Jess Montecinos is a Bolivian-Australian interdisciplinary artist, creative producer, and emerging curator based on Darug land in Western Sydney.

Her practice is rooted in Bolivian folklore, exploring masks, costumes, and material culture as sites of memory, identity, and cultural transformation. Through sculpture, installation, and contemporary media, Jess investigates how traditions evolve across generations and diasporic spaces, while her producing and curatorial work supports culturally diverse and community-centred artistic experiences.

Exhibitions

·       2024, 'A message to the future, a note from the past', Airspace Projects Marrickville NSW Australia

·       2023, 'Ceramic Stories [Digital Connections]', Australian design Centre Woolloomooloo NSW Australia

·       2023, 'Blue Surpasses Dimension', Saywell Gallery Marrickville NSW Australia

·       2023, 'CAST', Mounted Ari, Springwood NSW, Australia

·       2022, UNSW Art and Design Annual, Paddington NSW Australia.

Curatorial projects

. to handle/to hold, Bankstown Arts Centre, 2026

Creative producing

. Culture X at Bankstown Arts Centre 2025

. Care in the Code Exhibition, Bankstown Arts Centre, 2025

. Alternatum, Bankstown Arts Centre, 2026

. Ngilina nganyumdiya muya-la it’s in my breath/soul, Bankstown Arts centre, 2026

Professional Organisations

SIGGRAPH Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ,2022, 2023, 2024