Jessica Walsh is a 29 year old American graphic designer living in New York City.  She became a partner at design studio, Sagmeister & Walsh, when she was only 25 years old and also teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.  She is known for her provocative, fearless design aesthetic and her work can be seen on billboards, in advertising campaigns, and museums as well as other places. Being a native Rhode Islander I was surprised to find out she graduated from Rhode Island School of Design.  She’s earned numerous awards in recognition of her work including Complex’s 25 People Shaping the Future of Design in 2013 and the Art Directors Club’s Young Gun Award in 2011.  Most recently, Warner Bros. has acquired the film rights of her side-project called “40 Days of Dating”.  A Project in which she and a fellow graphic designer dated one another for 40 days in an attempt to address  and conquer issues that relationships encounter and maybe end up in a relationship afterward.  The project ended with both deciding they would be better off as friends. She actually felt the project helped her become more in tune with herself and prompted her to work on her overall wellbeing.

            In preparing to write this short biography of Jessica Walsh I watched a short documentary about her and found out she grew up in a household with parents who were very business oriented and she was kind because she was artsy.  She does however state that her mom her mom most certainly supported her in her pursuit of becoming an artist.  She also moved to New York City, directly after graduating from college.