Jesse Blumenthal is an internationally exhibited, museum collected Artist and Educator residing
in Missoula, Montana. Blumenthal was raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, attended University
of Massachusetts at Amherst for a BFA in Painting in 2007, and completed MFA graduate work
at The University of Montana in 2019. They are currently a Teaching Artist with Spark Arts
Integration and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in The School of Visual and Media Arts at The
University of Montana.

"Lawn in a Prairie"; Jesse Blumenthal uses light, sound, and interactive
sculpture to explore themes inherent to the Intermountain West. For their
2025 exhibition at The Northcutt Steele Gallery, Blumenthal will investigate
place through 90s era screensavers and the ecological histories of the
passenger pigeon and prairie dog.

 

Walking into Blumenthal's exhibition

closeup of a prairie dog sculpture in conjunction with other isntallations

interactive installation

view from the back of the installation exhibit