Jessie Rose Vala (born 1977, Madison, Wisconsin) is an American installation artist working in drawing, painting, ceramic, paper sculpture, and video.
Her work explores non-linear narratives and environments through an ongoing investigation of the shifting relationships to ourselves and our surroundings.
Throughout her work is a questioning of the boundaries between animate and inanimate, the rational and the supernatural, science and spirituality.
Vala is part of the collaboration Light Hits, creating installations, music, and videos with artist Kelie Bowman.
In 2014 Vala started Ungrund Collective, showcasing videos of five contemporary artists working within similar humanistic inquiries.