Jesse Roode, an Italian mixed German settler on Turtle Island, is renowned for seamlessly blending figures into ethereal landscapes in their evocative artworks. Their mastery of illustration and printing techniques allows figures to dissolve into dreamlike environments, inviting viewers into a surreal world where reality and imagination converge. Jesse's art, whether portraying human, animal, plant forms within nature's tapestry or as spectral apparitions in celestial realms, captivates with a haunting beauty that lingers. 

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
Current, Teacher, Studio 9 Independent School of the Arts
​2023, Arts Facilitator, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Summer of Arts Youth Programs
2020-2019, Arts Facilitator, Ross Creek Center for the Arts, March/Summer Break Camps
2020-2019, Board Member/Head of Communications Committee, Red Clay Studio Society
2019, Arts Facilitator, Red Clay Art Farm, Creative Dream Retreat
2019-2018, Arts Educator, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Summer Camp/PD Day Camp/Family Day
2018,  Programming Committee, White Rabbit Arts Festival

​EXHIBITIONS
​2024 Blue Impressions - Studio9 Cyanotype Collection, Interior Health, Kelowna BC
2023 Annual Member's Exhibition, The Alternator, Kelowna BC
2023 Dreams & Nightmares, Opus Group Exhibition, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna BC
2023 Under the Sea - Beyond Human, Studio9 Collaboration, The Alternator, Kelowna BC
2022  Post Card Project, The Alternator, Kelowna BC
2022 Meet Me On Benard Augmented Reality Festival, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
2022 The Assembly//The Human Condition, The Alternator, Kelowna, BC
2019 Live Painting, Ostrea Lake Release Show, Halifax Music Co-op, Halifax, NS
2019 Art Acquisition, Truro Art Society, McCarthy Hall NSCC, Truro, NS
2019 Performance Art, “Fresh Looks” Black Rabbit Fashion Show, Menz & Mollyz,  Halifax, NS
2018 Insider Outsider Project, Just Us! Cafe, Halifax, NS 
2017 Artist of the Month, Blue Apples Arts and Wellness Centre, Halifax, NS

RESIDENCIES/WORKSHOPS
2024, Sticky Notes Anijam, Traditional Animation, Studio9, Kelowna, BC 
2020, Red Mango, Relief Printmaking, Plancha Perdida Studio, Villeta, COL
2019, Honey & Salt - Self-Directed, Red Clay Art Farm, Economy, NS

​EDUCATION
Mount Saint Vincent University, B. Ed, 2016
Saint Mary’s University, B. Arts, 2013

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