(b.1965, New York, USA)

Jessica Voorsanger’s art explores society’s obsession with fame. Working in a variety of media ranging from painting, sculpture, installation, mail art, film, photography and performance according to the nature of each project, she probes the concept of ‘celebrity’ within popular culture. Much of her work has been provoked by television, and children’s television in particular. Having fallen in love with teen idol David Cassidy, star of The Partridge Family, as a child in 1970s America, Voorsanger believes that children’s TV programmes are where the seeds of fandom are sown. Recently, her interest has moved from the specific relationship between celebrities and their fans to a more general enquiry into how reality TV has altered the nature of the term ‘celebrity’, which now includes people who are famous for being famous (or notorious), as well as people of real talent.