
The Artist
Mercedes Jelinek (b. 1985 New Haven, CT) is an American artist working in Italy and NYC. Her curiosity about the variety of humanity drives the visual narratives in her work.
The Story
Miscommunicated Secrets with obsessive tendencies—the need to make new things based on un-photographable feelings. Sometimes words are not enough, and often, an exclamation mark does not possess the weight or dimension to come close to the sharp sense it represents. These pieces are daydreams combined with real-life experiences assembled to depict emotions that cannot be expressed in sentence form alone.

Artist: Mercedes Jelinek Date: 2021 Image Dimensions: 15x30"

Artist: Mercedes Jelinek Date: 2020 Image Dimensions: 10x10"

photographable feelings. Sometimes words are not enough, and often, an exclamation mark does not possess the weight or dimension to come close to the sharp sense it represents. These pieces are daydreams combined with real