Jessie Shinn is a studio artist whose work includes drawing, collage and painting. She completed her BFA at the University of Arizona in 2009, where she was awarded the Bernard Kornhaber Award for Outstanding Senior in the School of Art. Shinn also holds a BA in creative writing. She has exhibited with the Tucson International Airport, Caladan Gallery, the Tubac Center of the Arts, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, the Shadow Box Gallery, the Lionel Rombach Gallery, Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, the Drawing Studio, and the Shane House; and she has been a featured artist at Tucson’s Art Market. In 2007, Shinn's portfolio was featured in Sandscript,