Jessica Biales is an artist, designer and native New Yorker. As a teenager Jessica studied photography and metal smithing. For years her photography was focused on architectural details in Black and White. Growing up in New York City, she found beauty in the concrete around her. At Connecticut College she studied Anthropology and Photography. In the decade after college she spent a lot of time in Istanbul. Her closest friends were Turkish and she was immersed in Turkish culture. Exploring the rich history and culture at the crossroads of East and West had a profound influence on her eye. She left Black and White photography behind and switched to color. One summer in Istanbul Jessica was inspired to cut her photographs apart and paste them together into collage. She made collage from photographs for years and then with digital photography and editing tools her collage evolved.