Jo Messer was born in Los Angeles, California in 1991. The artist received a BFA from the Cooper Union in New York City in 2014 and an MFA from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 2017.
Solo exhibitions of Messer’s work include: Knees to Navel at 56 HENRY in New York City (2021); and Oops at Kenny Schacter in New York City (2020).
Group exhibitions that have shown Messer’s work have taken place at: Fredericks & Freiser in New York City; Rove Projects in New York City; Western Exhibitions in Chicago, Illinois; and New Release in New York City; among others.
Messer’s work is held in the Rubell Family collection in Miami, FL.
Messer was awarded a residency at the Yale Norfolk Summer Art School in Norfolk, Connecticut in 2013.