Jess de Wahls was born in 1983 in Berlin, but relocated to London in 2004. She works mostly in portraiture and has experimented widely with acrylic and oil painting, drawing, pyrography, tattoo design, and sewing, but eventually found her niche in Retex sculpting. Her artwork is concerned with gender equality, as well as recycling; it is important to Jess to use future exhibitions as a means of raising awareness of these issues.