Jessica Chen is a fine art, documentary and street photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A native Californian, Jessica was born in San Francisco and grew up in Pacifica. Early in her career, Jessica worked many jobs covering a wide spectrum of creative fields. For over a decade, she worked as an illustrator, graphic designer and web designer for notable artists, publications and art institutions. After interning at Maysles Film in Harlem, New York, and working alongside Albert Maysles and his family, Jessica fell in love with the cinéma vérité style of storytelling. She went on to work for post production studios, contributing to award winning social documentary films, such as Remnants of a War (2008) and My Perestroika (2010). She continued to work in documentary film in various roles for many years before returning to photography. You can find Jessica in her element photographing the streets, documenting daily life, social rumblings and everyday observations.

Jessica earned a B.S. in Environmental Design and a B.A. in Studio Art from UC Davis. She went on to earn a M.F.A. in Narrative and Documentary Film from Parsons at The New School in New York. Her photographs have been published and exhibited in over 50 group exhibitions in galleries and museums across the U.S. and internationally.