Born in Nicaragua in 1971, Jessica Lagunas grew up in Guatemala where she studied graphic design. Through various media, such as installations, video-performance and objects, her art projects use a minimum of elements, generally erotic, for expressing her concerns about the condition of woman in contemporary society.

She participated in El Museo del Barrio’s 5th Bienal “The S Files 007” (New York, 2007), Tirana Biennial (Albania, 2005), Caribbean Biennial (Dominican Republic, 2001), Cuenca Biennial (Ecuador, 2001), and “The Feminine Mystique” show at the Jersey City Museum (New Jersey, 2007). Her work has been included on group shows in Guatemala, Bologna, Milan, Louisville, San Francisco, New Jersey and New York.

She was a selected artist for the program Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) at the Bronx Museum of the Arts during 2005-06. Her work is included in the anthology “Imagining Ourselves: Global Voices from a New Generation of Women”, published in 2006 by the International Museum of Women in San Francisco.

In 2007 she was a recipient of NoMAA Grant Program for Individual Artists, New York. Jessica Lagunas is a 2008 Fellowship recipient from the Urban Artist Initiative/New York City. She lives and works in New York City.