Jessica Cannon was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn in 1979. Selected solo exhibitions include Veils at Polina Berlin Gallery (New York, NY), The Spiral Path at Winston's (Los Angeles, CA), and Rapid Cycle at Honey Ramka (Brooklyn, NY). Recent group exhibitions include Fresh Nature at Kutlesa Gallery (Goldau, Switzerland), Soft Focus at Superzoom (Paris, France - presented by Polina Berlin), Double Up at My Pet Ram (Santa Barbara, CA), Jung Lovers (Soloway, Brooklyn), and Master Class: Color at The Manes Center for Contemporary Art (Roslyn, NY).

She is a past recipient of The Brooklyn Arts Council’s Community Arts Fund Grant and a recent resident at Jentel Foundation in Banner, WY, and at RAiR's Historic Studios in Roswell, NM. Select press and publications include: The New York Times, Flaunt Magazine, phaidon.com, Maake Magazine, New American Paintings, Dovetail, Quest Magazine, and Hyperallergic.

In Fall 2017 Jessica founded Far By Wide, an ongoing series of exhibitions online and in pop-up spaces to support social and environmental justice organizations. She received a BA from Tufts University and an MFA from Parsons School of Design. She currently teaches Drawing and Painting at CUNY Queens College.