Bio

Jessica Mia Vito is an adjunct professor of Drawing at the Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, OH.  She often teaches Figure Drawing in the Continuing Education Department for the Cleveland Institute of Art.  Vito is also the Assistant Manager of Blick Art Materials in Cleveland Heights, OH.  She was an Adjunct Professor of Painting at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH.  She was an Adjunct Professor of Drawing at College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI.

Vito is an emerging artist specializing in both traditional and contemporary methodologies.  She attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale where she received a Masters Degree in Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing.  She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Bowling Green State University with a major in 2D Painting and Drawing and a minor in Fine Arts Instruction.  At BGSU, Vito studied under Dennis Wojtkiewicz and later became his studio assistant.  Vito studied at the New York Academy of Art in New York, NY. with Alyssa Monks and at the Atelier Neo-Medici in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France with Gregory Pelizarri.  Presently, Vito is represented by Sugarlift Gallery in NYC and has been previously represented by Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago, IL.