Jessica Plattner
 
Jessica Plattner earned an MFA in painting in 2001 from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and a BFA in painting 1995 from Washington University School of Art in St. Louis. She was named one of ten national finalists for the 2008 Miami University Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award. Having recently returned to the United States after a Fulbright in Guanajuato, Mexico, she  is now back in her teaching position at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon.