay Area and abroad, including Headlands Center for the Arts, Amelie Maison Paris, Southern Exposure, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Traywick Contemporary, Pro Arts, The Lab, the diRosa Preserve, New Langton Arts, and national film festivals. She has been a guest on Full Expression Podcast and co-hosted the Headspace Podcast to talk about creativity as a tool for life. Her work has been awarded grants from the NAEA, Creative Sonoma, and California Arts Council.

In 2022, she created the viral hotline of kids life advice called Peptoc. It received over 10 million calls in its first 9 months, and continues to get tens of thousands of calls today.