Jessica Mein was born in São Paulo and lives and works in Buenos Aires. She received her MFA from Hunter College, New York and BA from Duke University. Solo exhibitions include The Pavilion Downtown, Dubai, Simon Preston, New York and Galeria Leme, São Paulo. She also exhibited as part of The Street Files – Biennial El Museo del Barrio, New York; The Julia Stoschek Foundation, Dusseldorf; The Drawing Center, New York; Wellin Museum, Hamilton College, New York; Museo Tamayo de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico; Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai; Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai; New York University, Abu Dhabi and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, among others. Her work is included in collections of The Bronx Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf and The Albright Knox, Buffalo, and Museu de Arte Contemporânea in São Paulo. Mein participated as an artist-in-residence of Art Dubai in 2015, partnered with the Delfina Art Foundation, and was awarded an Alserkal Avenue artist commission project in 2016. In 2022 she will participate in the New Roots Foundation artist residency in Antigua, Guatemala.