Jesse Treece

Jesse Treece is a Seattle-based visual artist who found his creative path in analog collage in 2009. After serving four years in the U.S. Navy, the self-taught artist began assembling works using traditional tools like scissors and glue. His process relies on sourcing vintage imagery from mid-century publications, including National Geographic and 1960s Life magazine, to build his compositions. Treece’s work explores the "hauntingly sublime" by placing human figures within vast natural or cosmic landscapes. These minimalist arrangements lean into the absurd, creating a sense of otherworldliness that has earned him recognition in AnOther Magazine’s "Top 10 Collage Artists." His pieces often bridge the gap between the familiar and the unknown, as seen in his participation in exhibitions like The Known & the Unknowable.