Jessica Gaffney is a Brisbane-based emerging artist currently studying a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Queensland College of Art.

Gaffney works across public murals and intimate, personal paintings, her practice explores the significance of domestic spaces and their role in emotional comfort and self-regulation.

Beginning her artistic journey in 2025, she has developed a fascination with translucency, light absorption within oil paint techniques. Drawing from sourced imagery of familiar domestic environments, using light, and layered surfaces to investigate the complexity of comfort, reflecting on how these personal spaces provide a sense of safety, familiarity and emotional grounding.

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Education:

Certificate III Visual Art

Bachelor of Visual Arts, Griffith University, Queensland Collage of Art and Design

Selected Group Exhibition:

2026    Within Between | Passages of Being, Grad Show, Griffith University, Queensland Collage of Art and Design

2026    Social Sculptures, Public art, Griffith University, Queensland Collage of Art and Design, Fish Lane

Work Experience:

2026    Griffith Nathan Campus, Student Pantry, assisted mural installation

2025    QCAD Regional school program, North Rockhampton state high school, mentor position assist with mural

2025    Queensland Rail Positive pARTership program, Goodna underpass, assisted mural installation

2025    Fish lane, Craig and Karl, assisted mural installation

2025    Fish lane, Craig and Karl, assisted mural installation