About the Artist
Biography
Jessie Bélisle is a contemporary visual artist originally from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, now living and working in Denver, Colorado. Her artistic journey began in 2011 in Montréal, where she first merged her professional background in optics with a growing passion for the visual arts.
Her paintings reflect a contemplative exploration of light, form, and atmosphere—often blurring the boundaries between what is seen and what is felt. Her evolving practice has led to collaborations with multiple curators across Colorado and California, and in 2024, she partnered with the Colorado Avalanche for a special Women's History Month initiative.
Jessie has exhibited throughout Canada and the United States and has been featured in several publications highlighting her distinctive artistic voice and contributions to contemporary art.
Artist Statement
My practice moves between the atmospheric and the abstract—between the vast, grounding presence of the Colorado Rockies and the intuitive freedom of gesture, shape, and color. I am drawn equally to the landscape’s external contours and to the internal terrain of perception and emotion.
In my landscape work, I reduce natural forms to their essential rhythms—bright, layered bands of color that reflect the raw, majestic energy of the mountains. These works are meditations on place, light, and memory, aiming to capture not just what the eye sees, but how the land feels.
Alongside these grounded landscapes, I continue to explore abstraction as a means of accessing the unseen: fluid, organic compositions that emerge through a more improvisational process. These paintings allow me to investigate intuition, energy, and movement with fewer constraints, creating portals into the imaginative and the subconscious.
Whether working with landscape or abstraction, my goal is the same: to distill experience into visual clarity, where color becomes both a structure and a sensation.
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Education
Reiki Master class, Manon Ducap Private School, Montréal, Québec, 2018-19
Meditation Seminar with Mata Amritanandamayi Indian Guru, Toronto, Ontario, 2018
Licenced Optician, Cégep Édouard Montpetit, Longueuil, Québec, 2010
Professional Development
Burning Man, Group Art Project, Black Rock City, Nevada, 2019
The Art of Realism, Private Workshop with Master Jean-Pierre Neveu, Upton, Québec, 2019
Unlock your Potential, Online Workshop by Emma Gannon on Skillshare, Devon, United Kingdom, 2020
Make a Living as an Artist, Online Workshop with Brooke Glaser on Skillshare, Portland, Oregon, 2020
Watercolor Portrait, Online Workshop with Melissa Lee on Skillshare, Northern California, 2020
To be Magnetic, Online Manifestation Workshop with Lacy Philips, Los Angeles, California, 2019
Intuitive Creation, Workshop with the Artist Gabrielle Dumont, Saint-Jean sur Richelieu, Québec, 2017
Exploration Authentic Signature, Private Workshop with the Artist Sophie Lebeuf, Saguenay, Québec, 2016
Gallery permanent residency
Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean sur Richelieu, Québec, 2017-24
Interviews
Recorded Interview Broadcast at Colorado Avalanche game, Denver, Colorado, 2024
Live Interview Great Day Colorado, Denver, Colorado, 2024
Teaching Experience
Abstraction and Intuition, Online Workshop, Montréal, Québec, 2020-21
Guided Meditation Covid Mental Health Support, Online Workshop, Montréal, Québec, 2020
Women Empowerment Circle, Private Studio, Montréal, Québec, 2018
Discovering Meditation with Creative Transe, Private Studio, Saint-Jean sur Richelieu, Québec, 2018-20
Exhibitions
Collaboration with Colorado Avalanche for Women’s History Month - Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado, 2024
Landscape series - Visual Interest, Denver, Colorado, 2023
Landscape series - Afug online Gallery, Solo, Denver, Colorado, 2022
Awareness, Solo, West and Main, Denver, Colorado, 2021
Motherfunk Art show, Exposition de groupe, Nurture, Denver, Colorado, 2021
Inside Her Studio x Dairy block, Group exhibition, Denver, Colorado, 2021
Goddess Vision, Solo Exhibition, Voskins, Montréal, Québec, 2019
Sky is Not the Limit, Solo Exhibition, Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean sur Richelieu, Québec, 2018
The cat show, Group Exhibition, Galerie du Vieux Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean sur Richelieu, Québec, 2016
Mtl Expose, Group Exhibition, Galerie 203, Montréal, Québec, 2016
Black History Month, Group Exhibit, Georges Laoun Optician, Montréal, Québec, 2015
Georges Laoun present Jessie Bélisle, Solo Exhibition, MBAQ, Montréal, Québec, 2014
Publications
Canvas Rebel, Denver, Colorado, 2023
VoyageDenver, Written Interview, Denver, Colorado, 2022
Shoutout Colorado, Written Interview, Colorado, 2022
ARTICLES
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![Black and white portrait of Jessie Belisle, a visual artist, wearing glasses and a wide-brimmed hat.]()
"I am still painting to this day because it makes me feel good. Simple as that. I don’t necessarily see it as a career to be honest. This is just what I do to stay mentally healthy! I’m just extremely grateful that some people enjoy my paintings, and are ready to commit to it, to be able to stare at it everyday in their house. It blows my mind every time."
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![A woman wearing a tan hat and black top holding a colorful desert landscape painting with mountains, cacti, and a sunset sky.]()
"I am a French-Canadian artist, I moved to Denver in Dec 2020 from Montreal with my husband. We both met in burning man, he was from San Francisco at the time. We chose Denver to be our new home. Before moving, I’ve never even visited the state!"
2022
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![A woman wearing a large beige hat, red round glasses, and a colorful paisley bandana around her neck, smiling slightly and looking into the camera against a plain background.]()
"As a female artist, I know how important it is to be confident, and seize every opportunity. Our voice and creativity is so precious, and healing. Looking at the news, and seeing women losing rights around the world, only makes me want to stand taller, and shine brighter."
2023
Our local sports teams are doing some really cool things to pay respect to the women that make our world go round, all during Women’s History Month. The Colorado Avalanche has teamed up with a local artist to create a unique custom jersey as part of their ‘Artist Jersey series’ to give recognition to girls hockey.
GDC caught up with Artist, Jessie Belisle and Avalanche marketing manager, Leah Shaikin, to learn more about the unique statement piece and the 2024 series.