Jesse Berlin, MFA

Tucson, AZ

1981-

 

         Jesse Berlin has been an avid sculptor from early childhood.  He received a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  While at SAIC he worked at the International Museum of Surgical Science as the curator of the Anatomy in the Gallery program, a rotating  exhibition of contemporary artists who produce medically themed art.  After graduating from SAIC, Jesse spent two years studying facial Prosthetics at the James J. Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center in conjunction with Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York.  In 2013 he received an MFA in Sculpture from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

 

Jesse has exhibited from coast to coast, won several awards, and has had his worked featured in several periodicals and on local network television.  In 2022, one of his sculptures was used as the basis for a character in the hit Netflix series "The Sandman."  Jesse now resides in his hometown of Tucson, Arizona where he remains an active member of the local art community.  He has organized and curated local events including the annual Tucson Erotica exhibition and Tucson Sculpture Fest.  Additionally, Jesse has taught classes at The Drawing Studio, The Sculpture Resource Center, Pima Community College, and Romero House Potters, where he served for three years as the Studio Manager and currently teaches Anatomy and Figure Modeling.  He continues to produce arresting and provocative sculpture.